DOYLESTOWN, PA.- Making it Better: Folk Arts in Pennsylvania Today will be on view in the Fred Beans Gallery at the James A. Michener Art Museum May 14 through August 28. A state-wide traveling exhibition, Making it Better tells the stories of more tha…
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Awards 43 Fellowships to Virginia Students and Artists
RICHMOND, VA.- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts awarded 43 fellowships to Virginia art students and professional artists in 2011-12 for a total of $258,000. During the VMFA Fellowship Program’s 71 years, the museum has awarded more than $4.4 million a…
Nigerian Artist Who Painted the HM Queen Elizabeth II Featured in Bonhams "Africa Now" Sale
LONDON.- A painting by Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy M.B.E. – the female Nigerian artist who produced a portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II recently – will feature in Bonhams next `Africa Now’ sale in London on 16th March 2011. One of Nigeria’…
Imperial War Museum to Open Lord Ashcroft Gallery in November
LONDON.- Imperial War Museum London opens the Lord Ashcroft Gallery, its first major permanent gallery for ten years, this November. The new gallery, paid for by a £5million donation from Lord Ashcroft, KCMG, will house the Extraordinary Heroes exhibi…