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Washington, DC - Fritz Scholder is the subject of a major retrospective at the National Museum of the American Indian (IAIA) in Washington, D.C. and the Gustave Heye Center in New York City . In a complimentary exhibition on view through 15th February, 2009, at the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum, curator Joseph Sanchez will present Fritz Scholder: An Intimate Look, comprising works selected...
I had a most delightful experience -- an unexpected reprieve from our nation’s present white-knuckle ride. A friend urged me to visit the National Museum of the American Indian, housed in the former Customs House, a beautiful Beaux Art building in the heart of the old village of New York City, at One Bowling Green. I urge you to see the exhibit, “Identity by Design: Tradition, Change, and... [This...
--The museum presents concurrent exhibitions at its Washington and New York City locations-- WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This fall, the Smithson...
With the National Museum of the American Indian already on the mall, art that represents the American Indian doesn’t often show up at other local museums. But George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings , a National Gallery of Art show that opened this weekend, presents insight into both the work of an obscure painter and into 19th century Native American life. Brush grew up in Brooklyn and Connecticut,...
Flickr user Marek_K 's capture of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian is impressive enough. But I couldn't help thinking that the black and white - and the building's smooth curves - create a sort of inanimate companion piece to Colin Lane's improvised cover for The Strokes' 2001 Is This It LP. You have to admit, for D.C., that's one alluring structure.
WASHINGTON.- Fritz Scholder's (1937-2005) depiction of American Indians in the 1960s and '70s made him the most successful and highly regarded painter of Native Americans in U.S. history. Scholder was a versatile artist, however, inspired by more aesthetic ambition than
We spent the weekend in Washington DC, visiting our own Karen H. (newly returned from Central Asia), and seeing the sites. One of the first museums we hit was the National Museum of the American Indian (NMIA) — an impressive new branch of the Smithsonian that has opened during the decade since our last [...]
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In fall 2008 Fritz Scholder will be the subject of a major retrospective at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. and the Gustave Heye Center in New York City. www.iaia.edu Source: www.iaia.edu
The National Museum of African American History and Culture began the formal process of designing a building yesterday, one that will include a slave cabin and a Jim Crow railroad car. The museum is not scheduled to open until 2015. But there is a certain urgency to identifying large artifacts that are likely to influence the shape of the exhibit space, said Lonnie G. Bunch III, the founding
It seems that Trinidad’s steelpan has “gone native” in the Navajo Nation in the U.S. (Yes, the “steelpan” is a Trinidadian invention, reportedly the only new musical instrument to have been invented in the 20th century.) Navajo Nation youth, organized into a steelpan orchestra, played at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, [...]
The National Museum of the American Indian said protective grating didn't save the lives of five ducklings sucked down a drain in a fountain outside the museum last week. Read the full story
The National Museum of the American Indian said protective grating didn't save the lives of five ducklings sucked down a drain in a fountain outside the museum last week.
