The Southwest Women’s Art Collection at Scottsdale’s Western Spirit Museum was a gift of the late Frances and Edward Elliott in 2020. The collection includes nearly 200 works by 25 women. Collecting these artists was Fran Elliot’s passion. The early art community in Arizona was almost entirely made up of independent women who were inspired […]
But for two votes in the 1866 legislature Wickenburg would have been the capital of the new territory of Arizona. Instead, Wickenburg today is a sleepy town, pop. approx. 8000, a worthwhile stop on the scenic route from Phoenix to Prescott and Sedona — or a destination unto itself —because of the surprising Desert Caballeros […]
Reuben Hale’s home and garden, in the historic El Cid neighborhood of West Palm Beach, shows off the talents and inspiring life story of this beloved local artist. “Local” in the sense that he move to Florida in 1961, teaching and working here for more than 50 years; “beloved” in the sense that his students […]
Perhaps the best way to begin this piece about the Gibbes Museum of Art is to reflect on the expository words of the museum curators themselves … “An active seaport in the 1700s, Charleston was a melting pot of cultures, religions and traditions. Powered by the labor of enslaved peoples in the rice and indigo […]
Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987), magnified popular American culture in his art, and in so doing he himself became a paradigm of popular culture. “His pop sensibility embraced an anything-can-be-art approach, appropriating images, ideas and even innovation itself,” according to curatorial signage at Andy Warhol Portfolios: A Life in Pop. This exhibition, on through September 8th, […]
Painters by numbers. Canada has it’s Group of Seven. Cuba has Los Diez Pintores Concretos. The Taos Six applied academic techniques to indigenous themes, producing a uniquely American school of painting. Then there’s the international group of wildlife painters of the late 1800s and early 1900s — Richard Friese, Wilhelm Kuhnert, Bruno Liljefors, and Carl Rungius […]
Beginning with 75 students and 13 faculty members in 1931, RCA+D has grown to more than 110 buildings on 48 acres (SEVEN of which are art galleries!), 1600 students, and 140+ faculty members. Today it is ranked as one of the top art schools in the nation. […]
At the angle of New York Ave. and H St. NW in Washington DC stands a 1908 landmark that was built as a Masonic Temple. In that capacity, women were not permitted to enter the building. Today, that same building is all about women — although men are more than welcome! Refurbished in accordance with the […]
When a man’s life is cut short at a young age one wonders what his future might have been – especially when he had already accomplished notable things. This is the case with Donald Beauregard. “Who?” You might well ask. Beauregard was an artist most of us have never heard of, but one who might […]
Ima Hogg, despite her unfortunate name, stands among the greatest patrons of American art. Her philanthropic legacy is broad and varied, but Bayou Bay — her home, gardens, and American decorative arts collection — is perhaps the most tangible. […]