The Foster Museum is a private non-profit
single-artist museum located in
Palo Alto, California, United States dedicated to the
watercolor
Watercolor (American English) or watercolour (British English; see spelling differences), also ''aquarelle'' (; from Italian diminutive of Latin ''aqua'' "water"), is a painting method”Watercolor may be as old as art itself, going back to t ...
wilderness
Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural), are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally re ...
Journeys of artist-explorer
Tony Foster
Thomas Scholfield Foster (13 September 1853 – 8 September 1918), commonly known as Tony Foster, was a New Zealand school principal and inspector, and university lecturer.
Early life and education
He was born in London, England, in 1853. Hi ...
(1946–). It houses the permanent collection of the Foster Art & Wilderness Foundation and opened to the public in 2016, offering free admission by appointment.
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History
Formerly the ambulance storage facility for Lucille Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford until 2014, the 14,000 square foot building was then redeveloped to house The Foster Museum. This project was awarded
LEED
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a
green building certification program used worldwide. Developed by the non-profit U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), it includes a set of rating systems for the design, construction ...
silver certification from the
USGBC
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), co-founded by Mike Italiano, David Gottfried and Rick Fedrizzi in 1993, is a private 501(c)3, membership-based non-profit organization that promotes sustainability in building design, construction, and op ...
.
The museum opened in 2016 to unite and share complete Tony Foster Journeys, and inspire connection to both Foster's art and the natural world.
Exhibitions
*''The Foster Museum Orientation'', (February 2016 – current)
*''Exploring Beauty: Watercolour Diaries from the Wild'', (January 2017 – current)
*''Sacred Places: Watercolour Diaries from the American Southwest'', (February 2016 – current)
*''Retrospective Exhibition: The Art of Tony Foster'', (February 2016 – current)
Archives
The museum maintains and collects the archives surrounding Tony Foster's watercolor wilderness Journeys.
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See also
* List of single-artist museums
This is a list of single-artist museums, which are museums displaying the work of, or bearing the name of, a single visual artist.
* Basuki Abdullah – Basoeki Abdullah Museum, Jakarta, Indonesia
* Affandi – Affandi Museum, Yogyakarta, Indones ...
References
External links
Official website
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Museums in the San Francisco Bay Area
Art museums and galleries in California
Arts centers in California
Tourist attractions in Santa Clara County, California
Non-profit organizations based in Palo Alto, California
Art in the San Francisco Bay Area
Educational buildings in Palo Alto, California
2016 establishments in California
Art museums established in 2016