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Susan G. Detweiler Associate Curator of American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art | PhD | Budding birdwatcher @humblebirder

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“Winslow Homer: Painter, Etcher” is officially open, on view @portlandmuseum through October 18! ❣️Working on this exhibition has been a dream come true. From the seed of an idea, stemming from the etchings display featured in the 2020 reinterpretation of the Winslow Homer Studio (led by @dianagreenwold and @christianadame), this project has grown and grown, enriched by so many brilliant minds who gave serious thought to these complex, ambitious prints that are so worthy of our attention. Indeed, Homer considered them to be among the greatest achievements of his career—the product of “time and hard work,” in his own words. (And if you’ve ever tried to make an etching before, you know how true that is!)

I hope that the wonder of these etchings is abundantly apparent in this exhibit. Multiple states, rare proofs, and printmaking tools (including one of the artist’s never-before-exhibited etching plates!) are on display, along with the oils and watercolors that inspired each print, as well as a selection of earlier wood engravings and lithographs that laid the foundation for this period of experimentation and growth. This is an unprecedented opportunity to see all of the etchings Homer made alongside their related paintings, offering new insight into Homer as both a painter and a printmaker—making the case that you can’t fully understand him as one without the other. We really dig deep into the process and technical details in an attempt to honor the intricacy of the medium and to revel in Homer’s mastery of it.

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to my collaborators (especially core brain trust Judy Walsh and Winslow Trainum!), lenders, and to the unbelievably talented, generous, and kind team at the PMA who helped bring this installation to life and make it shine. 💫 And special gratitude also to friends and family (hi mom!) who came out to help celebrate this moment with me. 🎉 (Swipe to see an extra-special visitor at the end 🥰…) I hope everyone can pay a visit to Maine this summer or fall (you know you want to!!) to experience this show, which is really a love letter to all artists, everywhere. 💌 taken in Portland Museum of Art by @rameymize

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It’s a special and nervy moment to hold in your hands the product of years of thought, dialogue, and collaboration! So honored and elated to share that this beautiful catalogue, “Winslow Homer: Painter, Etcher,” is now available, just in time for the opening of the exhibition @portlandmuseum next week on July 3rd 💫🙏🏼

I’ll be sharing more exhibition-related content soon but wanted to take a moment to highlight this publication, published by @yalebooks , and to express profound gratitude to the spectacular array of authors behind it. Winslow Homer’s etchings—nearly all translations of previous oils and watercolors—represent a unique phase in his career that offers new insights into the energy and inspiration he derived from working across media. Thank you to the stacked deck of art historians, curators, printmakers, and conservators who helped illuminate the beauty, richness, and ambition of these prints.

Judith C. Walsh was the project’s North Star, bringing her knowledge as a paper conservator and Homer expert to every inch of this study. (Together, she and I examined over 80 different impressions in 15 different collections and had an absolute ball while doing it!) Michael Leja ably and incisively situated the etchings within the longer arc of Homer’s print practice and the expanding world of reproductive arts in this period. Winslow Trainum, the project’s incredible intern (and an intaglio printmaking major from @mecaart) contributed a beautiful and accessible glossary of printmaking terms. Individual essays on each of the etchings were written so thoughtfully by brilliant colleagues: @kathleenafoster1 @christina.michelon @gordonwilkins @laurel0o @djg205 @shannonvittoria @brookshrich Elisa Germàn, and Frank Goodyear. A circle of supporters of the late great Homer scholar David Tatham contributed key funds to the publication in his memory and honor. The gratitude, humility, and joy I feel is hard to put into words. Lucky to do this work in such brilliant company, lucky to carry the legacy of previous scholarship forward, and oh so lucky to learn from an artist as tender, sharp, and human as Winslow Homer. by @rameymize

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From one great PMA to another… Philly, we’re back! 🦅 The past four+ months have been a whirlwind of change (yes, we moved smack in the middle of that massive snowstorm), and we left a huge piece of our hearts in Maine. Though transitions can be so hard, I just feel so lucky to have found such special places to call home and so many friends to claim as family in this world. It’s such an honor to be returning to beloved colleagues at @visitpham and to be close again to @pennarthistory, where it all began. It has been especially inspiring to start my position just as “A Nation of Artists” opened, a truly spectacular feat by the most incredible curatorial team: @kathleenafoster1 @alexandraakirtley @juliahamerlight @leah_triplett @gibsongirl18 🙌🏻❤️‍🔥 Come see it! Proud to be among such greatness and excited for what’s to come, including nurturing the newest, cutest little Philly sports fan! (Poor Phillies, but let’s go Flyers!!) Come visit 🥰 by @rameymize

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Congratulations @diturraldem for bringing a breathtaking selection of contemporary works from the Ecuadorian Amazon to NYC, which joined others from across the region as part of the exhibition Amazonia Açu at @artamericassociety - including this unforgettable painting that Angélica Alomoto made with *rubber sap* after an illustration of a colonial expedition that forced its way into her birthplace during the nineteenth century (Cuatros Caminos, 2024 - the installation also comprises a ceramic bowl, sadly out of view here). Couldn’t imagine a better reason to celebrate your commitment to expanding the canon of Latin American art and reunite with our @rameymize 🥰 taken in Americas Society/Council of the Americas by @rameymize

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An aspiration in my post-PhD/postpartum life has been to finally get back into the rhythm of reading for pleasure. 📖 It’s so easy to turn to TV, and while I absolutely love and relish a good show, reading has always been something that helps me feel more like myself. A thing that has motivated and enriched the experience even more lately is the practice of keeping a commonplace book, which is like a little “literary scrapbook” of all the passages and quotes that stir something in you. Reading at least one book a month and jotting down meaningful excerpts in my commonplace book has brought me joy this year—so much so that I wanted to spread the word on this platform, especially because so there many readers on here who have also inspired me! (And please send me any and all book recs so I can keep this good momentum going in 2026 😍😘)

I adored ALL of these books and savored every word. They are filled with profound tenderness, deep delight, and the dissonance and awe of what it means to be a human in this world, channeled in just a few quote selections from my commonplace book:

“(W)e’re just making stuff up, fairy tales to explain the deep dark woods of being alive.” (Rufi Thorpe, “Margot’s Got Money Troubles,” 99)

“I knew and still know what it was like to both not belong and belong, what it was like to feel invisible inside the great, great dream of being. We’re all alike, even when we’re not.” (Morgan Talty, “Fire Exit,” 118)

“Time travel is so easy! It’s devastatingly easy! All you have to do is live long enough!” (Rebecca Makkai, “The Great Believers,” 255)

Here’s to a new year filled with inspiration, joy, and reflection. 🎊💫❤️
(And if I can get my act together, I’m going to try to make a follow-up post with favorite art moments from 2025 too!) by @rameymize

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9 months ago

Exhibition projects are often full of twists and turns, and that has been especially true for “Jeremy Frey: Woven.” Since the show opened @portlandmuseum in May of 2024, the momentum behind the interest, awe, and admiration for Jeremy’s extraordinary artistic vision has just grown and grown—including (but not limited to!!) two additional venue presentations of the show at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Bruce Museum (thank you @aloysiusbear83 and @margaritakarasoulas!!), an honorary doctorate from Bowdoin College and a MacArthur Genius award (🤩) for Dr. Frey, and, most recently, some lovely recognition for the exhibition catalogue, which I was lucky enough to co-edit alongside another endlessly inspiring Wabanaki arts leader, Theresa Secord. We are so grateful to Historic New England for awarding this beautiful book their 2025 Book Prize. @historicnewengland

Theresa and I were honored to accept the award on behalf of Jeremy and the whole team last Friday, but of course this publication was a labor of love from a huge group of fantastically talented and generous people. I can’t ever thank enough those who made it so brilliant. Contributors include Jaime DeSimone, originating curator of the project who brought the whole idea to life, Andrew Hamilton, who brought the project to Chicago and assembled an amazing glossary of Passamaquoddy weaving terms with Theresa, and Dakota Hoska, who situated Jeremy’s work in the broader landscape of contemporary Native art. Design is by the fabulous Kimberly Varella of @contentobject. Thank you also to the keen editorial eye of Isabel Venero of @rizzolibooks who co-published this with us. And to Theresa, who championed Jeremy and his art from day one and helped tell that story for posterity. Without you, none of this would have ever been possible.

I also couldn’t resist this opportunity to take a walk down memory lane to share some photos of the many other adventures we’ve had along the way—with even more to come!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥 Congratulations on all of it, Jeremy. I’m forever thankful to you, Jaime, and Theresa for the chance to be a part of your amazing journey. 🥂🎉 by @rameymize

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A little highlight reel from an immersive and revelatory week-long workshop in fine art lithography at the Tamarind Institute, thanks to the Getty Paper Project! Of all the printmaking techniques, lithography has always been one of the most mysterious to me… Drawing and etching on limestone that’s filled with fossils and ghosts and sensitive enough to record the merest hint of a fingerprint? You can’t tell me that’s not magic ✨👻🪨

It was especially amazing to experience the sheer labor and razor sharp skill required for the process as well as the full scope of senses activated by it. Printers will “listen” to the ink, haul thousand-pound slabs, hoist massive ink rollers, grain the stone for ten hours or more, and might even taste the mixture of nitric acid and Arabic gum that they use to etch the stone—describing the taste as “lemon,” “lime,” and “orange” in order of higher to lesser acidity. (Don’t try *any* of this at home, kids!) 🍋🍋‍🟩🍊🤯

Needless to say, I came away totally in lithography’s thrall and enormously grateful to the absolutely incredible team at Tamarind 🔔 What tipped everything over the top was also all the amazing friends and colleagues who I now know and adore through our shared time in litho land—it was the most fun and the biggest honor to be among you all and your brilliance! 🌟🌟🌟 taken in Tamarind Institute by @rameymize

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New project update! So excited to share an exhibition-in-progress for the @portlandmuseum that has brought me back to Winslow Homer… This time focusing on his extraordinary etchings from the 1880s 💫 Homer worked on the majority of his etchings after moving to his studio home in Prouts Neck—so these remarkable prints are very much part of his Maine story. Since he did not have access to a press there, these prints took shape through correspondence and collaboration with his printer, George Ritchie, who was based in Manhattan. In a letter to Ritchie in November of 1886, Homer wrote from his studio: “I am at work now and will finish in about two weeks an etching which I will bite here and send you for a proof. It promises to be worthy of your pupil.” It has been endlessly fascinating to think about Homer learning an entirely new medium at this mature point in his career—and that he embarked on this new artistic venture from—of all places—a little converted carriage house on the North Atlantic! 🌊

Cheers and so much gratitude to my print specialist friends for inviting me into the fold! (Paper pun very much intended 😉) Extra special thanks also to some pretty incredible thought partners—the inimitable and unbelievably brilliant paper conservator + Homer expert Judy Walsh along with Winslow Trainum, our amazing curatorial intern whose deep personal knowledge of intaglio printmaking has helped bring these prints to life!

Stay tuned for more fun shares as the project evolves…and thank you to so many colleagues who have helped make it such an inspiring and joyful journey so far ❤️ taken in Prouts Neck by @rameymize

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✨✨35✨✨ A very special birthday weekend to start to this mid-thirties era, full of big friendship, a little luxury, plenty of sweets and treats, snuggles, and spring blooms. Taurus season forever! 🌸🎉💫🥳💝 taken in New York, New York by @rameymize

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Celebrating lucky number 7 with the kindest, smartest, most loving partner in the world—technically our anniversary was yesterday but the celebration is endless and richer every day, especially since Theo has entered the scene 💗💗💗 (And now seemed like as good a time as ever to dig up these memories from our epic, joyous, perfect wedding—can we do that again?!!!) 😘 @c0ziac by @rameymize

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✨ “Jeremy Frey: Woven” is here! ✨ On view at the @portlandmuseum through September 15, this exhibition of Frey’s boundary-breaking work in basketry, printmaking, video, and woven sculpture will absolutely knock your socks off. Please come visit us this summer and experience it for yourself—and let me know if you’re here! I’d love to walk through the galleries with you. ☺️

Thanks to all the incredible lenders, collaborators, friends, family, and colleagues who visited from all over the country to celebrate this historic opening. Deepest gratitude to my curatorial partner and mentor, Jaime DeSimone @jld2230, for originating the incredible idea for this project with Jeremy, and to Theresa Secord @theresabaskets for her crucial guidance every step of the way—this watershed moment would not have been possible without the years and years of advocacy she has given on behalf of Wabanaki basketry and Jeremy’s career. To our amazing venue partners— @aloysiusbear83 at @artinstitutechi and @margaritakarasoulas at @brucemuseum, and of course to all my brilliant PMA colleagues who rallied around this exhibition with so much focus and heart: @petitplaisance @mpapows @larkwicinas @emksull @kirkarino @heidesign.studio @ctadame @failure_to_adapt @shalinilegall @biuhtriks @gabbster05 @mquigleygraham Tim Burns, and so many more. (Chris and I also happened to welcome Theo, curatorial assistant extraordinaire 😉, in the home stretch of this journey, and I can tell you that my heart has never been more full.) And to @jeremyfreybaskets , all the congratulations, all the celebrations, all the accolades—just all of it! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻To know you is to be in awe. taken in Portland Museum of Art by @rameymize

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