Dr. Katelyn Crawford, Curator of American Art, discusses two photos from the Museum’s collection that had a major impact on the early Civil Rights Movement.
American Art
Spotlight on the Collection: October 2017
Georgia O’Keeffe was preoccupied by painting apples in the early 1920s. She painted red and green apples on plates, tables, and fields of color. While some of these images study […]
Collecting and Preserving Alabama’s Artistic Heritage
While the BMA collects art from all over the globe, it takes just as seriously the goal of collecting important work by the most significant artists born or active in […]
What’s Up at the BMA: Yosemite Meets Sun Mountain
If you think you’ve seen everything the BMA has to offer after just one visit, think again. A mere 12% of the Museum’s collection of 27,000 objects is on view at any […]
Spotlight on the Collection: March 2017
Bound and Determined: Helen Gertrude Sahler’s Spirit of Revolt This year marks the 100th anniversary of the United States’ entry into the First World War. Although World War I began on […]
Honoring Those Who Served: The Origins of Veterans Day
On May 7, 1915, during the First World War, a German U-Boat torpedoed the British luxury liner RMS Lusitania, killing 1,198 of its 1,959 passengers. The attack on the civilian vessel prompted […]
What’s Up at the BMA: The Legend of Zelda
One visit to the BMA is never enough! That’s because a mere 12% of the Museum’s collection of 27,000 objects is on view at any given time. Our curators and preparators are […]
Celebrating Independence at Independence Hall
Late in his career, the American Impressionist painter Childe (pronounced “child”) Hassam turned his talents to printmaking. In 1926, in celebration of the 150th anniversary of our country’s birth, he […]
Spotlight on the Collection: June 2016
On an October evening in 1901, the American painter Charles Caryl Coleman painted this view of Mount Vesuvius from the window of his studio on the Italian island of Capri. […]
Slow Art Weekend
You may be familiar with the Museum’s Slow Art Sunday, a weekly experience, through the guidance of a docent, where one can leave behind their hectic schedule and take time to […]