Art: Rauschenberg Got a Lot From the City and Left a Lot Behind
Here?s what?s on view right now and what will be brought out of storage or rearranged to honor Robert Rauschenberg in the coming weeks.

006 New Orleans after the Flood: Photographs by Robert Polidori
The photographer Robert Polidori describes his experience depicting the loss and pathos of a civilization in chaos in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

Natasha Wescoat
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Alfred Gockel
Endless Love - to look at a large thumbnail and delved into more extensive information concerning this Alfred Gockel artworks, click the artist text connected with the small size graphic. Also explore purchasing, framing and measurement recommendations for this museum giclee print. Alfred Gockel has many other terrific wall art reproductions in addition to "Endless Love", view their other museum art art works.

023 Gustave Courbet
Curator Gary Tinterow visits the New York studio of the painter John Currin to discuss the special exhibition Gustave Courbet.

From Anvil to Microscope: Modern metallography and the ancient secrets of metalcraft (Fri, May 16)
Higgins Armory Museum, 100 Barber Avenue, Worcester, MA
Metallurgy has been among the most influential human technologies for over five thousand years. Preindustrial metalsmiths knew nothing of the material science that governs the properties of metals, yet their traditional techniques, handed down from generation to generation, allowed them to manipulate these properties to produce superior steels even without any scientific understanding of what they were doing. This exhibit uses the tools of modern metallography such as optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and electron diffusion analysis to reveal the composition and structure of a selection of artifacts from the Higgins Armory collection, ranging from a Chinese bronze blade of 1000 B.C.E. to a modern decorative sword, tracing the evolution of metals technology across the millennia. Cost: Free with Museum Admission Through Wednesday, Oct 15.

Chicago-Area Teenager Wins National Art Contest Sponsored by National Geographic Kids and Xeko
Winfield, Illinois, resident Ulises Lopez is the Grand Prize winner of a national drawing contest sponsored by National Geographic Kids magazine and Xeko for an eco-expedition for four to Costa Rica. Ulises and three of his family members will set sail on the National Geographic Expeditions ship Sea Voyager this month.

Transcending the Literal: Photographs by Ansel Adams from the Collection
March 1, 2008 - August 17, 2008: More than 20 years after his death, Ansel Adams (1902–1984) remains one of the world’s most beloved and widely exhibited American photographers. Comprised of more than 40 photographs selected from the Museum’s extensive holdings of the artist’s work, this exhibition focuses on Adams’s less-familiar landscape images in order to demonstrate his innate understanding of graphic form and balanced design.

Inside Art: Sampling a Lifetime of Eclectic Collecting
A sampling of an eccentric collector?s collection will be auctioned on July 9 at Sotheby?s in London.

The Loves of Cass McGuire (Fri, May 16)
8:00 PM-10:30 PM, Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, 19 Temple St, Worcester, MA
Written by Brian Friel, the Tony award winning author of Translations and Dancing at Lughnasa, this raucously funny yet poetically moving play is directed by Pilgrim Soul's founder and Artistic Director Matthew J. Carr, and features a troupe of local actors, led by veteran performer Ann Marie Shea in the title role. The play tells the story of Cass McGuire, who for most of her life has slaved as a barmaid on the edge of Skid Row, among deadbeats and washouts - people who live in the past. Friel's bawdy, vital, compassionate play deals with her return to Ireland and her genteel family's rejection of her. It follows her lonely struggle to rediscover the home she's dreamt of all her life and her eventual surrender to the dream world of Eden House, the rest home to which her family has committed her. Filled with colorful characters, it is a play of sentiment and wit, which according to the N. Y. Post exhibits "the rueful imagination of the true Irish poet." Ann Marie Shea, a familiar face to local audiences, performs the title role of Cass McGuire. Ms. Shea has appeared locally with Redfeather theater company (The Tempest, Richard III), and in many productions of Worcester Forum Theatre, EntrActors and New England Repertory Theatre. She has recently had the opportunity to work in several Boston area theaters, including Stoneham Theatre (A Prayer for Owen Meany, And Then There Were None), Boston Playwrights' Theatre (Red Elm), Devanaugh Theatre (By the Bog of Cats) and the Huntington Theatre, where she was an understudy for Well. She is professor emerita of Worcester State College, where she taught theatre for many years. Last spring at the Worcester Hibernian Cultural Centre, Pilgrim Soul Productions staged Hugh Leonards poignant play Love in the Title to critical acclaim and standing ovations. The theater company is currently planning to follow up its production of Cass McGuire with a November production of Jimmy Murphy's The Muesli Belt, a tragicomic tale of modern Dublin. To reserve tickets, call 508-523-3773 or 508-799-7775, or send email to jfrooney@charter.net or htfoley@charter.net . Tickets are also available at the door. Sponsored by: Pigrim Soul Productions. Cost: $15 (group discounts for groups of 25+); Worcester college students earn WOO points Through Saturday, May 17.

003 Kara Walker at the Met: After the Deluge
The artist Kara Walker lends new insight into the antebellum world depicted in her work.

Pablo Picasso
Petit Fleurs - to review a full size graphic plus be given expanded guidance associated with this Pablo Picasso wall artwork, progress through the artists designation above the little image of this piece at your left. You can also glance at buying, conservation framing and width and height details for this gallery giclee print. Pablo Picasso has produced many other art reproductions in the same genre as "Petit Fleurs", look over the artist archives for the newest museum pictures.