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Get the first glimpse inside a beautiful new Hempstead art gallery packed with Mexican artifacts
Lynn Castle never knew what the late John Fairey would pull from under his bed, dig from his closets or retrieve from the rafters when she visited his home near Hempstead. Fairey famously collected many rare botanical specimens from remote areas of Mexico during a few decades of plant hunting that began in the late 1980s. Over time, the acres he cultivated with those finds evolved into one of the world’s great conservation gardens. And plants weren’t all Fairey brought home. He was just as obsessed with Mexican folk art, amassing more than 600 pieces — way more than the private gallery next to his home could hold. When he…
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Audio course offers glimpse of Olmsted’s life beyond landscape architecture – UB Now: News and views for UB faculty and staff
April 26, 2022, marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Legislation Olmsted, and UB faculty member Adam Rome is supplying his take on Olmsted’s existence, legacy and innovations in a forthcoming Audible Primary class. Olmsted is best recognised for his operate as a 19th-century landscape architect. But the audio study course, established to debut on April 21, offers a see of his do the job over and above this career. However Rome discusses many of Olmsted’s iconic projects, specially Central Park in New York Town, the 3-hour Audible Unique also information Olmsted’s role as a journalist, pioneer in administration and social reformer. The program demonstrates on typical themes…
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