Bringing Digital Art Experiences To You
Bringing Digital Art Experiences To You
In 1965 The Trout Gallery acquired a beautiful illuminated miniature featuring Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet Muhammad. Little was known of this miniature at the time, but in 2017 a visiting professor of Islamic Art approached The Trout Gallery about using the object in one of her classes. During her session at The Gallery, she identified the …
The inspiration for this project is a print by Pablo Picasso entitled Dove of Peace with Rainbow (Colombe Volant). This 1952 color lithograph shows Picasso’s famous peace dove in front of an arching rainbow. Initially, a live white dove was given to Picasso as a gift from the artist, Matisse. Picasso used the dove …
Confined. Boxed in. Stuck. Trapped. These are some of the words that I hear friends use these days when they talk about home. Life in quarantine has dramatically shifted how many of us view the spaces we live in. In effect, our homes have become spaces of safety and protection and, by contrast, …
Ever been to a friend’s house and wonder why all the picture frames are hovering mere inches from the ceiling or way above the couch? Or is that your house? Do you have trouble keeping your frames from sliding off center or have you put off that dreaded project of hanging all those pictures from …
Imagine you are visiting the garden of the palace of Monaco. You come to this shady spot. Will you go up the stairs? Turn left? What will you find ahead of you?
Can you relate to experiences referenced in the objects and humans in this photograph? Which ones? How do these shared experiences make our world feel intimately small? If you’re comfortable, please share your reactions with us.
Here in Carlisle, The Trout Gallery isn’t the only visual arts organization that is developing new ways of engaging with audiences during COVID quarantine. Last week, The Trout Gallery launched this site, Trout From Home, allowing us to bring original content to our audiences through staff-developed series, such as our Tales From the …
How do you pack an ornate bronze sculpture or a large plaster frame for a trip across country on a truck? “Carefully” is the old joke. If you have ever been to my office you might have noticed an old packing crate sitting in the corner that has been repurposed as a table. The spray …
On February 28th, 2020 Dickinson College senior art history students celebrated the opening of their exhibition, Framing Space: Depictions of Land, City and Sea. The exhibition represents the capstone experience for art history majors at Dickinson. Throughout the fall, they work collaboratively to select the works to be included in the exhibition, organize its layout, …
Look closely at this detail from a basket. Do you see one man or two woven together? Can you make out what looks maybe like words printed on some woven strips? Are you curious to learn more? Audiences who came to The Trout Gallery last year to see this and other baskets by Eastern Band …