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The Artists Collective, Inc. is an interdisciplinary cultural institution in Hartford, Connecticut, that promotes the art and culture of the African diaspora.It was founded in 1970 by alto saxophonist, composer, educator and community activist Jackie McLean, his wife, actress and dancer Dollie McLean, and co-founders bassist Paul Brown, dancer Cheryl Smith, and visual artist Ionis Martin.
Wilson McLean (born 1937) is a Scottish illustrator and artist. He has illustrated primarily in the field of advertising but has also provided cover art for music albums, sports magazines (including Sports Illustrated ), a children's book, and other commercial endeavors.
McLean became well known for painting horses and western American subject matter in a photorealist style. [2] [3] Like other West Coast photorealists like Ralph Goings and Robert Bechtle, he was included in the exhibitions Twenty-Two Realists at the Whitney Museum of American Art (1970) and Documenta 5 (1972) in Kassel, Germany.
The President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH) was an advisory committee to the President of the United States on cultural issues.It works directly with the White House and the three primary cultural agencies: the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), and the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), as well as other federal ...
A free online service used to index and search academic social networks, hosted at Department of Computer Science and Technology of Tsinghua University: Arnetminer [4] Arts and Humanities Data Service: Arts and humanities: Images, texts and datasets largely collected from UK universities. Ceased operation in 2008. King's College London [5 ...
McLean and Wright worked in partnership until 1912. [6] McLean's father had begun to practice as an architect in Newton beginning in the 1890s, and for ten years before 1912 worked in the McLean & Wright office. [6] After McLean and Wright dissolved their partnership, McLean and his father formed a new partnership, known as W. H. & Henry McLean.
[1] [2] Public humanities is usually practiced within federal, state, nonprofit and community-based cultural organizations that engage people in conversations, facilitate and present lectures, exhibitions, performances and other programs for the general public on topics such as history, philosophy, popular culture and the arts.
Alice Denney, a contemporary art collector active on the Washington scene, founded the Washington Project for the Arts (WPA) in 1975 as a "service center" for area artists and performers. The WPA's mission was not simply to provide a place for artists to show their work or perform, but also to make available advice in arts management ...