NEW YORK (AP).- One of America’s most famous images, a painting of George Washington crossing the Delaware River, got much of the story wrong: The American commander wouldn’t have stood triumphantly on a rowboat in daylight, but on a ferry bracing hims…
Posters of the Russian Revolution 1917-1921 from the Lenin Library at Nassau County Museum of Art
ROSLYN HARBOR, N.Y.- In the stormy period that began with the 1917 October Revolution, poster art became a principal means of communicating the ideals of Communism to the largely illiterate peasantry of Russia. Graphic, inexpensively produced posters c…
Groundbreaking Pilot Program Uses Visual Arts to Promote Literacy Among Adults Learning English
ROSLYN HARBOR, NY.- Over the past year, educators at Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) and Queensborough Community College (QCC) have been developing strategies that use the visual arts to assist non-English speaking adults achieve English literacy. T…