Twenty years ago, Berkeley author Jeffrey Meyers published “Impressionist Quartet,” an interlocking biography exploring the ...
When kids learn about famous artists in picture books and narrative nonfiction stories, it helps readers remember the famous artists in a deeper way. Why? Because stories help us remember information, ...
“He lived in a haphazard fashion,” wrote Italian Renaissance art historian Giorgio Vasari in his biography of 15th-century Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli. “As was his wont.” Whether or not this ...
In 1934, a famous Indianapolis artist painted a mural for Crispus Attucks High School. In it, muscled laborers, with sweat dripping, toiled in a fiery forge. The mural reflected the life of its ...
The Berkshire County Historical Society will host authors Laurie Gwen Shapiro and Debby Applegate on Wednesday, Oct. 15, at Arrowhead for a discussion on capturing lives and events through film ...