Tag: Machen
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Encounter with Director Brian Kennedy at the New American Color Exhibition
Corruption of the Toledo Area Artists Exhibition in 2014: A look-back. Encounter with Museum Director Brian Kennedy at the New American Color Exhibition opening November 7, 2014 During the opening of the downtown show that was curated by Jefferson Nelson, The New American Color Exhibition, which was well-attended, the director of the art museum, Brian […]
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Digital restorations of Machen’s Stations
William H. Machen, Toledo’s first known artist, made these paintings between 1866 and 1873 for the St. Francis Parish in Toledo. Decades ago, a fire at the church damaged the paintings. Poor restoration caused the paintings further damage, hence, sometime in late 2007 they were crated and put in storage. In 2010, when I […]
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Tribute to James Machen (1929 – 2020)
James Machen died on November 7, 2020 at the age of 91. Thanks to James Machen, a member of one of the oldest families in Toledo, we have paintings showing how Toledo looked at the very beginning. His great uncle, William H. Machen was Toledo’s earliest known artist, who migrated from Holland to Toledo in 1848. James […]
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Toledo Area Artists Matter
This past Wednesday, Toledo City Paper ran the following article that I wrote about why it’s important to keep the Toledo Area Artists Exhibition for Toledo area artists. www.toledocitypaper.com/October-Issue-2-2014/Toledo-Area-Artists-Matter/ The Toledo Area Artists Exhibition is the oldest regional art competition affiliated with a museum in the United States. It gives the art community a great […]
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William Machen, Toledo’s First Artist
We had brunch with the Machens today to discuss how we can try to save and restore Machen’s severely damaged stations of the cross paintings at St. Francis de Sales Parish. These paintings are such an important part of Toledo’s history. We need to write letters and raise money for […]