NEWS
By Diane Mikulis and Diane Mikulis,SPECIAL TO THE SUN | July 29, 1999
THIS WEEK in Glenelg, some 6-year-olds have become scientists, some 10-year-olds have become curators and others have become surveyors, excavators, geologists and explorers.If you think some digging is going on, you're right. Glenelg United Methodist Church is holding its vacation Bible school, and the theme is "The Great Bibleland Dig."Donna Brackins is the coordinator of the program, which offers 110 children age 3 through fifth grade the chance to learn more about the life of Jesus Christ.
ENTERTAINMENT
By Holly Selby and Holly Selby,Sun Staff | December 12, 1999
If the Baltimore Museum of Art were to post a want ad for the next open curatorial position, it might read as follows:"Wanted: Expert in 20th-century art, preferably one with particular interest in Matisse. Team spirit a must."The last line of that job description is a telling one. Doreen Bolger, who became the museum's director nearly two years ago, is a champion of using curatorial teams to create exhibitions. Bit by bit she is fashioning a museum staff with that in mind.Her goal is to create a steady stream of original exhibitions that will draw on the BMA's permanent collections -- including a reinstalled Cone Collection -- as well as works borrowed from other institutions.
FEATURES
By Ann LoLordo and Ann LoLordo,SUN NATIONAL STAFF | December 6, 2000
Inside the U.S. Supreme Court last Friday, lawyers debated a historic challenge to a presidential election too close to call. Outside the court, curators from the Smithsonian Institution scanned the crowd of protesters, looking for the memorabilia that will recall this moment in history. Toting a camera and a large artist's portfolio, curator Larry Bird walked among the Bush-Cheney and Gore-Lieberman supporters. He trolled for handmade signs, hats, banners and T-shirts that one day may appear in an exhibit at the museum.
FEATURES
By Glenn McNatt and Glenn McNatt,SUN ART CRITIC | January 18, 2000
From the vantage point of the end of the 20th-century, it is tempting to see the rise of modern art as an inexorable advance of clearly defined styles whose progress steadily evolved from more or less realistic representation toward increasingly abstract forms. Starting with Impressionism and proceeding through post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Futurism, Surrealism and Cubism, the idea that modern art's origins can be accounted for by a chronological succession of stylistic "isms" is by now so ingrained in many people's minds that the results seem to have been almost preordained.
FEATURES
By John Dorsey | June 1, 1996
About four years ago, Samuel Hoi, dean of Washington's Corcoran School of Art, and the heads of five Washington-area arts centers decided to inaugurate a regional juried show, held at all six sites in 1994. This year, ArtSites expanded to 11 sites, including Baltimore's Maryland Art Place and School 33.There are organizational advantages. One call for entry was sent out to 10,000 addresses in Maryland, Washington and Virginia, resulting in 850 responses. Curators from the sites viewed the slides together over a three-day period and chose a total of 86 artists for their separate shows.
NEWS
By Jonathan Pitts and Jonathan Pitts,Sun Reporter | April 6, 2008
Jennifer B. Bodine was in her last semester at Roland Park Country School, struggling academically as graduation loomed. She realized that she probably should have kept her mouth shut. This was the 1960s, when seniors there had a little-known tradition. Every spring, they chose a day to strip their school uniforms, set them ablaze in a trash can, and romp around, at times in their underwear, to celebrate impending freedom. "Why I mentioned this [at home], I'll never know," she said last week, shaking her head.