PROVIDENCE, R.I.- John W. Smith has been appointed director of the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, effective fall 2011. Smith comes to the Museum with a distinguished background in visual arts institutions. He currently serves as director …
John W. Smith Appointed New Director of Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design
PROVIDENCE, R.I.- John W. Smith has been appointed director of the Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, effective fall 2011. Smith comes to the Museum with a distinguished background in visual arts institutions. He currently serves as director …
Miami Art Museum Appoints New Deputy Director of External Affairs
MIAMI, FL.- Miami Art Museum (MAM), a leading museum of modern and contemporary art located in Miami, FL, has named Leann Standish deputy director of external affairs. Standish, a seasoned arts development and communications professional with more than…
Downtown Manhattan Becomes a Dynamic Laboratory for Creative Thinking
NEW YORK, NY.- The Festival of Ideas for the New City is a major new collaborative initiative involving scores of Downtown organizations, from large universities to arts institutions and community groups, working together to affect change. The Festival…
Culture Secretary Launches Plus Tate, a Major New Collaborative Arts Initiative
LONDON.- Plus Tate, a major new national initiative for the visual arts involving Tate and 18 of the UK’s most dynamic arts institutions, was launched on 21 October at Tate Modern by Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt. Joining together to exchange ideas,…
Exhibition of Photographs by Ansel Adams From the Collection of Anne Adams Helms
MONTEREY, CA.- The Monterey Museum of Art is the exclusive U.S. West Coast venue for Ansel Adams: Portrait of America, through October 3, 2010 at the Monterey Museum of Art-La Mirada, located at 720 Via Mirada, Monterey, California. In 1978, Ansel Adam…
James T. Ulak, Deputy Director of the Freer and Sackler Galleries, Receives Japan’s Prestigious "Order of the Rising Sun
WASHINGTON, DC.- James T. Ulak, deputy director and senior curator of Japanese art at the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Galleries, has been selected to receive the “Order of the Rising Sun,” an award conferred by the Japanese…