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What a celebratory day! 🎉💃🏿🕺🏽🥂We are really feeling the moves of these joyful dancers!⁠⠀
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The USC Fisher Museum of Art has a long history of strong female leadership. We were founded by the first woman on the USC Board of Trustees, our first director in 1939 was a woman, and since 1981 we have been led by Dr. Selma Holo. ⁠⠀
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We love ♥️ being able to say Vice President Kamala Harris!⁠⠀
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Pieter Brueghel the Younger⁠⠀
"Dancing Peasants Outside a Village"⁠⠀
ca. 1600
Oil on panel⁠⠀
Armand Hammer Collection⁠⠀
#USCFisherMuseum #PermanentCollection #PieterBruegheltheYounger #FemaleLeadership #Inauguration #Joy #Dancing ⁠⠀
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🎥 CALL FOR FILMS! 🎥⁠⠀
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We are so excited to once again be partnering with @usc_cbcsa (and @usccinema) for F.R.O. Fest! The Films Reflecting Ourselves Fest recognizes up and coming Black writers, producers, and directors at USC.⁠⠀
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Normally, we would host the film screenings at the museum (swipe to see the happy faces of some filmmakers in Feb. 2020) but this year, of course, we are pivoting to an online presentation. The festival will happen on Wednesday, February 17th from 3:30 to 5:00 PST.⁠⠀
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This year's theme is Creating Art During COVID! 😷⁠⠀
The deadline for submissions is January 31st. ⁠⠀
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Use the link on our bio to learn more! ⁠⠀
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#USCFisherMuseum #BlackCinema #USCSCA #USCCBCSA #BlackTrojans #Films #FilmFestival #frofest

A #MuseumMomentOfZen courtesy of American painter George Louis Berg.⁠⠀
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Berg was born in Iowa in 1868 and spent his youth as a gold miner in Death Valley and a cowboy in Washington, Oregon, South Dakota, and New Mexico. He settled back on the East Coast before moving to California to live out his final years. He died in Los Gatos in 1941. His oeuvre is oil painting landscapes with many coastal scenes. ⁠⠀
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George Louis Berg⁠⠀
"Summer Days"⁠⠀
no date, likely ca. 1930s⁠⠀
15 3/4 by 20 in.⁠⠀
Fisher Museum Collection ⁠⠀
#USCFisherMuseum #Landscape #Seaside #SummerDays #OilPainting #GeorgeLouisBerg
#MuseumFromHome #FisherFromHome #PermanentCollection

Has anyone else developed a more keen interest in the stars since we have all been stuck at home? 🌌🔭⁠⠀
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The works in "From Zero to Infinity, Portfolio I" by Victor Raphael and Clayton Spada explore themes of astronomy, cosmology, quantum theory, astrophysics, ancient texts, and more. The synopsis of this work as written by the artists states:⁠⠀
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"One of the ongoing questions facing astrophysicists is determining the conditions under which solar systems can form around stars. In 1944, German astronomer C. F. von Weizsäcker formed a hypothesis for the origin of our own solar system. His elegant theory describes how a dust cloud surrounding the Sun broke up into a system of vortices under the compulsion of torrents of photons generated by solar activity. As the energy fields expanded, this whirling mass increased in size and matter coalesced at the boundaries of groups of vortices, leading to the formation of planets. In a very real sense, then, we’re here as the result of a collision between light and dust."⁠⠀
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Victor Raphael and Clayton Spada⁠⠀
Solar Currents⁠⠀
2006⁠⠀
20”h x 24.8”w⁠⠀
Pigment inks on watercolor paper (inkjet print)⁠⠀
Museum purchase⁠⠀
© Victor Raphael⁠⠀

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