Joslyn Art Museum Celebrates a Contemporary American Sculptor

OMAHA, NE.- Opening August 7 in Joslyn Art Museum’s contemporary galleries is an exhibition celebrating Albert Paley’s diverse and significant body of work, his virtuosity as a monumental sculptor, and the completion and dedication of Odyssey, Paley’s gateway into Iowa on Interstate 80 at S. 24th Street in Council Bluffs, Iowa, near the Missouri River border with neighboring Omaha. Odyssey was commissioned by the Iowa West Foundation as part of their nationally acclaimed Public Art Initiative. Albert Paley: Celebrating a [...]

Allentown Art Museum Names J. Brooks Joyner President and CEO

ALLENTOWN, PA.- J. Brooks Joyner has been appointed by the Board of Trustees as the Allentown Art Museum’s Priscilla Payne Hurd President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Joyner will assume his new post, vacated by Gregory J. Perry in September 2009, on May 1, 2010. Joyner comes to the Allentown Art Museum from the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Neb., where he was director from 2001 to 2009. In formation since 1931, the Joslyn Art Museum’s collection now contains more than [...]

Jack Becker Named New Joslyn Art Museum Executive Director

OMAHA, NE.- Jim Young, chairman of Joslyn Art Museum’s board of governors, announced today that Jack F. Becker, Ph.D., has accepted the position as executive director of Joslyn Art Museum. Dr. Becker, 46, comes to Joslyn from Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, Tennessee, where he has served as president and chief executive officer since 2005. He joined Cheekwood in 2002 as vice president/director of its art museum. Prior to that, Dr. Becker worked as curator of [...]

Carl Solway Gallery Presents Two Shows by Jay Bolotin & Jerry Uelsmann

CINCINNATI, OH.- Carl Solway presents A New Work by Jay Bolotin: Leaves from a Cast Paper Novel, an exhibition of 33 drawings from an illustrated manuscript, the manuscript itself and an edition of cast paper pieces. This new work is the initial source imagery for The Jackleg Testament: Part Two, a trilogy. This exhibition marks an association of 35 years between Jay Bolotin and Carl Solway Gallery. Jay Bolotin, “Enoch’s Fauna”, 2009. Cast paper, 19 x 25 inches. From the [...]

Joslyn Begins 2010 with Exhibition of Contemporary Artworks

OMAHA, NE.- Joslyn Art Museum begins the New Year with an exhibition of contemporary artworks devoted to the human figure. “The Human Touch: Selections from the RBC Wealth Management Art Collection” ranges from serious to whimsical, from realistic to abstract, and includes photography, painting, and sculpture. The title refers to both the ability of the figure to reflect the human condition and to the facility of artists to depict it. “The Human Touch” opens at Joslyn Art Museum on Saturday, [...]