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Exploring Circles in Circles with Hamilton Poe

Exploring Circles in Circles with Hamilton Poe

Exhibitions
Talking with Detroit-based artist Hamilton Poe is something of a circular... or perhaps spiral ... process.  He trails off, comes back around, picks up with something he'd said earlier... it's…
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Walk the Line with Joel Allen

Walk the Line with Joel Allen

Exhibitions
Steamboat Springs, Colorado-based artist Joel Allen works with tightly wound twine to create hanging sculptures that bristle with an accumulation of objects: wire, prescription pill bottles, wine corks, surgical tubing.…
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"Silence is So Accurate": Thinking about Mark Rothko

"Silence is So Accurate": Thinking about Mark Rothko

Art & Collection
Last week we celebrated the anniversary of the birth of artist Mark Rothko, whose painting, No. 210 / 211 (Orange) is in Crystal Bridges' collection. Painted in 1960, the canvas virtually…
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John James Audubon, Part 3

John James Audubon, Part 3

Art & Collection
This is Part Three of a three-part post. Click below to read earlier parts: Part One Part Two Today Crystal Bridges' opens the new temporary exhibition John James Audubon and…
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Attack of the Summer Zucchini (Pickles)

Attack of the Summer Zucchini (Pickles)

Culinary
Ah, zucchini, that delightful, fresh flavor of summer!  We love it!  And yet, as the season peaks, sometimes we gardeners find ourselves with Giant Killer Zucchinis coming out of our... gardens…
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Jonathan Monaghan: Man Without a Movie Camera

Jonathan Monaghan: Man Without a Movie Camera

Exhibitions
Today we offer up a guest post by artist Jonathan Monaghan, whose video work, Rainbow Narcosis, is featured in State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now.  You can view…
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From Guest to Guardian: Looking at Art

From Guest to Guardian: Looking at Art

Art & Collection
Point of view is everything. It isn’t just your position in a room or your distance from an object; it’s the catalyst that actively creates what you experience. What you…
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Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with State of the Art

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with State of the Art

Exhibitions
September is national Hispanic Heritage Month! Visit the current exhibition State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now and see how several Hispanic artists from across the country are celebrating…
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International Literacy Day in Art

International Literacy Day in Art

Art & Collection Exhibitions

It’s International Literacy Day!   Today we celebrate great works of art in Crystal Bridges’ collection that relate to books and reading, and we also offer a couple of sneak peeks…

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American Encounters: Anglo-American Portraiture in an Era of Revolution, Part 2

American Encounters: Anglo-American Portraiture in an Era of Revolution, Part 2

Art & Collection Exhibitions
We're entering the last days in which guests may view the temporary exhibition American Encounters: Anglo-American Portraiture in an Era of Revolution, on view here at Crystal Bridges through September…
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Art for the Birds: A Conversation with Calder Kamin

Art for the Birds: A Conversation with Calder Kamin

Exhibitions
If you have come in or out through Crystal Bridges’ south lobby in the past couple of weeks, you have surely noticed the diverse images of birds that have congregated…
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American Encounters: Anglo-American Portraiture in an Era of Revolution

American Encounters: Anglo-American Portraiture in an Era of Revolution

Art & Collection Exhibitions
We're entering the last days in which guests may view the temporary exhibition American Encounters: Anglo-American Portraiture in an Era of Revolution, on view here at Crystal Bridges through September…
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Bachman-Wilson House Update: Phase 1 into Phase 2

Bachman-Wilson House Update: Phase 1 into Phase 2

Architecture
If you have walked the Tulip Tree Trail or been out to the Museum’s South Lawn this summer, you have likely seen and heard the ongoing preparations for construction of…
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John James Audubon, Part 2

John James Audubon, Part 2

Art & Collection
This is part two of a three-part series.  For Part One, click here In 1908, Audubon and his wife Lucy set out for Louisville, Kentucky, to establish a store with…
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Thelma and Louise

Thelma and Louise

Architecture Culinary Nature & Outdoor
Are you familiar with Thelma and Louise?  No, not the 1991 film starring Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis.  I'm talking about Crystal Bridges' version. Thelma and Louise are  two particular trees on…
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John James Audubon, Part 1

John James Audubon, Part 1

Art & Collection Exhibitions Library
In September, Crystal Bridges will exhibit an oil painting by John James Audubon, created in 1826 while the artist was in Edinburgh, Scotland.  The painting depicts a family of wild…
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Asher B. Durand's "Kindred Spirits"

Asher B. Durand's "Kindred Spirits"

Art & Collection Library

Durand was among the co-founders of the New York Drawing Association (later the National Academy of Design), and served as president of the institution for 16 years, beginning in 1845.…

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Shouting to the World: An Interview with Randy Regier

Shouting to the World: An Interview with Randy Regier

Exhibitions
State of the Art artist Randy Regier is a talker. He's also a tinkerer, a thinker,  a reader, a cynic, a seeker, and a comic. A conversation with him is an…
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Starting from the Bottom: A College Student Grows Roots at Crystal Bridges

Starting from the Bottom: A College Student Grows Roots at Crystal Bridges

At the Museum Volunteer Spotlight

College students are involved at Crystal Bridges on a number of different levels.  1)  The Museum actively seeks to recruit students as volunteers. 2)  Our College Ambassador program offers students from many…

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Living Large: A Conversation with Gina Phillips

Living Large: A Conversation with Gina Phillips

Exhibitions
The artworks in State of the Art range in size from paintings 3.5 inches square to installations that fill rooms (or the lower pond!).  One of the large works in…
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