Articles tagged with: Michener Art Museum
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Icons of Costume: Hollywood’s Golden Era and Beyond
Michener Art Museum
April 17 – September 5, 2010
The James A. Michener Art Museum has organized an exhibition of Hollywood fashions worn by such classic stars as Loretta Young, Elizabeth Taylor, Errol Flynn and James Dean, as well as costumes and accessories used in more recent films featuring Harrison Ford, Kevin Costner and Sean Connery.
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Ayami Aoyama
Michener Art Museum (in the Outdoor Sculpture Garden)
March 20 – June 20, 2010
The James A. Michener Art Museum presents stone sculptures by artist Ayami Aoyama in the Outdoor Sculpture Garden from March 20 through June 20, 2010. Situated between the Museum and the Bucks County Library Center, this exhibit features marble and granite works that suggest both figurative forms and the landscape, in a style that is at once minimal and abstract.
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Contemporary Folklore: Sculpture by Ann Chahbandour, Ryan Kelly, Lisa Naples and Kukuli Velarde
Michener Art Museum
February 27 – June 13, 2010
Although scholars have long emphasized that folklore is primarily an oral tradition, art objects are often central to the communication of these narratives. In Contemporary Folklore: Sculpture by Ann Chahbandour, Ryan Kelly, Lisa Naples and Kukuli Velarde, upcoming at the James A. Michener Art Museum this February, four regional artists mine both collective and personal stories to create sculptures that retell new histories. This exhibition of three-dimensional works runs …
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Philagrafika 2010
Lynne Allen: Nature Morte
Transforming the Ordinary: Bookworks by Hedi Kyle
Michener Art Museum
January 16 – March 28, 2010
This winter, the James A. Michener Art Museum joins over eighty Philadelphia area art institutions in Philagrafika 2010, an international festival that recognizes the role of print as a vital force in contemporary art. In conjunction with this inaugural celebration, the Museum hosts two exhibitions: Lynne Allen: Nature Morte and Transforming the Ordinary: Bookworks by Hedi Kyle both on view from January 16 through March 28, 2010.
“Philagrafika 2010 has done a tremendous …
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Edward Weston: Life Work
Michener Art Museum
from December 12, 2009 through March 28, 2010
