Girlhood needlework, local tradition, and personal identity.
On books: The Importance of Being Furnished: Four Bachelors at Home
A look into the decorative lives of four bachelors from the early twentieth century.
Current and coming: Penobscot basketry in Rockland
The Farnsworth Art Museum exhibits an indigenous artistic tradition.
Beautiful Little Pictures
Miniature landscapes in nineteenth-century America.
Current and coming: Eastman Johnson in Waterville
A bicentennial-birthday exhibition at the Colby College Museum of Art.
Facets and settings: Boys in Brooches
The present and past of jewelry for men.
The Winchester in the Attic
A near-pristine Winchester Model 1886 rifle is up for bid at Rock Island Auction Company’s latest auction.
Potter with a Purpose
A look at the work of Kentucky-born activist ceramist Charles Counts.
Current and coming: Appalachian discontents in Philadelphia
PAFA explores Appalachia’s contribution to the City of Brotherly Love.
Tradewinds
Looking at scrimshaw from a Pacific perspective.