Farmer artist Lavern Kelley (1928-1995) and his brother Roger, neither of whom married, lived their entire lives on a 230 acre dairy and livestock farm, in the village of Laurens just outside Oneonta (Otsego County) in upstate New York, which had been their family's farm since … [Read more...] about The Art of the Farm: Lavern Kelley’s Folk Art
Exhibit Reviews
Food Related Archaeological & Anthropological Treasures at Philly’s Penn Museum
Founded in 1887, Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (better known as the Penn Museum) has three gallery floors with art and artifacts from all over the world. This extraordinary institution has conducted more than 300 archaeological … [Read more...] about Food Related Archaeological & Anthropological Treasures at Philly’s Penn Museum
Art and Appetite: American Art Inspired by Food
Nine years ago in 2005, curators at the Art Institute of Chicago including Judith A. Barter, the Art Institute's Curator of American Art, first discussed "a fresh look at still-life painting through the food represented in the pictures." This early beginning has culminated in an … [Read more...] about Art and Appetite: American Art Inspired by Food
Our Global Kitchen at NYC’s American Museum of Natural History
The American Museum of Natural History , at Central Park West and 79th Street on Manhattan's upper West Side has organized a major exhibit on our world's food, "Our Global Kitchen, Food, Nature, Culture" (open Daily, 10:00AM-5:45PM until August 11, 2013). The exhibit, curated by … [Read more...] about Our Global Kitchen at NYC’s American Museum of Natural History
Better Than A Free Lunch: Public Library’s “Lunch Hour NYC” Exhibit
The New York Public Library at its main Fifth Avenue (at 42nd Street) branch, a Greek temple-like monumental building guarded by impressive stone lions, is currently hosting a thought provoking (and free) exhibit that is nothing less than an historical and cultural analysis of … [Read more...] about Better Than A Free Lunch: Public Library’s “Lunch Hour NYC” Exhibit