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Women's History Month: Emily Carr
Emily Carr, Kispiax Village

Women's History Month: Emily Carr

Today we feature a guest artist in our collection for Women’s History Month: Canadian Emily Carr, whose Kispiax Village (1929) is on loan to Crystal Bridges from the Royal Ontario…
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Women's History Month: New Works by Remarkable Women
Carmen Herrera, Cerulean

Women's History Month: New Works by Remarkable Women

Art & Collection
In the month of March, the galleries may look at little different, as several works not before seen at Crystal Bridges are being installed. They add to the diverse voices…
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Women's History Month: Joan Brown
Joan Brown, Self-Portrait with Fish and Cat

Women's History Month: Joan Brown

Art & Collection
Self-Portrait with Fish and Cat is one of the largest of Joan Brown’s signature self-portraits and the first self-portrait by a woman to join the Crystal Bridges collection. Considered a…
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Black History Month: Kara Walker, "A Warm Summer Night in 1863,"
Kara Walker, A Warm Summer Evening in 1863

Black History Month: Kara Walker, "A Warm Summer Night in 1863,"

Art & Collection
Looming large against a chaotic illustrated scene, the caricatured silhouette of a hanged young black woman sets a dark tone for Kara Walker’s tapestry, A Warm Summer Night in 1863.…
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Black History Month: Fred Eversley
Fred Eversley with one of his large lens sculptures

Black History Month: Fred Eversley

Art & Collection
Fred Eversley is an African American artist born in 1941. His path to becoming an artist, back in the early '60s, is an unusual one. The son of a New…
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Happy Birthday Raphaelle and Rembrandt Peale!
Left: Rembrandt Peale, Self-portrait Right: Charles Willson Peale, Portrait of his son Raphaelle Peale, 1822

Happy Birthday Raphaelle and Rembrandt Peale!

Art & Collection
This month, we celebrate the birthdays of Raphaelle and Rembrandt Peale, (February 17 and 22, respectively) two brothers from America’s first artist family.   Raphaelle and Rembrandt’s grandfather, Charles Peale…
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Borders and Books: Crystal Bridges Library display illuminates the history of the US-Mexico boundary
1827 map of Mexico, Upper California, and Texas

Borders and Books: Crystal Bridges Library display illuminates the history of the US-Mexico boundary

Exhibitions Library
Mexico and the United States have a long paradoxical history together, characterized by territorial exchange and war, but also cooperation and peace. Following the theme of Border Cantos, the Crystal…
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Happy Birthday to Leo Villareal!
Leo Villareal with his work Buckyball

Happy Birthday to Leo Villareal!

Art & Collection

Happy Birthday to Leo Villareal, the creator of the Buckyball– the spherical sculpture that lights up the path to our front entrance at dusk.   Buckyball consists of two geodesic spheres,…

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Black History Month: Emma Cadwalader Guild's sculpture "Free"
after Emma Marie Cadwalader-Guild, Free

Black History Month: Emma Cadwalader Guild's sculpture "Free"

Art & Collection
One of the works in Crystal Bridges' collection that speaks most movingly about the experience of African Americans during the Restoration period was actually created by a White woman. Today's…
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Of Love and Loss: A Valentine's Story from the Galleries
Dennis Miller Bunker, Anne Page

Of Love and Loss: A Valentine's Story from the Galleries

Art & Collection
One of Dennis Miller Bunker’s defining paintings is his 1887 portrait of Anne Page. The painting is low in key, with a dark neutral background devoid of patterns or accessories.…
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Black History Month and a New Acquisition by John Biggers
John Biggers, The Garbage Man

Black History Month and a New Acquisition by John Biggers

Art & Collection

Today’s blog post was prepared by Crystal Bridges Interpretation intern Dennison Schultz.   New to the Crystal Bridges permanent collection is The Garbage Man (1944) by John Biggers (1924 –…

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Black History Month: Emoja Soul Celebrates Black Poets at Crystal Bridges
Leora Jackson headshot

Black History Month: Emoja Soul Celebrates Black Poets at Crystal Bridges

At the Museum
This Saturday, February 4, at 1 p.m., Emoja Soul, a local poetry and spoken word organization, will be presenting a Gallery Conversation in Crystal Bridges’ gallery in celebration of Black…
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Happy Birthday Norman Rockwell!
Norman Rockwell

Happy Birthday Norman Rockwell!

Art & Collection
Today is the birthday of beloved artist and illustrator, Norman Rockwell. Raised in the “golden age” of illustration, Rockwell grew up admiring the work of Howard Pyle, J.S. Leydendecker, Edwin…
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Crystal Bridges Announces Alice Neel Acquisition and Members Preview
Alice Neel, Hugh Hurd

Crystal Bridges Announces Alice Neel Acquisition and Members Preview

Art & Collection

Crystal Bridges is pleased to announce the acquisition of a portrait of actor Hugh Hurd (1925-1995), by Alice Neel (1900-1984).   Neel is one of the most important American portrait…

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Never Too Late: Late Bloomers in Crystal Bridges' Collection
Alma Thomas, Lunar Rendezvous—Circle of Flowers

Never Too Late: Late Bloomers in Crystal Bridges' Collection

Art & Collection
It may not surprise you to learn that many of the people who work in various capacities at Crystal Bridges are practicing artists in their own right. After all, it makes…
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A Musical Crystal Bridges Tour, Courtesy of the Teen Council
Keith Haring,

A Musical Crystal Bridges Tour, Courtesy of the Teen Council

Art & Collection
Crystal Bridges' Teen Council is a group of awesome high school students from all across our area who meet regularly to socialize, learn about the museum, participate in artmaking activities,…
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Childe Hassam's Paris at Twilight
Childe Hassam, Paris at Twilight

Childe Hassam's Paris at Twilight

Art & Collection
As the days grow shorter, many of us we find ourselves coming home from work around 5:30, just as it is beginning to get dark.  Paris at Twilight, by Childe Hassam,…
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Dance Historian Thomas DeFrantz on The Art of American Dance
Thomas DeFrantz

Dance Historian Thomas DeFrantz on The Art of American Dance

Exhibitions

Thomas DeFrantz is a dance historian, a professor in the dance, theater studies, and women’s studies departments at Duke University, as well as the Chair of African and African American…

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Dance in Crystal Bridges Rare Books
An etching by Troy Kinney, from his book The Etchings of Troy Kinney, 1929.

Dance in Crystal Bridges Rare Books

Exhibitions Library
Now through January 16, 2017, Crystal Bridges is hosting the Art of American Dance, a traveling exhibition that explores the interaction between dance and visual art.  In today's post, Jon…
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Celebrating Thanksgiving and Audubon’s Festive Fowls
John James Audubon, Wild Turkey Cock, Hen and Young

Celebrating Thanksgiving and Audubon’s Festive Fowls

Art & Collection

Black Friday is behind us, yet many of us are still finding ways to get creative with the post-Thanksgiving leftover turkey. Whether you love this traditional holiday fowl or banish…

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