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In our latest Studio Session, artist Takako Yamaguchi poses a thought-provoking question: What if the meaning of a work ...
09/03/2026

In our latest Studio Session, artist Takako Yamaguchi poses a thought-provoking question: What if the meaning of a work of art isn’t fixed? Her perspective invites us to see viewing as an active process, where each person’s memories, questions, and ideas shape a unique encounter with the work.

🎨 Watch the full video to explore Yamaguchi’s creative process and the thinking behind her work at the link below.

https://brnw.ch/21x5pX8

Credit Line:
Takako Yamaguchi (b. 1952), "Le Temps Mêle #2", 1984, bronze leaf, oil, and glitter on paper, 72 x 96 in. Art Bridges.

Looking for new ways to turn big ideas into meaningful impact? 🏆✨Join us for this month’s free webinar with the 2026 Bri...
09/02/2026

Looking for new ways to turn big ideas into meaningful impact? 🏆✨

Join us for this month’s free webinar with the 2026 Bridgemaker Prize winners, The San Diego Museum of Art and The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, as they share the innovative thinking, partnerships, and strategies behind their award-winning work.

🗓 Sept. 24, 2026
🕐 1 p.m. CT

What You'll Learn:
What the Bridgemaker Prize is and what distinguished this year's winning proposals
How the recipients plan to use their award funding to support future projects
Transformative approaches to help strengthen funding applications
How sustained engagement with Art Bridges can create greater impact for your museum

🔗 Reserve your spot at the link below!

🤔 Ever come across an art term and think, “Wait… what does that actually mean?” "Your Personal Art Glossary" is a series...
09/01/2026

🤔 Ever come across an art term and think, “Wait… what does that actually mean?”

"Your Personal Art Glossary" is a series on the Art Bridges' Substack breaking down the art terms you’ve always wondered about (and some you didn’t know you needed to know)—from "assemblage" and "impasto" to "trompe-l’œil" and "zoomorphic."

And here’s the fun part: We’re bringing some of these terms to life with works from the Art Bridges Collection, so you can actually see what they mean.

📖 Ready to have a little more art lingo in your back pocket? Explore our Substack via the link below!

https://brnw.ch/21x5mzi

08/31/2026

🎨 After nearly 50 years of creating, artist Takako Yamaguchi’s approach to her work remains rooted in the same commitment to craftsmanship. In our latest Studio Session, she reflects on what it means to be a “precisionist painter” and a career that has exceeded her wildest expectations.

Like all the videos in this playlist, this interview is designed to serve as an interpretive resource for artworks in the Art Bridges Collection. We invite partners to share these videos in their gallery spaces as a way to deepen audience engagement and enrich the visitor experience.

Explore Takako Yamaguchi’s work and hear more about her artistic journey through the link below!

https://brnw.ch/21x5kCZ

🏀✨ Think you know what a basketball can do? Think again.At The Children's Museum of Memphis, Jeff Koons’ "One Ball Total...
08/31/2026

🏀✨ Think you know what a basketball can do? Think again.

At The Children's Museum of Memphis, Jeff Koons’ "One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J Silver Series)" is inspiring children to turn a familiar object into a jumping-off point for discovery. On loan from the Art Bridges Collection, the iconic sculpture anchors hands-on initiatives that encourage young visitors to explore the connections between art, math, and science.

Through December 31, visitors can get creative with daily still-life drawing and team jersey activities, while special programs take the game in unexpected directions—from building three-dimensional paper basketballs and designing personalized basketball figures to sketching ballerinas and exploring the science of movement with an orthopedic surgeon.

Plan a visit to The Children’s Museum of Memphis to experience "One Ball Total Equilibrium" and discover more works from the Art Bridges Collection through the link below!

https://brnw.ch/21x5khM

Credit line
Jeff Koons (b. 1955), "One Ball Total Equilibrium Tank (Spalding Dr. J Silver Series)", 1985, glass, steel, sodium chloride reagent, distilled water, and basketball, 64 3/4 x 32 3/4 x 15 1/2 in. Art Bridges.

08/13/2026

🎨 Want to share more art with your community? We’ve got you. Flexible loan agreements can help make it happen.

Join us on Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 1 p.m. CT for an Art Bridges Webinar exploring how innovative lending practices can expand access to exhibitions and collections.

🔗 Register now at the link below!

https://brnw.ch/21x4Umn

Fritz Scholder’s Hollywood Indian challenges the romanticized images of Indigenous people that have shaped American art ...
08/05/2026

Fritz Scholder’s Hollywood Indian challenges the romanticized images of Indigenous people that have shaped American art and popular culture.

Images of the Indigenous person as a “noble savage” or a romanticized warrior figure, depicted by a European settler, proliferate throughout art history. Fritz Scholder, who has called himself a “non-Indian Indian”—he was three-quarters European, one-quarter Luiseño—spent much of his artistic career tackling these tropes. His paintings offer no sense of sentiment or glamor and often disarm the viewer, who is then forced to confront their biases and expectations of who they understand an Indigenous person to be, historically and today.

The artist has said of his work: “I’m interested in someone reacting to the work, and I don’t much care if they react negatively or positively, as long as they react.”

The painting is on loan from Art Bridges.

What does this portrait make you think about?

Image Credit:
Fritz Scholder (born 1937, Breckenridge, Minnesota; died 2005, Scottsdale, Arizona), Hollywood Indian, 1973, Acrylic on canvas, Art Bridges

Imagine what's possible when traditional lending barriers no longer stand in the way. 🖼️✨Join us for this month’s free w...
08/04/2026

Imagine what's possible when traditional lending barriers no longer stand in the way. 🖼️✨

Join us for this month’s free webinar to discover how our flexible loan agreements are helping museums create new opportunities for art sharing and audience engagement—and find out how your institution can take part.

🗓 Aug. 25, 2026
🕐 1 pm CST

What You'll Learn:
-How Art Bridges’ adaptable approach to loan agreements makes it easier to share and borrow artworks
-How our Cohort Program and Traveling Exhibitions program offer different pathways for participation
-How "Data Consciousness: Reframing Blackness in Contemporary Print" demonstrates the possibilities of art sharing—and how to bring the exhibition to your institution

🔗 Register at the link below!

08/03/2026

🏆 Meet the 2026 Bridgemaker Prize recipients!

Congratulations to San Diego Museum of Art and The Westmoreland Museum of American Art, recognized for their exceptional work advancing audience growth and innovative programming through Art Bridges-supported projects.

From building partnerships that connect new audiences with art to reimagining family visits through play and discovery, both museums demonstrate the power of art sharing and community engagement to create lasting impact and strengthen museums’ roles as trusted community anchors.

Each recipient will receive a $75,000 award to support future projects aligned with Art Bridges’ mission.

To read more about this year’s winners and the Bridgemaker Prize, click here: https://artbridgesfoundation.org/the-bridgemaker-prize

What can a portrait reveal about the person behind it? And what can it hide?In About Face: 250 Years of American Portrai...
08/03/2026

What can a portrait reveal about the person behind it? And what can it hide?

In About Face: 250 Years of American Portrait Art, the "self" section looks at portraits of figures whose lives are known through the stories they leave behind.

Helen Torr’s Self Portrait invites us to consider those questions from the artist’s own perspective. What did Torr choose to reveal about herself? What did she leave out?

This painting is one of a handful of works on loan from Art Bridges, bringing more American stories to Waterbury.

Explore About Face through its five themes: SELF, COLLECTIVE, LEGACY, CRITIQUE, and STUDIO before the exhibition closes on August 16.

Image Credit: Helen Torr (born 1886, Roxbury, Pennsylvania; died 1967, Bay Shore, New York) Self Portrait, no date, Oil on canvas, Art Bridges.

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