by Leandra Velez | Apr 24, 2014 | 2014, archive
The New York Times By JOHN STRAUSBAUGH Published: July 6, 2011 YOUTH, it turns out, is not always wasted on the young. Through Aug. 4 the New York Open Center in Manhattan is hosting the inaugural exhibition of the Teen Art Gallery, with paintings, collages,...
by Leandra Velez | Apr 23, 2014 | 2014, archive
Back in the 1950s a debate raged through the taxonomic world: were the lagomorphs—rabbits, hares, assorted fuzzy bunnies—a homogenous phylogenetic group with unique defining features? Or were they just a rag-tag collection of random rodents with some superficial...
by Leandra Velez | Apr 23, 2014 | 2014, archive
Newport, RI The MUSE Exhibition at Newport Art Museum opens to the public on Newport Gallery Night, May 8, from 5 – 7 PM. The Spring 2014 show is co-curated by high school students from three area high schools: East Bay Met School, Portsmouth High...
by Leandra Velez | Apr 15, 2014 | 2014, archive
Today we visited Rough Point, the English Manor style home of Doris Duke on Newport’s Cliff Walk, owned and operated by Newport Restoration Foundation. While the collections, wall treatments and furniture compete for the eye on a tour of this romantic house, our...
by Leandra Velez | Apr 13, 2014 | 2014, archive
The MUSE program is highlighted in a feature column in the Newport Daily News this weekend titled “Curating the Next Generation of Professionals.” The article quotes Newport Art Museum staff who make MUSE a standout education program in cooperation with...
by Leandra Velez | Apr 11, 2014 | 2014, archive
Today MUSE students visited the Conservation Lab of the Preservation Society of Newport County, best known as the Newport Mansions. Chief Conservator Jeff Moore led discussion as Portsmouth High School students in the MUSE class, along with their teacher, Krista Hook,...
