Monthly Archives: July 2007

August Programs for EASCFA

Posted on July 31, 2007 by Melissa Messina

First Saturday Events – Saturday, August 4 7:00 p.m. Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor Film screening In The Time of the Butterflies (Mariano Barroso, 2001, 95 min., PG-13). This film is based on a true … Continue reading…

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A Place at the Table

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Melissa Messina

On May 19th, an amazing group of women came and celebrated the Center at the event, “A Place at the Table” and it was a huge success! A special thanks to Susan Grabel, and the entire core group of women … Continue reading…

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The Future of Feminist Art

Posted on July 27, 2007 by Melissa Messina

Thank you Panelists! On Saturday, July 21st, a panel discussion was held in the Forum of the Center on The Future of Feminist Art. Four artists, each from different backgrounds, made up the panel: Sheila Pepe, Jaishri Abichandani, Erica Cho, … Continue reading…

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The Dinner Party Virtual Tour

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

Following up on this earlier post, I’m happy to say The Dinner Party Virtual Tour has just gone live on our website. The launch of the tour took an awful lot longer than any of us ever expected. Back in … Continue reading…

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Posted on July 20, 2007 by Patrick Amsellem

Earlier this week, we installed two striking new photographs in the Museum’s American Identities galleries on the fifth floor, Soldier Claxton and Soldier Mickelson. They are part of a large series of soldiers’ portraits by the New York-based photographer Suzanne … Continue reading…

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Dutch Houses in Brooklyn

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

When John published his post about his own Dutch house in Brooklyn, he also kindly provided a list of all the Dutch houses in the area that are still standing. Clicking the markers in the map below will take you … Continue reading…

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My Old House

Posted on July 18, 2007 by John Antonides

The Brooklyn Museum’s Schenck family houses have had a profound personal effect on me. In 1990, I was the editor for a book on the Schenck houses called Dutch by Design, written by curator Kevin Stayton. I found that book … Continue reading…

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A final goodby to the darkroom

Posted on July 15, 2007 by Deborah Wythe

Last month the last of the darkroom equipment finally left the Museum, nearly 2 years after we shut down the darkroom for good (the darkroom is now the Scan Lab and the film loading room is my office, complete with … Continue reading…

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Caribbean Returns

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Nicole Caruth

With the Fall season fast approaching Museum staff are deep into preparations for Infinite Island:Contemporary Caribbean Art curated by Tumelo Mosaka, Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art & Exhibitions. Set in one of the largest Caribbean communities in the United States, … Continue reading…

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July Programs — Please Join Us!

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Melissa Messina

Film Screening as part of Brooklyn Museum Summer Movie Series Sunday, July 15 3:00 p.m. Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor Film screening We Will Not Die Like Dogs (Lisa Russell, 2005,100 min., NR) This documentary … Continue reading…

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A Hipper Crowd of Shushers

Posted on July 9, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

  In case you missed it, our very own Sarah Gentile was profiled in Sunday’s New York Times.  The Styles article by Kara Jesella, focuses on hipster librarians.  Check out the full article and we’re happy to note it was … Continue reading…

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Kiosk Hardware

Posted on July 5, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

Kiosk with custom casing installed in Luce Visible Storage. Over the past several months, colleagues have been asking what kind of hardware is in use in our kiosk installations. After posting about the Firefox kiosk upgrade, hardware specifics seemed like … Continue reading…

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So what’s a DAMS and why do we need one?

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Deborah Wythe

It was brought to my attention that even my attempt to explain DAMS (“digital asset management system”) fell on the side of jargon and could use some explanation. I can do that… Digital asset. The easiest way to think about … Continue reading…

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Thank You Craig Barnes!

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Melissa Messina

  (Elizabeth Sackler & Craig Barnes) We would like to extend a gracious THANK YOU! to our speaker Craig S. Barnes for Saturday’s insightful lecture, In Search of the Lost Feminine: Decoding the Myths That Radically Reshaped Civilization. We hope … Continue reading…

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Brooklyn Museum on the iPhone

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Shelley Bernstein

Here’s what the Brooklyn Museum looks like on Apple’s new iPhone. Google, if you are reading this, our renovation was completed in early 2004, so send that satellite back our way!

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