ART / SNEAK PEEK : ARCHEOLOGY FANTASY COMES TRUE WITH FIND.It sounds like an archeologist's fantasy: a collection of intact burial caves housing Jewish, Roman and Christian antiquities. But that fantasy materialized in 1989, when road-crew bulldozers busted through the rock outside Jerusalem's Old City walls. Stashed within the so-called Akeldama chambers were ornately inscribed in·scribe tr.v. in·scribed, in·scrib·ing, in·scribes 1. a. To write, print, carve, or engrave (words or letters) on or in a surface. b. To mark or engrave (a surface) with words or letters. vaults of the dead, plus pottery vessels, gold jewelry, glass bottles and other objects thousands of years old. The collection will be on view Sunday through April 13 at the Finegood Art Gallery of the Bernard Milken Jewish Community Campus, 22622 Vanowen St. in West Hills. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The gallery is closed on Saturday. Admission is free. For information, call (818) 587-3218. Just plain folk L.A.'s Craft and Folk Art folk art, the art works of a culturally homogeneous people produced by artists without formal training. The forms of such works are generally developed into a tradition that is either cut off from or tenuously connected to the contemporary cultural mainstream. Museum (CAFAM CAFAM Craft and Folk Art Museum (Los Angeles, CA) ) has a new executive director, imported from Colonial Williamsburg Colonial Williamsburg is the historic district of the independent city of Williamsburg, Virginia. Colonial Williamsburg consists of many of the buildings that formed the original colonial capital of Williamsburg in James City County from 1699 to 1780, with all traces of later , Va. Paul Kusserow formerly served as both director of planning and marketing for the venerable cobblestoned history park. He'll be taking over responsibility for the Museum Row institution, plus its gift shop and restaurant. On his agenda: a new outdoor dining area in the museum courtyard. Now if only he could do something about that unwieldy acronym ... Currently showing at CAFAM is ``I Once Was Lost: The Spiritual Found in Folk Art,'' an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by primarily self-taught African-American artists from the Mississippi Delta This article is about the geographic region of the U.S. state of Mississippi. For other uses, see Mississippi Delta (disambiguation). The Mississippi Delta is the distinct northwest section of the state of Mississippi that lies between the Mississippi and Yazoo . Hours at the museum, 5800 Wilshire Blvd., are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is $4 for adults; $2.50 for seniors and students with valid ID; and free for children 12 and under. For information, call (213) 937-5544. Where to Ming-le Pasadena's Pacific Asia Museum The Pacific Asia Museum is an Asian art museum located at 46 N. Los Robles Avenue, Pasadena, California, United States. The museum was founded by Grace Nicholson who was a dealer in Native American and, later, Asian art and antiques. will display more than 100 examples of Chinese imperial robes and other textiles from its extensive collections, Feb. 26 to June 29. Most date from the late Ming dynasty Ming dynasty (1368–1644) Chinese dynasty that provided an interval of native rule between eras of Mongol and Manchu dominance. The Ming, one of the most stable but autocratic of dynasties, extended Chinese influence farther than did any other native rulers of China. (1368-1644) through the Qing dynasty (1644-1911), culminating in the rule of China's last emperor. Highlights will include a Daoist priest's robe and a woman's wedding skirt. Hours at the museum, 46 N. Los Robles Robles is a common surname in the Spanish language meaning oaks, and may refer to:
CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--2) The Akeldama burial chambers of ancient Jerusalem, above, contained glass bottles, below, and other objects thousands of years old. |
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