We all could use a little more awe in our lives, and art is the perfect place to start. In this series of interactive workshops, explore where artists have found awe, how it has inspired their work, and meditate on awe in your own life. Â
It offers new “awe practices� drawn from the research of Dacher Keltner, professor
Learn about the architect behind our iconic East Building.
Pei (third from left) with his professor and classmates at MIT during his sophomore
Catherine Lafarge, Professor Emerita of French, Bryn Mawr College (personal communication
For classical pianist and activist Lara Downes, Romare Bearden’s collage is a puzzle full of questions and unfinished business. In response, she brings together different musical sources, overlaying sounds to create both harmony and tension.
Nelson is professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles, where
Latin America, with its rich histories and cultures — as well as dense jungles, towering volcanoes, and mountain ranges — fascinated American artists in the mid-19th century. Frederic Edwin Church traveled in the tropics and used the sketches he made in different locations to create popular landscape paintings.
College in Beirut (present-day American University of Beirut), where he was the first professor
A pair of portraits of Emilia di Spilimbergo and her younger sister Irene was begun in about 1558, most likely in anticipation of their prospective marriages. The initial reason may have been to present two highly eligible, aristocratic young women to potential husbands, or the portraits may have been intended as permanent mementos for the sisters’ family after they were married.
Volpi, Elia, Professor Widener, Peter Arrell Brown Widener, Joseph E.
A deeper look at how photography became a tool for the Civil Rights leader.
Engl), 2016.22.95.5 Marcia Chatelain Marcia Chatelain is professor of history and
Asian Americans are often left out of view of US history. But their lives—and their art—are an essential part of the nation’s story.
She was still an architecture student at Yale University—and she beat her own professor
In her figurative and floral canvases, the Chicago-based painter explores her intersections.
Pindell has been an abstract and conceptual artist, filmmaker, and professor for
Joseph Mallord William Turner excelled at capturing the beauty and mysteries of light. Cool, white moonlight contrasts with warm, yellow and orange firelight.
Professor Joel Fodrie of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an estuarine
