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Detroit Wayne County Port Authority added the Dock of Detroit (2005), a state of the art cruise ship dock on Hart Plaza near the Renaissance Center. A two-mile (3 km) extension along the west river will take the riverfront promenade park from Hart Plaza to the Ambassador Bridge (1929) for a total of five miles (8 km) of parkway from bridge to ...
The Federal Art Project (1935–1943) of the Works Progress Administration was the largest of the New Deal art projects. [1] As many as 10,000 artists [ 2 ] were employed to create murals, easel paintings, sculpture, graphic art, posters, photography, Index of American Design documentation, theatre scenic design , and arts and crafts. [ 3 ]
In 2011, Lee founded 47 Canal as a commercial project with her partner Oliver Newton. [9] The name change represented the gallery's new address in Manhattan's Chinatown. Many artists who had shown at 179 Canal were given exhibitions in the gallery’s first year, such as Kline, Yi, and Abeles.
Moses Wells Sawyer (January 31, 1863 – March 21, 1960) was an American painter, illustrator, and photographer. He took photographs and made paintings of discoveries from the Pepper-Hearst Expedition . [ 1 ]
Charles H. Sawyer was born on March 24, 1868, probably in Norridgewock, Maine, the third son of Henry K. Sawyer, who ran a hotel and livery stable. He and his brothers Russell and William were educated locally and then attended the Eaton School. Here Charles studied art and painting; and it was here he met his future wife, Mary Anderson. [2]
Kirkcaldy Galleries. Kirkcaldy Galleries is the main museum, library and exhibition space in Kirkcaldy in Fife, Scotland.. The land for the town's museum and art gallery was donated by John Nairn (the grandson of the linoleum manufacturer, Michael Nairn) on the former site of Balsusney House, the home of John Maxton. [1]
Kennedy Galleries is an art gallery in Manhattan in New York City. [1] Founded in 1874, it is one of the oldest art galleries in the United States. At its 1974 centennial, The New York Times described the gallery as "one of the most important galleries anywhere specializing in American historical art."
Helen Alton Sawyer (1900–1999) was an American painter. Born in Washington, D.C. , [ 1 ] Sawyer was the daughter of painter Wells Moses Sawyer who was one of her teachers. As a child she spent much time in Spain .