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Find unique McNay stories here. Staff, interns, volunteers, and others share insights and stories that provide a closer look at the McNay's Collections.
Clueless, Fashion Fantasy, and Aggressive Plaid
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On the 25th anniversary of “Clueless,” Curator of ‘Fashion Nirvana: Runway to Everyday’ Kate Carey pays homage to Cher, Dionne, and coordinating plaid ensembles.
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Collection Connection: Sun Raid
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Eddie Hayes, Exhibitions Senior Manager / Registrar discusses Ester Hernandez’s limited edition screenprint Sun Raid (2007).
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Our Sculpture Garden is Growing
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The next time you visit the McNay, keep an eye out for three new outdoor sculptures.
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Collection Connection: Kehinde Wiley
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Art Preparator Rhys Munro describes her admiration for Kehinde Wiley’s and Kanye West’s iconic artistic journeys.
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High School Senior Completes Mentorship Despite Roadblocks
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McNay Teen Art Guide has to scrap mentorship project due to school and museum closure and instead creates an engaging online virtual experience related to installation art.
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Collection Connection: Niobe
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One of my favorite objects in the collection is a small yet compelling painting by Alexey von Jawlensky entitled Mystical Heads: Niobe.
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Collection Connection: Helen Torr
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A perfect example of an abstract American modernist landscape, this painting was created by one of the most under-appreciated of artists. I admired the rock formations extending above a low plain with a wisp of gray suggesting the arc of the sky.
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Spotlight: Creativity in Quarantine
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Each year, Spotlight celebrates the amazing achievements of student artists inspired by a work in the Museum’s collection. When schools closed this spring, the culmination of the 2020 Spotlight on Sue Fuller’s String Composition #W-253 seemed uncertain.
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Get to Know Board President Don Frost
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It is an honor and privilege to extend the values of the McNay’s predecessors within my family, as well as all previous board members. I treasured the time spent serving on the board with my father, and when I walk on the McNay campus I am proud to know my grandfather and great-grand Uncle also served the McNay.
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Collection Connection: Joan Mitchell
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A lot of people say abstract art (and Abstract Expressionism in particular) looks so easy, but I think it’s much harder than representational art. How do you come up with a composition, and how do you decide when a work is completed?
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