Posted by Mary Murray on 4 November 2011 | 0 Comments
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Institute’s 75th Anniversary,
Raoul Hague
Raoul Hague, Little Beaverkill Walnut, 1959
Raoul Hague (1904-93) lived and worked in Woodstock. He
carved large tree trunks found in rural New York state and
named his completed sculptures after these locations, such
as Little Beaverkill Walnut (FYI: Little Beaver Kill, in
Sullivan County, is one of several bodies of water that are
renowned as the first fly-fishing venues in the United
States).
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Posted by Mary Murray on 28 October 2011 | 0 Comments
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Do YOU have a favorite work of art in the
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute’s Museum of Art
collection?
The Museum of Art is excited to announce that it is
unveiling the list of visitors’ favorite works of art in
the collection this weekend, in conjunction with the
Institute’s 75th Anniversary celebration. In anticipation of the 75th Anniversary, Director of
Education April Oswald began collecting Museum visitors’
ballots for their favorite art works three years ago
on World Refugee Day in Hanna Park (that was June 2008).
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Posted by Mary Murray on 21 October 2011 | 0 Comments
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Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute 75th Anniversary
Happy 75th Anniversary to and from Munson-Williams-Proctor
Arts Institute. The Museum of Art staff is working diligently on the
upcoming celebratory exhibition, Enhancing a Legacy: Gifts,
Promised Gifts, and Acquisitions in Honor of the Museum of
Art’s 75th Anniversary.
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Posted by Meg Gianetti on 13 October 2011 | 0 Comments
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This past weekend I enjoyed a wonderful hike with 24 fellow
MWPAI members through the Hudson River School Art Trail and
visited the Thomas Cole National Historical Site in
Catskill, NY. This great program organized by Barb Kane,
MWPAI’s Public Programs Coordinator, allowed us to follow
the footsteps of great American artists such as Thomas Cole,
Frederic Church, Asher Durand, Jasper Cropsey and Sanford
Gifford.
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Posted by Mary Murray on 3 October 2011 | 0 Comments
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Musem of Art,
Preforming Arts,
Film Series
October 5 is a great night for all things black and white at
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. Ansel Adams, Eagle Peak and Middle Brother,
Yosemite National Park, California,
c.
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Posted by Mary Murray on 26 September 2011 | 0 Comments
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Concerts in the Court Series
You are in for a swinging good time on Saturday, October 1,
as Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute kicks off its
2011-12 Concerts in the Court Series with Austin’s Hot
Club of Cowtown[http://hotclubofcowtown. com/].
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Posted by Mary Murray on 20 September 2011 | 0 Comments
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Ansel Adams, Moonrise, Hernandez, NM, 1941, c. 2010 The
Ansel Adams Publishing Rights Trust
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute is proud to host the
exhibition *Ansel Adams: Masterworks from the Collection of
the Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA*, which
features 48 photographs that Adams selected himself to
represent his best work.
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Posted by Joe Schmidt on 14 September 2011 | 0 Comments
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Rock and Roll,
Southside Johnny
Live music…. better yet, live rock and roll.
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Posted by Mary Murray on 8 September 2011 | 0 Comments
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This week the Museum of Art opens the exhibition Leap of
Faith, photographs of Burma (Myanmar) by Rochester-based
Chris Kogut.
Bagan Sunrise, 2008
Here are some of Ms.
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Posted by Mary Murray on 29 August 2011 | 0 Comments
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*Certified: Artists and Their Wedding Documents*
June 19—September 18, 2011
Cardamone Gallery, Museum of Art
Marlene Dietrich at the wedding of Cleve Gray and Francie du
Plessix
In conjunction with Wedded Perfection: Two Centuries of
Wedding Gowns, the Museum of Art has joined with the
Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, to pair
wedding-related archival materials with works of art from
the Institute’s collection. Documents, including original
marriage certificates and vintage photographs, record the
nuptial union of some of the most renowned artists of the
19th and 20th centuries, including artist couples Jackson
Pollock and Lee Krasner; and Dorothea Tanning and Max Ernst.
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