In This Case: Luce Foundation Center
In this Case: Fill the Gap!
March 11, 2009
Roger Medearis' Judith, our first pick for Fill the Gap! suggested by citizen curator Jeanne Kramer-Smyth Inspired by the recent Smithsonian 2.0 conference, we've been thinking about new ways to engage visitors to the Luce Foundation Center in a conversation....
In This Case: Godly Susan
March 3, 2009
Godly Susan by Roger Medearis Many art history students are taught to look closely at portraits to derive meaning from the subject’s body language, the other objects the artist includes, and even they way these objects are arranged. The Luce...
On this Screen: Interview with Chuck and Jan Rosenak
February 20, 2009
The Rosenaks, ready for their interview Here at the Luce Foundation Center we love using technology to add to our visitor's experience of the 3,400 objects housed here in visible storage. For a while we've been showing a series of...
Luce Goes 3D!
January 28, 2009
Jim Concha, collections manager for painting and sculpture, settles Ship Caterpillar by Tatyana Zhurkov on the photography surface. View the final 3D image here. Luce Foundation Center staff are very excited about our new digital imaging project, which will create...
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...
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