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Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2011 (CSC)
[ June 18, 2011 to October 10, 2011. ] This year’s guest curator is Bruce Weber, Senior Curator of 19th and Early 20th Century Art at the National Academy Museum in New York, NY. [ Read More → ]
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“Designing the Lincoln Memorial” Exhibition
The National Gallery of Art’s Designing the Lincoln Memorial exhibition was ranked 3rd overall in daily exhibition attendance in 2010. From February 2009 to April 2010, 9,290 visitors a day admired Daniel Chester French’s six-foot plaster model of Abraham Lincoln for the Lincoln Memorial while it was on loan from Chesterwood to the National Gallery of Art [...]
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Daniel Chester French and Chesterwood Featured in the Wall Street Journal
12/24/2010
Penned by Lucette Lagnado of the Wall Street Journal, the article details how Daniel Chester French’s image and Chesterwood must compete with the likes of Norman Rockwell in the small town of Stockbridge, Massachusetts, as well as the larger cultural attractions of the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts and beyond. Read the article here. >> Right: [...] -
Seasonal Staff
[ March 8, 2012 to April 13, 2012. ] Chesterwood is now hiring seasonal interpreters, guides and museum shop clerks. Seasonal museum positions available from May-October.
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Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2010
CSC 2010 was guest curated by Richard Klein, Exhibitions Director of The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum. [ Read More → ]
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Contemporary Sculpture at Chesterwood 2009
July 4 – October 31, 2009
Guest Curator & Juror:
Denise Markonish, Curator, MASS MoCA
June Ahrens
Brian Auwarter
Pat Brentano Bramnick
Rick Brown
Gordon Chandler
Ursula Clark
Linda Cross
Dana Filibert
Gene Montez Flores
Susan Flores
Richard Garrison
Tom Gottsleben
Lucy Hodgson
Bob Keating
Elizabeth Knowles
Lin Lisberger
Greg Lock
Iain Machell
Kaete Brittin Shaw
Matthew Weber
Support, in part, was provided by:
The McKenzie Family Foundation * Leslie Belt * Jeannene Booher * Nancy Fitzpatrick / High Meadow Foundation * Robert [...] -
Antiques Roadshow
1917 Daniel Chester French Bronze Sculpture (Antiques Roadshow)
Last night’s (1/3/2011) season premiere of Antiques Roadshow featured a 1917 bronze sculpture by Daniel Chester French. Watch the clip to see how much the owner paid for this work and how much the appraiser, Eric Silver, thinks it’s actually worth! -
Visit us on YouTube!
Visit Chesterwood’s official YouTube channel, DanielChesterFrench, to learn more about the site and our favorite sculptor!
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Is French in Steve Martin’s New Novel?
Steve Martin’s new novel, An Object of Beauty, is narrated by a character named Daniel Chester French Franks! The book will be in stores on Tuesday, November 23. We’re curious to see how French fits into Martin’s story!
