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Book Recommendation: Vermeer’s Hat

How simple and benign a porcelain dish may seem in a seventeenth century Dutch painting. An object of beauty and luxury? Sure. But the key into an entire world of…

Museum gallery with pointed archway doors housing Islamic art

Art of the Islamic World: More to Discover

Welcome to the Art of the Islamic World Gallery at the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum! The gallery features objects created between the 9th and 19th centuries in Iran,…

Three portraits

Community Call for Portraits

“Announced in the midst of a pandemic, this call for portraiture is also a coming together of our community. I cannot think of a more exciting way for us to…

© Allan Gorman, A Nice Day for a Ride, 2013

A Nice Day for A Ride Giveaway

Allan Gorman is an artist who records arresting images found in daily life. "Using my camera as a sketchbook," he said, "I go out and look for subject matter that…

Image that shows an art teacher, screen for online class and paints

Now Is the Time to Get Creative!

“I am not comfortable drawing. This is mostly because I am inexperienced and it is very frustrating. But now I was drawing. After the first class, my mindset had shifted."…

Black and white illustration of lighthouse on rocks
Scene of brick and wood homes crowded with rock wall and trees
Print of mountain next to river with train steaming by
Painting of a birds-eye-view of cranes flying over a river, white dots against red textured earth
Painting of simplified mountains against a blue sky
Print of Great Salt Lake Utah with city and greenery in foreground
Landscape with deer all in tones of gold and brown
Map of US with road trip stretching from east to west coast
Take a virtual road trip with the Springfield Museums art collection.

Dreaming of Summer Travel Plans?

Take a Virtual Road Trip through the American Art Collections of the Springfield Museums Since the early days of automobile travel, tourists and adventure-seekers have taken to the open road…

A real woman imitates the painting of a woman having tea
A real woman imitates the painting of a woman having tea
A dog is made to look like a portrait of a person
Kris Ludwig, Manager of Exhibition Services for the Springfield Museums, with the help of Jane, interprets Portrait of Marcel Duchamp, c. 1925 by Florine Stettheimer (American, 1871-1944) in the collection of the Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine
a person imitates a painting of the Madonna and baby Jesus
toy model dinosaurs interpret ancient Greek statue plaster cast
Person in costume imitates T.rex

Imitation is the Highest Form of Flattery

You might have seen that imitating beloved art—with what you can find around the house—is all the rage during this time of sheltering in place. The Springfield Museums invite you…

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