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Subsequently, the name Porter and Chester Institute was adopted, and the curricula contents and operational policies of the two institutions were standardized. At the same time, the Porter School, which was located in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, became the Rocky Hill Campus of Porter and Chester Institute. The Waterbury Campus was established in 1977.
This list of museums in Connecticut contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
In the 2000 Census, Branford Point was included by the U.S. Census Bureau in the Branford Center census-designated place. The historic district is a roughly T-shaped area within the neighborhood, extending along Harbor Street from Curve Street in the north to Parker Memorial Park and the tip of the eponymous Branford Point in the south.
Built in 1724 by a descendant of Branford's founders, it is a good example of a Connecticut saltbox structure. [2] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, and is a contributing property to the Canoe Brook Historic District. [1] Since 2016 it has been operated as a house museum by the Branford Historical Society.
Bernard Chester Middleton MBE (29 October 1924 – 28 January 2019) was a preeminent British restoration bookbinder. He was regarded as one of the foremost book craftsmen and trade historians of modern times, lecturing and teaching in Europe (Belgium, Switzerland, and the Netherlands) and the Americas (Brazil, the United States, and Venezuela ...
Axis Arts Centre, Crewe (formerly Alsager Arts Centre), included an art gallery, closed in spring 2019 [43] Chester Toy and Doll Museum, Chester; Mouldsworth Motor Museum, Mouldsworth, website, closed in 2013 [44] On The Air: Broadcasting Museum, Chester, closed in 2000 [45]
Jenelle Porter is an American art curator and author of numerous exhibition catalogs and essays about contemporary art and craft. She has curated important exhibitions that have helped studio craft to gain acceptance as fine arts .
American Arts and Crafts Textiles. New York: Harry N. Abrams. ISBN 0-8109-0434-9. Blakesley, Rosalind P (2006). The arts and crafts movement. Phaidon. ISBN 978-0-7148-4967-6. Boris, Eileen (1986). Art and Labor. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 0-87722-384-X. Carruthers, Annette (2013). The Arts and Crafts Movement in Scotland: A ...