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Marilyn Richardson
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I have an essay on Edmonia Lewis in Florence in 1865 in this new English language collection by an Italian publisher. Google the title for American sellers.
I have an essay on Edmonia Lewis in Florence in 1865 in this new English language collection by an Italian publisher. Google the title for American sellers.
I happened on the brief obituary of Brother Blue in the paper last Sunday - made me sad and also warmed my heart just to think of his clear and bright presence... I first met him many years ago on Boston Common as a 12 year old, and he offered suc...
Dr. Hugh Hill, a spectacular professional storyteller known to one and all as Brother Blue, has died in Cambridge, MA at age 88.
Brother Blue was a true shaman. Once you met and spoke with him, or once you saw and heard him perform, especially ou...
Is this the Crate and Barrel store space? How interesting.
Be sure to go see the wonderful newly installed 3' X 5' intricate bas-relief plaque in the State House honoring MA labor history. Sculptor is Meredith Bergmann who also created Women's Memorial on Comm. Ave.
Don't miss the excellent article on the movement to save the Caesar Robbins house in Concord. Globe 9/14/09, page 1 front and center with a very nice photo of the house.
Hello Faith,
Thanks for such a speedy reply. I had read the linked article, which is online, and think the Barber initiative is a fine step.
Should we encourage members and others to write to the appropriate Concord officials in support of the pr...
Profile Information
- Where Do You Consider Your "Hometown"?
- Watertown, MA
- What is your interest in the Mass. Studies Network?
- Participating with a community of people of knowledge, enthusiasm and generosity of spirit in the study of Massachusetts history and culture.
My particular interests are in pre-20th-century history, politics, arts and community with an emphasis on African-Americana.
- About Me:
- - I have taught English, Writing, Women's Studies, and various other courses in the arts and humanities at Boston University (3 years), UMass/Boston (7 years), MIT (10 years). During that time I lectured nationally and internationally on African American art, history and culture.
- Publications include Maria W. Stewart; American's First Black Woman Political Writer; numerous essays, reviews, exhibition catalogues, concert notes, and encyclopedia entries.
- I segued into museum work as former curator of the Museum of African American History and the African Meeting House on Beacon Hill in Boston. Projects included early reclamation of the African Meeting House on Nantucket; numerous exhibitions including
- I Dream A World: Portraits of Black Women Who Changed America, Photographs by Brian Lanker (Mass College of Art and Design)
- Courage & Conscience: Black and White Abolitionists in Boston (Boston Athenaeum)
- No Laughing Matter (Aidekman Gallery, Tufts)
- Making A Living: The Work Experience of African Americans in New England from the Colonial Era Through the 19th-Century (Mass. Foundation for the Humanities)
- The River of Human Sexuality and Related Works by Allan Rohan Crite, Boston Center for the Arts/Mills Gallery
- Long Road to Justice:African Americans and the Courts in Massachusetts (Ruffin Society)
As an independent curator/writer/arts consultant I also document or authenticate art works for museums, dealers, private collectors and Sotheby's and Christie's auction houses.
I have held fellowships and/or visiting faculty positions at the Bunting Institute and at The DuBois Institute at Harvard, The Harvard Divinity School, and The University of California at Berkeley.
I've enjoyed board memberships with The Cantata Singers where I was instrumental (!) in developing the Classroom Cantatas program
- The Shirley-Eustis House
- Friends of the Longfellow House where I was Editor of The Longfellow House Bulletin for five years.
- Your Organization:
- Art + History Consultants
artandhistory@mac.com
We work with museums, historical societies, schools and a range of cultural organizations to develop programs, exhibitions and research related to their individual missions and goals.
- Your Title:
- Principal
- Major areas of interest
- Archives, Arts, Community Life, Cultural Heritage, Ethnic Studies, History, Literature, Music, Visual Arts
Latest event: Check out Sotheby's May 22,2008 American Art catalogue, lot 69. A new record for sculpture by Edmonia Lewis! I was delighted to have my letter of authentication for this unsigned work included as an actual part of the lot. ANOTHER EVENT: 26 June 2008. I went out on a limb and purchased a damaged, unsigned oil painting possibly of Christianna Carteaux Bannister by her husband Edward Mitchell Bannister. I've started a discussion group to continue research.
Lewis began her professsional career in Boston in 1863. There's more on her life, work and Boston connection in my essay in Blatt et al, Hope & Glory: Essays on the Legacy of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment (2001).
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7 February 2009
Another Edmonia Lewis auction, this time at Cowan's in Ohio, was a good success. A small marble bust of Minnehaha (1868) with an estimate around $20,000, for which I wrote the catalogue essay, went for more than $50,000. Hot stuff in this economy!
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7 February 2009
Another Edmonia Lewis auction, this time at Cowan's in Ohio, was a good success. A small marble bust of Minnehaha (1868) with an estimate around $20,000, for which I wrote the catalogue essay, went for more than $50,000. Hot stuff in this economy!
Marilyn Richardson's Journal
Book From Italian Publisher
I have an essay on Edmonia Lewis in Florence in 1865 in this new English language collection by an Italian publisher. Google the title for American sellers.
Posted on November 20, 2009 at 9:13pm —
Goodbye to Brother Blue
Dr. Hugh Hill, a spectacular professional storyteller known to one and all as Brother Blue, has died in Cambridge, MA at age 88.
Brother Blue was a true shaman. Once you met and spoke with him, or once you saw and heard him perform, especially out in the open in Harvard Square, or once you were there when he stood to make a comment from the audience at some talk or performance, his image and spirit were forever imprinted upon your own spirit. As he said, he spoke from the middle of the middle o… Continue
Brother Blue was a true shaman. Once you met and spoke with him, or once you saw and heard him perform, especially out in the open in Harvard Square, or once you were there when he stood to make a comment from the audience at some talk or performance, his image and spirit were forever imprinted upon your own spirit. As he said, he spoke from the middle of the middle o… Continue
Posted on November 5, 2009 at 6:43pm — 1 Comment
MA Labor History Recognized
Be sure to go see the wonderful newly installed 3' X 5' intricate bas-relief plaque in the State House honoring MA labor history. Sculptor is Meredith Bergmann who also created Women's Memorial on Comm. Ave.
Posted on September 22, 2009 at 7:40pm —
Concord Slave House Boston Globe Pg. 1
Don't miss the excellent article on the movement to save the Caesar Robbins house in Concord. Globe 9/14/09, page 1 front and center with a very nice photo of the house.
Posted on September 14, 2009 at 9:22am —
Design Research Returns For Exhibition
The Cambridge, MA original D/R jewel box building on Brattle Street is temporarily a multi-level Marimekko exhibition design space. Nostalgia to the max.
Posted on September 1, 2009 at 7:37pm — 1 Comment
Comment Wall (13 comments)
- At 1:38pm on March 29, 2009,
Heather Cole said… - Thanks for catching the spam. The spammer has been banned from the network. It is an open network, and we'd like to keep it that way as long as possible -- so we'll all just have to keep our eyes out for inappropriate use of the network. Either Joanne Riley or myself can ban members if something like that happens again. Thanks!
- At 7:22pm on January 13, 2009,
Ari Davidow said…
- Hi Marilyn, yes, that URL worked--I'll go post in the topic in case someone else has the same question. http://www.wcwonline.org/womensreview
- At 6:18pm on August 7, 2008,
Joanne Riley said…
- Hi Marilyn - thanks for your various comments, even though I haven't seen 'em ;))
Alas your notes about Northern Slave Narratives notes apparently got lost in the Chat box. (Not sure what's going on with that chat box. I think some of us should schedule a time to arrive together and see if it at least works in realtime...)
My colleague George Hart (also a member here, and a reference librarian extraordinaire) pointed the inquiring teacher to the Doc South Slave Narratives collection which I'm embarrassed to say I assumed just dealt with Southern narratives. There is some good stuff in there. I would welcome any other pointers you might have.
I also couldn't locate your response re/ the source of your intriguing profile photo. Would you be up for trying again?!
- At 11:48pm on July 16, 2008,
Joanne Riley said…
- Hi Marilyn - re/your profile photo - is that a tintype? What does it depict? (Looks like an outdoor meeting)
-- j
- At 10:30pm on June 30, 2008,
Roberta Logan said… - Hi Marilyn,
Thanks for thinking about me in this new initiativeI wonder if anna would be interested in this network? It sounds interesting. Roberta L
- At 10:51am on June 18, 2008,
Annie Valk said…
- Hi Marilyn: I'm currently working on organizing a conference (for October in RI) that is tentatively titled "Roger Williams and the Journey Toward Religious Freedom." We're thinking about a session focused on the Black church in America (especially New England), that would explore the historical uses and meanings of the church within African American communities. I'm thinking especially of the church's importance in political and community life -- and the role of religious faith as a source of inspiration for political activism. The role of women is, obviously, important here, too. Given your work with the Meeting Houses in Boston and Nantucket, is this a topic that you'd be interested in speaking about?
- At 9:35am on June 18, 2008,
Annie Valk said…
- I haven't been in RI for long, so I must confess I don't know anything about the Aldrich family. But the history you shared sounds fascinating. Have you -- or anyone else -- written about this story? Where's the daily journal kept?
- At 2:32pm on June 17, 2008,
Annie Valk said…
- Last year I worked on organizing a conference on the presentation and interpretation of African American history and culture in New England museums. Putting together the conference, I searched for someone who might talk about initiatives that focused on the period since the mid-19th century, but did not find much of anything. Now I'm working with a statewide consortium to organize Fall 2008 programs and exhibits focused on the history and legacy of slavery in RI. I think it's important and fascinating that there's such widespread interest in uncovering the history of RI's entanglement with the slave trade. And in my job I'm commited to finding ways to help bring out this history and to give historic sites the tools to tell it (and tell it well). But I'm concerned that African American history and culture is being severely constrained and that, as you say, there are so many other stories that are NOT being told. Are you continuing to work in this general area?
- At 12:30pm on June 17, 2008,
Annie Valk said…
- Hi Marilyn: I'm very interested in much of the work you've done in the past with African American historic sites and African American history in New England. I moved to RI last year and am amazed by the groundswell of interest in slavery in the state. But there seems to be very little attention to African American history OTHER than slavery here (or interest in time periods later than the mid-19th century). Is that your impression, too?
- At 11:51am on June 10, 2008,
pleun clara bouricius said… - Hi Marilyn, welcome to the MAstudies social network. I have started a Traces of the Trade//Mass Humanities programming interest group. I will invite you to it. I have just received confirmation of funding from NEH (We the People) so I am starting today -- organizing programming for the Fall.
Pleun Bouricius Mass Humanities
Events
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"In These Imperiled Times:" The Civil War Correspondence of the Men of South Danvers
September 24, 2009 at 9am to December 31, 2009 at 9pm – Peabody Institute Library
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“Discovering Moneyed Methuen”
November 1, 2009 at 1pm to November 1, 2010 at 2pm – The Tenney Gatehouse
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Sun "Preservation and Archives" SIG (PASIG) meeting, Boston
December 10, 2009 from 9am to 7pm – Northeastern University, Behrakis Health Sciences Center
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Exhibit Opening- George's Footprints: His Everlasting Legacy and Influence
December 10, 2009 from 5pm to 7pm – The George Peabody House Museum
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The History, Geography and Economics of Coffee
December 10, 2009 from 7:30pm to 9pm – Spellman Museum of Stamps & Postal History
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