River Region Artist Barbara Binford Davis

Barbara Binford Davis is pictured participating in a DAC Foundation plein air painting event at Nobles Ferry on Lake Jordan. Nobles Ferry was the home of the historic Dixie Art Colony form 1937 until 1948. • Portrait of John Kelly Fitzpatrick, 2018, oil on paper, 12" x 9" • Walk Where They Walked, 2017,

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A Four-year Mystery Recently Solved

Mildred Nungester (American, 1912–2009), Weighing Cotton, 1944, oil on canvas, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, Association Purchase, 1944.7, 48" x 168"  Above are a few photographs from our January 2018, Lunch & Learn program at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. In the first slide, artist Elizabeth "Bebe" Wolfe the

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Karl Ferdinand Wolfe

Karl Ferdinand Wolfe at the Dixie Art Colony. On January 25, 1904, DAC artist Karl Ferdinand Wolfe was born in Brookhaven, Mississippi. He was the oldest son of Wiley Wilson Wolfe and Elizabeth Heuck. He attended Soule Business College in New Orleans and later attended the Art Institute of Chicago, where he

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY: Warree Carmichael LeBron

Warree Carmichael LeBron in her Coosa County studio. During the year 2018, we will began recognizing individual Dixie Art Colony artists on their birthdays. Unfortunately, we do not have this information for all of the artists that participated. As we acquire new information, we will add more Dixie Art Colony artists

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DAC on the Road in Birmingham

JANUARY 9, 2018: Highland Book Club Presentation & Video: Dixie Art Colony: A Look at Its Lasting Legacy.On January 9, 2018, the Highland Book Club, established in 1891, hosted the DAC Foundation at the Mountain Brook Club located in the Birmingham area. The group included family members of two Dixie Art Colony artists, Martha

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January 17, 2018 Event Rescheduled

John Kelly Fitzpatrick (American, 1888-1953), Boggs Pottery, 1936, watercolor on paper, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, Association Purchase, 1967.5 "From the MMFA Vault" Lunch & Learn program RESCHEDULED for Wednesday, January 24, 2018  Due to potential severe winter weather, and the possibility that road conditions may be a concern Wednesday morning, we

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Dixie Art Colony: A Look At Its Lasting Legacy at Tallassee NOW 2017

Trustmark, 304 Barnett Boulevard, June 9 & 10, 2017 On June 9 and 10, 2017, the Dixie Art Colony Foundation held two exhibitions at the 304 Barnett Boulevard branch of Trustmark located in downtown Tallassee. The exhibitions were held in conjunction with the 2017 annual "Tallassee NOW" event. On Friday, June 9 an

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PORTRAIT PAINTERS: Did you know?

Photograph from the Dixie Art Colony Foundation archives. DID YOU KNOW that five of the painters associated with the Dixie Art Colony became well-known portrait painters? Over the coming weeks we will explore and examine portraiture. Particularly works by five artists that participated in the colony. The photograph above is a

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Goldthwaite Etching Added to Collection

ANNE with MAJOR and MINI, Anne W.  Goldthwaite, drypoint etching, 10"x8", 1918. This self-portrait was recently added to the Dixie Art Colony Collection. Goldthwaite studied etching with Charles Mielatz at the National Academy of Design in New York City. Goldthwaite, a Montgomery, AL native, is known to have attended the Dixie Art Colony in 1934, 1940 and 1941 as

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PRIVATE SHOWING: Kelly Fitzpatrick

On WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2017, members and guests of the Dixie Art Colony Foundation enjoyed a private tour of works by John Kelly Fitzpatrick. The tour took place at the Alabama Department of Archives & History and the Alabama State Captiol. Thank you Graham Neeley, Museum Curator and Ryan Blocker,

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