Danforth Museum

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Danforth Museum

The Danforth Museum, (renamed Danforth Art in 2013 to reflect its dual function as a museum and a community art school) was founded in 1975. It is located 20 miles west of Boston in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Museum

The museum's permanent collection focuses on American Art from the 18th-Century to the present,[1] and includes work by Gilbert Stuart, Charles Sprague Pearce, Eastman Johnson, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Albert Bierstadt, and Thomas Hart Benton, as well as work by the Boston Expressionists and contemporary artists such as Faith Ringhold, Richard Yarde, and Jason Berger.

The museum also maintains a full exhibition schedule of contemporary art.[2]

School

The school offers classes and workshops to adults and children; subjects taught include painting, printmaking, photography and ceramics.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Edgers, Geoff (October 28, 2013). "Danforth Art Looks to Build Budget, Add Staff, Relocate". Boston Globe. Retrieved 11 November October 2013. 
  2. ↑ "Danforth past exhibition list". Retrieved 11 November 2013. 
  3. ↑ Edgers, Geoff (October 28, 2013)
  4. ↑ "Danforth art classes". Retrieved 11 November 2013. 

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Coordinates: 42°16′53″N 71°25′05″W / 42.2815°N 71.4180°W / 42.2815; -71.4180

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