On Monday, July 23, the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow opened New World: 300 Years of American Art. Gracing the grand façade of this major art museum are three banners; a detail of Willem de Kooning’s Composition, 1955, the graphics for the exhibit; and a detail of Crystal Bridges’ own Charles [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2007
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Exhibits American Masterwork, Jasper Cropsey’s The Backwoods of America
July 15, 2007 – 9:19 am
Work to be on Long-Term Loan from Crystal Bridges Museum of Art
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 14, 2007 – A major work by American painter Jasper Cropsey (1823–1900), The Backwoods of America, is now featured in the American galleries of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, curators announced this week. The 1858 painting of a frontier family [...]
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Hires Director of Education
July 11, 2007 – 10:58 am
BENTONVILLE, Ark., July 11, 2007 – An accomplished arts educator with 20 years of experience designing and implementing educational programming for a wide variety of audiences is joining Crystal Bridges Museum of Art. Lynn Berkowitz of Sarasota, Fla., has been hired as the museum’s director of education. Berkowitz will report to Robert G. Workman, Crystal [...]
Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Hires Associate Director
July 2, 2007 – 3:08 pm
BENTONVILLE, Ark., July 2, 2007 – A consummate fundraiser and arts administrator with extensive experience in higher education is joining Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Sandra K. Edwards of Fayetteville, Ark., has been hired as the museum’s associate director. Edwards will report to Robert G. Workman, Crystal Bridges executive director, and will officially begin her duties [...]