Montclair Art Museum opens Fragile Freedoms: Maggie Meiners Revisits Rockwell
Maggie Meiners (b. 1972), Skin Deep, 2012. Archival pigment print. Ed. 9 +2AP. Courtesy of the artist.
MONTCLAIR, NJ
.- Fragile Freedoms: Maggie Meiners Revisits Rockwell, a new thought-provoking photography exhibition at Montclair Art Museum, reimagines the iconic work of early to mid-century painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell through the lens of modern America. With stunningly vivid detail, Meinerss carefully constructed photographs turn nostalgia on its head and rework Rockwells familiar imagery to address contemporary issues including racism, sexuality, gender roles, and the impact of technology.
In our current environment of social and political unrest, a global pandemic and renewed activism, MAMs new installations, and supporting discussions, programs, and banners, are particularly relevant and will engage visitors in new ways. The hope is that it will encourage new dialog in the co
Montclair Art Museum Presents New York to New Mexico: New Acquisitions
(MONTCLAIR, NJ) Since its founding in 1914, Montclair Art Museum (MAM) has actively collected historic, modern, and contemporary art, growing its collection to more than 15,000 works. The 2021 spring exhibition,
New York to New Mexico: New Acquisitions, highlights 12 new acquisitions of American and Native American art entered into the collection since 2017. Curated by Gail Stavitsky,
New Acquisitions: New York to New Mexico will be on display in MAM’s Lehman Court through June 13, 2021.
Ranging from the early 20th century to the present, this exhibition includes New York-based modern art dealer and photographer Alfred Stieglitz’s
Tang Teaching Museum announces publication of Culture as Catalyst
New book brings campus conversations on urgent issues to new audiences.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY
.-The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College announces a new publication on the most urgent issues of the day. Culture as Catalyst is a collection of compelling dialogues and new writings by artists, scholars, activists, and influential thinkers who present new perspectives that disrupt the status quo by encouraging a getting comfortable with discomfort attitude to work through big ideas to drive change.
Edited by Isolde Brielmaier, the first Curator at Large at the Tang Teaching Museum, Culture as Catalyst accompanies the 20172019 Accelerator Series of public conversations she organized at the Museum to shed new light on the topics of whiteness, migration, mass incarceration, feminism, monuments, citizenship, cultural appropriation, forgiveness, and food justice. These dialogues we
The Saratoga blog By Wendy Liberatore on January 19, 2021 at 7:57 PM
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College has published a book on the most urgent issues of the day from race to food insecurity.
Culture as Catalyst is a collection of dialogues and new writings by artists, scholars, activists and influential thinkers who present new perspectives and encourage a “getting comfortable with discomfort” attitude to work through big ideas to drive change.
Edited by Isolde Brielmaier, the curator at large at the Tang Teaching Museum, the book accompanies the 2017–2019 Accelerator Series of public conversations she organized at the museum to shed light on the topics of whiteness, migration, mass incarceration, feminism, monuments, citizenship, cultural appropriation, forgiveness and food justice.
Montclair Art Museum Presents Fragile Freedoms: Maggie Meiners Revisits Rockwell
(MONTCLAIR, NJ)
Fragile Freedoms: Maggie Meiners Revisits Rockwell, a new thought-provoking photography exhibition at Montclair Art Museum (MAM), reimagines the iconic work of early to mid-century painter and illustrator Norman Rockwell through the lens of modern America. With stunningly vivid detail, Meiners’s carefully constructed photographs turn nostalgia on its head and rework Rockwell’s familiar imagery to address contemporary issues including racism, sexuality, gender roles, and the impact of technology. The exhibit runs from February 7 through June 13, 2021.
In our current environment of social and political unrest, a global pandemic and renewed activism, MAM’s new installations, and supporting discussions, programs, and banners, are particularly relevant and will engage visitors in new ways. The hope is that it will encourage new dialog in the community about how to protect our f