1. The Middlebury College Museumof Art announces the publication of a new
book, American Faces: A CulturalHistory of Portraiture and Identity by
Richard Saunders, museumdirector.

2. “This fun, fast-paced tour of American portraiturefromthe colonial era to
the presentmanages to be both scholarly and quick-witted. Saunders
zigzags through our national history in a series of thematically organized
chapters to show how Americans have portrayed themselves in art,
photography, and other media. Facebook may be a recent phenomenon,
but American Faces demonstrates that the compulsiveneed to presenta
likeable image of the self to friends and strangers goes back to the founding
of the country.”—David M. Lubin, author of Grand Illusions: American Art
and the First World War
Itcan be ordered through this
link: http://www.upne.com/1611688924.html