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Museum Acquisition: Stan Wenocur’s “Silt Pond”
Stanley Wenocur, Silt Pond, mixed media, 2008. Image courtesy artist web site. Maryland-based abstract painter Stan Wenocur uses mixed media to capture the “sensuality of the human body and the natural […]
Read the full articleThree FAC artists comment on “Terry Maker: Reckoning”
Terry Maker, Spiney Urchin (detail), 2009. Resin, sea shells, 71.5 x 6 x 2 inches. “A show like this redefines an artist.” Terry Maker: Reckoning closes Sunday, June 3, […]
Read the full articleMaking a Fat Suit: it aint over till the fat lady sings
In the big, fat, musical comedy Hairspray (May 10–June 3, 2012), Drew Frady adorns a fat suit when playing Edna Turnblad, the very large mother of teenage heroine Tracy […]
Read the full articleArtist Spotlight: Andrea Rutherford
Tracy (Andrea Rutherford) is a teenager who wants to dance, love, and racially integrate the country. Photo by Nathan Willers Andrea Rutherford Singing, dancing, and all the while […]
Read the full articleNEW Acquisition: Jerry Vigil’s “Saint Drogo”
“Saint Drogo, Patron of Coffee Houses,” Jerry Vigil, acrylic paint on carved bass wood Remember our artist spotlight on Jerry Vigil in November about his Day of the Dead art? […]
Read the full articleNEW Acquisition: Heather Oelklaus’ “Hero”
Heather Oelklaus, Hero, photogenic print, 2011. Image courtesy of the artist. Did the medium “photogenic print” seem a little funny to you when you checked out our recent acquisition by […]
Read the full article“In The Field” THOMAS HART BENTON biography
Thomas Hart Benton’s acclaim came from his development of the Regionalist painting style, which rejected the aristocracy of the predominating art culture to show the common man. Studying at both […]
Read the full articleGuess This Quote!
“The eye and soul are caressed in the contemplation of form and color. The subtle changes of color over a surface — transitions that are like music — are intangible […]
Read the full articleNEW Acquisition: Sean O’Meallie’s “Monster Pencil Tip”
Sean O’Meallie, Monster Pencil Tip: An Endlessly Enlargeable Monument to Human Imagination, Interrupted – Pay No Attention to its Highly Suggestible Shape!, polychromed wood, 2005 We’ve seen Sean O’Meallie’s […]
Read the full articleBroadcast Legend Dick Clark
Dick Clark selects a record in his station library in Philadelphia.Image Source. America’s oldest teenager and broadcasting legend, Dick Clark changed the lives of adults and teenagers throughout the decades. […]
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