Curated Conversation with Jeremy Novy
Last month, our Kohlmeyer Circle members enjoyed a special talk with artist Jeremy Novy and Bradley Sumrall, Curator of the Collection. In this conversation with Jeremy Novy and Bradley Sumrall,…
July Collection Highlight Michael Meads
The spirit that lies in the work of Michael Meads is whimsical yet foreboding. His graphite drawings, like the-larger-than-life “Der Liebestod’ or “Ghosts Along the Levee,” are a gluttony of…
O-riginal Art Activities: Marbled Print Inspired by Arlington Weithers
Español abajo Create a marbled print using shaving cream! Arlington Weithers, Throop Street Series: Thalos Script, 1999, Acrylic polymer emulsion with dry pigment Arlington Weithers is a painter who was…
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Movement Mondays: Ephemeral Earth Art
Español abajo Create a work of Earth art in your own backyard! Earth art, sometimes called environmental art or land art, is a style of art that uses nature as…
O-riginal Art Activities: Stacked Perspective Drawing Inspired by Clementine Hunter
Español abajo Create your own super tall drawing of whatever scene you like! Clementine Hunter, Flowing River, circa 1950, Medium Oil on panel Clementine Hunter was born in 1886 near…
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Sketching Demo A Collaboration with the World War II Museum
The Monuments Men are known for rescuing priceless art pieces from the Nazis. Works such as the Mona Lisa, Beethoven’s original manuscript of his Sixth Symphony, and the golden Bust…
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Curated Conversation with Entwined Artist, Sonya Yong James
A Curated Conversation with Curator of the Collection, Bradley Sumrall, and Entwined artist, Sonya Yong James. Sonya Yong James was born in 1971 in Knoxville, Tennessee. A lifelong Southerner, she…
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Movement Mondays: Color Wheel Scavenger Hunt
Español abajo Create your own 3D color wheel by collecting and arranging objects in your own house! A color wheel is a tool used to show the relationships between…
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Curated Conversation with Sharon Kopriva Artist Featured in Entwined and the 2020 Magnolia Ball Silent Auction
Sharon Kopriva is featured in the Online Magnolia Ball Silent Auction and the exhibition, Entwined: Ritual Wrapping and Binding in Contemporary Southern Art. In this video, Curator of the Collection, Bradley Sumrall,…