Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts mourns the death of Director Emeritus Mark M. Johnson
Mark Johnson, 2016. Photograph by Darren Freeman.
MONTGOMERY, AL
.- The Board, staff, and community of the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts shared the news of the death of Director Emeritus Mark M. Johnson, who died on Friday, June 25, 2021, after a long illness. Johnson, who was an esteemed scholar and museum director, led the MMFA from 1994 until his retirement in 2017 when, as the longest-serving chief executive of the institution, he was named the Museums first Director Emeritus. Over the course of his tenure, Johnson shaped the institution in many ways, including the addition of hundreds of works of art to the collection, organizing a number of exhibitions and publications, and leading two significant expansions of the Museum.
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Brendan and Bronwyn Bradley, have been participating in museum art classes for five years. (Kaamil Jones for WHYY)
The Philadelphia Museum of Art launched their Art Kids program Friday, marking the reopening of onsite programming for children and adults.
Through the south vaulted walkway you will find the Art Kids Studio. The studio is a place where families can bring their children to create art inspired by contemporary female artists such as Lynda Benglis, Faith Ringgold, and Howardena Pindell, all currently on display in the museum’s exhibit New Grit: Art & Philly Now.
Liz Bradley, of Philadelphia, was excited to bring her children back to the museum saying “it’s something that we’ve been missing from the pandemic. We love the building, and all of the art teachers are so creative, kind and gentle and it’s just an opportunity I hope every young person could have.”
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