Michener Art Museum

Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom

Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom
Michener Art Museum
June 26 – October 10, 2010
For twelve million people, Ellis Island was the doorway to a new life, with the hopes and dreams of several generations of immigrants beginning and sometimes ending there. Understandably, this American landmark in New York Harbor has deeply inspired many artists. Most notably, the legendary photographer Lewis Hine (1874-1940) documented the human drama as it unfolded at the immigration center in the early 1900s, while the acclaimed contemporary photographer Stephen Wilkes captured the long-abandoned buildings of the island’s hospital complex nearly 100 years later.

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Michelle Berkowitz

Michelle Berkowitz: Contemporary Costumes
Michener Art Museum
April 17 – August 8, 2010
This spring, the James A. Michener Art Museum presents contemporary fashions by costume artist Michelle Annette Berkowitz. Celebrated in the society pages of the Greater Philadelphia newspapers for her evening gowns, Berkowitz’s design explorations also include millinery, beaded jewelry and sterling silver, and restoration work on vintage apparel.

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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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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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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 […]

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Philagrafika 2010

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 […]

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