Bringing Digital Art Experiences To You
Bringing Digital Art Experiences To You
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It seems as though in recent months after any bad thing happens, it’s required to say something like “Yeah, 2020’s rough.” The connection between something tragic occurring and this year frustrates me. While I’m urged to say that correlation isn’t causation, and the Gregorian calendar cannot be blamed for societal calamity, this frustration remains because …
Artist Steve Prince created this image as part of a larger body of work designed as an open letter to Americans calling them “to acknowledge their role within the fabric of the American family and to redress race, representation, and education with a new raiment woven of respect, truth and equality.” Consider Prince’s mission in …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …