Late Renoir at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Late Renoir follows the renowned painter Pierre-Auguste Renoir through the final—and most fertile and innovative—decades of his career. At the height of his creative powers and looking toward posterity, Renoir created art that was timeless, enticing, and worthy of comparison to the greatest of the old masters, such as Raphael, Titian, and Rubens. He devoted himself to joyful subjects—frolicking bathers, domestic idylls, the drama of classical mythology, and the brilliance of Mediterranean landscape and sea. His fluid brushstrokes and masterful use of color won the admiration of the emerging modernist avant-garde, who considered Renoir one of the greatest living artists. Approximately eighty paintings, drawings, and sculptures by Renoir are being displayed alongside twenty works by younger artists—Aristide Maillol, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso among them—to illustrate, illumine, and celebrate Renoir’s legacy.

Don't for get to visit the teacher center in the Wachovia Education Resource Center

At the Michener Museum :

	Icons of Costume: Hollywood's Golden Era and Beyond Through September 5, 2010
	Ellis Island: Ghosts of Freedom Through October 10, 2010
	Michelle Berkowitz: Contemporary Costumes Through August 8, 2010
	John Waddell: Mother and Child Outdoor Sculpture Program Coming July 17, 2010

 Grounds for Sculpture :

Each season, Grounds For Sculpture presents new additions to the outdoor permanent collection as well as a group or one-person exhibition indoors.

In the Spring/Summer Season (May - September 2010), New Additions Outdoors are presented by Michael Dunbar, Harry Gordon, Edwerdt Hilgemann and Gwynn Murrill.

In A New Dimension, Keith Haring, an artist heavily influenced by graffiti and cartoon art, took his imagery far beyond those stylistic genres.  Famous the world over for his drawings, paintings, and prints, Haring is less well known for his three-dimensional work.  However, Haring produced a large amount of sculpture during his brief but creative lifetime.  His work in metal, wood, concrete, and terra cotta retains the fluidity of line of the more familiar visual vocabulary associated with his two-dimensional art.  The simple yet rhythmic forms are elevated to animate and inventive sculptural calligraphy and are visually accessible to a large and diverse audience.

While each of Chakaia Booker's sculptures in Eminent Domain are unique, there is one constant in her work: the use of rubber tires as her medium.  Turned, twisted, knotted or folded, she manipulates inner tubing and tires into powerful abstractions.  Originally based on the human figure, her more recent works are equally strong in visual effect, developing into more generalized and less specific anatomical concepts.  The effect of the monochromatic deep black sculptures is a powerful one; they resonate with the intensity of their opulent nature and one overlooks the ordinariness of the material.  Variations of texture, tone, and movement imbue Booker's work, resulting in turbulent forms which are the quintessence of her sculpture.

JOIN THE NING!

We have some new members so we would like to encourage you all to head over to the PAEA Ning and sign up (if you haven't already).   If you are already members, jump into a discussion or start your own.  For those of you who are not familiar with Nings, they are on-line social networks designed to help members create and enter into discussions, post student artwork (or your own if you'd like), contact other members, etc.--it's like Facebook for art teachers!

Go to http://paeamembership.ning.com/  - check it out - you have to join to create or join discussions, upload photos, etc.

Let us know when your Spring art shows occur so we can share with the Region!