Above: Artist Stephen Rolfe Powell giving a demonstration in glass blowing at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. Stephen Rolfe Powell November 26, 1951–March 16, 2019 The Museum wishes to honor the memory of Stephen Rolfe Powell, a luminary in the field of studio art glass and a friend of the Montgomery Museum of Fine …
Overview In January of this year, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts received as gifts three works of art that were part of the collection of the Museum’s Director Emeritus, Mark Johnson, and his wife, Amy Johnson (pictured above). Mark spent most of his 23 years as Director of the Museum strategizing the refinement and …
Above: Artist Lino Tagliapietra (right) giving an exhibition preview tour of his work at the Museum to the MMFA teen group Muses. The Artist Lino Tagliapietra is one of the greatest glass makers alive today. Growing up in Murano, Italy, and achieving the title of maestro (glass master) at the age of twenty, Tagliapietra is …
Lino Tagliapietra, Avventurine Installation (2017) Overview During our recent Poetry of Glass workshop, poet and Auburn professor Janelle Green introduced teens to ekphrasis writing inspired by the exhibition, Lino Tagliapietra: Master of Beauty. She prompted the teens to find three pieces in the exhibition, look at them and think about the musicality, the colors, and …
Jessie Duncan Wiggin (American, 1872–1954), Untitled (Nymph) (detail), 1933, bronze, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Vicki Weil, Rosalind Markstein, and Bobby Weil II, in memory of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Weil, 2017.3 Overview The John and Joyce Caddell Sculpture Garden gained its first permanent resident in October when Jessie Duncan …
Overview On Tuesday, September 25, 2018, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts officially opened the John and Joyce Caddell Sculpture Garden to the public. Transformed by season, time of day, and even weather, the Garden provides an ever-changing and contemplative haven to view works of art and to enjoy the natural beauty of our Park. …
Detail: Jacqueline Bishop, After the Rain (Methane), 2014–2015; full image below Overview The Museum has acquired After the Rain (Methane) by Jacqueline Bishop who was recently featured in the Museum’s Natural Wonders: The Art of Jacqueline Bishop and Douglas Bourgeois exhibition in the spring of this year. The addition of Bishop’s work to the Museum’s collection is significant—enhancing the …
Above (left to right): Yousuf Karsh, Martin Luther King, Jr., 1962, gelatin silver print on paper, Gifted to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts by Mrs. Yousuf Karsh in honor of Museum Director, Mark M. Johnson, 2009.9.8; Faith Ringgold, Under a Blood Red Sky, 2000, color lithograph on paper, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Association …
Frank Fleming (American, 1940–2018), The Magic Hoop, 1988, bronze, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Gift of Jackie Aronov and children in loving memory of Herman Aronov, 1988.7.1-2 Frank Fleming 1940–2018 On Sunday, March 18, 2018, renowned Alabama artist Frank Fleming passed away. Born in Bear Creek, Alabama (roughly 155 miles northwest of Montgomery) in 1940, Fleming …
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