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{{Infobox museum
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|location = 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
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| established = 2005
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| location = 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016
Washington, DC 20016
|type = [[Art museum]]
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|director = Jack Rasmussen
| director = Jack Rasmussen
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The '''American University Museum''' is located within the [[Katzen Arts Center]] at the [[American University]] in [[Washington, DC]].
The '''American University Museum''' is located within the [[Katzen Arts Center]] at the [[American University]] in [[Washington, DC]].


==History and description==
==History and description==
The American University Museum consists of a three-story, {{convert|30000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} museum and sculpture garden. The region’s largest university facility for exhibiting art, the museum’s permanent collection highlights the holdings of the Katzen and Watkins collection. Rotating exhibitions emphasize regional, national, and international contemporary art.
The American University Museum consists of a three-story, {{convert|30000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} museum and sculpture garden. The region’s largest university facility for exhibiting art, the museum’s permanent collection highlights the holdings of the Katzen and Watkins collections. Rotating exhibitions emphasize regional, national, and international contemporary art.


==Permanent collections==
==Permanent collections==


The '''Katzen Collection''' is a private collection donated to the university by Dr. Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen in 2005. The collection includes more than 300 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures, focusing on Pop Art, Washington art, and glass sculpture. It also contains three large bronze sculptures by [[Nancy Graves]].<ref name=katzen>{{cite web | title= Katzen Collection|url=http://www.american.edu/cas/katzen/museum/collections_katzen.cfm| accessdate=2007-12-23| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102143925/http://www.american.edu/cas/katzen/museum/collections_katzen.cfm | archivedate= 2 January 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>
The '''Katzen Collection''' is a private collection donated to the university by Dr. Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen in 2005. The collection includes more than 300 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures, focusing on Pop Art, Washington art, and glass sculpture. It also contains three large bronze sculptures by [[Nancy Graves]].<ref name=katzen>{{cite web | title= Katzen Collection|url=http://www.american.edu/cas/katzen/museum/collections_katzen.cfm| accessdate=2007-12-23| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080102143925/http://www.american.edu/cas/katzen/museum/collections_katzen.cfm | archive-date= 2 January 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>

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The '''Watkins Collection''' included more than 4500 works of art, with an emphasis on art produced in the Washington area since the 1940s. The collection was created in 1945 as a memorial to C. Law Watkins, the former chair of the Department of Art at American University. Originally only 25 works, it has been augmented by later donations.<ref name=watkins>{{cite web | title=Watkins Collection|url=http://www.american.edu/cas/katzen/museum/collections_watkins.cfm| accessdate=2007-12-23| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20080102150622/http://www.american.edu/cas/katzen/museum/collections_watkins.cfm| archive-date= 2 January 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref>


The '''Corcoran Legacy Collection''' includes more than 9,000 works of art from the [[Corcoran Gallery of Art]] and includes works by [[Titian]], [[Ansel Adams]], [[Andy Warhol]], [[Albrecht Dürer]], [[Helen Frankenthaler]] and the [[Washington Color School]].<ref name=Corcoran>{{cite news | title=Corcoran Collection|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/bulk-of-corcorans-remaining-collection-headed-to-au-museum-at-the-katzen/2018/05/13/1ae68b48-5550-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html| accessdate=2019-08-01 }}</ref>
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The '''Watkins Collection''' included more than 4500 works of art, with an emphasis on art produced in the Washington area since the 1940s. The collection was created in 1945 as a memorial to C. Law Watkins, the former chair of the Department of Art at American University. Originally only 25 works, it has been augmented by later donations.<ref name=watkins>{{cite web | title=Watkins Collection|url=http://www.american.edu/cas/katzen/museum/collections_watkins.cfm| accessdate=2007-12-23| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080102150622/http://www.american.edu/cas/katzen/museum/collections_watkins.cfm| archivedate= 2 January 2008 <!--DASHBot-->| deadurl= no}}</ref>


==Rotating exhibitions==
==Rotating exhibitions==


Jack Rasmussen, the museum's curator, focuses on rotating exhibitions that emphasize regional, national, international, and contemporary art and artists. The Museum's Kunsthalle style planning ensures constantly changing exhibitions on all three levels of the museum, often with highly relevant, political, and sometimes provocative programming that mirrors Washington, D.C. itself. Approximately 24 exhibitions are mounted annually across the museum's 44,000 square foot space.<ref>http://www.american.edu/cas/museum/about.cfm</ref>
Jack Rasmussen, the museum's curator, focuses on rotating exhibitions that emphasize regional, national, international, and contemporary art and artists. The Museum's Kunsthalle style planning ensures constantly changing exhibitions on all three levels of the museum, often with highly relevant, political, and sometimes provocative programming that mirrors Washington, D.C. itself. Approximately 24 exhibitions are mounted annually across the museum's 44,000 square foot space.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.american.edu/cas/museum/about.cfm|title = About AU Museum}}</ref>


In 2006 the museum presented “Contemporary North Korean Art: The Evolution of Socialist Realism,” the first ever exhibition of North Korea political realism artwork ever showcased in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-norman-rockwell-would-have-recognized-these-socialist-images/2016/07/29/785274aa-528b-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html?utm_term=.91b61e8571ff|title=In the galleries: Norman Rockwell would have recognized these socialist images|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=July 30, 2016|work=The Washington Post|access-date=}}</ref>
In 2006 the museum presented “Contemporary North Korean Art: The Evolution of Socialist Realism,” the first ever exhibition of North Korea political realism artwork ever showcased in the United States.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/in-the-galleries-norman-rockwell-would-have-recognized-these-socialist-images/2016/07/29/785274aa-528b-11e6-bbf5-957ad17b4385_story.html|title=In the galleries: Norman Rockwell would have recognized these socialist images|last=Jenkins|first=Mark|date=July 30, 2016|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> In 2017, the museum presented "Between Two Rounds of Fire, the Exile of the Sea", an Arab modernism exhibition in collaboration with the [[Barjeel Art Foundation]] on themes of war from eight different Arab countries and territories.<ref>{{cite news|last=Jenkins |first=Mark |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/museums/in-photos-in-an-arab-art-exhibition-land-signs-and-bodies-are-all-contested-turf/2017/09/20/965b10ee-9a40-11e7-82e4-f1076f6d6152_story.html |title=In an Arab art exhibition, land, signs and bodies are all contested turf |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=2017-09-20 |accessdate=2022-06-11}}</ref>


Via the Alper Initiative for Washington Art<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/alper/|title=Alper Initiative for Washington Art|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}</ref> <ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://dcarts.dc.gov/page/alper-initiative-washington-art|title=Alper Initiative for Washington Art {{!}} dcarts|website=dcarts.dc.gov|access-date=2018-12-31}}</ref>, the museum also focuses exhibitions on Washington, DC area artists, and is dedicated to preserving, presenting, and creating the art history of Washington through a book collection, database, events, and exhibitions<ref name=":0" /> <ref name=":1" />. The Alper Initiative for Washington Art was made possible through a major financial grant by American University alumna and art advocate Carolyn Small Alper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artistsandmakersstudios.com/carolyn-alper/|title=Carolyn Alper A&M1 {{!}} Artists and Makers Studios|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-14}}</ref>
Via the Alper Initiative for Washington Art,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/alper/|title=Alper Initiative for Washington Art}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://dcarts.dc.gov/page/alper-initiative-washington-art|title=Alper Initiative for Washington Art {{!}} dcarts|website=dcarts.dc.gov|access-date=2018-12-31}}</ref> the museum also focuses exhibitions on Washington, DC area artists, and is dedicated to preserving, presenting, and creating the art history of Washington through a book collection, database, events, and exhibitions.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> The Alper Initiative for Washington Art was made possible through a major financial grant by American University alumna and art advocate Carolyn Small Alper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artistsandmakersstudios.com/carolyn-alper/|title=Carolyn Alper A&M1 {{!}} Artists and Makers Studios|language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215050734/https://artistsandmakersstudios.com/carolyn-alper/|archive-date=2019-02-15|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2016 the initiative sponsored a widely acclaimed exhibition titled [[The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington]], which was curated by Rasmussen<ref>{{cite web|title=The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington|url=https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/2016/looking-glass.cfm|access-date=2022-01-26|website=American University|language=en}}</ref> to showcase the immigration stories, experiences, and views of ten Washington, DC area artists - all of whom were immigrants to the United States from Latin America.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{cite web|last=John Anderson|date=2016-07-13|title="The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington" At the Katzen Arts Center, Reviewed|url=http://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/328763/the-looking-glass-artist-immigrants-of-washington-at-the-katzen-arts-center-reviewed/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Washington City Paper|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Guzman|first=Ana|date=2016-06-23|title=Artists' work in Washington exhibit focuses on immigrant experience|url=https://www.thebostonpilot.com/article.asp?ID=176795|access-date=2022-01-26|website=The Boston Pilot|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Service|first=Catholic News|date=2016-06-23|title=Artists' work in Washington exhibit focuses on immigrant experience|url=https://thecentralminnesotacatholic.org/artists-work-washington-exhibit-focuses-immigrant-experience/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=The Central Minnesota Catholic|language=en-US}}</ref>


The Alper Initiative for Washington Art includes<ref name=":0" /> <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.eastcityart.com/calls-for-entry/alper-initiative-washington-art-call-printmakers/|website=www.eastcityart.com|access-date=2018-12-31}}</ref>:
The Alper Initiative for Washington Art includes:<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastcityart.com/calls-for-entry/alper-initiative-washington-art-call-printmakers/|website=www.eastcityart.com|access-date=2018-12-31|title=The Alper Initiative for Washington Art Call for Printmakers &#124; East City Art|date=23 October 2018}}</ref>


* 5 new exhibitions submitted by Washington-area artists each year
* 5 new exhibitions submitted by Washington-area artists each year
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==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


==Related links==
==Related links==
*[http://www.american.edu/cas/museum/index.cfm American University Museum]
*[http://www.american.edu/cas/museum/index.cfm American University Museum]
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/02/AR2007110200652.html Erica Jong, Review: "Botero Sees the World's True Heavies at Abu Ghraib"], ''Washington Post'', 4 Nov 2007
*[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/02/AR2007110200652.html Erica Jong, Review: "Botero Sees the World's True Heavies at Abu Ghraib"], ''Washington Post'', 4 Nov 2007
*[http://art_at_thekatzen.typepad.com/art_thekatzen/ Art @ the Katzen Blog]


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Latest revision as of 20:11, 13 February 2024

American University Museum
American University Museum is located in District of Columbia
American University Museum
Location within Washington, D.C.
Established2005
Location4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016
Coordinates38°56′21″N 77°05′13″W / 38.9393°N 77.087°W / 38.9393; -77.087
TypeArt museum
DirectorJack Rasmussen
Public transit access      Tenleytown–AU
Websitehttp://www.american.edu/museum

The American University Museum is located within the Katzen Arts Center at the American University in Washington, DC.

History and description

[edit]

The American University Museum consists of a three-story, 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) museum and sculpture garden. The region’s largest university facility for exhibiting art, the museum’s permanent collection highlights the holdings of the Katzen and Watkins collections. Rotating exhibitions emphasize regional, national, and international contemporary art.

Permanent collections

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The Katzen Collection is a private collection donated to the university by Dr. Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen in 2005. The collection includes more than 300 paintings, prints, drawings, and sculptures, focusing on Pop Art, Washington art, and glass sculpture. It also contains three large bronze sculptures by Nancy Graves.[1]

The Watkins Collection included more than 4500 works of art, with an emphasis on art produced in the Washington area since the 1940s. The collection was created in 1945 as a memorial to C. Law Watkins, the former chair of the Department of Art at American University. Originally only 25 works, it has been augmented by later donations.[2]

The Corcoran Legacy Collection includes more than 9,000 works of art from the Corcoran Gallery of Art and includes works by Titian, Ansel Adams, Andy Warhol, Albrecht Dürer, Helen Frankenthaler and the Washington Color School.[3]

Rotating exhibitions

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Jack Rasmussen, the museum's curator, focuses on rotating exhibitions that emphasize regional, national, international, and contemporary art and artists. The Museum's Kunsthalle style planning ensures constantly changing exhibitions on all three levels of the museum, often with highly relevant, political, and sometimes provocative programming that mirrors Washington, D.C. itself. Approximately 24 exhibitions are mounted annually across the museum's 44,000 square foot space.[4]

In 2006 the museum presented “Contemporary North Korean Art: The Evolution of Socialist Realism,” the first ever exhibition of North Korea political realism artwork ever showcased in the United States.[5] In 2017, the museum presented "Between Two Rounds of Fire, the Exile of the Sea", an Arab modernism exhibition in collaboration with the Barjeel Art Foundation on themes of war from eight different Arab countries and territories.[6]

Via the Alper Initiative for Washington Art,[7][8] the museum also focuses exhibitions on Washington, DC area artists, and is dedicated to preserving, presenting, and creating the art history of Washington through a book collection, database, events, and exhibitions.[7][8] The Alper Initiative for Washington Art was made possible through a major financial grant by American University alumna and art advocate Carolyn Small Alper.[9] In 2016 the initiative sponsored a widely acclaimed exhibition titled The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington, which was curated by Rasmussen[10] to showcase the immigration stories, experiences, and views of ten Washington, DC area artists - all of whom were immigrants to the United States from Latin America.[5][11][12][13]

The Alper Initiative for Washington Art includes:[7][14]

  • 5 new exhibitions submitted by Washington-area artists each year
  • 2,000 square feet of gallery space in the museum
  • 60+ books on the Washington, DC area art history

References

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  1. ^ "Katzen Collection". Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
  2. ^ "Watkins Collection". Archived from the original on 2 January 2008. Retrieved 2007-12-23.
  3. ^ "Corcoran Collection". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
  4. ^ "About AU Museum".
  5. ^ a b Jenkins, Mark (July 30, 2016). "In the galleries: Norman Rockwell would have recognized these socialist images". The Washington Post.
  6. ^ Jenkins, Mark (2017-09-20). "In an Arab art exhibition, land, signs and bodies are all contested turf". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
  7. ^ a b c "Alper Initiative for Washington Art".
  8. ^ a b "Alper Initiative for Washington Art | dcarts". dcarts.dc.gov. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
  9. ^ "Carolyn Alper A&M1 | Artists and Makers Studios". Archived from the original on 2019-02-15. Retrieved 2019-02-14.
  10. ^ "The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington". American University. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  11. ^ John Anderson (2016-07-13). ""The Looking Glass: Artist Immigrants of Washington" At the Katzen Arts Center, Reviewed". Washington City Paper. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  12. ^ Guzman, Ana (2016-06-23). "Artists' work in Washington exhibit focuses on immigrant experience". The Boston Pilot. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  13. ^ Service, Catholic News (2016-06-23). "Artists' work in Washington exhibit focuses on immigrant experience". The Central Minnesota Catholic. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  14. ^ "The Alper Initiative for Washington Art Call for Printmakers | East City Art". www.eastcityart.com. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 2018-12-31.
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