A colorful still life of pink and white flowers.

May Flowers: A Tour of the ‘Garden’ in the Galleries

By J. Attridge, UMFA communications coordinator (and hay fever victim)  Everyone knows that April showers bring May flowers, but what […]
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A line of people, dressed in old-fashioned clothing, carefully walk across a rugged, icy glacier surrounded by tall mountains under a clear sky.

Crossing the Sea of Glass: Photography & the Birth of Modern Tourism

By Kenley Alligood, UMFA membership manager As the managing editor of the UMFA’s membership publication Quarterly, I spend a lot […]
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A woman in vintage clothing arranges billiard balls on a pool table in a dimly lit room, while a man in a suit stands in a doorway, bathed in sunlight from outside.

The Photo-Secession Movement: Pioneering Artistry in Early Photography

The Birth of the Photo-Secession Movement By Adelaide Ryder, head photographer and digital assets manager at the UMFA This fall […]
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A young boy with neatly combed hair sits on a wicker chair, intently reading a comic book. The image has a vintage, sepia tone, suggesting it was taken several decades ago.

Pow! Whoosh! Fine Art?

By J. Attridge, UMFA communications coordinator The definitional borders around fine art or ‘high art’ can be blurry and there […]
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