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Meet the Team: Marlene Kehler

Posted on September 27, 2022September 27, 2022
Art and Education have always been an integral part of Marlene’s life. She chose classes in pottery, metal work, jewelry and art history while growing up in Connecticut. During Marlene’s […]
Posted in Meet the Team

Artist Trivia: Louise Nevelson

Posted on September 20, 2022September 20, 2022
Who is this artist? This artist was born near Kiev in what is now Ukraine, in 1899. They moved to Rockland, Maine in 1905 with their family. In high school, they were […]
Posted in Around the Farnsworth, Quiz Answers

Meet the Team: Eddie Dechaine

Posted on September 2, 2022September 6, 2022
Eddie was born in Canada and grew up on the border between Maine and Canada in the town of Madawaska. He is Native American and part of the Wabanaki Confederation. Eddie and […]
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Artist Trivia: Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Posted on August 29, 2022August 29, 2022
Who is this artist? This artist was born in Okayama, Japan and emigrated to the United States in 1906 at the age of 16 to escape military service. They began […]
Posted in Around the Farnsworth, Quiz Answers

Beginner Plein-air

Posted on August 24, 2022August 24, 2022
On Monday, August 22nd, the Farnsworth hosted a beginner’s plein-air landscape painting class on the museum campus. Led by artist Barbara Thomas, students first enjoyed sketching in the Hadlock Gallery […]
Posted in Around the Farnsworth, blog post

Meet the Team: Mimi Zwick

Posted on August 15, 2022August 15, 2022
Mimi was born in Connecticut and raised her own family there. She spent nearly 40 years working in education. Mimi was a language arts teacher for 29 years and an […]
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Artist Trivia: Leonard Baskin

Posted on August 9, 2022August 9, 2022
Who is this artist? The artist’s family moved from New Jersey to Brooklyn in 1929 where the artist’s father accepted a post as a Rabbi.  Attending Yeshiva school during the […]
Posted in Around the Farnsworth, Quiz Answers

Chemicals, Knowledge, Crazy Things: A Conversation with Kel Differ

Posted on August 8, 2022August 9, 2022
If you’ve stopped by the Farnsworth recently, you may have noticed one of our new exhibitions, I Hold the Cracked Mirror Up to Man, featuring the monumental prints of Leonard […]
Posted in Around the Farnsworth

Meet the Team: Kathy Derene

Posted on August 2, 2022August 2, 2022
Kathy grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut and later raised her own family there. She has always loved and appreciated a wide range of artists- from van Gogh to Andrew Wyeth- […]
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Artist Trivia: Alex Katz

Posted on July 27, 2022July 28, 2022
Who is this artist? This painter was born in Brooklyn in 1927 and their family moved to St. Albans, a diverse community in Queens, NY in 1928. Both of their […]
Posted in Around the Farnsworth, Quiz Answers

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