Heartbreak can be a great muse. Whether you are happily in love, boycotting it forever, or somewhere in-between, the Museum’s Student Advisory Board invites you to celebrate the power of a broken heart to inspire art! Live musical performances, lots of chocolate and desserts from Chez Alice, and great art! Performances by Songline, Evan Gedrich, Read more about Failed Love 2016[…]
This summer, before returning to campus, I’m spending some time conducting thesis research in London. Framing my London experience before I arrived here, one of my professors emailed me the iconic Samuel Johnson quote, “when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.” Read more about Tina Wei[…]
By Irene Burke I paused at a cobblestone roundabout as motorbikes and compact Citoens and Fiats sped by. A familiar face stared down from a lamppost, and I looked back incredulously. I was on a summer vacation with my family in the South of France, and I was amazed to spot an advertisement for the Read more about Salon Cézanne: Homecoming[…]
The Student Advisory Board invites you to our annual gala! Formal Attire Enjoy an evening filled with live music, t-shirt giveaways, refreshments (alcohol served to those 21+), and student-led tours of our collections. Discover great art at YOUR art museum! Check out Facebook photos here!
I’m from Princeton, have a farm here, teach at UPenn – I teach an art law seminar. I have a BA/MA in art history and a JD/MBA, so I have students who are in law and MBA programs and students in art and archeology programs. “What do you teach?” Artists rights, dealers, galleries, gallery operations, Read more about Nobody frames a picture like this[…]
Daughter: I’m a graduate student here. My mom’s visiting me. We went to the Congo exhibit, went to the Scream person. Classical Italian drawings. I come here a few times whenever my parents come to visit. My mom’s an art historian, a professor of Art History. Mother: I teach at Goucher College and Patterson as Read more about 500 years of wishes that survived[…]
“Do you come here a lot?” Woman 1: Yes, depends what’s on. “Do you guys always come together?” Woman 2: No, very rarely. This is maybe one of the first times we have come together. We do other places together. “What do you both do?” Woman 2: I’m a retired graphic designer, now I work Read more about It meant something to me at the time[…]
“So, what brings you to the museum? Are you a student here?” Yeah, I’m in Intro Painting. We have to come look at paintings, make a quick sketch, and answer a bunch of questions about the paintings. “Why this painting?” Because there is a chair (laughter) … last week I had to sit on the Read more about I’m learning how to look at things differently.[…]
This summer I have been interning at the Children’s Museum of Art in New York. I have been assisting Teaching Artists with classes all summer on both Governor’s Island and at the Museum in Soho. This past week, I assisted the Teen Printmaking class, and the Teaching Artist took us to C.G. Boerner, the print Read more about Sarah Cho[…]
Earlier this summer, I spent six weeks interning in the Department of Public Programs at the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) in New York City, which has been one of my favorite museums ever since I was a kid. I love the AMNH because it has something to offer everyone, from small children making their Read more about Constantin Weickart[…]