{"id":3902,"date":"2017-03-06T17:32:12","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/?p=3902"},"modified":"2017-03-06T17:34:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T22:34:27","slug":"american-faces-a-cultural-history-of-portraiture-and-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vermontartguide.com\/content\/american-faces-a-cultural-history-of-portraiture-and-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"American Faces: A Cultural History of Portraiture and Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"

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American Faces: A Cultural History of
\nPortraiture and Identity
\nFebruary 17-April 30, 2017<\/h2>\n

Since the arrival of the first itinerant portrait painters in the colonies, Americans have created portraits to commemorate loved ones, glorify the famous, establish national myths, and honor shared heroes. Whether on canvas, in stone, in bronze, on film, or in binary code, we spend considerable time creating, contemplating, and collecting our likenesses. This exhibit, which brings together ninety portraits from more than twenty collections, explores and explains Americans\u2019 300-year fascination with images of themselves.<\/p>\n

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INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Middlebury College Museum of Art<\/strong>
\nMahaney Center for the Arts
\n72 Porter Field Road
\nMiddlebury 05753
\n(802) 443-3168<\/p>\n

Hours:
\nTuesday-Friday, 10AM-5PM
\nSaturday-Sunday, Noon-5PM
\nClosed Mondays and all College holidays<\/p>\n

MAP<\/a> | WEBSITE<\/a> | FACEBOOK<\/a><\/p>\n

Image:<\/strong>
\nAmerican Flag of Faces Exhibit, Ellis Island, New York<\/em>
\nc. 1990-2011
\nPhotographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

American Faces: A Cultural History of Portraiture and Identity February 17-April 30, 2017 Since the arrival of the first itinerant portrait painters in the colonies, Americans have created portraits to commemorate loved ones, glorify the famous, establish national myths, and…<\/p>\n

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