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BIG NEWS! Tonight it was announced that as of January 1, 2019, the Pizzuti Collection will become the Pizzuti Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art. Read more about this transformational moment for Columbus.
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Happy 4th!
#MuseumFireworksShow
Middleton Manigault, The Rocket, 1909, Columbus Museum of Art, Museum Purchase, Howald Fund II.
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We join GCAC in urgently asking Governor DeWine to remove Susan Allan Block from the Ohio Arts Council Board and condemning incendiary hate speech.
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Edward Hopper, master of social distancing.
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Aminah Robinson’s House and Studio has been awarded an Ohio Historical Marker! The former home of the Columbus-based artist now serves as a living and studio space for recipients of the Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Residency and Fellowship programs
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We could all use some
#MuseumSunshine
.
Columbus, Ohio native Chris Ries trained under Harvey Littleton, co-founder of the studio glass movement. Ries is known for his skilled use of optical glass such as his Sunflower work pictured here.
#myCMAatHome
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In the closing week of our exhibition of work by Aminah Robinson (MacArthur Fellow Class of '04), we are delighted to congratulate Columbus’ newest MacArthur Fellow, Hanif Abdurraqib! His work with cultural criticism and autobiography shows how intertwined art and life really are
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Escape the heat!
The Museum and its galleries are open and free as a cooling station for the Columbus community through 5:00 PM on Friday, June 17.
To read more about other cooling stations throughout the city click below:
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During our 3-week closure, all museum staff scheduled to work will be paid and all will receive paid sick leave if needed. Stay calm & be kind to one another.
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Maurice Sendak was
#BornThisDay
in 1928! 🎉
The Museum is excited to announce the premiere of "Wild Things are Happening: The Art of Maurice Sendak" starting Oct. 21. The exhibition is organized by the Columbus Museum of Art in conjunction with the Maurice Sendak Foundation.
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On view now, Black Hands Moving Colors: The Art of Avis Collins Robinson.
This installation is in conjunction with a kick-off event on Aug. 25, that celebrates the start of the Aminah Robinson Legacy Project Endowment and Resource Fund.
@Eugene_Robinson
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As the Museum says goodbye to Through Vincent's Eyes today, we would like to thank all the remarkable visitors who made their way into the galleries, our generous donors and lenders who made the exhibition possible, and all of our dedicated staff members. Thank you.
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Join Columbus Museum of Art September 26 for a virtual conversation on art and grace with artist and filmmaker Cameron Granger
@realtayediggs_
and cultural critic and writer Hanif Abdurraqib
@NifMuhammad
.
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We asked people to recreate art using just themselves and common objects from their home for Columbus Museum of Art's
#HomemadeMasterpiece
Challenge. See some of our favorites.
#myCMAatHome
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We're reopening! We've missed you and are excited to welcome back our Members June 23 and all visitors June 30. Click through to read about Columbus Museum of Art's reopening plan and guidelines.
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145 never looked so good 😎
🎉 Happy birthday to us! The Museum was founded on October 30, 1878.
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We've got stars in our eyes thanks to the illustrious Richie Pope's 2018 Columbus Comics Residency Exhibition, which opens today.
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Take advantage of Free Sundays at Columbus Museum of Art to check out the just opened James Thurber exhibition, the first museum exhibition to explore Thurber’s art.
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Happy Birthday to Columbus' own Aminah Robinson! Read about the new children's book in her honor & how CMA &
@columbuslibrary
partnered to make it accessible to Central Ohio kids & families. via
@columbusmonthly
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We are so excited!!
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Now on view! “
@photographmag
: Check out
#MobilePhotoNow
@columbusmuseum
.
@nytimesphoto
agrees!
http://t.co/JdTSaM0tKk
http://t.co/6iWtH1RW4y
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Happy birthday, Aminah Robinson! This cloth painting honors the Breadman, whose custom was to deliver a gift cake to celebrate the birth of a baby in Columbus’s Poindexter Village, where Aminah lived as a child.
Oil on quilted cloth, Gift of Jane M. Snyder and Susan Wyngaard.
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Boredom breeds creativity. Behold a gerbil art gallery.
#QuarantineDiaries
#MuseumFromHome
Quarantine, day 14. Me and my boyfriend spent the whole day setting up an art gallery for our gerbil.
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Happy
#614day
! Today we're highlighting Columbus artist Alice Schille. Schille was known for her watercolors and studied with Mary Cassatt and William Merrit Chase.
#womenartists
#614artists
Alice Schille
Midsummer Day, c. 1916
Gift of Ferdinand Howald
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More great news! Columbus Museum of Art has been awarded an
@US_IMLS
Museums for America grant to launch the Center for Art and Social Engagement. Read more in our latest blog post.
#IMLSGrant
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Can you name 5 women artists? Join CMA & museums across the U.S. for
@WomenInTheArts
#5WomenArtists
focusing on gender equality & the arts. EVERY tour in March at CMA features women artists.
Alison Saar, Nocturne Navigator, 1998, Museum Purchase
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Can you name 5 women artists? Today we celebrate Columbus artist: Queen Brooks. Brooks is an award-winning artist whose work draws from classic African & folk art, & her own past as an arts & crafts instructor.
#5womenartists
Queen Brooks, Homage (Ohio Folk Art Series).
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Happy Anniversary to the CCAD Art Sign!
This icon of the Columbus skyline has been next door to the Museum for 20 years! Did you know the sculpture is 100 feet tall, 101 feet wide and weighs 62,100 pounds?
#CCADartsign
@ccadedu
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Artist Roy Lichtenstein was
#BornThisDay
in 1923!
Fun fact: We have a historical marker celebrating the careers of Roy Lichtenstein and George Bellows on the corner of 9th and Broad. Stop by on your next visit!
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Bundle up Columbus. Final two days to see critically acclaimed exhibition I, Too, Sing America: The Harlem Renaissance at 100. (And yes, we are open!)
#cbusharlem100
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Happy
#firstdayofspring
!
Claude Monet, View of Bennecourt, 1887, Gift of Howard D. and Babette L. Sirak, the Donors to the Campaign for Enduring Excellence, and the Derby Fund
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Happy 167st birthday to Vincent Van Gogh. We can't wait to celebrate Vincent's birthday in 2021 when Columbus Museum of Art presents the exhibition Through Vincent’s Eyes: Van Gogh and His Sources, a partnership with Santa Barbara Museum of Art.
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Happy birthday to Columbus artist George Bellows! 🎉
Did you know? Columbus Museum of Art has the single most important collection of Bellows’ work in the United States!
George Bellows, Summer Night, Riverside Drive, 1909. Oil on canvas. Bequest of Frederick W. Schumacher
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Today we remember beloved artist and recently named "Great Ohioan" Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson on what would have been her 82nd birthday. The Museum is proud to share her legacy through the new Aminah Robinson Legacy Endowment and Resource Fund.
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The dazzling Harlem Renaissance that flowered nearly a century ago celebrated in Ohio
@columbusmuseum
.
@washingtonpost
art critic
@SebastianSmee
on Columbus Museum of Art's I, Too, Sing America exhibition guest curated by Wil Haygood.
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Comics take center stage in Columbus this weekend for the
@CXCFestival
, Sept. 26-29, including a free artist talk on 9/29 at CMA with Ivy Atoms (
@ivyatoms
), the recipient of the 2019 Columbus Comic Residency Exhibition.
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Columbus Museum of Art joins museums around the country from
@MuseumDirectors
in offering free admission for government workers and their immediate families during the
#GovernmentShutdown
. In times of stress, museums are respites for people of all ages to recharge and reconnect.
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Columbus we could not love you more. Thanks to everyone who supported and turned out tonight for the launch party for our new Loud & Proud LGBTQ membership.
#loveislove
🌈❤️🧡💛💚💙
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OPENING TODAY at 10:00 AM
Raphael—The Power of Renaissance Images: The Dresden Tapestries and their Impact
The Museum is the only American venue for this exhibition!
It is centered around six massive tapestries that were woven in the 17th century.
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Create a road map of your day as part of our Studio Challenge. What routines have you created for yourself? What detours do you encounter? What mile markers help you define your day?
Add your map to our collection:
#myCMAstudio
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Can you name 5 women artists? Each week in March we are highlighting women artists from CMA's Art after Stonewall exhibition for
@WomenInTheArts
#5womenartists
campaign.
Pictured: Lula Mae Blocton, Summer Ease, 1975, courtesy the artist
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Can you name
#5WomenArtists
? For
#womenshistorymonth
follow along as
@WomenInTheArts
& museums around the country highlight women artists. Harmony Hammond’s Duo will be on view starting March 6 as part of CMA’s Art After Stonewall exhibition.
#artafterstonewall
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We're celebrating
#WomensHistoryMonth
by joining
@WomenInTheArts
#5WomenArtists
campaign designed to promote gender parity in the arts. EVERY tour at Columbus Museum of Art in March will be themed around Women Artists.
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Enjoy free admission at Columbus Museum of Art today for Free Sundays.
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Just about a month until Beyond Impressionism opens at CMA. Columbus is the only U.S. venue.
#mycma
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We've missed you! Columbus Museum of Art is officially reopened. CMA Executive Director talks about making the museum safe for visitors, the interrupted “Art After Stonewall” exhibition (extended to Oct. 4) & the role of art in times of crisis and change.
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Good new Columbus. Yoga at the museum is back. Join us on Thursdays at 6pm, followed by meditation. 🙏🏼
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"She would say that art is a way of life, and the way she lived hers was grounded in that notion." Read a wonderful tribute to Aminah Robinson in The New York Times Overlooked series.
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What's
#creativity
got to do with
#empathy
and ethical living? Check out this article on the connection between experiences with art and cultivating the moral imagination; your Monday creativity read:
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The museum team is hard at work, putting the finishing touches on Raggin' On, an exhibition celebrating the life and legacy of beloved artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson. The show opens this Saturday 11/21, or Thursday 11/19 for Members.
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Elijah Pierce's barbershop was just two blocks away from us on Long St.. CMA is proud to be the home of his work and wisdom. We were thrilled to help curators Zoé Whitley and Nancy Ireson bring "Elijah Pierce's America" to light. Bravo to the Barnes!
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We asked people to recreate art using just themselves and common objects from their home for Columbus Museum of Art's
#HomemadeMasterpiece
Challenge. See some of our favorites: 📸 by
@Nye1O
#MuseumWeek
#CultureinQuarantine
#myCMAatHome
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@DaytonArt
@cincyartmuseum
@taftmuseum
@ToledoMuseum
A little more Bierstadt
#MuseumSunshine
peeking through for our Ohio museum friends.
Albert Bierstadt, King Lake, California (c. 1870-1875).
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Brighten up your morning with Joan Miró
#BornThisDay
in 1893. Miró is best known for child-like imagery intended to
#disrupt
the establishment’s ideas of what art should look like.
#QuestionLikeAnArtist
Joan Miró, Untitled, (Date unknown)
Lithograph
2004.029.001
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“Serving as the executive director of the Columbus Museum of Art for the past 20 years has been the dream of a lifetime for me."
Nannette Maciejunes, the Museum’s Executive Director and CEO, announced today her plans to retire in late 2022.
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On this Earth Day, we would like to highlight Mel Chin’s "Spirit."
The rope is made from an endangered species of tallgrass. The image of this rope bearing such a massive weight suggests the precarious status of nature in a world of outsized human development.
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It’s the final day to see the Beyond Impressionism exhibition in Columbus, the only U.S. stop. Extended hours: 10AM-8PM.
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Special thanks to (
@GCAC_Cbus
) Greater Columbus Arts Council for their generous operating support to Columbus Museum of Art. We’re so excited to be back and celebrating creativity every day for all to enjoy!
#gcacgrants
#artmakescbus
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Can you name 5 women artists? All month we are highlighting art by women artists for
@womeninthearts
national
#5WomenArtists
campaign designed to spark conversation around gender equality in the arts. Pictured: Maya Lin, Topographic Landscape, 1997, Museum Purchase, Derby Fund.
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Brooke A. Minto has been named Columbus Museum of Art’s new executive director and CEO.
Brooke joins CMA from the Black Trustee Alliance for Art Museums, where she most recently served as the inaugural executive director.
Read more here:
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Proud to work with amazing teachers &
@ProjectZeroHGSE
to Cultivate Creative & Civic Capacities.
Be inspired by the resources & reflections at
@FlossieSGChua
@MaraKrechevsky
@CindyMFoley
@_JasonBlair
@RisnerHTE
@MHJFoundation
@Battelle
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From our past exhibition Blacklight Magic, this black light poster inspires us to dream of a better world. 1960s & 70s artists promoted the hippie movement's optimism w/ fantastic utopian visions like this one.
What would a utopian society look like to you?
#DreamsMW
#MuseumWeek
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Mondrian in LEGO. Sneak peek of this year’s annual holiday Think Outside the Brick, which opens Saturday 11/23 at Columbus Museum of Art.
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Can you name 5 women artists? Honoré Sharrer was a rebel, whose figurative surrealist paintings marked covert but unflinching resistance to the Cold War era.
#5WomenArtists
#IWD2019
Honoré Sharrer, Reception, 1958. CMA Collection.
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Tune in today for Aminah Robinson's Artist Residency Housewarming and your first glimpse of Robinson’s home, which has been renovated as a residence space for Black artists. RSVP here or watch on YouTube here at 3pm:
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What happens when you challenge people to re-create art? One school in Grove City took up the challenge during the pandemic & used it to bring students, teachers & families together.
#SupportOhioMuseums
#MuseumsAdvocacy
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Did you know that individuals and families with SNAP enjoy free admission every day we're open? Just ask for a
#MuseumsForAll
ticket or use promo code M4A when you book online.
More info, & other participating
#Cbus
museums, at
@MuseumsForAll
@US_IMLS
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SundayFunday for Families. April 2 is the free annual
@ColsCitySchools
Day for Families from 1-5pm at
#myCMA
.
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The museum was filled with light and hope tonight during the I, Too, Sing America member opening and talk with journalist and guest curator Wil Haygood.
#cbusharlem100
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These. Are. Awesome. Take Columbus Museum of Art’s
#HomemadeMasterpiece
challenge. 🖼
#myCMAatHome
Our staff and family members are having fun and getting creative with the art re-creation challenge. 🎨 🖌️
Thank you
@columbusmuseum
and
@gettymuseum
for the inspiration!
#HomemadeMasterpiece
#ArtMakesCbus
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Artist Floyd Cooper's (
@Floydcooper4
) illustrations celebrating Rosa Parks are featured in Back of the Bus on view now at Columbus Museum of Art. Join CMA and
@CCADedu
tomorrow (2/28) for a free reception and talk with Cooper.
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Back to school inspiration from the late, great Aminah Robinson. [To Be a Drum [Classroom], 1998, gift of the artist].
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@CXCFestival
kicks off TODAY w/ a free 2pm talk at CMA with cartoonist Laura Park and
@guttergeek
,
#mycma
#cbus
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These beautiful Marc Chagalls are now on view thanks to a generous loan by Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein.
#mycma
#lifeincbus
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We mourn the loss of Frank Stella, an iconic figure in the art world, who passed away just shy of his 88th birthday.
Rest in peace, Frank Stella. Your legacy will continue to inspire and challenge future generations.
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Be the person you needed when you were young. Pay attention to your language. Imbed training for emotional intelligence. From today’s conversation on girls, women and leadership.
#CbusROX
#mentorshipmatters
#cbus
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Can you name 5 women artists? Join Columbus Museum of Art & hundreds of museums around the country as we celebrate
#WomensHistoryMonth
with
@WomenInTheArts
#5WomenArtists
campaign designed to promote gender parity in the arts.
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New fellowship and residency grants for African American artists will carry on artist Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson's legacy. The grants, announced today, are a partnership between Columbus Museum of Art and
@GCAC_Cbus
.
#artmakescbus
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The Museum is open until 9pm on Thursdays. Great chance to see Beyond Impressionism in its only U.S. stop.
#mycma
#lifeincbus
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Happy BDday Kehinde Wiley! This fan fave inspires many to strike a pose (like these in 2019); read abt his selection of Cbus models
Kehinde Wiley, Portrait of Andries Stilte II, 2006
Museum Purchase, courtesy the Artist & Roberts & Tilton, Culver City, CA
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American artist Mary Cassatt was born
#OnThisDay
in 1844. She spent most of her career in Paris as part of the renowned Impressionists. Her subjects were often her family, the theater, & mother & children.
Mary Cassatt
Portrait of a Young Woman, c. 1898
Pastel
CMA collection
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Take a moment with this work by Hilary Pecis , one of the artists in our latest exhibition Present Generations: Creating the Scantland Collection of the Columbus Museum of Art. It revels in vibrant color and overlapping patterns, exuding a sense of joy in everyday details.
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Looking for
#learnfromhome
ideas? CMA’s first Teacher-in-Residence,
@_JasonBlair
developed a series of challenges to spark creativity and help anyone make art at home. We will share one a week; or click through for the full set.
#teach4creativity
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Treat yourself to a
#MuseumVacation
courtesy of Alice Schille, one of the most celebrated American watercolorists of the 20th century.
#BornThisDay
in 1869
Alice Schille
Marketplace at Le Puy, c. 1911
Watercolor, gouache, and conté crayon
Museum Purchase
1912.001
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Recommended:
#cindysherman
Imitation of Life exhibition now on view at our friends
@wexarts
.
#artmakescbus
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✨🌈 Happy Pride!
Catch us today in the 2024 Stonewall Columbus Pride March! This year is historic for the Columbus Museum of Art as we debut our first-ever float. Join us to celebrate love, diversity, and creativity as we proudly march alongside our community. See you there!
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It's
#ArtMuseumDay
! Follow us on Snapchat (columbusmuseum) for a fun peek at out upcoming Picasso show.
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