Here, we’ve curated external content about Gari Melchers Home & Studio and American artist Gari Melchers’ life and career.
2024
Nab distinctive gifts at these top museum gift shops (Virginia Living Magazine, July 10, 2024)
Art Opening: The Dance of Life: Figure and Imagination in American Art, 1876-1917 (CT Examiner, September 6, 2024)
The joy from beeping eggs at Belmont (March 2024)
Beeping egg hunt at Melchers a treat for visually-impaired children (Fredericksburg Free Press, March 16, 2024)
2023
This 1927 The Detroit News clip of the Detroit Institute of Arts grand opening features rare footage of artist Gari Melchers beginning at 1:11. (June 20, 2023)
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Home Improvement 2023: Innovation, Inclusion, and Inspiration
2023 Beeping Egg Hunt (April 2023)
Painter Andras Bality: There will be landscapes, and sheep, cows and horses (March 31, 2023)
The Language of Love: 7 Stories of Connection at Historic Sites (National Trust for Historic Preservation, February 2021)
2022
Why the U.S. Rejected—Then Embraced—a Detroit Industrialist’s Rare Collection of Asian Art At the Smithsonian (Smithsonian Magazine, December 16, 2022)
Tour Stafford, Virginia launches on of the first Visitor Smart City Kiosk Experiences in the Commonwealth (Tour Stafford Virginia Blog, October, 2022)
11 Historic Artists’ Home & Studios to Enjoy the Changing Seasons (National Trust for Historic Preservation, October 21, 2022)
Visit FXBG historic sites with the XPass (Fredericksburg Economic Development and Tourism, August 19, 2022)
New Law Requires NY Museums to Label Nazi-Looted Art, (Hyperallergic, August 17, 2022)
Jody Wilken: Belmont Blooms, July 28, 2022
UMW Prioritizes Access and Affordability With New Scholarship for In-State Undergraduates (June 28, 2022)
Pedestrian trail opens under Chatham Bridge (Fredericksburg, VA blog, April 1, 2022)
Gari Melchers Home and Studio to host spring symposium (The Free Lance-Star, March 17, 2022)
Young Life: Children Unleash Their Inner Artist at Gari Melchers Home & Studio (The Weekender, March 17, 2022)
Chatham Trail Bridge Connection to Open This Spring (The Free Lance-Star, March 17, 2022)
2021
Nazi-looted Van Gogh painting could fetch $30 million (CNN, October 18, 2021)
Stafford supervisors stop trail through Chatham Landing (The Free Lance-Star, September 23, 2021)
Young Life: Young artists can enjoy Preschool Palette online, on-site at Belmont (The Weekender, April 1, 2021)
Gari Melchers Home and Studio reopens, unveils new exhibit (The Weekender, March 25, 2021)
How a Canajoharie Museum Unknowingly Acquired a Painting Stolen by Nazis (Capital Region News, February 24, 2021)
Belmont’s historic front staircase gets assist from blacksmith with deep English roots (The Free Lance-Star, February 21, 2021)
2020
‘American Impressionism: Treasures from the Daywood Collection’ Will Travel to Several Museums (ArtFixDaily, November 29, 2020)
Editorial: Stolen painting is finally returned (The Free Lance-Star, November 13, 2020)
Gari Melchers painting stolen by Nazis is returned to family of original owners (The Free Lance-Star, October 16, 2020)
Painting returned 87 years after Nazis stole it from a Jewish family in Berlin (CNN, October 16, 2020)
Jewish family’s painting looted by Nazis in 1933 is returned (Associated Press, October 15, 2020)
United States Secures Return of Artwork 87 Years After Nazis Looted it from Jewish Family in Berlin (United States Department of Justice, October 15, 2020)
FBI returns painting stolen by Nazis to owners heirs (Houston Chronicle, October 15, 2020)
History is coming back to life in the Fredericksburg area (The Free Lance-Star, September 10, 2020)
Pandemic Hobbles Fredericksburg-Area Museums (The Free Lance-Star, August 30, 2020)
Inside the Homes and Studios of 13 American Artists: A new book guides readers through the historic spaces of artists from Edward Hopper to Jackson Pollock (Architectural Digest, June 24, 2020)
Artistic Offices, (The Magazine Antiques, June 2020)
Zoom Meeting Backgrounds Just Got a Lot More Glamorous (The Theology of Home, May 26, 2020)
The Paradox of Gari Melchers (Telfair Museums, April 13, 2020)
COMMENTARY: Garden Week is canceled, but club’s mission goes on (The Free Lance-Star, April 20, 2020)
Historic homes and museums seek ways to stay connected during coronavirus (The Free Lance-Star, April 26, 2020)
15 Free Historical Coloring Books and Pages to Download (National Trust for Historic Preservation, April 23, 2020)
Young Life: Enjoy online adventures in history and art (The Free Lance-Star, April 9, 2020)
‘American Impressionism’ exhibit at HMA (Daily Independent, March 19, 2020)
Widewater State Park will honor Stafford artist who depicted black life in America