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[12 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 39 views]
Icons of Costume: Hollywood’s Golden Era and Beyond

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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[9 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 34 views]
Ayami Aoyama at Michener Art Museum

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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[1 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 87 views]
Moore Adventures in Wonderland

Moore Adventures in Wonderland
Rosenbach Museum & Library
September 23, 2009 – June 6, 2010

The Rosenbach Museum & Library’s new exhibition Moore Adventures in Wonderland, currently on view through June 6, 2010, is a Marianne Moore and Alice in Wonderland-inspired installation, created by Rosenbach Artist-in-Residence, Sue Johnson. The exhibition investigates the Rosenbach’s collection of the work of author Lewis Carroll and Modernist American poet and writer Marianne Moore and uncovers the unexpected connections between the two.

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[25 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 85 views]
Philadelphia’s International Print Festival Philagrafika 2010 opens january 29

WHEN: Opening Weekend is Friday, January 29 – Saturday, January 31, 2010 (10 a.m. – 5 p.m).
Philagrafika 2010 runs through April 11, 2010.
WHERE: Participating Philagrafika 2010 venues are located throughout the city (full list of participants, locations, and the opening weekend schedule …

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[21 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 123 views]
Contemporary Folklore: Sculpture by Ann Chahbandour, Ryan Kelly, Lisa Naples and Kukuli Velarde

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 …