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Future Exhibits
at the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum
Folk Art Portraits
This exhibition of folk art portraits in the Gladys & Franklin Clark Foundation Gallery, will highlight the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum's superb collection of primarily nineteenth-century images of children, adults and families. The exhibition focuses on the period 1700-1850 and includes old favorites such as Baby in Red Chair, one of the earliest pictures to enter the collection, and a group portrait of the Smith family of Richmond, Virginia, the most recent addition to the collection acquired a few months ago, join over 40 other portraits to offer a rich and diverse look at a period before photography changed the way people saw each other and themselves. Opening September 29, 2012 – on-going
Opens Saturday, September 29, 2012
Fraktur
The exhibition of highly decorative certificates documenting births, baptisms and marriages in the William and Mary Guyton Gallery, will highlight the traditions of German-speaking people in America. Called fraktur, these hand-drawn and colored documents are visually appealing records of nineteenth-century individuals. Opening April 27, 2013.
Opens Saturday, April 27, 2013
Quilts in the Baltimore Manner
This exhibition in the Foster and Muriel McCarl Gallery, will feature 12 nineteenth-century quilts made in and around the Baltimore area. The exhibition showcases fine examples of the Baltimore quilt tradition with a sampling of quilts made in nearby counties as well as in parts of Virginia. Some of the most highly treasured quilts of the 19th century are the distinctive appliquéd album quilts made in Baltimore between 1845 and 1855. The third largest city in the U.S. during the 1840s, Baltimore also boasted the largest seaport and had a strong textile industry. These colorful, elaborately designed bed coverings are a feast for the eyes. This exhibition is underwritten in part by multiple gifts to the Quilt Exhibition Fund. June 9, 2012 through May 11, 2014.
Opens Saturday, June 9, 2012
Tramp Art
This small exhibition of 5 pieces will highlight what we today refer to as tramp art. Explore this intriguing art form through the study of five objects ranging from a 7-foot tall cheval glass to a doll-sized roll-top desk. Notch or chip carving required few tools and little training. In the most common form of tramp art, notches were carved into the edges of cigar box wood, usually with a penknife, and the carved wood was then stacked and fastened with small nails or glue to create detailed, three dimensional designs. Men with spare time in the evenings created wonderfully layered objects that decorated the homes of family and friends. Furniture pieces like the cheval glass were made from large chunks of wood but with the same notched/chip carved technique. Opening September 29, 2012 through September 7, 2014
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