In This Case: Luce Foundation Center
In This Case: Quilts? Quilts!
November 17, 2008
Quilts on Display at Luce It's part of my job at the Luce Center for American Art's information desk to explain the concept of the Center to visitors. But I can tell how eager they are to begin exploring when,...
In This Case: Halloween Costumes
October 25, 2008
In This Case is a series of ongoing posts on art in the Luce Foundation Center, a visible art storage facility at the Smithsonian American Art Museum that displays more than 3,300 pieces in sixty-four secure glass cases. This piece...
In This Case: An American Puzzle by Lloyd G. Schermer
September 23, 2008
Take a look at a larger view of Lloyd G. Schermer’s An American Puzzle. What do Mickey Mouse, a lobster, and a football player all have in common? Give up? They can all be found in Lloyd G. Schermer’s An...
In This Case... Or Not!
August 5, 2008
The Luce Foundation Center is not a static space. Every so often SAAM's curators come and "shop" for artworks to be included in new exhibitions. The museum is currently expanding the folk art galleries on the first floor and as...
In This Case: Assemblage with Found Objects by Simon Sparrow
August 1, 2008
Assemblage with Found Objects by Simon Sparrow. Explore this artwork in detail. I’m not sure why I like art that incorporates found objects so much. Maybe it’s the idea of someone’s trash being someone else’s treasure. Maybe it’s the unique...
In This Case: Gomer by Hank Murta Adams
July 10, 2008
We'd like to welcome three new contributors to Eye Level: Georgina Bath, Edward Bray, and Bridget Callahan. All work at the Luce Foundation Center, our open study/storage facility displaying over thirty-three hundred objects from the collections of the Smithsonian American...
In this Case: Walt Whitman
April 25, 2008
In This Case is a series of periodic posts on art in the Luce Foundation Center, a visible art storage facility at the Smithsonian American Art Museum that displays more than 3,300 pieces in fifty-seven cases. Paul Wayland Bartlett's Walt...
Sketchy
August 21, 2007
Left: Dennis Burlingame's Snake Charmer from SAAM's collection. Right: Sketching workshop participant Arielle Sandor's interpretation. When we talk about creating Web sites or interpretive materials for the museum I always think about promoting the idea that artists aren't a clan...
In This Case: Tony Smith
June 5, 2007
In This Case is a series of periodic posts on art in the Luce Foundation Center, a visible art storage facility at the Smithsonian American Art Museum that displays more than 3,300 pieces in fifty-seven cases. Tony Smith, She Who...
In This Case: Peter Paul Rubens
May 25, 2007
In This Case is a series of periodic posts on art in the Luce Foundation Center, a visible art storage facility at the Smithsonian American Art Museum that displays more than 3,300 pieces in fifty-seven cases. Peter Paul Rubens, Madonna...
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