By Anne Gilbert There is nothing new about paper art be it sculptures or dollhouses or furniture. It has existed in many forms and in nearly every culture for hundreds of years. For example the Vietnamese have never stopped turning it into vases and bowls. These days they make it from newspapers. Japan is known for Origami (the Japanese term for paper […]

June 2 252th anniversary of the “Intolerable Acts;” passing of the new Quartering Act, also called the Coercive Acts, requiring American colonists to provide better housing for British soldiers upon demand (1775) June 10 John Adams proposes the Continental Army (1775) June 12 Women’s Veterans Recognition Day June 14 Congress establishes the U.S. Army (1775) June 15 George Washington named […]

By Roy Nuhn  “Nor Shall their story be forgot, While Fame her record keeps.” These lines from a stanza of an old 19th century poem, The Bivouac of the Dead by Theodore O’Hara, are found on several Memorial Day postcards, including some by Raphal Tuck & Sons and International Art Publishing Company. Borrowings were also made from other patriotic poetry […]

By Peggy DeStefano Western painting is treasured for the scenes of early cowboys and Indians and of the ranges, mountains and prairies where they roamed. The excitement and unsettledness of the old West has been captured on canvas. But most Western painting has been depicted through the eyes of the newcomer not the native. Noah Adams’ work is an exception […]