Today’s post comes from Isabel Long, Art Center Summer Docent and Skidmore ‘21.
The question I was most frequently asked while giving tours this summer was “Can you tell us about the bust of the woman with the veil?” Now, after some research, I can
Seeing is Believing?
Today’s post comes from Caylea Barone, Colgate University class of 2021 and Art Center Student Docent.
This summer, a playful new exhibition decorates the walls of the Project Gallery at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Soundpainting: An Interview with Max Reuben
Today’s post comes from Ruby Mayer, class of 2020 and Art Center Summer Docent
Every Thursday evening in July, at 6:00 pm, the Powerhouse Theater Training Company will present “I’m Trying to Tell You Something Important,” a Soundpainting performance in the Art Center galleries. Spontaneously composed and directed by Brooklyn-based playwright, director, and teacher, Max Reuben, the performances will be generated in the galleries, on the spot
Column Like You See ‘Em
Today’s post comes from Isabel Long, Art Center Summer Docent and Skidmore College class of ’21.
Before this summer I had only ever been to the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center as a visitor, but with more experience and education I have made new fascinating connections about, and with, the collection
A New Acquisition, Allegory in Rococo
Today’s post comes from Sergio Lozano, class of 2021 and Art Center Student Docent
One of our most recent acquisitions at the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is an eighteenth-century painting by French artist Jean-François de Troy (1679-1752) titled Allegory of Sculpture. De Troy was the son of portraitist François de Troy, whose connections allowed his son to obtain a post at the French Academy of Rome and later return to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture in France