Photographer Cuny Janssen Presents Latest Project at Foam

AMSTERDAM.- Foam_Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam presents the latest project by photographer Cuny Janssen, entitled “My Grandma Was A Turtle”. This refers to the Turtle clan of the matriarchal Delaware tribe of Native Americans in Oklahoma. In 2008, Janssen visited the village of Bartlesville in Oklahoma to photograph children of Native American ancestry and their surroundings. She was curious to see whether there was anything about their origins to be seen in today’s Native American children. Her photos of people and her landscape [...]

New Sculpture Acquisition at the KIA Showcases African-American Artist

KALAMAZOO, MI.- Just in time for the start of African American History Month, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts has put on display their latest acquisition, Edmonia Lewis’s, The Marriage of Hiawatha, 1872. Marble. This statue was purchased through the generosity of an anonymous donor. Now on display in the lobby of the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, The Marriage of Hiawatha is a white, marble statue reminiscent of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. The piece was inspired by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s [...]