Award Winners (Award, Artist, Grade, Medium, Title, School) Best In Show- Randy Wagner, grade 12, paper mache, Gunner, South Vermillion High School 2-D 1st place -Zach Pearson, grade 12, newspaper, magazine collage, Off-White, Terre Haute North Vigo High School 2nd place -Tyesha Washington, grade 9, pastel, Be Proud, McLean High School 3rd place – Kendra [...]
Category > Museum visit
I wonder what Wright would think
Working on the Samara House exhibition sparked my memory of childhood visits to Chicago and Wisconsin. I had cousins and grandparents there and spent significant time with them. We often went on excursions through interesting neighborhoods and to museums, but I do not recall ever visiting a Frank Lloyd Wright site. It made me wonder [...]
attributed to Ralph Blackelock
Art 101 blog attributed to Blakelock I was all set to talk about the romantic landscape and the dubious use of bitumen with paint by artists of the 19th century. But this painting has another fascinating story related to its attribution. Have you ever wondered why a work of art is listed as “attributed to” [...]
Annual Student Exhibition–Juror & Process
Once again the Swope Art Museum is proudly hosting the Annual Student Exhibition. An institution in itself, this exhibition has been recurring for forty-three years! That’s longer than any of the exhibiting students and most of the art teachers have been alive. And although the exhibition has been going on for so very long, we [...]
companion looking
It is common to think of visiting an art museum as a solitary activity. And it can be conducive to quiet contemplation. However, as I found out a couple of days ago, viewing art with a group can focus your attention on things you might overlook on your own. For this months American Art 101 [...]
Twin Cities Museums
From Saturday until Wednesday, I was in the Twin Cities at the Association of Midwest Museum annual conference held in St. Paul, MN. I met a lot of people, got several new ideas from other institutions and had a wonderful time exploring the various museums around the area. Some highlights:
J.R. Cox’s White Cloud Included in Iowa and Pennsylvannia Exhibitions
John Rogers Cox White Cloud 1943 Oil and acrylic on canvas 37 x 45 ½ inches Swope Art Museum Collection, 2000.07 John Rogers Cox (1915-1990), a Terre Haute artist and the first director of the Swope Art Museum, portrayed the Midwest through a fantastical lens focused on the minutia of the American landscape. Often called [...]
Talking about art
I can’t believe May is almost over and no one has posted this month. I was giddy when I saw the comments to my last post. I hope we can keep the conversation going. (Well, OK, so its not a conventional conversation – more a series of responsive monologues.) Related to that discussion- the Swope [...]
Indiana art educators networking event.
Networking! I love networking, or smoozing as it’s more commonly known. Maybe that is why I am 1yr out of grad school, thoroughly employed in the arts, unwilling to say ‘no’ and loving every minute of it! This networking event was fun. Firstly I got to go to Indy for the day, not bad. Second; [...]
Thoughts from a Visit to the IMA
Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing No. 652, 1990, Collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art Who straightens the study table? A Yayoi Kusama, I could fall into it and fall forever and ever. Laylah Ali makes me think but also makes me giggle. A lot of little men holding up the floor, or appearing to hold [...]