lockmat Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Some exerpts:...Houston's new Museum of Drawing, the product of longtime local gallerist Apama Mackey and Alex Bigley. Expect the institution to spin new takes on drawing, its origins and its future in contemporary art.While the museum's focus will be a dialogue with international museums, for the moment Mackey is focussing on building awareness in Houston, starting this Thursday with a Spacetaker Cultured Cocktails fundraising event at Boheme.We'll get a more concrete idea plan for the museum in May or June of next year. In the meantime, Mackey & Co. are working on grant writing and solicitations. In terms of the future site, Mackey believes the options are endless, from occupying a warehouse in the vicinity of Fairview and Taft streets to building a new space in the Museum District.Because a Museum District location facilitates exchange of visitors between different institutions, a Main Street address is most ideal."I don't want to make it harder on people," Mackey says, emphasizing MOD's ethos of accessibility. Alex Bigley will be heading up planning and education, masterminding student internships, artist-in-residency programs and everything in between.Once the ball is rolling and MOD mounts exhibitions of "international drawing rock stars," in Mackey's words, the museum will also reel in some local talent to display."I think this city is so vast, and we could use even five more museums," Mackey says. "I love just adding to the mix of it."http://culturemap.com/newsdetail/11-08-10-there-a-new-houston-museum-on-the-drawing-board-meet-mod/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted November 10, 2010 Share Posted November 10, 2010 Interesting. I wonder if any other cities have this sort of thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 10, 2010 Author Share Posted November 10, 2010 Interesting. I wonder if any other cities have this sort of thing.Yes, there are. I think the article mentions some of them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houston19514 Posted November 11, 2010 Share Posted November 11, 2010 Yes, there are. I think the article mentions some of them.The article mentions one - The Drawing Center in NYC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 11, 2010 Author Share Posted November 11, 2010 The article mentions one - The Drawing Center in NYC.Oops, you're right. I guess the other places it mentions are exhibitions. Good catch. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbigtex56 Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 Interesting. I wonder if any other cities have this sort of thing.The Museum of Drawing and Quartering, in London. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted November 12, 2010 Share Posted November 12, 2010 The Museum of Drawing and Quartering, in London.Awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockmat Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 Found their websitehttp://www.modhouston.org/ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I don't know if cartoons fall into the "drawing" realm of this enterprise, but in Brussels, there are a bunch of cartoon museums. Cartoons are serious stuff there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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