PHILADELPHIA, PA.- Moore College of Art & Design presented its 2010 Visionary Woman Awards to photographer and educator Wendy Ewald, couture handbag designer Judith Leiber and art historian and curator Ann Temkin. Ewald, Leiber and Temkin accepted the …
John Takehara Gallery Named at Boise Art Museum
BOISE, ID.- Boise Art Museum and Skip and Esther Oppenheimer bestowed a special honor that pays gratitude to John Takehara, influential artist and advocate of the artistic community and arts education, who passed away in 2009. The Museum gallery in wh…
Original Paintings by Roger Tory Peterson Highlight Christie’s American Paintings Sale
NEW YORK, NY.- Christie’s announced the upcoming sale of twenty original paintings by the celebrated naturalist, artist, and educator Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996). Peterson’s best-selling field guides, beginning with his seminal 1934 book …
Joe Deal, Landscape Photographer and Educator, Dies at Age 62
TUCSON, AZ.- The Center for Creative Photography, which in 2009 became home to the Joe Deal Archive, reported Deal’s death on Friday, June 18, 2010. Joe Deal defined his artistic career with black‐and‐white photographs of the American …
Miami Art Museum Names Thomas "Thom" Collins as Director
MIAMI, FL.- Thomas “Thom” Collins, an arts administrator, art historian, educator and author with more than 15 years of experience serving as a director and curator at several of America’s top museums, has been named as the new director …
Kathryn Kanjo Named Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
SAN DIEGO, CA.- Dr. Hugh M. Davies, The David C. Copley Director and CEO of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD), announced today that Kathryn Kanjo has been appointed the new Chief Curator and Head of the Curatorial Department, concluding …