Maine Historical Society gets $500,000 grant
The grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will be used primarily to upgrade the society s storage facilities.
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The Maine Historical Society has been awarded a large grant that will be used to upgrade the organization’s storage capacity.
The $500,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will allow the society to install compact storage and consolidate its storage collections at a new Riverside Street site that has been developed with the Portland Public Library. That site provides climate-controlled storage space that will aid long-term preservation of museum and library collections, the society said.
Amanda Gorman clearly has talent. But there’s more to her meteoric rise. Nneka McGuire A poet at the Super Bowl. Sit with that for a second. After dazzling the nation at President Biden’s inauguration, gripping hearts and minds with her rousing, propulsive verse, Amanda Gorman became the first bard to perform at the country’s most-watched sporting event. With rhythmic speech and graceful gestures, she delivered a poem in honor of a trio of essential workers, three honorary captains James Martin, a U.S. Marine veteran; Trimaine Davis, an educator; and Suzie Dorner, an ICU nurse manager in a recorded video right before the coin toss at Super Bowl LV in Tampa.
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Jim Case had not spoken English for three days when he hiked into town looking for a store on the island of Isla Grande off the coast of Panama.
Bill Dunlop sails Wind’s Will out of the harbor in Aitutaki in the Cook Islands in June 1984. The photo may be the last photo taken of the Mechanic Falls adventurer who was attempting to sail solo around the world on his 9-foot boat. Dunlop went missing on the 3,000-mile leg between the Cook Islands and Australia.
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He spotted someone who looked American or European who seemed out of place.
Saturday Evening Post covers pop in Swann Illustration Sale
Ruth Eastman, Hitting the Links of Palm Beach, proposed cover for The Saturday Evening Post, gouache, circa mid-1920s. Sold for $11,875, a record for the artist.
NEW YORK, NY
.-Swann Galleries opened the winter/spring 2021 season with a robust sale of Illustration Art. The auction saw record prices for several works, as well as auction debuts from artists. Original artwork from the collection of Richard Dick McDonough brought excitement from buyers, and covers for The Saturday Evening Post and The New Yorker, Sunday comics, and story illustrations sparked widespread interest.
The Dick McDonough Collection of Golf Illustration, featured a selection of 63 golf and sports-themed works of art, including original illustrations and rare printed posters and graphics. Most notable was College Football by Joseph F. Kernan, which led the sale at $75,000, a record for Kernan. The 1932 oil-on-canvas served as a cover The Sa