Whistler's Muse: Joanna Hiffernan

I love when I run across information about the muse of painter whose is forgotten in history. Such a person is Joanna Hiffernan.

Follow the link for more information.

http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence/people/biog/?bid=Hiff_J

Marie Antoinette

Marie Antoinette is so strongly associated with the French Revolution that many time we have never looked at who she was outside a political context. Born as a daughter of an Austrian king, life was very different in Vienna then France.

http://www.biography.com/people/marie-antoinette-9398996

On Exhibit: Brooklyn Museum of Art Witness: Art and Civil Rights in the Sixties

The Brooklyn Museum of Art is hosting an exhibit about art and the civil rights movement in the sixties. If you are in NYC this would be a wonderful exhibit to see. Artist like Norman Rockwell and Norman Lewis are included in this exhibit.

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/witness_civil_rights/

Below is a article about how Norman Rockwell used photograph as a means to make is iconic prints.

http://m.nydailynews.com/1.1179719#bmb=1

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/norman-rockwell/about-norman-rockwell/689/

Margaret Murray Washington

Many foremothers have open doors for African American women. One such women is Margaret Murray Washington. The third wife of Booker T. Washington and one of the founders of the National Federation of Colored Women. 

http://www.awhf.org/washington.html

http://womenshistory.about.com/od/African-American-Women-Educators/fl/Margaret-Murray-Washington.htm

The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Italy

http://www.guggenheim.org/venice

Dorthea Church Towles

For all of us who first love is fashion and beauty, pioneers like Dorthea Towles has stood in gap and challenge what beauty was and opened the door for women of color in the modeling industry.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/nyregion/23church.html?fta=y&_r=0

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothea_Church

Armory Show 2014

Drawing from some of the greater women artist are on exhibit at the 2014 Armory Show. One of my personal favorite artist Betye Saar is included in this exhibit. 

http://m.mutualart.com/OpenArticle/The-Armory-Show-2014-Modern-to-Present--/396C5DE60E587FE7?utm_source=alert_b&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=al_by_artist

History of High Tea

I am in the process of planning the High Tea which I plan on a yearly bases. Each year's ultimate goal is to be as authentic as possible. As I review the customs surrounding afternoon tea, I would love to share the customs with you.

http://www.afternoontea.co.uk/information/history-of-afternoon-tea/

The History of Russia and Ukraine

As a student of Political Science, from time to time I like to remind everyone that Russia and the Ukraine has always had divergent interests. So conflict between the two ethic groups is as common as having a cup of tea. Third party intervention should be practical and after all negotiations has ceded to exist.

http://www.creditwritedowns.com/2014/03/another-short-history-lesson-russia-ukraine.html

Bradford Pear Tree

The last 48 hours has been rough due to a tree falling in my yard and causing havoc. The tree which made my day and half rough in the Bradford Pear. Known for falling under weight of ice and snow. The Bradford Pear did just that.

http://thedailysouth.southernliving.com/2011/02/28/i-just-hate-bradford-pear/

Baltimore Painted Fancy Furniture

No furniture is the painted furniture from Baltimore, Maryland. Furniture makers such as the Finlay Brother created an amazing tradition.

http://www.themagazineantiques.com/articles/benjamin-henry-latrobe-and-the-furniture-of-john-and-hugh-finlay/3/

Boston Furniture at Winterthur

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rAao2Zjqupo

Just a Little Information about the Verdi Requiem

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_(Verdi)

http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwclassical/article/Cincinnati-Symphony-to-Present-Verdis-REQUIEM-228-31-20140130

Art Smith

Sometimes an exhibit is just breathtaking, and the Art Smith Jewlery exhibit from the Brooklyn Museum of Art at Cincinnati Art Museum is amazing. All lovers of the art of design should see this exhibit because many of the principles of positive and negative space is incorporated in Art Smith's Jewlery design.

http://www.925-1000.com/amx_smithA.html

Elizabeth Nourse

In preparation for a tour today, I'm sharing information from another person like myself who is from Mt Healthy, Ohio. 

http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/Important-American-Painter-Elizabeth-Nourse-Honore/17809145