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Will Work for Art: Chris Bennett

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on June 3, 2011

 "Will Work for Art" takes you behind the scenes to meet the people who make the Fine Arts Museums work. In this case, we go behind the counter to meet Chris Bennett, the de Young Café Manager. Originally from San Clemente, CA, Chris has been with the Museums for four years.

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FRAME|WORK: Third Class Carriage by Honorè Daumier

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on May 25, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week, a painting by Honorè Daumier depicts an activity with which we are all too familiar: the commute. Third Class Carriage (Un Wagon de Troissieme Classe) is currently on display at the Legion of Honor in Gallery 17.


Honorè Daumier (French, 1808–1879)
Third Class Carriage (Un Wagon de Troisieme Classe), 1856–1858
Oil on panel
10 1/4 x 13 3/8 (26 x 33.9 cm)
Museum purchase, Whitney Warren, Jr. Bequest Fund in memory of Mrs. Adolph B. Spreckels, Bequest funds of Henry S. Williams in memory of H.K.S. Williams, Magnin Income Fund, Art Trust Fund, Alexander and Jean de Bretteville Fund, Art Acquisition Endowment Income Fund in honor of Mrs. John N. Rosekrans, 1996.51

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Will Work for Art: Steven Correll

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on May 19, 2011

"Will Work for Art" takes you behind the scenes to meet the people who make the Fine Arts Museums operate. Steven F. Correll is a Registrar who literally makes the "scene" possible by organizing and tracking artwork as it moves through the Museums. Originally from San Diego, CA and Ponca City, OK, Steve has been with the Museums for 4 years.

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FRAME|WORK: Ponds and Streams by Wayne Thiebaud

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on May 11, 2011

FRAME|WORK is a new weekly blog series that highlights an artwork in the Museums' permanent collections. This week we feature a landscape painted by one of our marquee artists, Wayne Thiebaud.

Wayne Thiebaud, American, b. 1920
Ponds and Streams, 2001
Oil on canvas. 182.9 x 152.4 cm (72 x 60 in.)
Museum purchase, gift of Richard N. and Rhoda Goldman
2001.168

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Will Work for Art: Rich Rice

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on May 5, 2011

"Will Work for Art" takes you behind the scenes to meet the people who make the Fine Arts Museums possible. Rich Rice, the AV/IT Coordinator, is about as behind-the-scenes as you can get! Originally from Connecticut, Rich has been with the Museums for 15 years (he thinks).

What do you do here at the Museums?

I manage the technical aspects of theater events and exhibitions. I’m also responsible for Mac desktop support.

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In Memoriam: Merle Greene Robertson, 1913–2011

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on April 26, 2011

It is with great sadness that the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco mourn the passing of Merle Greene Robertson. A legend in the world of Mesoamerican studies and Maya epigraphy, Robertson has been a friend and consultant to the Museums for decades. She generously donated many of her unique rubbings made from the monuments of Chichen Itza, a large Maya center that flourished on the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico after AD 800. These rubbings provide clear renderings of detailed Maya stone carvings and are an important aspect of the Museums' Mesoamerican holdings.


© 2008 Ron Henggeler
 
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Art in the Summer for Kids at the de Young

Posted by Andrew Fox on April 25, 2011

Kids at Art in the Summer camp at the de YoungThis summer, make your kid an artist—join us for art camp at the de Young Museum!

The de Young presents the second edition of Art in the Summer, June 20–August 12 for children entering kindergarten to fifth grade. This year, the program offers a broader selection of activities. Children are invited to participate in a full day of art classes running Monday–Friday from 9 am–3 pm with an optional open studio from 3–5:30 pm. Children are divided into three groups according to grade level.

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When the earth shakes, come to the de Young!

Posted by Sarah Bailey Hogarty on April 18, 2011

In 2009, senior registrar Stephen Lockwood came across a series of ledger books while examining the de Young’s offsite storage facility. These antique books contained detailed records of the weather and daily attendance at the de Young since its opening day in 1895. One entry was particularly interesting:

"5:15 AM, Wednesday, April 18/06. Terrific Earthquake which demolished the building and destroyed many of the exhibits.  --John W. Rogers, Curator"

Below this entry, Rogers adds the note, "Museum closed indefinitely." The next entry wasn’t made until November 10, 1907.

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Nancy Ewart, SF Museum Examiner, writes about Alexandra Blum's residency

Posted by Cynthia Inaba on August 6, 2010

http://www.examiner.com/museum-in-san-francisco/alexandra-blum-silhouett...

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Poems by Kim Shuck, June 2010 Artist-in-Residence

Posted by Cynthia Inaba on July 14, 2010
Over and
Out past the lines

Poems from the residency

Kim Shuck
June 2010

Morning Prayer 2010
 Sing me a song of beans and crows at breakfast this
Morning's riot of Queen Anne's Lace at the foot of
Stairs which, let's face it, wouldn't even make good firewood the
Plums in their own ceremony of fixing sugars
Sing me a song of silliness and horses of
Feeling your way around a curve of an image that will
Tear you up, you can't forget to cry that
Dust that water off of the cypress bough

Sing me a song of yellow horses of
Horses bright as backyard plums of that
Redtail, he's wondering if my beads are
Food and if he can get through the glass and have them

Sing of being weary, of being good to each other please
Sing something sort of quiet something that won't

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