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The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts ( VMFA) is an art museum in Richmond, Virginia, United States, which opened in 1936. The museum is owned and operated by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Private donations, endowments, and funds are used for the support of specific programs and all acquisition of artwork, as well as additional general support.
The Tephra Fine Arts Festival (previously known as the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival) is a juried major outdoor visual arts show held annually since 1991 on the streets of the Reston Town Center in Reston, Virginia and sponsored by the Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art, formerly known as the Greater Reston Arts Center.
Piedmont Arts Association: Established in 1961, this non-profit museum is a museum partner of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums [114] [115] Virginia Museum of Natural History: Established in 1984, non-profit museum affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution [116]
PAFA's 1845 building from a photograph, c. 1870. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was founded in 1805 by painter and scientist Charles Willson Peale, sculptor William Rush, and other artists and business leaders. [ 5] Its first building on Chestnut and 10th Streets in Center City Philadelphia was designed by John Dorsey and opened in ...
Franklin, Virginia. / 36.67722°N 76.92222°W / 36.67722; -76.92222. Franklin is the southwesternmost independent city in Hampton Roads, Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 8,180. [5] The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Franklin with Southampton County for statistical purposes.
Contents. National Arts Club. The National Arts Club is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit and members club on Gramercy Park, Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 1898 by Charles DeKay, an art and literary critic of the New York Times, to "stimulate, foster, and promote public interest in the arts and to educate the American people in the fine arts".
The National Folk Festival in the United States (known also as the National) was founded by folklorist Sarah Gertrude Knott and first presented in St. Louis in 1934. [7] The Festival is the oldest multi-cultural traditional arts celebration in the nation and the first event of national stature to put the arts of many nations, races and languages into the same event on an equal footing.
Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, United States [s 3] Ancient Ruins in the Canyon de Chelly: 1873 Timothy O'Sullivan: Canyon de Chelly National Monument, Arizona, United States [s 1] The Horse in Motion: June 1878 Eadweard Muybridge: Palo Alto, California, United States Series of cabinet cards regarded as a precursor to motion pictures.