Amon Carter Museum of American Art Announces New Interpretation Manager

FORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announced that Jenna Madison has joined its nationally recognized Education Department in the newly created position of Interpretation Manager. Over the last decade, the Amon Carter has developed programs to make its collection relevant to the museum’s diverse audiences. Interpretive resources such as audio tours and family guides have been widely used by guests of all ages, and Madison will continue to produce innovative methods that enhance how visitors connect with art. [...]

Charles M. Russell’s finest watercolors to be shown at the Amon Carter Museum in February 2012

FORT WORTH, TX.- On February 11, 2012, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents more than 100 of the finest and best-preserved watercolors by Charles M. Russell (1864–1926) in the special exhibition Romance Maker: The Watercolors of Charles M. Russell. Never before have so many of Russell’s singular depictions of the Old West been brought together. The exhibition is on view through May 13, 2012; admission is free. “Charles Russell is recognized today as a leading artist of the Old West,” says [...]

Amon Carter Museum of American Art Announces New Online Collection Database

FORT WORTH, TX- The Amon Carter Museum of American Art announces it has recently launched a digital collection database, which includes more than 7,500 artworks from the museum’s permanent collection. Easily searchable by artist, artwork or medium, the database can be accessed from the museum’s website at www.cartermuseum.org/custom. The process to create the digital database began in 2009, when the museum received a $50,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to photograph and catalog the works on paper collection. Because the painting [...]

Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth Announces Three Promotions

Coy Fagras has been named associate director of development. She is responsible for cultivating corporate relationships in addition to planning and implementing strategy to gain financial support for education programs, exhibitions and operations. Fagras began working at the Amon Carter in October 2008 as grant program manager. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Coy Fagras has been named associate director of development Ronda Nabity has been promoted to development database [...]

Amon Carter Museum Showcases a Special Documentary Photography Exhibition

FORT WORTH, TX.- On October 2, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White. This special exhibition explores the work of three of the foremost photographers of the twentieth-century and the golden age of documentary photography in America. American Modern will be on view through January 2, 2011; admission is free. Walker Evans (1903–1975), People in Downtown Havana, 1933. Gelatin silver print © Walker Evans Archive, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Metropolitan Museum of [...]

Amon Carter Museum of American Art Announces Dr. Ron Tyler’s Retirement as Director

FORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum of American Art Board of Trustees announced the retirement of Dr. Ron Tyler as director of the museum. Tyler will serve as director until April 1, 2011; the board and museum management are currently working on a succession plan. “During Ron’s tenure, we have seen our collection grow through valuable acquisitions of American art,” said Ruth Carter Stevenson, president of the board. “Our educational programs and online offerings have also exponentially expanded, and [...]

Amon Carter Museum Adds ‘of American Art’ to Its Name

FORT WORTH, TX.- Museum Director Ron Tyler announces that the Amon Carter Museum has modified its name: the longtime institution is now known as the Amon Carter Museum of American Art. “The museum was established in 1961 to house Amon G. Carter’s collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell, the two greatest artists of the American West,” Tyler says. “But from the beginning, the Amon G. Carter Foundation and the Carter family intended the museum [...]

Amon Carter to Showcase a Special Documentary Photography Exhibition

FORT WORTH, TX.- On October 2, the Amon Carter Museum of American Art presents American Modern: Abbott, Evans, Bourke-White. This special exhibition explores the work of three of the foremost photographers of the twentieth-century and the golden age of documentary photography in America. American Modern will be on view through January 2, 2011; admission is free. Featuring more than 140 photographs by Berenice Abbott (1898–1991), Margaret Bourke-White (1906–1971) and Walker Evans (1903–1975), American Modern was co-organized by the Amon Carter [...]

Abstract Art in South and North America at the Amon Carter Museum

FORT WORTH, TX.- On June 26, the Amon Carter Museum presents Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America, 1920s–50s. This groundbreaking exhibition is the first to bring together South American and U.S. geometric abstraction and includes a range of paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, drawings and films. Constructive Spirit will be on view through September 5; admission is free. Featuring 85 works by more than 65 abstract artists from Argentina, Brazil, the United States, Uruguay and Venezuela, this special [...]

Amon Carter Museum Exhibits Ansel Adams Photographs

FORT WORTH, TX.- Works by one of the world’s most widely recognized and celebrated photographers will go on view this spring at the Amon Carter Museum. Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light features 40 photographs by the artist and runs from May 29 through November 7, 2010. “Ansel Adams was the last major artist to subscribe to the romantic tradition of American landscape, an artistic lineage that included Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Cole, William Henry Jackson and Carleton Watkins,” says John Rohrbach, senior [...]

Amon Carter Museum Receives $118,000 in Education Grants

FORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum announces that it has received grants totaling $118,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), The Junior League of Fort Worth, Inc. and Alcon Laboratories, helping to further advance the museum’s educational programs. With a $75,000 Picturing America School Collaboration Project Grant from the NEH, the Carter will provide a summer professional development conference, educating area teachers about American art and how it can be used in the classroom to build the [...]

Amon Carter Museum to Exhibit Ansel Adams Photographs

FORT WORTH.- Works by one of the world’s most widely recognized and celebrated photographers will go on view this spring at the Amon Carter Museum. Ansel Adams: Eloquent Light features 40 photographs by the artist and runs from May 29 through November 7, 2010. “Ansel Adams was the last major artist to subscribe to the romantic tradition of American landscape, an artistic lineage that included Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Cole, William Henry Jackson and Carleton Watkins,” says John Rohrbach, senior curator [...]

Amon Carter Museum Announces New Assistant Facilities Manager

FORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum announced that Ron LaPosa has joined its staff as the assistant facilities manager. In his new position, LaPosa will assist with the oversight of the museum’s daily operations, including janitorial, engineering and general maintenance. “The museum was designed by Philip Johnson as a vibrant and elegant structure that would be capable of not only housing thousands of works of American art, but functioning as a work space for staff and gathering place for [...]

Amon Carter Museum Announces New Exhibition Coordinator

FORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum announced that Marci Driggers Caslin has joined its staff as the exhibition coordinator. In her new position, Caslin is responsible for coordinating permanent collection and traveling exhibitions presented at the museum. “Marci brings to the Carter vast experience in organizing museum art exhibitions,” says Director Ron Tyler. “We feel fortunate to have found someone with her expertise and experience, and are looking forward to working with her to present exhibitions that continue the [...]

Amon Carter Museum Acquires Rediscovered Indian Series Painting by George de Forest Brush

FORT WORTH, TX.- The Amon Carter Museum has acquired a rediscovered painting by American artist George de Forest Brush. The Potter, painted in 1889, had been in private hands since 1946, when it was sold from the collection of the Galveston financier William L. Moody III. “The acquisition of one of Brush’s ‘lost’ Indian pictures is a major addition to our collection of material relating to the American West,” says Dr. Ron Tyler, director of the Amon Carter Museum. “Now, [...]

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