About this episode

The episode begins a ten-week course on abstraction and discusses the International Art Museum of America's recent recognition.

This week we begin a ten week course on abstraction. Please follow along, there will be prizes at the end. We also talk about the International Art Museum of America getting voted best museum in SF. Shocking. The music in this episode is by spacemoth Helen Frankenthaler, Mountains and Sea (large image) Best of the Bay Area Sad Francisco Episode 18 - The Treasure Room (about the IAMA) Helen Frankenthaler, A Brief Biography Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Congratulations Pine Team

Topics covered

• abstraction
• art education
• museum recognition
• Helen Frankenthaler
• art history

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Art Museum of America

Books & works: Mountains and Sea, A Brief Biography

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