Amanda Douberley

Art historian, twentieth-century sculpture and public art. Also tweeting @UConn_Benton.

[William Benton Museum of Art @UConn_Benton]

Read more about "UConn Through the Viewfinder," The Benton's collaboration with @UConnArchives. The exhibition continues through March 13. https://t.co/Lod6biD6N3 via @UConn

[William Benton Museum of Art @UConn_Benton]

Research day looking at arpilleras from Chile, stitched by women during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973-1990). The Benton has one of the largest collections of arpilleras in a public institution in the U.S.

[Amanda Douberley @adouberley]

Are Fabricators the Most Important People in the Art World? https://t.co/L0hNeZ5kPy

[William Benton Museum of Art @UConn_Benton]

Looking forward to talking about art with #UConn22 at The Benton this fall! https://t.co/O74YcCsBjj

[Archinect @archinect]

Marcel Breuer's Brutalist Pirelli Building is slated for new life as a hotel https://t.co/LKV1pbRqL7

[Storm King @StormKingArtCtr]

"Nostoc II" by Patricia Johanson was the first commissioned work to be created entirely on-site with materials exclusively from Storm King’s grounds. #WomenMW #MuseumWeek #StormKing

[Amanda Douberley @adouberley]

@urbaninsideout https://t.co/RqaGar9qYR via @glasstire

[Amanda Douberley @adouberley]

Calder is rolling over in his grave, no doubt. https://t.co/y54CksxoRs via @hyperallergic

[CAA Advancing Art & Design @caavisual]

#caareviews: Amanda Douberley writes about Dwan Gallery: Los Angeles to New York, 1959-1971 by James Meyer: https://t.co/elviOPvwyi @UChicagoPress @adouberley @UConn_Benton @JulietBellow

[Amanda Douberley @adouberley]

Excited to share my first Studio Art MFA show at UConn. I’ll be tweeting about one artist each week for the run of the show @UConn_Benton https://t.co/kZnujVlrUY

[William Benton Museum of Art @UConn_Benton]

The Benton will be closed this weekend for the Easter holiday. We are thrilled to present the 2018 UConn Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, open to the public on Tuesday, April 3! @UConnArts

[Michele Bogart @urbaninsideout]

Okay, everybody!! Time to tell DOT that it’s time for #fearlessgirl and raging bull to be moved off City property. If you say nothing, you may see something – – permanently. https://t.co/S6luZihDjI

[UConn MFA Studio Art @UConnMFA]

UConn’s 2018 graduating MFA class are hanging their thesis exhibition! ✨✨✨
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Mark your calendars:

Close Third Person: Master of Fine Arts Exhibition

April 3rd - May 6th, 2018

Opening Reception: Wednesday April 18th, 2018
5pm - 7:30pm — at... https://t.co/CQKnQedH8C

[Amanda Douberley @adouberley]

Capturing Photos of Corporate Office Life in 1970s America https://t.co/aZHdI5nJbj

[Austin Statesman @statesman]

UT students, faculty protest removal of books from Fine Arts library https://t.co/RqzhG0GbXk

[New Yorkers for Parks @NY4P]

Emma Stebbins, the first woman to receive a public art commission in NYC created Angel of the Waters statue in @CentralParkNYC. @nycparks employee Clara Coffey designed the Park Avenue Mall. Learn about the women who built New York! #internationalwomensday https://t.co/a9or4dH6V2

[Amanda Douberley @adouberley]

Agreed. But let’s do it without adding to the population of bronze Frankensteins. https://t.co/Jlbiq3p1Rb

[Smithsonian Magazine @SmithsonianMag]

Why we need to start building monuments to groundbreaking women. #WomensHistoryMonth https://t.co/AlUjPXXjIB

[Amanda Douberley @adouberley]

Latest guilty pleasure https://t.co/GGGXrTBuDE

[The Metropolitan Museum of Art @metmuseum]

Shop The #MetStore’s new line of collectable enamel pins. Pins include the facades of all three Met buildings along with iconic works of art: https://t.co/lPDujngIzF

[Amanda Douberley @adouberley]

A Mister Rogers Postage Stamp, and a Legacy That’s Anything but Make-Believe https://t.co/Rw0LD3gPWo

[William Benton Museum of Art @UConn_Benton]

“Art is a good way to bring about these conversations... it gives us something physical to talk about and it gives us something historical to talk about and at the same time it’s contemporary too." https://t.co/1BGzVhVPcf