FROGS: A Chorus of Colors
February 13, 2010 - September 12, 2010
Overview
Frogs! introduces visitors to the amazing and sonorous world of anurans - the frogs. These fascinating amphibians are among the most visually stunning, vocally pleasing and adaptively remarkable life forms on earth. The exhibit includes over 100 live frogs! Learn about their rich and diverse world, explore their evolution, biological importance to ecosystems and the threats they face in changing environments.
Highlights
> 15 Frog habitats complete with naturalistic decor, filtration and life support systems.
> 12 Interactive components.
> 35 Backlighted informative panels.
> Throughout the exhibition visitors are immersed in the sights and sounds of frogs.
> Frog habitats, complete with rock ledges, live plants and waterfalls, protrude through the island walls.
> Living frogs from around the world offer a glimpse of the vast pallet of frog diversity.
> Frogs – A Chorus of Colors includes self-contained custom habitats that provide lighting, humidity, temperature and water quality control to meet the needs of the exhibit animals and guests.
Special Thanks to our Exhibition Sponsors
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MIRADAS: Mexican Art from the Bank of America Collection
September 10, 2010 - January 9, 2011
Overview
Miradas: Mexican Art from the Bank of America Collection, organized by the National Museum of Mexican Art in collaboration with Bank of America Corporation, is a unique exhibition of one of the most extensive corporate collections in the U.S. and takes a close look at the paintings, prints and photographs created over the past 80 years. The exhibition is curated by Cesáreo Moreno, NMMA Chief Curator and examines and celebrates work by artists on both sides of the U.S.- Mexico border, to reveal a variety of cultural aspects as they emerged in the years after the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920).
The exhibition was curated by Cesáreo Moreno of the National Museum of Mexican Art in collaboration with Bank of America’s curatorial staff.
Highlights
>A unique survey of over 95 works (paintings, prints and photographs) created over the past 80 years.
>The exhibition examines and celebrates work by artists on both sides of the border to reveal a variety of cultural aspects as they emerged in the years after the Mexican Revolution (1910-
1920).
>The works included are by some of the best-known Mexican artists — Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Gabriel Orozco, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, David Alfaro Siqueiros and Gunther Gerzso.
>The exhibition was curated by Cesáreo Moreno of the National Museum of Mexican Art in
collaboration with Bank of America’s curatorial staff.
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DIVINE REFLECTIONS: Russian icons and artifacts (17th C to 20th C)
October 10, 2010 - January 9, 2011
Overview
The sacred images on view in this exhibition are of a kind once readily found in even the humblest homes of Russia, as well as its
churches and public shrines. Centuries-old artistic conventions are juxtaposed with new, Westernized formal elements and vernacular interpretations of these new forms. For Orthodox Russians, icons served as more than just religious paintings; they were relic-like objects directly linked to the holy figures they depicted. They were seen as comforters and powerful guardians. Icons were the direct line from the real world to the spiritual and appeared everywhere in pre-Soviet Russia.
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