August 8, 2024, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsPublic Works: An Exhibition of Art by Elizabeth Olds by TRACY BONFITTO, CURATOR OF ART In 1937, WPA artist Elizabeth Olds (American, 1896–1991) persuaded “muckraking” investigative journalist Ida Tarbell to help her secure entrance to the Carnegie-Illinois steel mill. When Olds arrived with fellow artist Harry Gottlieb, skeptical mill workers required the artists to become union members in order… read more
January 23, 2020, Filed Under: Art, Digital Collections, Exhibitions + Events, Featured1, Theatre + Performing ArtsThe Golden Age of Magic Posters The turn of the twentieth century was a period of innovation, when advances in printing and color lithography coincided with a new golden age in the performance of magic and illusion. This convergence resulted in the most stunning, color-saturated advertisements in the history of magic.
March 15, 2017, Filed Under: Art, Exhibitions + EventsIn the Galleries: Elizabeth Olds’s quest for honest American art Elizabeth Olds (1896–1991) was the first woman visual artist to be awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1926 to advance her study of portraiture.
