Demystification Accomplished
Lots of great conversations about modern art took place at My Kid Could Do That: Demystifying Abstract Art, a public program held Saturday. Best of all, our talented participants created great abstract art of their own.
©2010 Amon Carter Museum
Be sure to check out our calendar for more public programs at the Carter!
Summer Showers
The forecast calls for showers this week, an unusual event for Texas in July.
Charles Dahlgreen, Approaching Storm, ca. 1913-1915, Monotype, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
Mabel Dwight, Rain, 1935, Lithograph, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
Ruth Bernhard, Apple Tree, 1970. Gelatin silver print, © 1970 Ruth Bernhard, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of Paul Brauchle, Dallas, Texas
The Impact of the Bill of Rights
As we prepare to celebrate the Fourth of July this weekend, I was thinking about how the Bill of Rights impacts our lives each day and how artists in the Carter’s collection have visually represented the amendments' intersection with our lives.
The First Amendment grants the freedom of worship”¦
Georgia O’Keeffe (1887--1986), Ranchos Church, New Mexico, 1930–31, oil on canvas, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 1971.16
The freedom of speech”¦
Ben Shahn (1898--1969), Martin Luther King, 1965, ink and ink wash on paper, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 1967.197
The freedom of the press”¦
After Richard Caton Woodville (1825--1856), engraved by Alfred Jones (1819--1900), Mexican News, 1853, hand colored engraving and etching with stipple, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, 1972.3
And the freedom of assembly (among others).
![Laura Gilpin's The Navaho Council Room Window Rock, [Arizona]](/sites/all/files/imce/drupal/P1979-128-187_s.jpg)
Laura Gilpin (1891--1979), The Navaho Council Room Window Rock, [Arizona], 1951, gelatin silver print, © 1979 Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, bequest of the artist, P1979.128.187
Can you think of additional works in the Carter’s collection that reflect our other rights? Share them with us by posting a comment below, and have a wonderful holiday!
Stroller Strollin'
New parents might want to consider coming to the museum this Friday morning for our monthly New Parent’s tour. Take the opportunity to meet fellow parents-with-babies and learn something about art while keeping cool.
A Parliament of Owls
Our last session of Storytime led us on a search for night creatures in our galleries. Although this isn’t the owlery at Hogwarts, we did discover a clutch of young owls in our atrium. Who knows what we will discover at our next Storytime? Please join us and be a part of the fun!
Happy Flag Day!
Childe Hassam (1859-1935), Flags on the Waldorf, 1916, Oil on canvas, 1985.301
![Frederick T. Stockdorf, [Party Group], 1897. Gelatin silver print, P1976.4.5](/sites/all/files/imce/education/P1976-4-5.jpg)
Frederick T. Stockdorf, [Party Group], 1897, Gelatin silver print, P1976.4.5
Laura Gilpin (1891-1979), Navaho Family, 1950, Gelatin silver print, © 1979 Amon Carter Museum, Bequest of the artist, P1979.95.15
I Wish My Summer Could Look Like This...
William Merritt Chase (1849–1916), Idle Hours, ca. 1894, oil on canvas, 1982.1
![Laura Gilpin, (1891–1979), [Summer Carnival] [Colorado Springs, Colorado], June 1941, Gelatin silver print, © 1979 Amon Carter Museum, Bequest of the artist, P1979.102.27](/sites/all/files/imce/education/P1979-102-27_s.jpg)
Laura Gilpin, (1891–1979), [Summer Carnival] [Colorado Springs, Colorado], June 1941, Gelatin silver print, © 1979 Amon Carter Museum, Bequest of the artist, P1979.102.27
Keith Carter (b.1948), Fireflies, 1992, Gelatin silver print, ©1992 Keith Carter, P2000.4
Have a wonderful summer!
Happy Memorial Day
Today we honor the men and women who have given their lives to ensure our freedom. One day out of a year seems hardly fitting for such a sacrifice, including those made by the families of the fallen.
Here are two works from our collection that speak to the human experience of separation and loss.
George Bellows (1882–1925),
Prepare, America!, 1916
Lithograph
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas,
1985.202
Albert E. Schaaf (1866–1950)
Armistice Morning--Fifth Avenue, 1918
Bromoil print
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
P1986.34
Although Armistice Day and Memorial Day are two different occasions, this work is one that resonates with everyone who has lost someone to war.
To honor military personnel, the Carter is pleased to participate in the 2010 Blue Star Museums Program. Participating institutions offer free admission to active military families all summer in a new partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Since admission is always free to the Carter’s permanent collection and special exhibitions of American art, members of the military will receive a complimentary souvenir collection catalogue during their visit to the Carter between Memorial Day and Labor Day. To receive your catalogue, simply present your military ID to a Visitor Services Representative at the museum’s Information Desk. For more information, including other participating institutions, click here.
New Parent's Tour Reminder
Send yourself - and your baby - to the Carter for a time out and learn something interesting about the art in our collection. No sitting in the corner this Friday, just opportunities to discuss art and life-in-general with your fellow new parents.
![Laura Gilpin (1891--1979), Navaho Twins [Edith's Babies] [Near Betatakin, Arizona], September 1953, gelatin silver print, © 1979 Amon Carter Museum, Bequest of the artist](/sites/all/files/imce/education/P1979-128-144_s.jpg)
Laura Gilpin (1891–1979)
Navaho Twins [Edith's Babies] [Near Betatakin, Arizona], September 1953
Gelatine silver print
© 1979 Amon Carter Museum, Bequest of the artist
Don’t forget that free parking is still available in the museum’s parking lot off of Camp Bowie. To access the museum with your stroller, please come to the elevator next to the loading dock on the north side of the museum. Someone will be there to assist you and bring you into the museum.
Call 817.989.5030 or e-mail education@cartermuseum.org with questions about this or any program at the Carter.
Program Alert - Science Meets Art!
Deep in my heart I’m a nerd. I love to watch science shows, even when I’m not exactly sure what is being discussed. This Saturday presents the perfect public program for my science-geek side and my inner-librarian, with beautiful art on view as a juicy bonus.
Cyntia Karnes, senior paper conservator at the Library of Congress, will offer insight into the art of John Marin, an artist from our permanent collection and part of our special exhibition American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Ms. Karnes has completed a technical examination of Marin’s watercolors and will share her views on the influences on Marin’s work.
Admission is free, but because seating is limited, reservations are required. Call 817.989.5030 or e-mail education@cartermuseum.org to register.
John Marin (1870–1953)
Movement No. 3, Related to Downtown New York, 1926
Opaque and transparent watercolor over charcoal on thick wove paper
© Estate of John Marin/ Artist Rights Society (ARS)
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT; Gift of James L. Goodwin and Henry Sage Goodwin from the Estate of Philip L. Goodwin, 1958.229