{"id":680,"date":"2017-10-11T12:34:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T16:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pafaarchives.wordpress.com\/?p=680"},"modified":"2019-11-01T13:15:55","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T13:15:55","slug":"studying-wop-at-the-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/collection\/studying-wop-at-the-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Observation \/\/ Art Appreciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Contributed by: Hoang Tran, Director of Archives<\/em><\/p>\n<p>PAFA&#8217;s collection of prints, drawings, miniatures, photographs, sketchbooks, and illustrated books contains over 13,000 American works on paper, dating from the 18th century to the present day. Works of art on paper are by nature delicate objects that can be irreparably damaged from cumulative exposure to light. As a result, PAFA can only display these works for short periods of time, and then only in low levels of light to guarantee their preservation for future generations.<\/p>\n<p>PAFA&#8217;s new Center for the Study of the American Artist provides a dedicated study room to act as a classroom for teaching with works of art on paper in PAFA&#8217;s permanent collection, a practice that has been fundamental to PAFA since its inception as America&#8217;s first fine art school and museum.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar style room provides a setting to encourage art criticism, discussion, and contemplation.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-680 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/collection\/studying-wop-at-the-center\/attachment\/20170928_drawingdidier_002\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170928_drawingdidier_002-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/collection\/studying-wop-at-the-center\/attachment\/20170928_drawingdidier_001\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170928_drawingdidier_001-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>On some occasions, there are a series of framed works that require viewing in their storage location!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-706 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170925_shills.jpg\" alt=\"20170925_shills\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170925_shills.jpg 4032w, https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170925_shills-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170925_shills-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170925_shills-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.pafaarchives.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/20170925_shills-1568x1176.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 4032px) 100vw, 4032px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Center is open to qualified individuals, groups, and classes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Visits are generally held Monday &#8211; Friday during the hours of 10am-4pm, dependent on the availability of staff. We recommend that visitors begin an initial search of PAFA\u2019s collection of works on paper&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pafa.org\/collection\">here<\/a>. For more information, please visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pafa.org\/research-archives\/Study_Center\">Study Center<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contributed by: Hoang Tran, Director of Archives PAFA&#8217;s collection of prints, drawings, miniatures, photographs, sketchbooks, and illustrated books contains over 13,000 American works on paper, dating from the 18th century to the present day. Works of art on paper are by nature delicate objects that can be irreparably damaged from cumulative exposure to light. 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