Английская Википедия:Elsa Longhauser
Elsa Longhauser is the founding executive director of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA), California, United States, formerly the Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA),[1] where Longhauser served as director from 2000 until the museum ended operations in Bergamot Station in 2015.[2] From 1983 until 2000, Longhauser served as director of the gallery at the Moore College of Art and Design in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3]
Early life and education
Longhauser is from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She attended Antioch College as a young woman. She married and had three children before completing her bachelor's degree in art history in 1971, from the University of Pennsylvania.[4]
Career
Longhauser was director of several galleries in Philadelphia early in her career.[4] She organized an "important show" of outsider art at the Philadelphia College of Art in 1981.[5] In 1993, Longhauser continued her interest in the genre when she organized a touring show of Terry Fox's work.[6] In 1998, she was guest co-curator with Harald Szeemann at the Museum of American Folk Art for a "major traveling show" of works by self-taught American artists.[7][8]
Elsa Longhauser became gallery director at Moore College of Art and Design in 1983; during her tenure there, she was called an "unsung hero of the local cultural scene".[9] In 2000, Longhauser left Philadelphia and became director of the Santa Monica Museum of Art.[2]
Founded in 1984 as the Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA) and reestablished in 2017 with a new identity and home in Downtown Los Angeles, ICA LA builds upon a distinguished history of bold curatorial vision and innovative programming to illuminate the important untold stories and emerging voices in contemporary art and culture. The museum's 12,700 square-foot renovated industrial building—designed by wHY Architecture under the leadership of Kulapat Yantrasast—features ample space for exhibitions, public programs, retail pop-ups, integrated offices, and special projects.[10]
Personal life
Longhauser married Norman B. Weiner, a doctor, as her first husband; he died in 1977.[11] She remarried in 1983, to William Longhauser, a graphic artist and college professor.[4]
References
Further reading
- Elsa Longhauser and Harald Szeemann, eds., Self-Taught Artists of the Twentieth Century: An American Anthology (Chronicle Books 1998). Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 Шаблон:Cite news
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- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Suzanne Muchnic, "Champion of the Overlooked: The Santa Monica Museum's New Director Hopes to Make Room for Artists Who Haven't Yet Shown Up on the Radar" Los Angeles Times (June 18, 2000): 8.
- ↑ Janet Tyson, "Fort Worth Museums Showcase Self-Taught Artists Who Defy Labels" Kerrville Daily Times (November 9, 1998): 5A. via Newspapers.com Шаблон:Open access
- ↑ Christopher Knight, "Making Magic from the Mundane: Terry Fox's Work is Spiritual with a Secular Slant" Los Angeles Times (January 23, 1994): 86.
- ↑ Philadelphia Museum of Art, "Self-Taught Artists of the 20th Century: An American Anthology" (March 10, 1998-May 17, 1998).
- ↑ Tessa DeCarlo, "The Gallery: Drawings Lost and Found" Wall Street Journal (March 11, 1998): A18.
- ↑ Edward Sozanski, "Bringing Art from Margins to the Center; As Gallery Director at Moore College of Art and Design, Elsa Longhauser is Attracting International Attention" Philly.com (January 9, 1991).
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ "Obituary: Norman Weiner" Pocono Record (December 5, 1977): 10. via Newspapers.com Шаблон:Open access
