t Danes, one black and the other fawn in color. They were so special that the family commissioned two different artists to capture their images using pastel and oil as their mediums. The oil painting is gorgeous as is the pastel painting! Both art pieces are from the original Philadelphia family. They trace their family [...]
The Legacy of Atsidi Sani- Navajo Jewelry by Ann Sheyka
In the early 1800′s, the relationship between Native Americans & white settlers was still amicable. Trade had developed between the two groups with Indians trading settlers for household goods like the kettle, traps, tools & rifles. The white man got snowshoes, canoes, tobacco, & corn. Tribes like the Cherokee and Seminole Creek traded for [...]
Son of a Shoemaker- Fragments of the Great Colossi at the Memnonium by David Roberts
In the early 1800′s, European maps of the interior of the continent of Africa had large blank areas. Over the next 100 years, explorers took up the challenge & began exploring “the Dark Continent”. The African Association had been formed in 1788 to sponsor these explorers & among the first was Mungo Park who [...]
