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Crossroads - Change in Rural America

For the next six weeks, Rose Hill Manor Park and Museums will be home to a special Smithsonian exhibition that looks at how our local communities have adapted and changed as a result of the literal crossroads of waterways, roads, and railroads and the figurative crossroads of local and national events.

Stories from the inhabitants of Rose Hill, other Frederick County Parks, and our Main Streets will highlight these themes throughout the exhibit while exhibits through the county will highlight additional county stories.

Exhibition runs daily through April 14th!

Plan your visit: https://www.visitfrederick.org/event/crossroads-change-in-rural-america/20091/

Wild art, I think I love you—especially on World Wildlife Day. For generations, artists have been inspired by nature and depicted animals in their work—sometimes for scientific exploration, sometimes to tell stories, and sometimes simply for love of wildlife. Take a peek here at a few of the furry, feathered, and four-legged friends in The Met's collection. What's your favorite animal?

Philip Guston’s Major Retrospective Opens in Washington D.C. Philip Guston's anticipated retrospective opens in Washington D.C., featuring works that provoke, attract, and resonate.

“The wall around the window does not create two worlds.” — Henri Matisse

Matisse's “Open Window, Collioure” is an icon of early modernism. A small but explosive work, it is celebrated as one of the most important early paintings of the fauve school: a group of artists—including André Derain—who decided to paint with very bold, unmixed colors and thick brushstrokes, pushing the art world into a more experimental territory.

The lyrical beauty of this painting belies the optical and conceptual complexity of the work. When it was completed, André Derain wrote that even the shadows in “Collioure” were a "whole world of clarity and luminosity." ✨

What’s more, the painting also contains a dazzling variety of brushstrokes, from long blended marks to short, staccato touches. Matisse represented each area of the composition with a different handling of his paintbrush, creating an overall surface effect of pulsating cross-rhythms.🪄
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🖼 Henri Matisse, “Open Window, Collioure,” 1905, oil on canvas, 21 x 18 in., Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John Hay Whitney

Through her artful essays on food and life, which she first began writing in France in the 1930s, Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher transformed the mundane activity of eating into a passion. ⁣
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M.F.K. Fisher wrote twenty-seven books that blended thoughtful instruction, sense-awakening recipes, and reflections on life's values. Fisher's writing was informed by her conviction that our basic human needs for love, shelter, and food are indivisibly connected.⁣⁣⁣
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Ginny Stanford, a self-taught artist, was introduced to Fisher in 1991, one year before the writer's death. She sought to paint the image of a courageous older woman "who could look unflinchingly at herself." Her brilliantly colored portrait, painted in the writer's California home, is a testament to Fisher's strength in the face of a string of illnesses, including Parkinson's disease.⁣⁣
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🖼: “M. F. K. Fisher” by Ginny Stanford, 1991. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. © Ginny Stanford, 1991

Glenstone Museum To Acquire 112 Major Photographs From The Pilara Foundation The Pilara collection is among the greatest in North America.

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MICA Faculty Win Prestigious Art Educator Awards Three MICA faculty members have been recognized by national and state organizations for their outstanding work as art educators. They include Annet Couwenberg, honored with the Distinguished Teaching of Art Award by the College Art Association (CAA); Nan Park ’16 (Art Education MA), named Eastern ...

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Yoga for Art Teachers: 6 Poses to Increase Creativity and Relieve Stress - The Art of Education University Being an art teacher means our bodies and minds are always busy. The movements, breathing, and philosophy of yoga promote a state of calm and relaxation. This is where the stress in our bodies and minds disappears for just a moment, and we can see clearly. Who doesn’t need more of that? Just like ...