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Entries from October 2008

Chicago Tribune Art Critic Reviews On the Road

October 28, 2008 | Details | Comments (0)

Read the review here and see the show before it closes November 1!

Contemporary Classical Music at the MoCP

October 7, 2008 | Details | Comments (0)

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Please join us as The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), presents an improvisation recital featuring trumpet player Peter Evans, Friday, October 24 at 6pm.

Daniel Dixon, Dorothea Lange's son, at MoCP

October 7, 2008 | Details | Comments (5)

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We're thrilled to welcome Daniel Dixon, son of Dorothea Lange and painter Maynard Dixon, along with his wife Dixie, who will give an audio-visual presentation on Lange’s life and work on October 23 at 6pm. Details here.

On the Road Curators interviewed on "American Art, American City" site

October 7, 2008 | Details | Comments (0)

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How did the photographs commissioned by the US government as part of the Farm Security Administration affect the cultural landscape of their time? How are they relevant today? Check out this interview with MoCP Director Rod Slemmons and Manager of Education Corinne Rose about the current exhibition on view, On the Road, on the Terra Foundation's website for their citywide initiative American Art, American City.