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Racine, WI December 14, 2020 By Racine Art Museum - Dec 14th, 2020 02:56 pm Photo courtesy of RAM. In response to the current impact of the global pandemic in Wisconsin, the Racine Art Museum (RAM) has decided to extend the run of four ongoing exhibitions in hopes of giving a broader audience the chance to view the intriguing works of contemporary craft in-person. Originally scheduled to run through February 13, 2021, In Stitches: Contemporary Approaches to Needlework will now be on display through May 8, 2021. This exhibition features work primarily drawn from ...

Wharton Esherick Museum Receives a Surprise Gift of $10 Million December 13, 2020 16:47 Subject Line Please provide verification code Cover of "Wharton Esherick: The Journey of a Creative Mind" by Mansfield Bascom. The Wharton Esherick Museum in Malvern, Penn., received an unexpected endowment gift of $10 million. The museum made the public announcement on Friday, according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The news of the gift was shared earlier with the museum's co-founder shortly before he passed away this fall. The surprise gift came from Arkansas-based Windgate Foundation, and represents a...

WHYY By Julie Siglin looks at the sculptures displayed in Wharton Esherick's home studio. (Emma Lee/WHYY) The Wharton Esherick Museum, tucked into the woods of Valley Forge Mountain outside Malvern, Pennsylvania, has received a $10 million endowment gift from the Windgate Foundation. The artist house and studio museum of the seminal woodworker of the American Studio Craft Movement normally operates on an annual budget of $400,000. This gift is 25 times that amount. “This is completely transformational,” said executive director Julie Siglin. “It’s an endowment. We will be able to draw ...

Tuesday, December 8, 2020 The Eureka Springs School of the Arts co-founders, from left to right, are Doug Stowe, Mary Springer and Eleanor Lux. Submitted photo A $10 million endowment created and funded this fall will put Eureka Springs School of the Arts (ESSA) on a trajectory of nationwide impact. In September, the Windgate Foundation established the endowment at the Arkansas Community Foundation to provide ongoing operating support for the 20-year-old school of art and fine craft. The endowment is expected to produce $400,000 per year in operating support after a required one-year waiting...

Share this article Share this article NASHVILLE, Tenn., Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Frist Art Museum will kick off its 20th anniversary with Picasso. Figures, an exhibition from the incomparable collection of the Musée national Picasso-Paris. The exhibition offers an in-depth look at Pablo Picasso's career-long fascination with the human figure as a means of expressing a range of subjects and emotions. Featuring approximately 75 paintings, works on paper, and sculptures, Picasso. Figures will make its sole U.S. appearance in Nashville in the Frist's Ingram Gallery from February 5 th...