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20th Anniversary in Pittsburgh
The National Arts Program has been privileged to have a long-standing NAP exhibit in the City of Pittsburgh. This was their 20th Annual Showcase and in honor of this anniversary the NAP presented long time coordinator, Le Frankowski, with a piece of art from a local Pittsburgh artist named Murph McCulloch. Her artwork was entitled ‘Shapes of the Rainbow’ and the statement which accompanied the piece stated that “this painting was one of my first pieces showcasing my transition from artist to woodworker. Looking at this now, it is evident the things I would change.
Westminster Returns for Second Year
The National Arts Program was pleased to welcome back the City of Westminster, Colorado for their second NAP exhibit under the new coordination of Kristen Koehler, Cultural Affairs Specialist for the City’s Parks, Recreation & Libraries Department. Kristen stepped right in and was extremely proactive in her new role as coordinator. As a result, this year’s exhibition showcased 122 pieces from city employees, volunteers, retirees and their immediate family members.
New Coordinator Inspires Artists at Reno
Mary Lee Mansfield hit the ground running as she took over coordination of this year’s Reno-Tahoe International Airport exhibit now in their 11th year. Part of this can be attributed to her involvement shadowing previous long-time coordinator Kim Matthews during their 2018 show, which helped give her the confidence to take over such a successful program. Along with her first-hand experience, Mary Lee brought her own creative talents to the new role.
Cracking the Millennial Market: How Art Businesses Are Tweaking Their Strategies to Target the Next Generation of Collectors
Art dealers and auctioneers are getting creative to tap into the coveted new demographic.
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Art buying was supposed to be disrupted by the internet – what happened?
Despite a flurry of online art startups launching in the past decade, the art world remains dominated by elite auction houses such as Christie’s and Sotheby’s
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You’d expect the art trade to have changed radically since auction houses first came into existence around 300 years ago. But the market is still dominated by two of the world’s oldest sales houses: 253-year-old Christie’s, and Sotheby’s – which turned 275 this year.
How art saved Yellowstone—and the landscape still inspires
Paintings of the geysers and mountains of the western landscape have played a pivotal role in the area's history.
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On a bright morning in late June, Shirl Ireland stands in her backyard painting majestic Mount Sepulchre, which rises from the northern edge of Yellowstone National Park.
The Secret Tech Problem at Modern Art Museums
What happens when changing technologies render once-avant-garde works of art outdated? See how a growing group of conservators is trying to keep art alive.
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For the 100 years it’s been in operation, the Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio has been a repository for artwork by American masters, from preeminent 19th-century painters like Winslow Homer, to 20th-century realists like Edward Hopper and George Bellows, to pop artists like Andy Warhol and Roy Lichtenstein.
Why Are Smiles so Rare in Art History?
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For many, the museum presents a foreboding experience, a sacred temple that is uninviting to those unwilling to embrace the solemnity that viewing “great art” requires. Perhaps it’s not the classical columns or imposing marble staircases that create an aura of pompous seriousness. Walking down those grand halls among hundreds of years of masterpieces, there’s rarely a face smiling out at you.
Wal-Mart Money Brings Art And Architecture To An Art-Starved Part Of The Country
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Until 2011, the reason to travel to Bentonville, Arkansas was to do business with Wal-Mart. But now, the town in the northwestern corner of the state is home to one of America’s great art museums, the first major art museum to open in the United States since 1974.
Carilion Clinic Provides Healing Arts Experience
The Dr. Robert L.A. Keeley Healing Arts Program has been utilizing the arts to improve the healing environment at Carilion Clinic since their launch in 2013. While the idea of art in hospitals is not necessarily new, the term ‘healing arts’ has taken on more significance than the once commonly associated term of art therapy. Healing arts differs from art therapy as it expands from the creation of art to include the actual experiencing of art in ones surrounding environment. By allowing someone to just experience art, the viewer is set free of any preset expectations or goals.
How Nuclear Bomb Tests Are Helping to Identify Art Forgeries
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How can you tell if a painting is a modern forgery? Mid-20th-century nuclear bomb tests may hold a clue.
For years, scientists have been refining techniques to determine the age of a painting using radiocarbon dating and the lingering effects of the tests. Now, a team of researchers has dated one such artwork using a paint chip the size of a poppy seed, according to a studypublished on Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Eighteen Years and Still Going Strong in Union County
We are grateful to have so many long running National Arts Program Exhibits across the country and Union County, New Jersey is one of them. Not only has the show been occurring annually for eighteen years but coordinator Libby Reid has been there from the start. When an art exhibit that includes artists of all ages and levels of experience goes on for so many consecutive years you get the benefit of watching artists and their families grow and change. Libby says she take great pleasure in seeing the progress of both the youth and adult artists.
How the art world is going green
Those within the art world who advocate for environmentally friendly practices are finding a sector willing to do its part.
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After years of talking the talk, the art world appears to now be walking the walk when it comes to improving its green credentials. While artists such as Olafur Eliasson and Sebastião Salgado have long addressed society’s need to face the climate crisis, the arts sector is finally examining its own contribution to it.
$2 Million Art Above Homeless Tent Encampment Highlights DC’s Problems
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Tents are a permanent fixture beneath the bridges that support the train tracks feeding into Washington DC’s Union Station, particularly along the sidewalks in the rapidly developing NoMa neighborhood. Along the portions of M, L, and K Streets that are covered by railway overpasses in Northeast DC are dozens of tents — some taking over the entire width of the sidewalk, forcing pedestrians to step down into the street and dangerously close to oncoming traffic to get by.
International art project seeks to transform Flint’s image
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Artists from Michigan and around the world are painting 50 murals in Flint to refocus the city’s image on art rather than the lead-tainted water crisis.
Joe Schipani, director of the Flint Public Art Project, told The Flint Journal that they aim to create 100 murals in the city by fall 2020.