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Issue 55, Fall 2009
Issue 54, Winter 2009
Issue 53, Fall 2008
Issue 52, Winter 2008
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Daniel Pink: 21th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy (opens audio file)

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Vessel Glass by Gladys Weinberg published

The Museum of Art and Archaeology is pleased to note the publication of Vessel Glass by Gladys D.Weinberg and E. Marianne Stern, a new volume in the Athenian Agora series. The late Dr. Weinberg is a former Curator of Ancient Art and Assistant Director of the Museum. The Saul and Gladys Weinberg Gallery of Ancient Art is named for Dr. Weinberg and her husband Dr. Saul Weinberg.

A landmark in the study of ancient glass from Greece, Agora XXXIV presents 404 glass vessels excavated in the Athenian Agora. Although mostly fragmentary, examples are given of almost every type of glass known from the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods, and representative finds of Byzantine and later times. The remarkable value of this contribution to the history of glass is that so many of the fragments from the Agora can be dated by context. A thorough historical overview of the Agora takes full advantage of events such as the sack of the city by Sulla in 86 B.C. and the Herulian raid of A.D. 267, events that have left their imprint throughout the site and provide valuable dating information. The catalogued objects are discussed by period and shape with extensive descriptions of the various techniques of their manufacture. An appendix to the volume presents evidence for a possible Late Roman glass furnace in the Agora. Vitreous material has been found, as well as a fused glass vessel, similar to material excavated in the near-by Kerameikos that has been interpreted as evidence for glass making. The wide scope of glass vessel types presented in this volume will provide an essential reference book for those interested in glass known from antiquity.

New Exhibition: The Sacred Feminine: Prehistory to Post-Modernity

The Museum of Art and Archaeology opens this new exhibition this week, which runs from August 29 - December 24, 2009. (poster in pdf 4.5MB)
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Music of The Fine Art of Living Video

See the video of the performance (opens new window)

Paintbrush Ball Thank You!

Another successful Ball, thanks to our wonderful supporters!

2009 Ball Slideshow (opens new window)

Museum part of UN International Year of Natural Fibres

The Museum of Art and Archaeology is proud to be part of the United Nations International Year of Natural Fibres (IYNF). The International Year of Natural Fibres was approved by the 61st General Assembly of the United Nations, which invited collaborations with governments, regional and international organizations, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector to celebrate the Year and increase awareness and appreciation of natural fibers. The Museum applied to be part of this celebration, and in May 2009, we were approved and given permission to include the IYNF logo in our programming.

For more information regarding the International Year of Natural Fibres, please see IYNF, download the fact sheet (pdf - 5.9 MB), and watch the video (below).

The Museum's current exhibition on Pre-Columbian Textile Art: Design that Speaks Today is one part of the Museum's celebration of natural fibers.

Art in Bloom 2009 illustration
Art in Bloom 2009 Winners
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