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Scott McKowen is an American illustrator, art director, and graphic designer. He was born and raised in Michigan, and his studio is in Stratford, Ontario. [1] He designs posters for theaters and other performing arts companies across North America, and he creates illustration for books and magazines.
It is the oldest school of this type in the United States. Although it ceased to offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in the 2024–2025 academic year, the certificate programs and other instruction continue. [1] [2] This list includes notable alumni, faculty, honorary degree awardees, PAFA founders, school directors, and school presidents.
Commonly known as the Section, it was renamed the Section of Fine Arts in 1939. Its primary mission was the embellishment of public buildings — including many United States post offices — through site-specific murals and sculptures commissioned on a competitive basis. The program all but ceased to operate in 1942, and was officially ...
Alex Kahn is an American visual/performance artist and co-founder of the arts ensemble Processional Arts Workshop. He is most widely known for his creation of the large-scale puppet performance works that lead New York's Village Halloween Parade each year.
The College of Fine Arts (CFA) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania oversees the Schools of Architecture, Art, Design, Drama, and Music along with its associated centers, studios, and galleries. The College of Fine Arts has its roots in 1900, when the institution was first founded as Carnegie Technical ...
Monument to Richard Brassey Hole in Salisbury Cathedral. Hole was born in Salisbury, Wiltshire, the son of a doctor, Richard Brassey Hole and his wife Ann Burn Hole (nee Fergusson); his father died in the cholera epidemic of 1849, when William was only 3 years of age, and the family relocated to Edinburgh, Scotland, shortly afterwards.
Mary Rood or Roode was an 18th-century English silversmith.. Little is known about Rood. Her maiden name appears to have been Roode and she was possibly the widow of largeworker James Rood when she registered two marks, for sterling and new standard, on 2 December 1721.
The versions in the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam [3] and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston [4] are attributed to Dirck van Baburen or his studio. One copy of the painting was owned by Maria Thins , mother-in-law of Johannes Vermeer , who reproduced it in the background of two of his own paintings.