Promising Teen Artists Spotlighted at the Metropolitan Museum

Good morning. 🌬 Today, teen artists show at the Met Museum, early American paintings by a prolific de

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Good morning. 🌬 Today, teen artists show at the Met Museum, early American paintings by a prolific deaf artist were donated to the American Folk Art Museum, the final “View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine” has been published and future posts will use the pre-pandemic name. Also, if you or an artist you know wants to be featured in the series you can find more information on the website.— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief

Promising Teen Artists Get the Spotlight at the Metropolitan Museum Former recipients of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards include Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Kay WalkingStick, and John Baldessari. Hakim Bishara

SPONSORED Smithsonian Presents Virtual Screening and Conversation With Zora Lathan and Iman Uqdah Hameen Presented as part of the American Women’s History Initiative, On Black Interiority will take place on May 6 at 5:30pm.

What We Lose if the Amsterdam Hermitage Closes for Good Thanks to the pandemic, the museum may be on the verge of shutting its doors just when Europe needs its Russian ambassador more than ever. Tim Brinkhof

Three Film Reviews

A Documentary About How We Got, How We Got to Sesame Street Street Gang is an insightful story on the art of breaking ground. Kyndall Cunningham

"Liborio" Affirms the Force of Mythology and Collective Faith An immersive dive into communal myth-making, Nino Martínez Sosa’s film brings a Dominican spiritual leader to back to life. Alonso Aguilar

Deep in the Forest, Scientists Succumb to Religious Rapture The British horror film In the Earth bloodily observes how fervent belief makes fools of us all. Juan Barquin

SPONSORED The Hoffberger School of Painting at MICA Announces MFA Thesis Show "Still, Life" Eight MFA painting students present their culminating thesis projects and other works created during this past pandemic year at Art Cake in Brooklyn, NY.

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Portraits by John Brewster Jr., a Prolific Deaf Painter, Gifted to American Folk Art Museum The sought-after artist communicated with his clients through gestures or in writing. Cassie Packard

SPONSORED Vermont College of Fine Arts Creates Meaningful Connections for MFA Students VCFA Visual Art sustains lasting alumnx engagement through exciting public events, workshops, and the Artists Against Fascism collective.

A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in New Mexico, New York, and Los Angeles. Elisa Wouk Almino

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