This holiday season, Broadway Gallery is turning portraits into fun keepsakes with live caricature drawings by artist Lydia Webb! Webb, who began her “quick draw” journey at the Cincinnati Zoo in 2018, has since brought smiles to guests at Kings Island, Dollywood, and Six Flags New England. Now part of the Broadway Gallery team, she’ll be sketching in our Great Falls location for four special dates this holiday season. Each caricature takes just about five minutes, making...
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Blog, Creative Gifts / 08.11.2023
Unique Gifts for the 2023 Holiday Season
Make Broadway Gallery your One-Stop Shop for Holiday Gifts this Season. Please inquire about pricing and availability at either location. Frame What They Love Preserve your happy memories and frame what puts a smile on your loved one's face. Get your framing in early to ensure its ready by the holidays. [gallery link="file" ids="4506,4504,4510,4508,4507,4532,4537,4538,4539"] Jewelry by our Very Own Sue Broadway One-of-a-kind jewelry designs by Broadway Gallery Founder, Sue Broadway [gallery ids="4482,4476,4543,4544,4545,4546,4547,4548,4551,4552,4553,4554"] Ready-to-Gift Artwork Not sure which to choose? We offer in-store art consultation...
Art Matters, Blog, Harmony, Textiles / 20.02.2022
Art vs Craft: The Future of Textiles as Art
Narration lends power to a historic object, but it also gives it very different concept than perhaps a piece of abstract art on display at a gallery that simple lists the artist, title, medium, and size. Where does this leave us with textiles? Can we have them be both art and artifact? I think the answer is unequivocally yes...
Art Matters / 20.02.2022
Art vs Craft: The Future of Textiles as Art
Just recently, The Boston Museum of Fine Arts held an exhibit titled Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories. The exhibition explored American history as told through quilting. They treated the quilts as both art and artifact—a debate on how museums display art within context. I first read this concept in a companion piece to Dr. Susan Vogel’s exhibit Art/Artifact and was given an assignment to visit the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art. The debate...
