Caring for Art: Miró’s Painting (Birds, Personages, and Blue Star)
Today’s post comes from Julie MacDonald, Class of 2012 and Art Center Student Docent.
Conservation can take on many roles in the treatment of art objects. As discussed in a previous post repainting can be used to save a damaged work. Rips and tears can be repaired, and missing elements of works like sculpture can be...
Fall Break: Mayan Art and Architecture
Today’s post comes from Taylor Shoolery, Class of 2012 and Art Center Student Docent.
Whereas most years I have returned home to California for fall break, this year I had an opportunity to embark on an adventure to Honduras to visit a friend, Giselle Del Carmen, class of 2011, whose family lives in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Giselle...
Connections: Satirical Times
Today’s post comes from Taylor Shoolery, class of 2012 and Art Center student docent.
Thomas Rowlandson served as a satirical hit man in the world of late 18th century politics. Much like NBC’s television program, Saturday Night Live, Rowlandson mocked for money, paying no heed to political affiliations. Two SNL clips—one of a reunion between President George...
Connections: Caught in Action
Today’s post comes from Lina Kavaliunas, class of 2013 and Art Center student docent.
In 1952 the art critic Harold Rosenberg defined action painting – a method of painting employed by the American abstract expressionists of the 1940’s and 50’s – as the moment where “the canvas began to appear to one American painter after...
Senior Week: This Must Be The Place
This week we will be hearing from senior student docents before they graduate on Sunday. Today’s post comes from Sarah Harshman. Sarah has been a docent at the Art Center for the past year.
The day I moved in to Vassar as a freshman was hot. Very hot. 90+ degrees and humid. Oh, and stressful. There...
Senior Week: Raising Questions
This week we will be hearing from senior student docents before they graduate on Sunday. Today’s post comes from Sadie Burzan. Sadie has been a docent at the Art Center for the past year.
In my junior year, I learned that museums are not neutral. I was taking a class called Anthropology of Art (one of...
Senior Week: New Ways of Seeing
This week we will be hearing from senior student docents before they graduate on Sunday. Today’s post comes from Claudia Sanchez. Claudia has been a docent at the Art Center for the past year.
I have always found the experience of going to an art museum to be very personal. Even when I am in the...
Senior Week: Adventures in Wonderland
This week we will be hearing from senior student docents before they graduate on Sunday. Today’s post comes from Michael Reback. Mikey has been a docent at the Art Center for the past two years.
As May marches on, the Vassar campus comes to life — trees bloom, tulips pop up around Main Circle, and...
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Connections: A Little Madness in the Spring…
Today’s post comes from Emily MacLeod, class of 2012 and Art Center student docent.
If you attended our screening of the uproarious Blackadder series last week, which followed the exploits of the bumbling Prince Regent, you will be in for a surprise when a completely different side of the story is unveiled in The Madness...
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Connections: The Sounds of the Streets
Today’s post comes from Emily MacLeod, class of 2012 and Art Center student docent.
From the pleasure gardens at Vauxhall to the sitting rooms of the elite, from pubs and theaters, halls and street corners, music in the Georgian age was everywhere. London was in an economic boom, population was on the rise and the...
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Connections: The Black Adder
Today’s post is from Emily MacLeod, class of 2012 and Art Center student docent.
Mr. Bean? Dr. House? A satire of the Georgian era complete with the Prince Regent, William Pitt, Samuel Johnson and French Revolutionaries? Believe it or not, these are the ingredients that make up the delicious Black Adder series. Starring Rowan Atkinson...
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Connections: All Eyes Are Upon Her
Today’s post is from Emily Macleod, class of 2012 and Art Center student docent.
“When she arrives, all eyes are upon her. When absent, she is the subject of universal conversation. And what we see her wearing tonight, I look forward to seeing the rest of you wearing tomorrow!”
Georgiana, the Duchess of Devonshire, one of Rowlandson’s...
