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Seth Rockman @sethrockman.bsky.social · 9d

*Plantation Goods* has had an incredible run, beyond anything I could have imagined. I am absolutely thrilled that the book is being honored with the Horowitz Prize from the Bard Graduate Center for scholarship on decorative arts, design history, or material culture. @uchicagopress.bsky.social

2024 Horowitz Book Prize Winner

Bard Graduate Center is pleased to announce that the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Book Prize for the best book on the decorative arts, design history, or material culture of the Americas published...

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 8d

Women Artists From Antwerp To Amsterdam, 1600-1750
by Z.G. Burnett for Antiques and the Arts
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Women Artists From Antwerp To Amsterdam, 1600-1750 - Antiques And The Arts Weekly

WASHINGTON, DC — The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is rewriting art history with its groundbreaking exhibition “Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750.” The Dutch version of ...

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Kimberly Alexander @ksalex10.bsky.social · 19d

Perfect for #autumn — A 19thc #provence #french #patch & #pieced #quilt from @Villa Rosemaine
Placed at the foot of the bed for #cooler nights, just looking at it #makesmehappy #indigo #plaid #quilted #pieced #goodjuju

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Kimberly Alexander @ksalex10.bsky.social · Sep 23

This year’s perfect #pear. I count the blossoms in the spring, watch the fruit grow all summer, knowing only one or two will survive to ripen in September — but that it will be indescribably delicious and worth the wait. #pearsofbluesky #autumn #bounty

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Kimberly Alexander @ksalex10.bsky.social · Sep 18

Hoping you all find a bit of #serenity this evening, and the opportunity to renew & refresh xx

Platinum print by Thomas Eakins of students at PAFA in classical pose & dress. #pafa

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Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife @dublinseminar.bsky.social · Jun 28

The 2026 Dublin Seminar for New England Folklife will take place on June 26–27 here at Historic Deerfield.

That will be the seminar’s 50th year, so there will be celebrations and reminiscences.

The topic will be how New Englanders have envisioned and shaped the future.

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Beth Folsom @herstorian24.bsky.social · Jun 29

Excited to start my new read, especially after hearing Zara Anishanslin speak at @dublinseminar.bsky.social this weekend! She was gracious enough to sign her book for my fangirl self 😉 #nerdalert

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Kimberly Alexander @ksalex10.bsky.social · Jul 27

More of #EdwardSteichen's fashion photography for Vogue Magazine. He was especially adept at capturing the essence of his subject via stylish footwear of the 1920s & 1930s. Here fresh & fabulous 1930s sandals appear so contemporary. For more: silkdamask.blogspot.com/2014/07/edwa...

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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · Jul 27

You cannot hide the soul.

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Kimberly Alexander @ksalex10.bsky.social · Jul 25

#FootcandyFriday Archive: Edward Steichen created iconic fashion photography for #Vogue Paris Here, a 1920s classic 'barrette' shoe with revived French or Louis heel. Romantic skirt floats at the knee. Lovely. Read on: www.silkdamask.org/search/label... @vogueparis.bsky.social

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Kimberly Alexander @ksalex10.bsky.social · Jul 25

#SummerVibe afternoons are perfect for reading. #ChildeHassam #isleofshoals

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Jul 25

Today’s front page of The National, a Scottish newspaper.

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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · Jul 23

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Ipswich Museums @ipswichmuseums.bsky.social · Jul 23

Looking for your next creative fix? Wolsey Art Gallery has just what you need.

✨ Colour Shape Pattern is open through winter. Don’t miss it: ipswich.cimuseums.org.uk/colour-shape-pattern

Promotional image for the exhibition "Colour Shape Pattern" at Christchurch Mansion. The left side features a solid blue background with bold white text reading: "COLOUR SHAPE PATTERN, 24 MAY 25 – 22 FEB 26, An exhibition celebrating painting, print, and sculpture. CHRISTCHURCH MANSION, IPSWICH." The right half of the image shows a vivid, floral-inspired pattern in hot pink, orange, blue, and beige on a black background. Below, an orange strip contains logos for Colchester + Ipswich Museums, Ipswich Borough Council, Arts Council England, Art Fund, and Kerseys Solicitors

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · Jul 23

12 Women Old Masters to Know
by Karen Chernick
www.artnews.com/list/art-new...

To learn more about premodern #womenartists, visit:

A Dozen Great Women Artists, Renaissance and Baroque
artherstory.net/a-dozen-grea...

Another Dozen Great Women Artists from Long Ago
artherstory.net/another-doze...

12 Women Old Masters to Know

Here are 12 women Old Masters benefitting from a tide of rediscovery

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Kimberly Alexander @ksalex10.bsky.social · Jul 21

Happy summer Monday 🌞🌞🌞
“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”
― F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

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Joshua R Greenberg @joshrgreenberg.bsky.social · Jul 20

About to say goodbye to #SHEAR2025 and Providence, so here is another bank note for you. It features a portrait of Samuel Slater and a vignette of mills by the Pawtucket Falls on the Blackstone River. Slater Bank, North Providence, RI, $10, July 1, 1862.🗃️

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Dr. Jessica Lepler @jlepler.bsky.social · May 1

The proofs are turned in and the website is up!🎉 📖
"Canal Dreamers" is now available for pre-order with delivery in August (just in time for classes 😉). Use code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%! 🗃️
@uncpress.bsky.social #history

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Canal Dreamers | Jessica M. Lepler | University of North Carolina Press

In the 1820s, there was a little-known quest to unite the world by building a waterway between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. As new Spanish American natio...

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Samuel Pepys @samuelpepys.bsky.social · Jul 21

To Woolwich to the Rope-yard; and there looked over several sorts of hemp, and did fall upon my great survey of seeing the working and experiments of the strength and the charge in the dressing of every sort.

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · Jul 21

Constitutional crisis is here

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Kimberly Alexander @ksalex10.bsky.social · Jul 21

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This week’s Neville Chamberlain Award Goes to Sian Beilock. Who’s She?

Let me tell you

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Kimberly Alexander @ksalex10.bsky.social · Jul 20

Hello Seacoast New Hampshire #fiberfolk Join the UNH #FlaxFiles at the Newmarket Historical Society’s Stone School Museum for a #flax processing #demo & try your hand at #braking & #scutching flax. Let’s talk about #sustainability & #circulardesign #saynotofastfashion

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Laura Davulis @davulis.bsky.social · Jul 18

Good morning #SHEAR2025! WE’VE GOT BOOKS.

Hopkins Press book display. Lots of books.

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