Visual arts Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/visual-arts Tue, 06 Nov 2018 18:16:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Museum of Contemporary Art MCA http://toursmaps.com/museum-of-contemporary-art-mca.html http://toursmaps.com/museum-of-contemporary-art-mca.html#respond Sun, 18 Nov 2018 23:42:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=263949 One of the nations largest facilities devoted to post-1945 art. MCA offers exhibitions documenting contemporary visual culture through painting, performance, photography, sculpture, and video/film. The permanent collection provides an historical perspective for the examination of current trends in contemporary art. The collection consists of approximately 7,000 works with strengths in art made in Chicago, minimalism, postminimalism, conceptualism, surrealism, and artists blogs. Among the artists represented are Francis Bacon, Alexander Calder. Ann Hamilton, Alfredo Jaar. Jasper Johns, Donald Judd, Jeff Koons. Sol LeWitt, Rene Magritte, Bruce Nauman. Ed Paschke, Richard Serra. Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson, Robert Smithson, and Andy Warhol. Northern

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/museum-of-contemporary-art-mca.html/feed 0 Tubman African American Museum http://toursmaps.com/tubman-african-american-museum.html http://toursmaps.com/tubman-african-american-museum.html#respond Sun, 18 Nov 2018 18:27:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=263760 Named in honor of Harriet Tubman, the Museum is dedicated to educating people about all aspects of African American art. history and culture. The Georgia Council for the Arts has consistently ranked the Tubman among the top ten visual arts institutions in Georgia. There are permanent galleries featuring folk art and the mural “From Africa to America”, a visual history of black people. In addition, the Museum devotes five galleries to the N’oel Collection of African Art, on long term loan from Lynn and Michael Noel of Houston Texas, including 2.000 year-old Xok figures, carved ivory. Asafo flags, and an

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/tubman-african-american-museum.html/feed 0 Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden – Smithsonian Institution http://toursmaps.com/hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden-smithsonian-institution.html http://toursmaps.com/hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden-smithsonian-institution.html#respond Sun, 18 Nov 2018 02:42:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=263486 Independence Ave. at 7th St, S.W. Washington, DC 20560 Tel: (202) 357-2700 Fax: (202) 786-2682 TDDY: (202) 633-8043 Internet Address: http;//www.si.edu/hirshhorn Director: Mr. James T. Demetrion Admission: free. Attendance: 784,221 Established: 1966 Membership: N ADA Compliant: Y Parking: limited free parking on mall and nearby commercial lots. Activities: Concerts; Education Programs (adults, graduate/undergraduate students and children); Films; Gallery Talks; Guided Tours (Mon-Fri,10:30am and noon; Sat-Sun, noon and 2pm; seasonal sculpture garden tours); Lectures; Permanent Exhibits; Temporary/Traveling Exhibitions (3 major and 6 smaller/year); Workshops (“Young at Art”, “Improv Art”, “Art Explores”’). Publications: calendar (seasonal); collection catalogue, “A Garden for Art”; collection

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/hirshhorn-museum-and-sculpture-garden-smithsonian-institution.html/feed 0 Museums and Cultural Centers USA http://toursmaps.com/museums-and-cultural-centers-usa.html http://toursmaps.com/museums-and-cultural-centers-usa.html#respond Sat, 17 Nov 2018 19:21:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=262201 Several museums and cultural centers have seen increased visitation after expansions designed by renowned architects. Cincinnati’s Contemporary Arts Center, for example, experienced an 85% increase in attendance during the four-year period following the opening of the Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center, designed by Pritzker-prize winning architect Zaha Hadid. “It’s a key strategy for a growing number of museums: promoting ‘architourism,’ or drawing visitors with new buildings or wings by star architects.” The Wall Street Journal The following are museums and performing arts centers designed by renowned contemporary architects: Museums Architect Art of the Americas Wing, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston,

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/museums-and-cultural-centers-usa.html/feed 0 Community College Gallery of Fine Art http://toursmaps.com/community-college-gallery-of-fine-art.html http://toursmaps.com/community-college-gallery-of-fine-art.html#respond Sat, 17 Nov 2018 03:36:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=263525 Internet Address: www.edison.edu Curator: Ronald Bishop Admission: free. Attendance: 15,000 Established: 1979 Membership: Y ADA Compliant: Y Open: Tuesday to Friday, i0am-4pm: Saturday, llam-Spm; Sunday. lpm-5pm. Facilities: Auditorium (200 seats): Classrooms (multi-use): Exhibition Area; Gallery (250 running feet); Library. Each year, the Gallery of Fine Arts presents six to eight temporary exhibitions focused on fine art from historic to contemporary periods. Exhibits run six to eight weeks and include the work of regional, national and international artists. Recent exhibits include Russian painter Maxim Kantor. Florida photographer Clyde Butcher, and internationally recognized artist Robert Rauschenberg. The Gallery accepts proposals from mid-career

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/community-college-gallery-of-fine-art.html/feed 0 Santa Rosa Junior College – Jesse Peter Native American Art Museum http://toursmaps.com/santa-rosa-junior-college-jesse-peter-native-american-art-museum.html http://toursmaps.com/santa-rosa-junior-college-jesse-peter-native-american-art-museum.html#respond Fri, 16 Nov 2018 06:36:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=263229 Facilities: Exhibition Area. Activities: Guided Tours Lectures. The Museum presents exhibitions of traditional and contemporary Native American art and artifacts. Also of possible interest, the Art Gallery presents a schedule of exhibitions of work in diverse media with an emphasis on artists not generally exhibited locally. Located in the former museum building near the center of the campus, the Gallery is open Sunday and Tuesday through Friday, noon to 1pm. Stanford University – Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford University Facilities: Auditorium: Food Services Cafe ( 725-4758); Library: Shop Activities: Concerts: Gallery Talks: Guided Tours

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/santa-rosa-junior-college-jesse-peter-native-american-art-museum.html/feed 0 Columbia College Chicago – The Museum of Contemporary Photography http://toursmaps.com/columbia-college-chicago-the-museum-of-contemporary-photography.html http://toursmaps.com/columbia-college-chicago-the-museum-of-contemporary-photography.html#respond Fri, 16 Nov 2018 05:33:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=263882 Facilities: Classrooms; Exhibition Area; Print Study Room. Activities: Guided Tours; Lectures; Temporary Exhibitions; Traveling Exhibitions. Publications: exhibition catalogues (annual). The Museum of Contemporary Photography was founded by Columbia College Chicago to exhibit, collect, and promote contemporary photography. Each year the Museum presents a wide range of exhibitions in recognition of photographys many roles: as a medium of communication and artistic expression, as a documenter of life and the environment, as a commercial industry, and as a powerful tool in the service of science and technology. In addition, special projects in collaboration with other institutions combine photographic works with different forms

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/columbia-college-chicago-the-museum-of-contemporary-photography.html/feed 0 University of Notre Dame – The Snite Museum of Art http://toursmaps.com/university-of-notre-dame-the-snite-museum-of-art.html http://toursmaps.com/university-of-notre-dame-the-snite-museum-of-art.html#respond Fri, 16 Nov 2018 04:30:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=264212 University of Notre Dame – The Snite Museum of Art, cont. temporary exhibitions on loan from other institutions and private collectors. The Museum schedules a dozen < viibitions annually on subjects as diverse as Old Master drawings, contemporary prints, and pre-Columbian sculptures, lhe OShaugljinessy Galleries host the annual student show and a biennial faculty show. On the lower level are the Museums ethnographic collections, the John T. Higgins Gallery of American Art, and the museum reference library. Entrance to the Courtyard is at the north end ot the atrium and leads to the outdoor sculpture display in the garden. Featured

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/university-of-notre-dame-the-snite-museum-of-art.html/feed 0 Telfair Museum of Art http://toursmaps.com/telfair-museum-of-art.html http://toursmaps.com/telfair-museum-of-art.html#respond Fri, 16 Nov 2018 01:21:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=263770 Closed: Legal Holidays. Facilities: Architecture (Regency mansion, 1819 designed by English architect William Jay); Educational Facilities; Galleries: Shop. Activities: Concerts; Education Programs (adults and children); Films; Gallery Talks; Guided Tours; Lectures; Permanent Exhibits; Temporary Exhibitions. Publications: blogs. The oldest art museum in the Southeast, the Museum is housed in a Regencv-style mansion bequeathed by Mary Telfair to the Georgia Historical Society in 1875. The Museum presents artwork from its permanent collection, period rooms, temporary exhibitions and traveling shows. The permanent collection contains examples of American Impressionism by Frederick Frieseke, Childe Hassam. and Gari Melchers; Ash Can School paintings by George

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/telfair-museum-of-art.html/feed 0 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art http://toursmaps.com/san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art.html http://toursmaps.com/san-francisco-museum-of-modern-art.html#respond Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:09:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=263128 Traveling Exhibitions. Publications: annual report: calendar (bi-monthly): exhibition catalogues. Located in the heart of the downtown South-of-Market district, SFMOMA presents modern and contemporary painting and sculpture, photography, architecture and design, and media arts in four floors of galleries. A large gallery on the third floor of the Museum is devoted to “Picturing Modernity: Photographs from the Permanent Collection”, a permanent exhibition that offers a synoptic history of the medium. Two thousand square feet of specially-designed gallery space Kxterior view of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Richard Barnes. Still Rooms & Excavation, 1997. SF Camerawork. Photograph courtesy of SF Camerawork,

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