by Leandra Velez | Jun 10, 2015 | 2015, archive
Two articles in the New York Times highlight the extent to which major museums are featuring local artists more as they look to reflect their region and attract local audiences. Baltimore, the city of much grave news this spring, has a major museum that has a history...
by Leandra Velez | Jun 4, 2015 | 2015, archive
The MUSE students from Rogers High School traveled to Providence recently to visit the Rhode Island Charter Museum in the State House. The charter is a landmark 1663 document in which King Charles II granted RI colonists the right to the religious practice of their...
by Leandra Velez | Jun 3, 2015 | 2015, archive
The Newport Art Museum was presented with a check in the amount of $2,632 from the National Gallery benefit at Jane Pickens Theater on April 13. The screening of Frederick Wiseman’s acclaimed documentary of the British National Gallery in London, played to a...
by Leandra Velez | Apr 24, 2015 | 2015, archive
Upon their first visit to Newport Art Museum, new MUSE students walk into the grand entry of the John N. A. Griswold House. As they stand in the central axis of one of the most treasured architectural gems in North America, students cast their eyes around the...
by Leandra Velez | Apr 14, 2015 | 2015, archive
Tuning Out Digital Buzz, for an Intimate Communion With Art By HOLLAND COTTER, March 16, 2015 The New York Times Once upon a time, our big museums were the “quiet cars” of a fast-track American culture industry. Like libraries, they were places where the volume was...
