In celebrating the one hundredth anniversary of the signing of Declaration of Independence, The Philadelphia Centennial Exposition of 1876 was America’s coming-of-age party. ⬬
The Life Historic
A port town with astonishingly rich period architecture, centuries-old Edenton is becoming one of North Carolina’s best places to be.
Object lesson: Bringing Stained Glass Up Close
The multi-dimensionality of mosaic glasswork.
Essential Questions
The American Folk Art Museum confronts viewers with the thorny matter of art and mental illness.
Inside Job
A Columbia Museum of Art exhibition explores artistic depictions of interior scenes and the applied and decorative arts in early twentieth-century America.
Leash Common Denominator
Some notes on art, design, and historical artifacts related to dogs.
Making Faces
Federal American Vernacular Portraits, 1790s to 1840s.
“Beautiful, Useful, and Enduring”
The story of the estimable arts and crafts silver of the Kalo Shop and the principled, indomitable woman at the firm’s helm: Clara Barck Welles.
New Light: More on Federal Bostonians and Their London Jeweler, Stephen Twycross
A continued study on the work of English jeweler Stephen Twycross.
Clay, Commerce, and a Free Man of Color
An important new exhibition traces the life and work of Thomas W. Commeraw, free Black potter of early New York.