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Clementine Hunter was a prolific self-taught artist whose vibrant paintings depict the rhythms of daily Black life on Melrose Plantation in Louisiana. Born around 1886 or 1887 in the Jim Crow South, Hunter had little access to formal education and spent most of her […]
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In 1973, Hank O’Neal made his first trip to Maine to visit renowned photographer Berenice Abbott. After he took a photograph of her with a Polaroid SX-70 she offered to teach him her craft, but only if he got a “real camera.” […]
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ART[WORK] celebrates the people who make The Westmoreland a place where creativity thrives. When they are not welcoming visitors, working behind a computer, or climbing a ladder to install artwork, […]
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Ansel Adams: Majestic Lands features 44 works by the iconic American landscape photographer. This exhibition includes about two-thirds of “The Museum Set,” a collection of photographs that Adams himself selected late […]
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