The
miniatures museum has just unveiled an incredible one-of-a-kind
masterpiece. Astolat Castle is a 1/12-scale representation of
a nine-foot tall, five-foot wide structure. The castle was designed
and created by Colorado artist Elaine Diehl who was inspired
by Lady Elaine’s fantasy castle in Tennyson’s Lady
of the Lake. The miniature version now on view at Tee Ridder
includes furniture, sculptures, artwork, lighting and more,
all created by miniaturist artisans from around the world. Special
showings of Astolat Castle are available. Call (516) 484-9338
ext 15 for details.
Beloved Characters of Children’s
Literature Create an Art Museum
Party to Celebrate the New Exhibition: January 25 at 3 pm
Party to Celebrate the New Museum: February 15 at 3 pm
Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) launches the new Ridder MiniArtMuseum
for Children with one of the most delightful exhibitions ever
designed to intrigue young museum visitors. Babar’s
Museum of Art, featuring Laurent De Brunhoff’s illustrations,
opens on January 18, 2009 and remains on view through May 26,
2009. The interactive exhibition installation is designed by
Paul Orselli.
Babar’s Museum of Art offers a very engaging
introduction to some of the world’s greatest art works –
but with a real twist! These artworks have been reinterpreted
in a most unusual way: all of the human subjects in these works
by Goya, Velázquez, Botticelli, Manet, Cezanne, Munch,
van Gogh, Rousseau, Picasso, Dali, Rodin, Degas, Seurat and many
others are seen as elephants. Likely inspired by the conversion
of Paris’ Gare d’Orsay from a railroad station to
a museum of art (Musée d’Orsay), Queen Celeste and
Babar decide that since everyone’s is motoring these days
rather than using the train, they might as well use the station
house for a new museum to showcase the many works of art they’ve
collected. In Babar’s Museum of Art, the adult
elephants guide the young elephants through an appreciation on
different perspectives in art.
NCMA is sponsoring two free parties during the run of Babar’s
Museum of Art; families are invited to attend both. The
party on Sunday, January 25 at 3 pm celebrates the opening
of the exhibition and the party on Sunday, February 15 celebrates
the new Ridder MiniArtMuseum for Children which is devoted
to exhibitions and activities to serve young people and their
families. This space, formerly the Tee Ridder Miniatures Museum,
continues to offer programs and activities for miniaturist
artists and hobbyists.
The
miniatures museum has just unveiled an incredible one-of-a-kind
masterpiece. Astolat Castle is a 1/12-scale representation of
a nine-foot tall, five-foot wide structure. The castle was designed
and created by Colorado artist Elaine Diehl who was inspired
by Lady Elaine’s fantasy castle in Tennyson’s Lady
of the Lake. The miniature version now on view at Tee Ridder
includes furniture, sculptures, artwork, lighting and more,
all created by miniaturist artisans from around the world. Special
showings of Astolat Castle are available. Call (516) 484-9338
ext 15 for details.
