Foundation “Lunch & Learn” Programs Resume
Thank you to those who joined us for our first public DAC Foundation LUNCH & LEARN program since the COVID-19 pandemic prompted us to suspend our public events. We had a great crowd, including some new faces. Shown are photographs of the commission by artist Steve Garst unveiled at the
DAC Foundation Receives A Major Donation
–by Mark Andrew Harris, Founder & Director On behalf of the DAC Foundation Board of Directors, I am excited to announce a major gift made to the DAC Foundation by the MOBILE MUSEUM OF ART. In October of 2019, I was contacted by Melissa Mutert, Curator of Collections & Research
A Weekend on Alabama’s Gulf Coast: Part One
–by Mark Andrew Harris, Founder & Director What a wonderful weekend—it isn't easy to know where to begin in summarizing our weekend on Alabama's Gulf Coast. So I will start by thanking Barbara Teare with the Dauphin Island Gallery, LLC, and Kathryn Carver with the Dauphin Island Heritage & Arts
COMING SOON…A MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT
Lady Mary Montgomerie Currie once wrote in a poem, "GOOD THINGS COME TO THOSE WHO WAIT." Shown is Warree C. LeBron in the Dixie Art Colony studio at Nobles Ferry, c. 1938, WCL-2020.PH.0001 Sources: DAC Foundation Archives, Dixie Art Colony Foundation, Prattville, Alabama
Ninth Richard Brough Watercolor Added to the Collection
–by Mark Andrew Harris, Founder & Director I am pleased to announce the addition of a ninth painting by Dixie Art Colony artist Richard Burrell Brough to the DAC Foundation Collection. This watercolor painting depicting a scene from Alabama's Gulf Coast was recently purchased by the DAC Foundation using memorial