Staff Voices
Shakespeare in Santa Fe: Observing the Bard’s Birthday with the Art of Dorothy Newkirk Stewart
In honor of William Shakespeare's 449th birthday, a look at some very special editions of his plays from our collection.
Artists and Poets, part 1: John Henry Bradley Storrs and Terry Wolverton
The Accidental Tourist: he was a poet and he knowed it
To inaugurate our newest series, The Accidental Tourist, reference specialist Elizabeth Botten takes a trip through the papers of Arthur Sinclair Covey and finds some rhymes.
“Yes, they represent something that is me.”: Rupert Garcia on Dr. King and M. Duchamp
American Women Tastemakers: Florence Knoll Bassett
Irish Shamrocks, American Roots
On Alma Thomas’s Observations of Negro History Week
A look at how painter Alma Thomas brought African American history into the classroom by Kelly Quinn, the Terra Foundation Project Manager for Online Scholarly and Educational Initiatives at the Archives of American Art.
Timeline Reveals the Story of the 1913 Armory Show in Primary Sources
Did you ever draw a timeline? Perhaps as part of an elementary school social studies lesson? I have vivid childhood memories of using a ruler and pencil to craft my own perfectly straight line, punctuated by those all-important dates copied out of a textbook. The appealing simplicity of timelines—chronology made visual—endures in an online age; witness the way Facebook has co-opted the term and the concept.
Our 100th Blog Post: A Celebration
The editors of the Archives of American Art Blog invite you to celebrate our 100th post!
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