Style and Fashion
American Beauties: Drawings from the Golden Age of Illustration
The different types of women presented in this exhibition demonstrate not only a nationally evolving ideal of beauty, but also a concentrated effort on the part of publishers, advertisers, and the artists themselves to develop an easily identifiable, aesthetically pleasing product. Men were also charmed by these images. more »
Do Those High Heels Really Mean Future Pain?
National data reveal that foot and toe symptoms are among the top 20 reasons for physician office visits among patients ages 65-74 years more »
Madeleine Albright's Pins on Exhibit
"The goat is the gift of an admiral at Annapolis, who sent it to her after he read accounts that the brutal Bosnian Serb general Ratko Mladic had apparently named one of his goats after the then U.N. ambassador. In 1994, when reports circulated in the Iraqi press calling Albright a serpent, she decided to wear the snake pin -- in lieu of a name tag -- when meeting with Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz." more »
Pixels to Textiles Exhibit
"The main joy in weaving is to watch the article grow under your hands, to plan the colour schemes and the patterns and to watch them develop from row to row, to watch one’s colours combine as a painter watches his pigment form on the canvas the thoughts and the vision of his eye, to watch the pattern develop as an architect watches his building rise story by story." more »