Wadsworth Athaneum – Take Magazine https://thetakemagazine.com New England's New Culture Wed, 25 Apr 2018 22:03:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.18 https://thetakemagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/cropped-TakeFav-2-32x32.png Wadsworth Athaneum – Take Magazine https://thetakemagazine.com 32 32 #Nofilter New England https://thetakemagazine.com/igz/ https://thetakemagazine.com/igz/#respond Tue, 15 Nov 2016 00:24:46 +0000 https://thetakemagazine.com/?p=5669 From food to tattoos, flowers to hotels, fill your Instagram feed with some of our favorite New England IGrs. Here’s our list of the movers and shakers, culture-makers that are documenting their artistic ploys and political rants on your fav social media platform. Take a look at New England through Instagram because on insta everyone’s

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]]> From food to tattoos, flowers to hotels, fill your Instagram feed with some of our favorite New England IGrs.

Here’s our list of the movers and shakers, culture-makers that are documenting their artistic ploys and political rants on your fav social media platform. Take a look at New England through Instagram because on insta everyone’s a photographer.

@hotelonnorth

Hotel on North is arguably the most photogenic place to stay in the region. Made from two 19th century buildings in downtown Pittsfield this place is anything but the pits. Between the claw foot tubs and the keep-sake quality local trimmings and trappings in each unique room, this place is most definitely instagram-worthy.

@snowsculpt


Dave Rothstein is a snow sculptor and famed donut photographer. He’s a renaissance man of the 21st century and his Instagram account—which includes vegetables dressed with googly eyes, Spock holding a donut hole, and close ups of nature that’ll make you take a closer look at the beauty in your own surroundings—stands testament to that.

@thewadsworth

The Wadsworth Atheneum is the oldest public museum of its kind in the country, founded in 1842, but it’s aging quite well.

@breakfastxlunchxdinner

#NEGUSpublication 10/26/16 @ 7PM EST 760 Chapel St. c/o @grieretelosbo

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The tastemakers of Hartford, CT are on Instagram and it looks good. Follow this crew for event updates, artist profiles and all things contemporary and cool in Connecticut.

@sad13

honestly promoting this new record today feels like a misuse of time when there’s so much in my country to protest against and organize towards. but… to those of u telling me my record’s getting u through the hurt & disbelief of this week, i hear you & appreciate that more than u know. that said, THE SAD13 BAND starts its first U.S. tour tomorrow w/ some amazing bands. hope to see u there. this beautiful poster is by @cdirck. if you need help getting to the show safely or to get in touch in any way, you can always find me here or at sad13sadie@gmail.com excited to see all my friends throughout the country, excited to wear my new american flag-printed kicks & remind myself that this country at its best is about love & community, and not those other hateful things some bigots would have you believe tickets at sadthirteen.com

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Sad13 is the fierce, feminist solo-project by “frontdemon” of Speedy Ortiz. She just released a new album “Slugger” and did a reddit AMA in a Sailor Moon wig (okay, YAS). Sad13 aka Sadie is the ultimate celeb crush and my forever #wcw. Visit her account for all things pro-love!

@loopvintageupcycle


This Insta takes the retro cake in satisfying all your delightfully kitschy mid-century needs. We had a feeling you would ask, and the answer is yes, they have an Etsy shop: LINKY. The best part? You can invite your friends for a dinner party and brag that your 60-year-old Alvin and the Chipmunks themed glassware set is probably one of a kind.

@wildfolkstudio


Somerville florist, Caroline O’Donnell Instagram will make you want to die and be reincarnated as a flower in one of her arrangements. There is literally nothing more perfect than her subdued purples and pinks and muted earth tones, and the filters don’t hurt either.

@mollyhatch

Molly Hatch is a designer, illustrator, drawer, author, creator-I could go on. Her Instagram is painfully cute and framed in pastels that upon scrolling through will make your stress melt away. Beware, her flawless composition and frequent enviable tea parties will probably make you resent your own Instagram.

@matthealeyphoto

As his handle suggests, Matt is a badass photog with a knack for portraits. His feed is littered with humans-in-action AKA ~athletes~ and as you can see, pretty priceless game faces.

@Narrangansett

The #OfficialBeerOfBrunch is back!!! #ASwallowWillTellYou

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It’s beer season! Well, it’s always beer season. ‘gansett’s vintage-inspired cans will take you back to the days of pick-up ice hockey on the local frozen pond. Plus, the outdoors-y Rhode Island imagery will give you the feels for Fall.

@bostonhassle

Boston Hassle is your volunteer-run DIY info flow on everything underground and ~kewl~.

@shady.pines.sleddogs

Midweek motivation, on this day. #heroichearts

A video posted by Sally Manikian (@shady.pines.sleddogs) on

Post-election stress got you feeling some type of way? Look no further. These dogs aren’t just cute, they’re also smarter than your honor student. These puppers are Sally Manikan’s small to mid-distance racing team residing in the White Mountains of NH and they want to be your BFFs.

@laughingloone

Laughing Loone is the pseudonym of Noel’le Longhaul’s online tattoo persona. Her Instagram is home to dark, ethereal masterpieces on fleshy canvas. She’s also in three bands. In short, there is no one cooler than Noel’le.

@pizzablonde

I've got my @dominos, I've got my ?? rosé, and I'm ready to go. #electionnight

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This is proof—blondes do in fact have more fun. Pizzablonde is essentially living out everyone’s dreams- ya’ll dream about cheese too, right? Right?! By acquainting her tastebuds—and in turn, our insta feeds—with every form pizza can morph into, (i.e. sandwich, spaghetti, and smore) the world can finally see all that pizza can truly be.

@shanelavalette

#agnesmartin @guggenheim

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Shane, hailing from Burlington, VT is #instaporn for black and white photography enthusiasts. The way he plays with the duality of shadows in his pictures will give you a chill and leave you feeling confused in a good way.

Top photo courtesy Wild Folk Studio Instagram page

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]]> https://thetakemagazine.com/igz/feed/ 0 Did You Know? This MATRIX is Real https://thetakemagazine.com/know-matrix-real/ https://thetakemagazine.com/know-matrix-real/#respond Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:00:33 +0000 https://thetakemagazine.com/?p=4803 Hartford’s art museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum, invites you to step into the MATRIX. No choice of red or blue pill needed. MATRIX was first. Housed in the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, MATRIX was the first gallery space in a traditional art museum dedicated to a changing series of contemporary art exhibitions.

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]]> Hartford’s art museum, the Wadsworth Atheneum, invites you to step into the MATRIX. No choice of red or blue pill needed.

MATRIX was first.

Housed in the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut, MATRIX was the first gallery space in a traditional art museum dedicated to a changing series of contemporary art exhibitions. It is an idea that has since been replicated by more than 50 museums across America since MATRIX launched in 1975.

MATRIX has also been home to the first solo exhibitions for many of the world’s most important contemporary artists: Carrie Mae Weems, Glenn Ligon, Barbara Kruger, and Gerhard Richter to name just a very few. All told, more than 160 emerging artists have been exhibited to date.

“It was considered groundbreaking,” says Patricia Hickson, the museum’s curator of contemporary art. “Most encyclopedic museums never had exhibits with contemporary art at that time. It was not part of the canon. This was the first time putting contemporary art in dialogue with the storied collections of the Wadsworth Atheneum.”

An Andy Warhol exhibition in the MATRIX gallery of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in 1979.

(Top and Above photo) An Andy Warhol exhibition in the MATRIX gallery of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in 1979.

Andrea Miller-Keller was there from the beginning when then-Atheneum Director James Elliot started conceptualizing the idea. She wrote the National Endowment for the Arts grant that enabled the idea to become a reality.  

“Back then, contemporary art had no secular place in any art museum,” Miller-Keller says. “[MATRIX] was that bridge between a traditional art museum and a desire to share contemporary ideas.”

Miller-Keller ultimately became the first MATRIX curator, a position she held for 23 years. In that time, she considered helping the public to understand contemporary art as one of her main functions. “Traditional art is always soothing and makes you feel elevated,” she says, “and contemporary art is often challenging and makes people feel confused. My number-one job was to dispel the confusion.”

To that end, a MATRIX exhibit has always been multifaceted. Miller-Keller made sure exhibits included publications and handouts as well as gallery talks. “No one should walk into a room and feel lesser because they don’t get it,” she says. “My mission was always to show the toughest work but to offer the public some explanations.”

Photos Courtesy of The Wadsworth Atheneum

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