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1805- 1980
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BRO AD AND CHER RY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 191 02
215 972-7600
·NEWS
February 20, 1980
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
RELATIONSHIPS:
AN INSTALLATION BY -ROBERT YOUNGER TO OPEN AT THE
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS HORRIS GALLERY
Relationships:
An Installation by artist Robert Younger will
be on view in the Morris Gallery of the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts from Friday, March 14 (Press Preview and Opening Reception
Thursday, March 13, 5 - 7 p.m.)through Sunday, April 27, 1980.
The gallery space will be transformed into three rooms fabricated within the Morris Gallery itself to resemble a telescoping
corridor.
The viewer will enter the space thr6tigh the Broad Street door
of the Academy. However, the installation will have its o~~ door
eight feet high,
five feet wide.
square and ceiling six feet high.
The first room will be ten feet
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The ceiling of the second room
will be eight feet high, and the third, ten feet.
Light and space are the main focuses of the installation.
Each
room vlill be bathed by red, yellovl, and green light, and the center
room will be lighted from the outside. Atmosphere will be created
by light, not
pa~nt,
and the passage will be laced with iconography
and imagery to relate back to the conception of relationships.
Younger,' trained as a sculptor, moved toward installations
through his interest in theater.
an artist exerts over the viewer.
experience.
Theater taught him about the control
A viewer's expectation is visual
Younger tries to go beyond that by playing a psycho-
perceptual game.
The sculpture becomes a prop orientation in which
the viewer is asked to take on an actor's role,
(that is, to be-
come part of the production.)
Robert Younger was born in Nevl York, and attended the Philadelphia College of Art.
He lives in both cities. He studied sculpture
in Italy as a Fulbright Scholar and has exhibited work at the Nexus
/Gallery, Bricolage Theater, the Institute of Contemporary Art, all
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in Philadelphia.
He has also taught multi-media courses at
Drexel Institute of Technology .
The Robert Younger installation is another in a series of
Morris Gallery exhibitions that focus on new directions in art
by contemporary artists in the Philadelphia area.
These exhibitions
adhere to the philosophy of the Academy stated in its original
charter (1805):
" ..... that the Academy is dedicated to exhibiting
and collecting the finest in the contemporary art of its times."
Not limited to painting and drawing, the Morris Gallery
exhibitions include multi-media works in construction, sculpture,
collage, and photography.
Although the exhibitions are organized by Frank H. Goodyear, Jr.,
Academy Curator, exhibitions are selected by a broad-based committee composed of persons not affiliated with the Pennsylvania Academy.
Current members of the Morris Gallery Committee include:
Dr. Milton Brutten, Walter Erlebacher, Chuck Fahlen, Charles E.
Mather, III, Ann Percy, Michael Quigley,
Judith Stein, and l1arion Stroud.
~Louis
Sloan, Rachel Seymour,
Representatives from the Academy
staff are Richard J . Boyle, Director, Kathleen Foster, Assistant
Curator, and Ann Friedman, Morris Gallery Coordinator.
Morris Gallery exhibitions be g an in 1978.
Artists John Dowell,
Phil Simkin, Martha Erlebacher were represented.
1979 exhibitions
included work by Harold Jacobs, Richard Cramer, Arlene Love,
Hitoshi Nakazato, Sid Sachs, Maurie Kerrigan, Bruce Pollock, Cynthia
Carlson, and Isaiah Zagar.
Sand Creatures, a sequence of photographs
by photographer, Ray Metzker, were featured in the first 1980
exhibition.
The gallery presents six exhibitions a year, representing
nine artists .
(There is a group SUDTIIler Shovl . )
The Morris Gallery Committee has received ten tiroffimore applications than exhibition slots during the Academy's l75th Anniversary
year, 1980.
Gallery hours for the Morris Gallery are the same as the
Main Galleries:
10-5, Tuesday through Saturday;
1-5, Sunday.
Museum admission is $1, $.50 for students and senior citizens.
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Public Information
February 20, 1980
FOR H1MEDIATE RELEASE
The Early Music Quartet will play at the opening of the
exhibition Man of Genius:
The Art of Washington Allston (1779-1843)
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Wednesday, February 27,
from 5 - 7 p.m. The exhibition continues through April 27-.
The Early Music Quartet played at the Academy earlier this season,
in honor of the Morris Gallery exhibition,
Isaiah Zagar, With A Lot
of Help From His Friends.
This time the quartet launches the exhibition of America's first
romantic painter by playing early music on ancient instruments.
More than 100 romantic portraits, seascapes, landscapes, and
painting s with heroic, biblical, and claisical thecies will be on
view.
The paintings range from small dravlings to monumental oil
paintings.
Han of Genius:
The Art of Hashinp;ton Allston celebrates the
l75th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
The museum is open every week day but Monday from 10 until 5,
Saturday from 10 until 5, and Sunday from 1 until 5.It is fully
accessible.
Museum admission is $1, or $.50 if you are a student or a
senior citizen.
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175th ANNIVERSARY
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19102
215 972-7600
NEWS
March 14, 1980
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS RECEIVES GRANT FROM THE
PEW MEMORIAL TRUST
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has received a grant
of $537,000 from the Pew Memorial Trust to support a three year program of exhibitions (1980-1982).
This grant represents funds for
exhibition planning and execution.
The announcement was made today by Robert I. Smith, President
of The Glenmede Trust Company, Henry S. McNeil, Chairman of the Board
of Trustees of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and Richard
J. Boyle, Director of the Pennsylvania Academy.
In making the announcement, Mr. Smith stated:
"vJe are very
supportive of the programs undertaken by the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts and for the exhibitions planned in the years immediately
ahead."
Frank H. Goodyear, Jr., Curator, added:
"The Pew Hemorial Trust
grant to the Pennsylvania Academy is the largest program grant ever
received.
It allows the Academy to present a series of major exhibitions
on American art over the next two and a half years that otherwise would
not have been possible.
Such funding will enable the Academy to work
well in advance of an exhibition's opening to assure a proper scholarly
and public presentation.
The grant is of enormous importance to the
museum ' ·s program."
Man of Genius:
The Art of Washington Allston (1779-1843) is the
first exhibition supported by the Pew Memorial Trust grant.
The
exhibition opened February 28, 1980 and continues through April 27, 1980.
It is a retrospective of the work of America's first romantic painter
and includes more than 100 drav.7ings and paintings .
Special materials
include a continous slide-tape explaining the work and the times of
Allston, a brochure about the artist, weekly lectures and gallery tours,
and a full-color catalogue and poster, available in the museum shop.
When the announcement was made, Richard J. Boyle said: "The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is extremely grateful to the Pew
Memorial Trust for making this important grant and for their commitment
to art and cultural life in Philadelphia.
This grant will enable the
Academy to continue to organize and to exhibit the finest in American
art for public enjoyment and education."
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PENNSY LVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AN D CHER RY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA , PA. 19 102
215 972-7600
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: ; MARCH 17, 1980
NEW EXHIBITION OPENS ' IN THE PEALE HOUSE
G~u>LLERIES . ·
The Peale House Galleries of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts announce
the Opening Reception
of the HARRY ROSIN/SAUL SCHARY SHOWS at 1811 Chestnut Street
on Friday, March 28, 1980, from 5 to 7 P.M.
ROSIN, born in Philadelphia in 1897, worked ln a wrought
iron shop and attended ..the School of Industrial Arts before
he enrolled in the Academy, which had a strong influence
on his life,
A student of Charles Grafly, who
was a pupil of Thomas Eakins, HARRY ROSIN was awarded the
highest student honor, a
Willi~
European traveling scholarship.
Emlen Cresson Memorial
Completing his studies
at the Academy he returned to Europe and spent .five years
in Paris.
He counted among his friends and fellow artists
many of the young men who later became famous--Calder,.
Giacometti, Lipshitz and De Chirico.
He returned to Phila-
delphia in 1932 staying for only a short time before traveling to the South Seas,working and studying in Martinique
and Tahiti.
Many of his sculptures were inspired by the
people and atmosphere of these exotic islands.
The enclosed
reproduction of Hina Rapa, from the Academy's Permanent
Collection, depicts the Tahitian Queen emerging from an
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island lagoon.
Among his works to be seen in Philadelphia are the
cast doors of the Curtis Institute of Music, his "Pilgrim"
on the East River Drive, and two statues commissioned by
the City of Philadelphia to honor Connie Mack, at the Veterans
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Stadium, and John B. Kelly, on the East River Drive.
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HARRY ROSIN began to teach. at the Academy in 1940,
a post he held until his death in 1973.
who earned the affection
of students.
and ~ ~espect
He was a teacher
of several generations
He understood their problems and their need
for critical encouragement.
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ROSIN was honored by the Academy, the Academy's Fellowship, the Academy of Arts and Letters, and the National
Academy of Design,and exhibited in many major museums.
ROSIN and SCHARY were friends during their - student days
at the Academy and shared a strong belief in Traditionalism.
While ROSIN was a sculptor, SCHARY'S life work was devoted
to painting and drawing.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, in 19Q4,SCHARY- first studied
at the Academy before enrolling at the Art Students League
in New York.
His first employment was in the field of
commercial advertising, where he earned enough to go
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Paris
for two years of study at the Julien Academy and the Beaux
Arts.
He was first · influenced by Renoir and Cezanneithen Picasso
and Juan Gris.
He returned to New York during the Depression to become
the youngest member of the "Daniel Group", which included
Charles DeMuth, Stuart Davis, Preston Dickinson, and others.
A series of gouaches illustrating Alice in Wonderland
in a surrealist manner brought SCHARY critical acclaim,
as did a surrealist mural, now lost, depicting the Rape of
the Sabines executed for the Riviera, a popular 1930's
night club.
In the 1950's when the popularity and acceptability _
of the abstract expressionist movement was on the rise, SCHARY
turned his back on experimentation to paint and draw the
traditionai sources of pictorial art, finding flowers and
the human figure of particular interest.
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Through the 1940's ,and 195{)'s, .t;1R. SCHARY'S works
were regularly included
~ in ; the
~arger
group shows ,such as
the Carnegie International, the Art Institute of Chicago,
the Philadelphia Museum, the Art Alliance of Philadelphia,
and the Whitney Museum and its Traveling Art Show.
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He was
a member , of Artists ,Equity and the Royal . Society . of Art in :.
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. England.
His Portrait ' of E.R. is in the Academy's Permanent
Collection.
In 1934 SCHARY married the former Hope Skillman.
They
lived in New Milford, Connecticut, where he died in 1977.
Frank
Ga~parro,
Chief Engraver and Designer of the
(des~gner
United States . Mint
of the Susan B-w- Anthony dollar),
.
,
will talk about HARRY ROSIN as an artist and friend at
noon on Friday, April 11, in the Gallery.
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GALLERY -HOURS: - . '-TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAYS 10 A.M.-S P.M.
SUNDAY 1-5 P.M.
ADMISSION FREE
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PHOTOGRAPHS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST
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175th ANNIVERSARY
1805-1980
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19102
NEWS
215 972-7600
March 29, 1980
FOR TI'll1ED I ATE RELEASE:
SPE ~
EVENT:
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
SEE THE SCHOOL IN ACTION FRIDAY, APRIL 11TH
Invitations have gone out from the Penn sylva.nia Academy of the
Fine Arts to members, press,art g alleries, and alumni for its second
ann u2.1 OPEN HOUSE DAY on Friday, April 11th, from 10.30 a.m. until
four p.m . The special event , particularly interesting durin g the year
lon g
~75 th
anniversary celebration of the oldest art school in the nation
is FREE and open to the public.
Richard J. Bo y le, Director of the Academy, Ephraim Weinberg, Dean
of t he School, and faculty staff who are sponsoring the event will be
on l:and.
This is a chance to see the school in action.
Regular classes in
drawing, painting, and sculpture will be in session.
It is a once a
year oppurtunity to visit several faculty and student studios which are
not ordinar il y open to the public.
The g alleries will be open for browsing.
The current exhibitions
are works of Saul Schary and Harry Rosin, both alumni of the Academy
School, and "'\lorks by students
At Noon, Frank Gasparro, the desi gner of the Susan B. Anthony
Dollar and Chief sculptor engraver of the United States Mitt and an
Academy g raduate will talk about the v70rk of Harry Rosin in the Peale
House Galleries.
Al umni g uides will f,ive tours starting at the Peale House , 1811
Chestnut Street and at Broad and Cherry Streets.
A Fairmount Park trolley will be available for transportation
between t he two facilities.
Because of the large expected attendance, the Academy requests that
reservations be made for the day and for lunch by calling Tish Byrne,
Coordinator of Student and Alumni Affairs at (215) 972-7632.
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175th ANNIVERSARY
1805-1980
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA , PA . 19102
215 972-7600
NEWS
April 23, 1980
FOR H1HEDIATE RELEASE:
SPECIAL EVENT:
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS IS 175 YEARS OLD!
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is celebrating its 175th
birthday on Sunday, June 8th, from noon to five o'clock.
The public
is invited to an afternoon of fun, garnes, and free bi r thday cake at
a party planned for the entire family.
Indoor and outdoor entertainment, gallery tours, music, performing
8rtists, and a Happy Birthday sing-along, led by a special guest, are
some of the day's free highlights.
From face painting to a sidewalk
chalk-in, everyone will have a chance to join the festivities.
A barbershop quartet and
a
mini-fashion shov.'
entertaining insurance against cloudy skies.
jn
doors 1dll provide
"Philadelphia:
Art
Past, Art Prologue" (produced by channel lO) narrated by Director
of_the Pennsylvania Academy Richard J. Boyle, features the progress
of art in the city since Penn's tinte, and ,'.'ill be shO';,\11 in the auditorium.
Th e Society Hill Playhouse, the singing Pastimers, and a
juggler, magician, and a mime artist will perfonn.
Thanks to Hahne-
mann Hospital, tests \',' ill be available for eye perception and color
blindness, vJith an art therapy demonstrat.ion as a bonus.
To complete the party atmosphere, restaurants and friends will
provide desserts and thirst quenchers at nominal costs.
The Academy is the nation's oldest art museum and school and is
eager to share its first birthday party v,ith the community.
Salute
one of Philadelphia's finest and most contemporary art institutions
June 8th--for free!
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1805-1980
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
NEWS
PHILADELPHIA , PA. 19102
215 972-7600
April 24, 1980
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
FEATURES JAMIE WYETH DURING ITS 175TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR
The first comprehensive exhibition on the East Coast by one of
America's foremost contemporary artists, Jamie Wyeth, will open to the
public at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia
on September 19 and will continue through December 14, 1980.
The Jamie Wyeth exhibition has been made possible by a grant from
the Sun Company. It marks the grand finale of the Academy's 175th
Anniversary celebration as America's oldest art museum and school.
The Jamie Wyeth exhibition continues the Wyeth fami1y .associ~tion
with the Pennsylvania Academy. Jamie Wyeth is the son of Andrew Wyeth
and the grandson of N.C. Wyeth, both among America's most noted artists.
Andrew Wyeth's first major museum exhibition was held at the Academy
in 1966,- the same year that Jamie Wyeth had his first New York exhibition.
The Wyeths, like the Pea1es, whose patriarch Charles Willson Peale was
a founder of the Academy, are a family of painters.
Jamie Wyeth, like Peale, is a master of the portrait, still life,
and animal and nature paintings. As a student of his father, Jamie
Wyeth is a disciple of the Wyeth and the Brandywine tradition, but he
paints in his own unique and individual style. By the time he was
twenty, Jamie Wyeth already was one of the best known young painters in
the country. From the time of his first exhibition in New York he has
won wide critical acclaim.
The Academy exhibition will include well-known portraits of
John F. Kennedy, Nureyev, and Andy Warhol, as well as landscapes, still
1ifes, and animal studies. More than 100 oils, watercolors, and drawings
plus preparatory sketches wi11 ' be on view. Many of these works and a
special suite of five etchings will be exhibited for the first time;
etching is a new medium for the artist.
The curator for the Jamie Wyeth exhibition is Frank H. Goodyear, Jr.
of the Pennsylvania Academy, in cooperation with Coe Kerr Gallery in
New York, which represents the artist. Frank Goodyear says, "At the age
of fifteen, Jamie Wyeth was making paintings that most persons would
consider mature works of art. His works continue to delight the eye."
The exhibition travels to the Greenville Museum, Greenville, South
Carolina, and the Arnon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
A full color book Jamie "Hyeth, ,, and soft cover catalogue accompany
the exhibition. A poster has been designed for the exhibition from a
new painting, A Very Small Dog.
Photographs and cata1~gue
available upon request
Contact:
Susan Rappaport
Public Information
(215) 972~7642
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175th ANNIVERSARY
1805-1980
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA . 19102
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
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215 972-7600
May 1, 1980
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS SUMMER EXHIBITION:
AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST DANIEL GARBER
For the first
tim~
in thirty-five years the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia will hold an exhibition of the works
of American Impressionist and noted Academy teacher, Daniel Garber
(1880-1958).
The exhibition will honor both the 100th anniversary of
the artist's birth and the l75th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Academy.
The exhibition dates are June 27-August 24.
A special members'
and press opening reception is June 26, from 5-7 p.m.
The Daniel Garber exhibition has been made possible by a grant from
the Pew Memorial Trust .
Noted for his soft, luminous colors, this exhibition concentrates on
impressionist landscapes from Daniel Garber's beloved Bucks County;
designed interiors;
well-
and mellow, personal portraits.
The 30 paintings, 15 drawings, and numerous etchings gathered for
the exhibition are drawn from the Pennsylvania Academy's Garber collection
and from the Garber family.
It will document the artist's range and
vitality from 1902 through the 1940s.
the Academy.
The exhibition will be seen only at
Many of the works have not been on public view for thirty
years.
Garber was a student of Thomas Anshutz at the Academy, where he
taught from 1909-1955.
He was an imporant link between two generations
of the Academy school:
the older generation inspired by the realism of
Thomas Eakins and the younger generation of more contemporary artists
interested in subtlety of color and impressionism.
Although he received wide acclaim during his life time, in the late
1940s his traditional-style paintings were eclipsed by new movements and
the beginnings of abstract expressionism.
However, the popularity of
American Impressionist and Realist painting has inspired a new appreciation
of his work today and works by Daniel Garber are enjoying a revival.
The Daniel Garber show is one of four major exhibitions that the
Academy museum is presenting during its l75th year of collecting and
exhibiting American art.
Two were:
Seven on the Figure, a contemporary
exhibition (Fall, 1979) and A Man of Genius:
Allston (1779-1843)
(Winter, 1980).
The Art of Washington
A one-man show hy Jamie Wyeth will
be held next September-December 1980 to conclude this special year.
Kathleen Foster, Assistant Curator has organized the exhibition
and has written the critical essay
for the Daniel Garber catalogue.
Longer release to follow
Photographs available
Catalogue : 64 pages;
fully illustrated
with black and white photographs; two
color plates; biographical and chronological
information; complete check list of etchings
and exhibition
Contact;
Susan Rappaport
Public Information
(215) 972-7642
1805-1980
175th ANNIVERSARY
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA , PA . 19102
215 972-7600
NEWS
May 5, 1980
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MAYOR WILLIAM J. GREEN AND MRS. RICHARD THORNBURGH TO PRESENT
AWARDS THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS MAY 15
Mayor William J. Green will present the Philadelphia Mayor's
Award and Mrs. Richard Thornburgh will present the Pennsylvania
Governor's Award on Thursday, May 15 at 4 p.m . in the Washington
Foyer of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, announced
Academy Director, Richard J. Boyle, today.
Accordine to Richard Boyle, "He are delighted that Mayor
Green will present the Mayor's A""ard 'in person,' and that Mrs.
Thornburgh will represent the Governor. These awards have each
been established by private funds in honor of the office of the
Mayor and of the Governor. They are two of our more valuable
awards because they help students as they are leaving school."
The Philadelphia Mayor's Award and the Pennsylvania Governor's
Award, each established in 1976 and each for $1000, are awarded to
two of the most outstanding students in competition for a 'second
year.
Following the award presentations the 1980 Annual Student
exhibition opens with a special reception for students, faculty,
family, friends, and PAFA members. The press is cordially invited
to attend the award ceremonies and the reception.
The exhibition opens to the public on Friday, May 16, and continues through Sunday, June 8, for the Happy Birthday Academy Block
Party. That day there will continuous tours of the exhibition and
the Academy.
Dean Ephraim Weinberg says, "The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts Annual Student Exhibition presents a unique oppurtunity
for the public to see student work of great vitality and creativity
fill the Main Galleries of the Academy. We are very happy that
Mayor Green and the governor's wife will also be a part of the
opening of the exhibition."
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A release will follow with
names of prize winners
175th ANNIVERSARY
1805-1980
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
215 972-7600
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19102
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May 5, 1980
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ACADEMY AWARDS PRESENTED TO STUDENTS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS HEDtmSDAY, l'fAY 14
The first Awards Ceremony of the two-day Academy Awards
presentations \'Jill take place on Hednesday, May 14, 1980 at 4 p. m.
in the Academy auditorium at Broad and Cherry Streets.
Featured speaker will be Baruch S. Blumberg, MD, Ph.d, Nobel
Laureate, 1976 for Physiology of Medicine; Associate Director for
Clinical Research at the Institute for Cancer Research; University
Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Richard J. Boyle, Academy Director; Ephraim Weinberg, Dean of
the School ; Henry S. McNeil, President of the Board of Trustees ; and
Vice-President , Charles E. Mather, III, will also take part in the
award ceremonies.
Recipients of the William Emlen Cresson, the Lewis S. Ware, and
the Henry Scheidt Memorial Travel European
be announced.
are :
Travelin~
Scholarships will
More than forty additional prizes will be
a~varded .
the Cecilia Beaux gold medal, now converted into a fund;
Some
the
Mindel Caplan Kleinbard Prize; the Lambert and Emma Cadwalader Prize;
the Frances Bergman Prize, in honor of the wife of the late Bernard
Bergman, book critic of the Bulletin;
the Hobson Pittman Prize;
the Franklin Watkins Prize;
and prizes from Gimbels, John Wanamaker,
and Rohm and Haas .
Four year certificates will be awarded to students who have
completed the Academy program.
The Pennsylvania Academy has been dedicated to the training of
American artists since its founding in 1805.
Today more than 400
students from allover the country and the world attend its program.
The four and five year program is based on European Academies
like the Royal Academy of Art in London and the Academie des Beaux Arts
in Paris.
First year students study the human figure from casts brought
back from Paris in the early l800s and from life models.
Advanced
students have one - to-one critiques and many are awarded their own
studios.
The Academy teaches only fine arts.
Print making and photo-
graphy are also a part of the program.
Since 1902 the Academy has held Annual Student Exhibitions and
Award Ceremonies in the tradition of the Royal Academy and the Beaux
Arts 'concours' or competition.
Students submit their best works to
hang in the main galleries of the Academy where they are J-udgedby the
entire faculty.
And after the judging come the a'l;qards.
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names and addresses of prize
winners
Contact:
Susan Rappaport
Public Information
(215) 972-7642
175th ANNIVERSARY
1805-1980
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
NEWS
PHILADELPHIA , PA . 19102
215 972-7600
May 5, 1980
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
ACADEMY AWARDS PRESENTED TO STUDENTS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS WEDNESDAY, MAY 14
The first Awards Ceremony of the two-day Academy Awards
presentations will tak e place on Wednesday, May 14, 1980 at 4 p.m .
in the Academy auditorium at Broad and Cherry Streets.
Featured speak er will be Baruch S. Blumberg , MD , Ph.d , Nobel
Laureate, 197 6 for Physiology of Medicine; Associate Director for
Clinical Research at the Institute for Cancer Research; Universit y
Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.
Ri ch ard J. Boyle, Academy Director ; Ephraim Weinberg, Dean of
the Scho ol; Henry S . McNeil , President of the Board of Trustee s; and
Vice- President , Charles E. Mather, III , will also take part in the
award ceremonies.
Recipients of the William Emlen Cresson , the Lewis S . Ware , and
the Henry Scheidt Memorial Travel European Traveling Scholarships will
be announced. More than forty additional prizes will be aHarded . Som
are: the Cecilia Beaux gold medal , now converted into a fund; the
Mindel Caplan Kleinbard Prize ; the Lambert and Emma Cadwalader Prize;
the Frances Bergman Prize, in honor of the wife of the late Bernard
Bergman, book critic of the Bulletin; the Franklin Watkins Prize ;
the Hobson Pittman Prize;. and prizes from Gimbels , John Wanamaker ,
and Rohm and Haas.
Four year certificates will be awarded to students who have
completed the Academy program.
The Pennsy lvania Academy has been dedicated to the training of
American artists since its founding in 1805 . Today more than 400
students from allover the country and the world attend its program .
The four and five year program is based on European Academies
like the Royal Academy of Art in London and the Academie des Beaux Art
in Paris. First year students study the human figure from casts broug
back from Paris in the early l800s and from life models. Advanced
students have one-to-one critiques and many are awarded their own
studios. The Academy teaches only fine arts. PrintmakIng ' -arid ~phbt· o
graphy are also a part of the program.
Since 1902 the Academy has held Annual Student Exhibitions and
Award Ceremonies in the tradition. of the Royal Academy and the Beaux
Arts 'concours' or competit'ion. Students submit their best works to
hang in the main galleries of the Academy where they ar.e -·j:udge-d -: by the
entire faculty. And after the judging come the a~7ards.
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names and addresses of prize
winners
Contact:
Susan Rappaport
Public Information
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175th ANNIVERSARY
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA , PA. 19102
NEWS
215 972-7600
May 5, 1980
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MAYOR WILLIAM J. GREEN AND MRS. RICHARD THORNBURGH TO PRESENT
AVJARDS THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS MAY 15
Mayor William J. Green will present the Philadelphia Mayor's
Award and Mrs. Richard Thornburgh will present the Pennsylvania
Governor's Award on Thursday, May 15 at 4 p.m. in the Washington
Foyer of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, announced
Academy Director, Richard J. Boyle , today.
According to Richard Boyle, "He are delighted that Mayor
Green will present the Mayor's A\vard 'in person,' and that Mrs.
Thornburgh will represent the Governor.
These awards have each
been established by private funds in honor of the office of the
Mayor and of the Governor.
They are two of our more valuable
awards because they help students as they are leaving school."
The Philadelphia Mayor's Award and the Pennsylvania Governor's
Award, each established in 1976 and each for $1000, are awarded to
two of the most outstanding students in competition for a second
year.
Following the award presentations the 1980 Annual Student
exhibition opens with a special reception for students , faculty,
family, friends, and PAFA members.
The press is cordially invited
to attend the award ceremonies and the reception.
The exhibition opens to the public on Friday, May 16, and continues through Sunday, June 8, for the Happy Birthday Academy Block
Party.
That day there will continuous tours of the exhibition and
the Academy.
Dean Ephraim Weinberg says, "The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts Annual Student Exhibition presents a unique oppurtunity
for the public to see student work of great vitality and creativity
fill the Main Galleries of the Academy.
We are very happy that
Mayor Green and the governor's wife will also be a part of the
opening of the exhibition."
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names of prize winners
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215 972-7600
May 14, 1980
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
More than $100,000 in prizes will be awarded to students competing
in the Annual Student Competition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts this afternoon at 4 p.m. in the Academy auditorium .
The Cresson Traveling Scholarship, which awards $2500 for travel
per student and $1800 for tuition has been awarded to the following
artists: James W. (Bo) Bartlett, famous for his painting of Gary
Gilmore; David Boskovich, Kenneth Dirsa, James Repenning, Brigitte
Rutenberg, and Charles Tisa.
Recipients of the Henry Scheidt Memorial Travel Scholarship in the
amount of $2500 each have been awarded to Kathryn Budlong, Joan Garcia,
John C. Nissen, III, and Christopher Zmijewski.
The Lewis S. Ware Traveling Scholarship, arso in the amount of
$2500 for each student has been awarded to Nobukatsu Minoshima, with
tuition scholarship as well, and to John Rains Thornton.
Other prizes and recipients are:
The Hobson Pittman Prize
Miriam Seidel
The Franklin Watkins Prize
Marcus A. Greene, Michael Weinert
The Morris Blackburn Prize (in
Joel Rundell, $100
Carol Ezell
$100
honor of the late Morris Blackburn)
Henry C. Pratt Prize in Graphics
Thomas Sarrantonio
$50
Leon C. Bunkin Prize
Bonnie Melton
$100
Mabel Wilson Woodrow Prize
Marie Gee
$100
Francis Bergman Memorial Prize
Carol Ann Moller
$100
Alexander Prize
Douglas Ferrin
$300
Wanamaker Prize
Joanne Gordin
$ 50
Benjamin 'L anard Award
Tanis Jerome
$ 50
Kleinbard Award
Barbara Reitze
$ 25
$200
Consolidated/Drake Press Award
Jeffrey Filbert
Quaker Storage Company Award
Charles Tisa
$125
Hideyo Tanako
$125
Gimbel Prize
Luis Jaramillo
$ 50
Cast Drawing
Susan Reed
$ 25
Sculpture prizes are:
Charles Dutrow Award
Mary Townsend & William
Clarke Mason Memorial Prize
Ward Prize
Mark Cullinane Memorial Prize
Robert Simon
Thomas Hayes
Siobhan Brady
$225
$225
$200
Kathryn H. Budlong
Ian MacFarlane
$600
$ 50
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215 972-7600
NEWS
FOR RELEASE THURSDAY, MAY 15:
May 14, 1980
WINNERS OF THE PHILADELPHIA MAYOR'S AWARD AND THE PENNSYLVANIA
GOVERNOR'S AWARD ANNOUNCED AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Uta Schubert is the recipient of the Pennsylvania Governor's
Award for 1980 . Tomorrow, at special ceremQnies, Mrs. Dick Thornburgh,
(Ginny) will present the award of $1000 to Ms. Schubert.Tbe _award
presentation will take place at 4 p.m. in the Washinpton Foyer of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets in
Philadelphia. The press is cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. Thornburgh, trained as a teacher, received her BA from
Wheaton College and her Masters Degree in Education from Harvard
University in 1962. Her numerous civic acitvities inc1ude:Trustee
Member, American Field Service International/Intercultural Programs,
Inc. ,Honorary chairperson, Pennsylvania Committee, International Year
of the Child, Member, Board of Fellows, the National Center of Juvenile
Justice, Board of Directors, Allegheny County Chaper, Pennsylvania
Association for Retarded Children. She has received many awards for
her service to mentally retarded children: Annual Award for Exemplary
Leadership in Work with the Handicapped by the National Exhibits for
Blind Artists, Inc, and a Public Service Award from the Pennsylvania
Psycholeical Association (June 1979).
Mayor vJi11iam J. Green will present the Philadelphia Mayor's
Award to Shingo Kamiya. This award is also in the amount of $1000.
Following the presentations of these awards, there will be a
reception for all those attending the ceremonies and for the opening
of the Annual Student Exhibition. Both Mayor Green and Mrs. Thornburgh
will attend the reception.
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BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19102
215 972-7600
NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 20, 1980
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS CELEBRATES 175 YEARS WITH
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ACADEMY BLOCK PARTY, SUNDAY, JUNE 8TH FROM NOON
UNTIL FIVE O'CLOCK
Plans for the Happy Birthday, Academy Block Party on Sunday, June
8th from noon to five o'clock are almost complete and are described
in this release.
The Pennsylvania Academy invites all the people of the city of
Philadelphia and all visitors to the city to join in the celebration
of the l75th anniversary of the country's oldest art museum and school.
The Academy was founded in 1805 so that American artists would have a
place to study and to exhibit their work.
The Academy is located in downtown Philadelphia, just two short
blocks north of City Hall on Broad Street. It is convenient to subway,
busses, and to the Reading and Amtrak.
Four
p~rking
lots are nearby.
Entertainment and art exhibitions both inside and out will celebrate
the past 175 years
Thanks to the Green administration's interest in the Academy, half
of Broad Street from Arch to Cherry, and Cherry Street from Broad to
fifteenth will be closed off to provide ample room for the all-afternoon
festivities. The city will also provide a flat bed truck for opening
ceremonies and for musicians and performers.
The Happy Birthday Party will begin with a proclamation from
Mayor Green, followed by ceremonies honoring Commissioner of Recreation,
Robert Crawford, and the announcement of the winner of the
first
Pennsylvania Academy banner contest.
The winner will be chosen next (May 29) by a panel of experts
including
~kchard
J. Boyle, Academy Director, Frank H. Goodyear, Jr.,
Academy Curator, and Ephraim Weinberg, Dean of the Academy School.
Michael Quigley, of the Fabric Workshop will also take part in the
Humphry's Flag Company has kindly donated banner material.
The American Academy of Broadcasting will provide an announcer
for the day to guide guests from one event to another.
(more)
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2.
Highlights of the mostly art oriented afternoon will include free
performances by Wooffy Bubbles, dances by Amy Cohen, an impromptu dance
performance on the Academy steps by Mattie Cantor of the City Dance
'Works in Germantown, and a parade by Peggy Field and her life-size
hand made puppets.
Guests don't have to be experts in American art to enjoy continuous tours of the National Historic Landmark Building, classic
American Heritage paintings, and the brand new works in the Annual
Student Exhibition.
Tours will leave at 1, 2, and 3 p.m.
These are
free and for all children and adults.
Other indoor activities will include a Frank Furness Treasure Hunt
for .children and the prize-winning Channel 10 film, Philadelphia: ArtPastj
Art Prologue, narrated by Richard J. Boyle.
The Pastimers, a band of retired policemen and firemen will play
old fashioned
son~s,
indoors and out.
and there will be all kinds of American music, both
Blue grass, folk, and jazz groups have been invited to
play, as well as Chuck Lauer's Barbershop Quartet.
Mr. Lauer is Director
of Career Services at Beaver College.
Children of all ages are invited to enjoy a mime and a drama by the
Society Hill Playhouse, juggling by David Baum, and face painting by
Jude Plum.
Kay Campbell will read horoscopes and Ouita Brodhead will
interpret Tarot cards.
Antique cars "of the period" will be on view, at Broad and Cherry
Streets, and a clothesline art exhibition will hanf'". on Cherry Street.
Hahnemann Hospital Eye Clinic will donate free Eye Perception Tests---with a surprise celebrity to take the first test.
The Academy Museum Shop will sell ceramic palette pins, T-Shirts,
and an Academy Birthday Party Commemorative poster, especially designed
for the day.
Refreshments, at a nominal fee, will be provided by La Diet,
Mace's Crossing, and the Commissary restaurants, and Lou's Restaurant
will bring hoagie trucks.
Jack and Jill will have ice cream, and ARA wi11
sell lemonade and other thirst auenchers.
To top it all off--towards the end of the afternoon a sing alon g
Happy Birthday will take place with everybody invited to join in, and
with free birthday cake, as lon g as it
lasts~
Cakes are being donated by
La Camareue, the Garden, the Peale Club, and by Jimmy Duffy Caterers .
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3.
Some of the art associations participating in the celebration
are the Atwater Kent and Please Touch museums--Please Touch will
provide children's games and activites, the Philadelphia Art Alliance,
.which will also donate a cake, in the shape of the Academy, and the
Philadelphia Gallery Association.
The committee of volunteers that is making all this happen includes
Mrs. Lesley Gold , Chairman,
(Wynnwood), Libby Haines Heymann (Center City
Mrs. Mark Kessler (Chestnut Hill) , Ms. Evelyn Gathright (Oueens Village),
Mr. Alex Cokos, Academy graduate (Center City), and Mrs . Marcy Behr,
Mrs. Theodore Newbold (Society Hill), and Mrs. Susan West (Wynnwood),
of the Pennsylvania Academy Women's Committee.
The entire Thomas J.
Reilly family will donate their time all day June 8th to make sure
everything goes just right.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is extremely grateful
for all the donations , time, and spirit that have contributed to the
planning of the first Happy Birthday Block Party in 175 years for the
celebration of the country's first art school and museum.
IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO GET INTO THE ACT :
People can sign up for
the clothesline exhibition and musicians and other performers can still
join in the fun by calling Jodie Evans, Membership Coordinator at
(215) 972-7627.
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More details will follow like
Anne d'Harnoncourt, Curator
of Tvlentieth Century Art at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art will also
be on the panel of experts to judge
the winning banner.
Gary Walmsley's New Light classical
rock group has just signed on. The
group includes only artists.
Contact:
Susan Rappaport
Public Information
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1805-1980
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA , PA . 19102
NEWS
215 972-7600
May 30, 1980
UPDATE: THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS CELEBRATES 175
YEARS WITH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOCK PARTY ON SUNDAY, JUNE 8 FROM
NOON UNTIL FIVE P.M.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts invites the public
to enjoy an afternoon of fun and art at the Academy on Sunday, June 8th
from noon until five o'clock. Broad Street will be closed on the
Academy side from Arch to Cherry, and Cherry from Broad to fifteenth.
For more information, please call 972-7627 or 972-7600.
The schedule of events is listed below.
TIME
Noon
EVENT
PLACE
Visitors can take part in the opening parade
from City Hall to the Academy with Peggy Field's
handmade life-like and sculpture-like puppets.
Noon-lpm
Film: Forever Furness
Auditorium
Noon-lpm
Pastimers: band of retired police and firemen
Outside
12.30
Barbershop Quartet:Charles Lauer, Bob Rosenberger Outside
and others
First Architecture Tour; first History Tour
Meet in Lobby
12.30
1. 00 pm
1. 30 pm
OPENING CEREMONIES: Proclamation from Mayor;
Honors to Commissioner of Recreation, Robert
Crawford
Fashion Show: antique dresses (1870-1910) by
Libby Haines Heymann. Commentary. music by
Pastimers
Outside
Outside
1. 30 pm
First Family Tour; First Student
2.00 pm
Amy Cohen, Living Sculpture: will present ongoing performances with masks. These performances have been presented at the Philadelphia
Museum of Art for the Noguchi exhibition and
at Etage Gallery
Inside and Out
2 .00
Actors from Society Hill Playhouse led by Deen
Kogan, ManagingDirector will perform Story
Theater, adaptations of Grimm's fairy tales
and Aesops Fables. 2.30 will perform a play
The Marriage Proposal
Auditorium
2.00 pm
Second Architecture Tour; Second History Tour
Meet in Lobby
2.. 15 pm
Bala Cynwyd Jr. High 20 piece jazz band;
Leonard Murphy, Conductor
Outside
2.30 pm
Mattie Cantor's City Dance Works:
Dances
Impromptu
Academy steps
2.30 pm
Second Family Tour;Second Student Exhibition
Tour
Meet in Lobby
2.45 pm
New Light: Artists' classical rock group
Outside
3.00pm
Woofy Bubbles: noted Philadelphia artist
brings his talents to the Academy with a
performance of sculptural adaptation of Woo
modules. vJith Susan Squires
(more)
Inside: Grand
Stair Hall and
landing
ExhibitionTou~
Meet in Lobby
PAFA BIRTHDAy ..... ADD 2
EVENT
Third Architecture Tour; Third History Tour
PLACE
Meet in Lobby
3.15 pm
Bill Del Gubernatore and electric piano trio
will play original jazz and pop compositions
Auditorium
3.15
Barbershop Quartet
Outside
3.45 pm
Bala Cynwyd Jazz Band
Outside
4.00 pm
Woofy Bubbles: reprise
Inside
4.15 pm
New Light:
Outside
TIME
T.OO pm
reprise
These artists will perform between noon and five pm outside:
Jonas Dos Santos:
Mime
Geoff Strauss:
Magicians
David Baum:
Juggler
Peanut Butter and Jude Plum: Face Painting
K Campbell: Horoscopes
Quita Brodhead: will read Tarot Cards
Assorted Clowns
Carolyn Kochur: Classical trio:
flute, viola, violin
Eiko Fan: PAFA Alunma, Hime
Booths:
Atwater Kent Musem
Art Alliance
Philadelphia Gallery Association
Handpainted Buttons by Harvey (PAFA Alunmi)
Charcoal Caricatures by PAFA Fellowship
Pennsylvania Academy Museum Shop:
Collectors Palette pin, T-Shirt,
Birthday poster, on sale.
Hahnemann Eye Clinic: Eye Perapetion Tests
Hahnemann Hospital Art Therapy
Please Touch Museum:
chalk-in; bubble blowing; games
During the afternoon there will be FREE birthday cake donated by
The Corrnnissary
The Garden
The Art Alliance (Cake in the shape of the Academy)
Jimmy Duffy Caterers
The Peale Club
La Camargue
Refreshment area by:
La Diet
Mace's Crossing
Jack and Jill Ice Cream
Lemonade
Pafa Lemon Sticks
Visitors will be invited to play the Frank ~Furness Flower Game and to
enjoy the Clothesline Exhibition of PAFA student work
The Winning PAFA Banner will be hung at the Academy
Antique cars will be on view '
American Academy of Broadcasting will announce all and there will be a
sign with schedule of events .
(Merion)
(Philadelphia)
Committee Members: Lesley GOLd, Chairman; L1bby Haines Heymann, ViceChairman; Constance Kessler, Deborah Newbold, Susan West (Wynnewood) ,
Marcy Behr (Society Hill), Alexander Cokus, (Philadelphia, PAFA graduate)
Tours by Elizabeth Kolowrat, Museum Education Director
Organization by Josephine Evans, Membership Coordinator
With thanks to all who are contributing time and performance to help
celebrate the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts l75th year of trainin
exhibiting, and collecting the finest in American art.
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LISTS
OF EVENTS: THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLOCK PARTY, JUNE 8 FROM NOON UNTIL FIVE
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Clothesline Art Exhibition
Film: Forever Furness
Academy Tours:
Architecture, PAFA History, Student exhibition, Family.
Academy Museum Shop
Atwater Kent Museum Booth
Philadelphia Gallery Association Booth
Charcoal caricature Booth
PERFORMANCE AND DANCE
Amy Cohen, Living Sculpture
Society Hill Playhouse
Mat tie Cantor's City Dance \'lorks
\';oofy Bubbles
MUSIC
Pastimers Band
Barbershop Quartet, with Charles Lauer
and Bob Rosenberger
Bala Cynwyd Jr. High Jazz Band
New Light classical rock group
Bill Del Gobernatore and Trio, original jazz and pop compositions
CHILDREN
Society Hill Playhouse
Children's Games and Sidewalk chalking by Please Touch Museum
3 Antique Cars
Family Museum Tours
Furness Flower Game
Jonas Das Santos, Mime
Geoff Strauss, Magician
David Baum, Juggler
Peanut Butter and Jude Plum, Face Painting
Assorted Clo\'ms
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SPECIAL BOOTHS
Hahnemann Hospital Eye Clinic, Eye Perception Tests and Art Thera py
Horoscope Reading, K. Campbell
Tarot Card Reading, Quita Brodhead
Handpainted buttons, by Harvey
REFRESHMENTS
FREE Birthday Cake, provided by La Camargue, the Garden, the Peale
Club, Jimmy Duffy Caterers, and the Philadelphia Art Alliance.
La Diet
Mace's Crossing
Commissary
Lou's Restaurant
Jack and Jill Ice Cream
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175th ANNIVERSARY
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BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
NEWS
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215 972-7600
Advance Schedule of Exhibitions
and Events - September 1980
MUSEUM HOURS:
LOCATION:
ADMISSION:
Tues. - Sat. 10 a.m.
~
5 p.m., Sun. 1 - 5 p.m.
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia.
215/972-7600
General admission, $1; Students and Senior Citizens, $.50;
Members, Free. Peale House Galleries (1811 Chestnut St.),Free.
EXHIBITIONS
Main Galleries
Opening
Sept. 19
JANES PYETH Member of the illustrious art family who live and
'.'.'ork in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvan ia, James Fyeth is the son
of Andrew Pyeth and the grandson of N.C.\·!yeth. This is the
first full-scale retrospective East Coast exhibition of the
,,;ork of James Fyeth. In sho\·:ing his ,,;ork, the Academy fol-.
10vIs the t radi tion 0 f honoring the \·,7 yeths. Andrew \';yeth' s
first major show was held at the Academy in 1966. The
James W)eth Exhibition will include well-kno\·.n portraits of
John .L Kennedy, Nureyev, and Andy ~Tarhol, as well as
landscapes, still lifes, and animal studies. More than
100 oils, \vatercolors, and drawings, plus preparatory
sketches will be on view, many of which have never been
seen publicly before.
Morris Gallery
Opening
Sept. 10
DIANE BURKO A series of large-scale colored pencil drawings
of Southwestern images including the Grand Canyon. KnOwn
for her large-scale landscapes, Burko exhibited these in
Contem~orary Drawings:
Philadelphia, Part 1, at the Pennsylvanla Academy of the Fine Arts, fall , 1978.
Peale House Galleries
Opening
Sept. 12
STAN MERZ AND JIB VICTOR The works of artists Stan Merz
and Jim Victor in one of the rotating exhibitions sponsored by the Academy School.
I,ECTITRES
Every
Pednesday
FOOD FOR THOUGHT GALLERY TALKS Meet in the Rotunda every
Vednesday at noon for an informative lunch-time stroll
through the Galleries. Admission to the museum is free
i;ednesdays from noon to 1 p.m.
TOURS
Docents, who are trained guides in American Art and the
architecture of Frank Furness, give tours every Tuesday
through Friday at 11 a.m. and at 2 p.m., and on Saturda~
and Sunday at 2 p.m. These tours span more than two hun red
years of American art, covering masters Benj arnin \.Jest,
Gilbert Stuart, ,nnslov,7 Horner, Mary Cassatt, Alexander Calder, George Segal, and Robert Motherwe1l. Tours are also
given for the current rotating exhibitions.
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Susan Navarre
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1805-1980
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19102
215 972-7600
NEWS
June 5 , 1980
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
DANIEL GARBER EXHIBITION AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
IN PHILADELPHIA FROM JUNE 27 - AUGUST 24, 1980
An exhibition of 30 paintings, 15 drawings, and numerous etchings
b y the American Impressionist painter, Daniel Garber,
(1880-1958) open s
t o the public at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on June 27
and continues through August 24, 1980.
The press and Academy members are cordially invited to a
pr~view
speci~~
reception of the exhbit±bn-- on Thursday, June 26, from 5-7p . m.
The exhibition marks the first survey of Daniel Garber's work since
his retrospective at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1945.
the 100th
anniver~y
It also honors
of the birth of the artist, and the l75th anniversar y
of the founding of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Kathleen Foster, Assistant Curator at the Academy, has organized
the exhibition and has written the catalogue.
The Daniel Garber exhibition is made possible by a grant from the
Pe \J Hemorial Trust.
It includes only '-'lOrks ow-ned by the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts and the Garber family.
Many of these have never
been on public view, and most of the works have never been seen together
i n one exhibition.
The etchings are taken from the complete set of
etchings owned by the Academy, thanks to the generosity of the artist
an d his family.
Richard J. Boyle, Director of the Pennsylvania Academy, points out
in the catalogue preface, "Daniel Garber has three backgrounds:
the
American Impressionist movement, a tradition he represented and a style
he continued to practice until his death in 1958;
i mpressionism of the "New Hope School"
Pennsylvania;
the regional
of artists in Bucks County,
and the Pennsylvania Academy, where he was a student from
18 99 to 1905 and a member of the faculty from 1909 to 1950."
Garber was an important link between two phases of the Academy scho ol;
the earlier generation inspired by the realism of Thomas Eakins, and the
yo unger, contemporary artists.
Featured in the exhibition are Impressionist paintings of Garber's
Bucks County. The_ Quarry (Across the Delaware from Limeport, Pa . )
(1917),
one of the only paintings that Garber felt that he successfully completed
f rom a drawing and notes, purchased the year that it was painted, by the
Ara demy;
The Sun in Summer (1919), painted near Point Pleasant, north
of New Hope on the Delaware River, depicts one of the artist's favorite
haunts (this work has been on loan to the Pennsylvania Governor's
Mansion, and most recently, to the White House (1974-1980).
It is being
re turned for this exhibition); Students of Painting (1923), an example
o f Garber's luminous interiors, and Mother and Son (1933). This last
shows the artist's wife and son playing chess in front of the light-filled
open French doors of his studio near Lumberville.
This painting won the
Carnegie Institute International "most popular painting"
(more)
Prize, in 1933,
2.
and the Pennsylvania Academy Popular Prize in 1934. Recently on loan
to the United States Embassy in Paris, it was returned especially for
this exhibition. Lowry's Hill (1922) exemplifies the full burst of
fall color seen in many of Garber's ~iews of Bucks County and his beloved Cuttalossa Creek.
Daniel Garber's pictures of famti ly , friends, and his beautiful
natural surroundings-the lush foliagF of the winding River Road from
New Hope to Easton, and the hills anr river banks of the Delaware
Valley--brought fame to New Hope as an art colony.
The Daniel Garber exhibition catalogue includes a complete
chronology of the artist, a check list of works in the exhibtion, a check
list of the Academy's complete etching collection, and an essay; by
Kathleen Foster. The essay analyses Garber's work from the contemporary
point of view and is the definitive work on Garber to date. Foster's
data comes from reviews, Academy archives, the extensive Garber family
scrapbooks, and oral history drawn from the Garber family, friends,
and students.
Kathleen Foster says of '- Garber, "Daniel Garber has always been
an important figure in the history of the Pennsylvania Academy. He
represented the values of the Eakins tradition, reinterpreted by the
late Impressionist aesthetic of the early twentieth century. Generations
of students here found Garber a demanding and inspiring teacher, and
his paintings have always been popular in the Philadelphia area. Now,
with fresh scholarship on the subject of American art in Garber's period,
his art has begun to reachieve the national reputation it once enjoyed."
Black and white photographs available
three color transparencies available
catalogue material available:
80 pages
three color plates(inc. cover)
15 black and white photos
chronology
checklists
essay
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KATHLEEN ADAIR FOSTER, ASSISTANT CURATOR AT THE PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS ORGANIZES DANIEL GARBER EXHIBITION
Kathleen Adair Foster, recently appointed Assistant Curator at
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts by Richard J. Boyle, Director
of the Academy, has organized and written the catalogue for the Daniel
Garber exhibition at the Academy.
When he announced her appointment, Boyle said: "Kathleen brings
impeccable credentials in the field of history of art to the Academy,
and in particular, in American art. We are lucky to have with us a
scholar whose dissertation subject for her Ph.d from Yale is "Watercolor
Painting in America, 1867-1890," and whose M.A. subject was "Philadelphia
and Paris: Thomas Eakins and the Ecole des Beaux Arts."
Kathleen Foster received her B.A. from Wellesley College in 1970,
where she received Freshman Honors, was a Durant Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa,
and the recipient of the Plogsterth Graduation Prize in History of Art.
She received her M.A. and M. Phil. from Yale in 1972 and 1973, and is
about to receive her Ph.d from Yale. She has been a Kress Summer Fellow,
a National Endowment for the Humanties Fellow, and a Wyeth Foundation
Fellow, all through Yale University.
Before coming to the Academy, Foster was an Assistant Professor of
French Impressionism and Post-Impressionism at Temple University's
Tyler School of Art (1977-1979), Assistant Professor, History of Art,
Williams College, (1976-1977), and an Acting Instructor-- part-time at
Yale University , (1975-1976).
She helped organize the following exhibitions: "Contemporary
Painting and Sculpture," Jewett Arts, Center, Wellesley College, 1969;
"Contemporary Printmaking in America," directed by Alan Shestack,
Yale University of Art, 1971; "Edwin Austin Abbey, 1852-1911," traveling
exhibition under direction of T.E. Stebbins, Jr. Curator of American
Art, Yale University. The exhibiti)n appeared at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts, Yale, and the Albany Institute of History and Art.
Some of her publications include: "Edwin Austin Abbey," American
Art Review, vol. 1, no. 3 (March-April 1974); catalogue entries,
Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art, Philadelphia Museum of
Art, 1976; "The Flowers of John LaFarge," American Art Journal, vol. xi,
no. 3 (July 1979) ,"The Watercolor Scandal of 1882: An American Salon
des Refuses," Archives of American Art Journal, (1979), "American Prints,
Drawings, and Watercolors," an exhibiton planned for the opening of the
new American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; included
responsibilities for selection of watercolors and drawings for the show
from the period 1860-1920 and coordinatine the work of two other colleagues
introductory essay and many commentaries to the plates, "American
Prints, Drawi ngs and Watercolors," Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980.
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS SUMMER EXHIBITION :
AMERICAN IMP RE SSIONIST DANIEL GARBER
For the first time in thirty- fi ve y ears the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia wi l l ho l d an exhibition of the works
of American Impressionist and n o ted Academy teacher , Daniel Garber
(188 0- 1 958).
Th e exhibition wil l honor both the 100th anniversary of
t h e artist's birth and the l75th a n niversary of the Pennsylvania Academy.
The exhibition dates a re June 27-August 24.
A special members '
and press opening reception i s June 2 6 , from 5-7 p . m.
The Daniel Garber exhibition has b een made possible by a grant from
the Pew Memorial Trust.
Noted for his soft, luminou s colors , this exhibition concentrates on
i mpressionist landscapes from Daniel Garber's beloved Bucks County;
d e si gne d interiors;
well-
and mellow, persona l portraits .
The 30 paintings, 15 drawings, and numerous etchings gathered for
t h e e xhibition are drawn from t he Penns y lvania Academy's Garber collection
a nd from the Garber family.
It will document the artist's range and
v itality from 1902 through the 19 40 s.
the Academy .
The exhibition will be seen only at
Many of the work s have no t been on public view for thirty
y ears.
Garber was a student of Th oma s Anshutz at the Academy, where he
taught from 1909-1955 .
He was a n imporan t link between two generations
of the Academy school :
the o lde r g eneration inspired by the realism of
Thomas Eakins and the younger generation of more contemporary artists
interested in subtlety of co l or a n d impressionism.
Although he received wi de ac claim during his life time, in the late
19 40s his traditional-style paintings were eclipsed by new movements and
the beginnings of abstract expr essionism .
However, the popularity of
American Impressionist and Realis t painting has inspired a new appreciation
o f his work today and works by Dan iel Garber are enjoying a revival.
The Da niel Garber show i s one of four major exhibitions that the
Aca d emy museum is presenting du rin g its l75th year of collecting and
exh ibiting American art.
Two we r e :
Seven on the Figure , a contemporary
e x h ibition (Fall, 1979) a n d A Man o f Genius :
Al lston (1779-1843)
(Winter, 1980) .
The Art of Washington
A one-man show b y Jamie Wyeth will
be h eld next September - De cember 1980 to conclude this special year .
Kathleen Foster, Ass i s t a nt Curator has organized the exhibition
a nd has written the critical e s s a y
for the Daniel Garber catalogue.
Long er release to follow
Phot ographs available
Cat a l ogue:
64 pages;
fully il l u strated
wit h b l a ck and white p h o to g rap hs ; two
colo r plates; biographica l a nd chronological
information; complete c h eck li s t of etching s
and e xhibition
Contact;
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~ 9.30 A.M.
TUES., SEPT. 16
CHANNEL 3 (NBC LOCAL) ON LOCATION
TO BE AIRED THAT EVENING.
HOST/INTERVIEWER:
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PUBLIC RELATIONS OR CURATORIAL STAFF.
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SPECIAL NOTICE:
EXCLUSIVE PRESS PREVIEvJ AND CONFERENCE
SUBJECT:
JAMIE vlYETH
DATE:
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1980
TIME:
11 A.M. I>IALK THROUGH EXHIBITION WITH
J /ll1IE WYETH
11. 45 A.M. NEWS INTERVIEH, LUNCHEON
SPEAKERS :
JAl1IE WYETH, THEODORE A. BURTIS, PRESIDENT,
THE SUN C01-1PANY, FRAl\TK H. GOODYEAR, JR.,
CURATOR
HOST:
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FIRST MAJOR EAST COAST SHOW FOR JAMIE WYETH OPENS AT THE
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS IN PHILADELPHIA, SEPTEMBER
19TH AND CONTINUES THROUGH DECEMBER 14TH, 1980
The most comprehensive exhibition ever assembled (1962-1980)
of the works of well-known contemporary American artist, Jamie Wyeth
opens to the public at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in
Philadelphia on Friday, September 19th and continues through
December 14th, 1980.
The exhibition includes 87 works:
37 oils, 32 water color,
nine pencil drawings , five mixed media, and four et'chings.
New Works
Etching is a new medium for the artist and he has spent the
past year perfecting his technique.
The result is a suite of four
etchings entitled The Farm, created expressly for this exhibition.
Each etching is 25 X 20 inches, in a limited edition of 125.
The
Pennsylvania Academy Jamie Wyeth exhibition will be the premiere
for these etchings.
The Raven, a brand-new oil, is now being completed by the artist
on Monhegan island in Maine.
At this writing, the paint is still wet;
its first showing will be during the Pennsylvania Academy exhibition.
It is one of Wyeth's larger works measuring 60 X 72 inches.
Another new work is the painting, A Very Small Dog,
canvas, 50 X 40 inches, 1980).
(oil on
Also on view for the first time,
this painting has been chosen as the exhibition poster.
The subject
is a small white snarling dog in a handsome old wicker perambulator,
replete with parasol, set against a lush green landscape.
The artist's
interest in portraiture combines here with a delicate contrast of
light and shadow.
The painting also incorporates Wyethis love of
enchantment and nostalgia for another time and place with a surprising touch of irony.
Also on public view for the first time will be Angeload (oil
on canvas, 1979), a mysterious dog perched in a wicker chair;
Baby
Jane and Mock Oranges (oil on canvas, 1980), and Night Pigs (oil on
canvas, 1979).
The subjects here are old favorites of the artist,
presented in new ways.
Other new works are Boom Boom in the Snow
(watercolor, 1980), a spirited water color of a family pet.
Jamie Wyeth's world is as varied as his art.
Called a "master
of the portrait," his celebrity portraits of President John F. Kennedy.
now in the Kennedy Library, Dorchester, Massachusetts, Jean Kennedy
Smith, dancer Rudolph Nureyev, artist Andy Warhol, and father, artist
Pndrew Wyeth, hang side by side with portraits of Lady ( a sheep),
Den Den, a favorite pig, and other barnyard friends.
(more)
All of these
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paintings will be in the exhibition.
They vividly show how 1Nyeth
"attempts to become the sitter in his search for truth and to hope
to reveal all the strengths and weaknesses--hidden below the surface."
About the Artist
Jamie Wyeth, born in July 1946 , is the third generation of a
family of painters.
He is the inheritor of both the American
realist tradition from the work of his father, and the fantasy world
created by his grandfather, N.C. Wyeth illustrator of children's
classics.
The Wyeth family first came to the Brandywine and Chadds Ford
when N.C. Wyeth studied with illustrator Howard Pyle and discovered
the beauty of the rolling hills where the Wyeths still live today.
The rich farm country of the valley of the Brandywine with its
beautiful Pennsylvania fieldstone buildings and the northeast coast
of Maine have been the continuin£ background and motivation for
Jamie Wyeth.
Educated at home, he beRan his first art training with his aunt.
Carolyn Wyeth.
He also painted with his father, whose advice "Watch
that form" was essential to developing the fine technique of subject
and interpretation which characterj7-es the youn g er artist's work
today. Jamie Wyeth' has accomplished in ten years (1966 - 1976) what
has taken many artists a life time.
Exhibitions
1966 -
First one man show, Knoedler Gallery, New York City;
sold out
1969
1971
1973
1974
1975
1976
Farnsworth Museum, Rockland, Maine
-
Brandywine Museum, with Andrew
Wyeth and N.C. Wyeth
Brandywine Museum, portraits by Wyeths
Coe Kerr Gallery, New York City
Joslyn Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Coe Kerr Gallery, with Andy Warhol , New York City
Private World; Public Responsibility
Although he lives and works in a private world, Jamie Wyeth has
assumed many public responsibilities that have given great depth of
feeling to his art.
To accurately portray John F. Kennedy , whom he
had never met, Wyeth went on the campaign trail with both Robert
Kennedy and Edward Kennedy.
Council on the Arts.
In 1972 he was appointed to the National
In 1974 he recorded the events of Watergate,
producing a series of courtroom
drawi~
for Harper's Magaz ine. These
link Jamie Wyeth with an American art tradition--artist as journalist.
Winslow Homer, whose seascapes and watercolors are a formative influence long acknowledged by Wyeth, also worked as a pictorial reporter
for Harper's during the Civil War.
In 1975 he was invited to visit
and lecture in the Soviet Union, where he at once found a rapport
with
dissident artists .
Institute in 1975.
(more)
He was appointed to the National Space
3.
About the Academy
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts celebrates its
l75th anniversary in 1980.
The Jamie Wyeth exhibition marks the
grand finale of this important exhibition year and in honoring
Wyeth it continues the Wyeth-Academy link.
N.C. Wyeth exhibited
at the Academy regularly for thirty-five years, Henriette Wyeth
was a student at the Academy's school, and in 1966 the Academy
presented the first full-scale exhibition of Andrew Wyeth's work.
Exibitions all year have represented the best in Academy t r adition,
and the Jamie Wyeth exhibition is a showing of works by one of
America's youngest artists at the country's oldest museum and school.
The Jamie Wyeth exhibition has been organized by Curator
Frank H. Goodyear Jr. and Kathleen Foster, Assistant Curator, in
cooperation with Coe-Kerr Gallery which represents the artist.
The
exhibition has been made possible by a grant from the Sun Company.
Summation
Frank H. Goodyear, Jr. comments, "Jamie Wyeth profited immensely
from his thorough family training, but he soon recognized limitations
of working in someone else's style.
Without abandoning his heritage
for something radically new. he sought in his own terms to enlarge it.
He gradually developed a more impressionist sort of painting -rich
and sensuous. tactile and assertive, full of light and air .... his
painting expresses the abiding American need to understand reality
in terms of realistic images.
One trusts that he will continue to
enlarge upon his own resource in the future as he has in the past."
Opening Festivities
Subscription Black Tie Dinner, September 16th
Members' Reception September 18th, 5 - 7 p.m.
Opening to the Public, September 19th 10 - 5 p.m.
Publications
Jamie Wyeth (Houghton Mifflin). Hard cover, full cover,
$30, until January 1, 1981;
thereafter, $35. Available at
Museum Shop
Jamie Wyeth, (Houghton Mifflin) Museum ed i tion, soft cover, with
introduction by Frank H. Goodyear, Jr., $10.95, available, Museum
Shop.
Brochure, with biography of artist, two full color photos and
Exhibition Check List.
Free. Made possible by Sun Company.
Produced by Museum Education Department
Full Color Poster: A Very Small Dog, $6, available, Museum Shop.
Photographs of artist and works available upon request
transparencies of artist and works available upon request
biographical material available upon request
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SPECIAL EVENTS
SPECIAL EVENTS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE JAMIE WYETH EXHIBITION
SEPTEMBER - DECEMBER 1980
Tuesday, September 16.
11 a.m.
EXCLUSIVE PRESS PREVIEW
Exhibition preview and press conference with artist Jamie Wyeth,
curator Frank H. Goodyear, Pennsylvania Academy Director Richard
J. Boyle, and President of Sun Company (sponsors of the JAMIE WYETH
exhibition) Theodore A. Burtis.
Tuesday, September 16.
5:45 p.m.
GALA PREVIEW RECEPTION AND DINNER
Dinner and reception sponsored by the Women's Committee of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
By reservation only, information : 972-7639.
Thursday, September 18.
5 - 7 p.m.
MEMBERS' OPENING
Opening reception of the JAMIE WYETH exhibition for members, press,
and friends.
Wednesday, October 1 .
5:45 p.m.
THE BRANDYWINE HERITAGE
Lecture by James Duff, Director of the Brandywine Museum.
museum admission.
Wednesday, October 29.
Free with
5:45 p.m.
THE "UNPOPULAR" ANDREW WYETH
Lecture by John Caldwell, Assistant Curator of American Painting, the
Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Free with museum admission.
Wednesday, November 5.
5 - 7 p.m.
BOOK SIGNING AND RECEPTION FOR THE ARTIST
JAMIE WYETH will be on hand to sign copies of his new book (Houghton
Mifflin). Exhibition gallleries will be open for viewing.
Wednesday, November 12.
5:45 p.m.
ABOUT JAMIE ltlYETH
Lecture by Theodore E. Stebbins, Curator of American Paintings, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts.
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Wednesday, November 12.
6:30 p.m.
SPECIAL DINNER
Dinner following lecture to honor lenders to the JAMIE WYETH exhibition
and to honor Charles Willson Peale Society members.
Information:
972-7627.
Sunday, November 23.
2:30 p.m.
MEMBERS' AFTERNOON
Tour of the JAMIE WYETH exhibition from the Curator's point of view,
with Frank H. Goodyear, Jr.
Refreshments.
Wednesday, December 10.
JAMIE WYETH:
5:45 p.m.
INTERPRETED IN DANCE
A ballet interpretation of the Jamie Wyeth exhibition choreographed and
performed by dancers from the Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts.
Reception and tour of the exhibition follows.
Fee: $7.50.
972-7627.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Informal gallery talks, every Wednesday at noon from September 24
through December 10. Meet in rotunda.
Free with museum admission.
GALLERY TOURS
Gallery tours with a focus on JAMIE WYETH are given every Tuesday through
Friday at 11 and 2 and Saturday and Sunday at 2.
SLIDE AND TAPE:
JAMIE WYETH AND AMERICAN PAINTING
A slide tape on selected aspects of Jamie Wyeth's work, with comparison
and contrast to other American painters will be shown continuously in the
history gallery during the exhibition.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
LOCATION:
HOURS:
Broad and Cherry Streets, Center City Philadelphia
Tuesday - Saturday 10 - 5, Sunday 1 - 5.
ADMISSION:
INFORMATICN:
$1, general admission;
$.50 students and senior citizens.
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September 17, 1980
Lectures
DIANE BURKO GIVES LUNCHTIME TALK IN THE MORRIS GALLERY AT PAFA
Philadelphia artist DIANE BURKO, whose work is on exhibition
in the Morris Gallery of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
from September 10 to October 26, will begin the "FOOD FOR THOUGHT"
series of gallery talks on Wednesday, September 17 at noon.
She
will lead discussion and answer questions about her work and the
exhibition of her large colored-pencil landscapes, Images of the
Southwest.
The FOOD FOR THOUGHT series will continue on Wednesdays at noon
until December 14.
Other speakers will include members of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
fall JAMIE
~~ETH
and Mark Cohen.
staff speaking about the
exhibition, and Morris Gallery artists Jody Pinto
For more information, call
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sun. 1 - 5 p.m.
students and senior citizens.
It is open Tues.- Sat.
Admission is $1, .$.50 for
For more information, call 972-7600.
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For Immediate Release
JAMES DUFF TO LECTURE AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
James Duff, Director of the Brandywine Museum in Chadds Ford,
Pennsylvania, will lecture at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts on "rednesday, October 1 at 5:45 p.m. in the auditorium at
Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia.
His topic is The Brandywine
Heritage, Which includes illustrators Howard Pyle and N.C. "yeth,
grandfather of Jamie wyeth.
The lecture is free to the public with
museum admission.
In addition to being the Director of the Brandywine Museum since
1973, James Duff is Executive Director of the Brandywine Conservancy.
He is also a member of the Board of Governors of the Northeast Museum
conference , and a member of the Visual Arts Panel of the Pennsylvania
Council on the Arts.
The James Duff lecture is the first in a series of three lectures
given in conjunction with the Jamie 'Vyeth exhibition at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts:
The Brandywine Heritage on October 1; The
"Unpopular" Andrew '\yeth, presented October 29 by John Caldwell of the'
Metropolitan Museum of Art; and a lecture About Jamie "yeth by Theodore
Stebbins, Curator of American Painting at the Boston Museum of Fine
Arts, on November 12.
The Jamie Hyeth exhibition continues at the Pennsylvania Academy
through December 14, 1980.
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JAMIE WYETH ON ART AND CELEBRITIES, HERB DENENBERG ON THE FEDS,
AND CONVICTS ON THEIR CHRISTMAS TOY DRIVE HEADLINE "10 AROUND TOWN"
OCTOBER 18 AT 7: 00 PM ON CHANNEL 10
Jamie Wyeth of the legendary local art clan talks with Cherie Bank about his life
and work on "10 Around Town" for Saturday, October 18 (7 :00-7 :30 PM).
Also, Larry Kane
goes behind bars for a look at an unusual campaign by convicts to €ollectChristmas toys
for underprivileged youngsters.
In his "A Dose of Denenberg" segment, consumer advo-
cate Herb Denenberg discusses President Carter's promise to him to investigate
Federal supervision of dangerous product labels.
In an intimate and candid interview at The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
painter Jamie Wyeth reveals to Cherie Bank his feelings about his work, his critics,
and his celebrity status.
Although he grew up ,with art as the son of Andrew Wyet.; and
grandson of N. C. Wyeth, he says, " .•. I don't find it easy, I often don't enjoy it ...
i t always knocks me out when people say,
It's not relaxing!
It's work!"
"I
paint as a
hobby because i t ' s so relaxing.'
He still loves to paint and calls his profession "an
addiction, a love-hate relationship."
wyeth also defends himself from the critics who have called his work "ostentatiousI
ly humble."
He also reveals that, after his experience with his posthumous portrait of
_President John Kennedy, he will never do another posthumous work again.
A unique program among Rahway State Prison convicts is the focus of a segment by
Larry Kane.
The prisoners, many of whom are serving long-term sentences for rape, as-
sault and murder, are joining with correction officials and community groups to collect
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Christmas toys and gifts for underprivileged children.
The convicts talk about the
pain of being behind bars during the holidays and their motives in the toy campaign.
Says Joe Dyer, serving a 17-21 year sentence for abduction and rape, " ••• the word
'rapist' will follow me for the rest of my life.
But that doesn't mean I can't give
something back to society."
In his monthly "A Dose of Denenberg," consumer advocate Denenberg charges the
Federal bureaucracy with gross incompetence in recalling product labels with dangerous
and potentially fatal first-aid advice.
President Carter recently made a personal
promise to Denenberg to receive pertinent information from Denenberg and act on the
problem immediately.
Denenberg reports on his progress -- or lack of it -- in getting
the President to make good his promise.
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1805-1980
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. 19102
215 972-7600
NEWS
October 14, 1980
LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALKS SCHEDULED AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has scheduled
a series of lunchtime gallery talks which allow the general
public to discuss paintings on exhibition with a museum
professional.
Called "Food for Thought" the
gallery talks
take place each Hednesday at noon; they are free with museum
admission.
The gallery talks scheduled for 1980 are:
Oct. 22
Frank Goodyear, Curator
Oct. 29
Kabhleen Foster, Assistant Curator
Nov. 5
Elizabeth Kolowrat, Museum Education
Director
Nov. 12
Dan Miller, PAFA Art Instructor and
artist • .
18 (Tuesday)
Nov.
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Jody Pinto, artist, discussing her
own work.
Nov. 19
Arthur DeCosta, PAFA instructor and artist
Nov. 26
Susan Rappaport, Public Information
Officer.
Dec. 3
Elizabeth Kolowrat, Museum Education
Director
Dec. 10
Elizabeth Romanella, Assistant to
the Curator
Dec. 17
Jeanne HacAlpine, Education As sistant "
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at
Broad and Cherry Streets, ·Philadelphia. For more information, 972-7600.
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October 14, 1980
ADVANCE NOTICE FOR :
LISTINGS EDITORS
ART EDITORS
FEATURES EDITORS
SPECIAL EVENT AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Artist JODY PINTO wiil give a Noon Gallery Lecture on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1980 in the ~orris Gal lery of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
She will talk about the conception of and the construction
of her 'site specific' L1stallation and Drawings, Split Tongue,
which will be on view in the gallery through December 28th.
JODY PINTO makes 'site specific' works both indoors and
outdoors and is particularly interested in construction and
excavation:
"I am digginf, my way into myself.
It is a process of excavation/entombment that is
repeated with every lift of the shovel.
1 am twelve feet into the earth and I can't tell where
the hot, s1;veet, damp smell is coming from."
-PENNDOT Landfill, Philadelphia,1975
-Excavations and Constructions :
notes for the body/land, published
1979
Admission to the talk will be FREE with museum admission of
$1, or $.50 for students and senior citizens.
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October 14, 1980
SPLIT -TONGUE, SITE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION AND DRAWINGS BY
JODY PINTO IN THE MORRIS GALLERY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS
JODY PINTO, as well-known for organizing WOAR (Women Organized
Against Rape) as she is for her site-specific works , will create
an installation in the Pennsylvania Academy's Morris Gallery . The
artist says that she takes her cue from the Ilin credible vertical
space of the gallery." The installation will be made primarily of
wooden structure s, it will be constructed on many different levels,
and will involve the viewer as participant in the installation.
The installation by JODY PINTO will be on view in the Morris
Gallery from November 7 - December 28, 1980. There will be a special
press preview and opening reception on Thursday, November 6, from
5 - 7 p.m. in the gallery. All Pennsylvania Academy students are
invited as guests of the Academy to the reception.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT ABOUT 'SPLIT TONGUE "
"My recent work is a proces s of 'melting' formal structures
with charged emotional content: pers onific ation; the energy in
violence and anger; ambiguity. The construct is 'site specific'
and the structures often use the body as an architectural root for
their form. Body functions are content and act as a means of expressing emotions and feelings. Hay spouting between cement blocks
can be seen as hair. A cracked, rust-colored cement floor is parched
earth or burnt, cracked, bl eeding skin, or it might be the energy
within that structure expressing life in the form of blood--just as
it does in the human body."
"Snakes hear with split/fork eci tongues
Liars speak with split/forked tongues
Rivers , Roads, Trees, Lightnit'ly,"
bIOGRAPHICAL INFORMAT ION, JODY PINTO
JODY PINTO was born in New York City in 1942. She attended
Sacred Heart Convent in New York and then transferred to the High
School of Industrial Art. She then went on to the Fashion Institute
of Technology and then came to Philadelphia whe re she attended the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia College
of Art. She received a Cres son Traveling Fellowship from the Academy
in 1967 and a National En dowment for the Ar ts Fellowship, 1979/80.
S~~ is a a Visiting Cr itic and Teacher at the Academy.
She organized
1iJOAR (1ilomen OrE!,anized Agains t Rape) in 1971 vlhich she calls "the
most important art ~"o rk I have ever done."
INDI VIDUAL EXHIBITION S
1980
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
1'~2 GREEi:-JE STREET GALLERY, NEH YORK CITY
1979
RICHARD D£}1J\RCO GALLE PY, EDINBUP.GH, SCOTLP.ND
HAL BROMM GALLERY, NEW YORK CITY
MARIAN LOCKS GALLERY, PHILADELPHIA
HAL BROMM GALLERY, NEW YORK CITY
1978
NEXUS GALLERY, PHILADELPHIA
1977
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBIT IONS
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, SWARTHMORE, PENNSYLVANIA
1980
TEL-HAl 80 CONFERENCE, UP?ER GALILEE, ISRAEL
1980 VENICE BIENNIALE, VENICE, ITALY
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MADE IN PHILADELPHIA III, INS '~ITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY
ART, PHILADELPHIA
ARCHITECTURAL REFERENCES, LOS ANGELES INSTITUTE OF
CONTEMPORARY ART, CALIFORNIA
NEW YORK 1980, BANCO/MASSIMO MININI, BRESCIA, ITALY
CONTEMPORARY DRAWINGS, II, PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART
1979 BIENNIAL EXHIBIITON, WHITNEY MUSEUM OF ART , NEW YORK
A GREAT BIG DRAWING SHOW, P.S. 1, INSTI TUTE FOR ART
AND URBAN RESOURCES, NE\A! YORK CITY
CUS'T'OM AND CULTURE-PART II, CREATIVE TIME, INC., (OLD
CUSTOMS HOUSE), NEW YORK CITY
DWELLINGS, INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART, PHILADELPHIA;
NEUBERGER MUSEUM, NEW YORK
COLLECTION IN PROGRESS, MOORE COLLEGE OF ART, PHILADELPHIA
CONTEMPORARY ISSUES: WORKS ON PAPER BY WOMEN,
LOS ANGELES , SALT LAKE CITY, HOUSTON
OUTDOOR PIECES
TEL HAl 80 CONFERENCE, UPPER GALILEE, ISRAEL
SWARTHMORE COLLEGE, OUTDOOR PROJECT, SITE PIECE
FLOOD PIECE, UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA
SERPENTINE CORRIDOR, WOOSTER COLLEGE
RICHARD DEMARCO GALLERY, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE, CHICAGO
THREE OPEN WELLS, WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY, DAYTON, OHIO
PENNDOT LANDFILL (3WORKS) PHILADELPHIA
MONTAUK POINT, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
ABANDONED BUILDING, PHILADELPHIA
ARTPARK , LEWISTON, NEW YORK (FIRST OUTDOOR PIECE)
1979
1978
19 77
1980
1979
1978
197 7
1976
1975
!1orris Gallery exhibitions are made possible through grants
from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Provident National Bank,
and Reliance Insurance Company .
Artists are chosen from applications submitted to the curator
and to a rotating committee composed of artists, scholars, curators,
and collectors in the Philadelphia area. Morris Gallery exhibitions
were established in 1978 to provide a showcase for primarily contemporary artists who work in and around Philadelphia and the outlying
districts.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad
and Cherry Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of
City Hall and near all public transportation and public parking.
Its exhibitions and permanent collections are housed in a
National Historic Landmark building , designed in Vic to rian g othic
"Philadelphia Style" .
Hours are:
10 - 5 , Tuesday through Saturday; 1- 5, Sunday
Admission:
Clo s ed every Monday
$1 Gen eral Admission, $.50 Students, Senior Citizen s
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ART EDITORS
October 22, 1980
ROBYN HAMLYN LECTURES ON AMERICAN ARTIST AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
Robyn Hamlyn of the Tate Gallery in London, England will
speak on Monday, November 3, 1980 at 5:45 p.m.
will be "Charles Robert Leslie:
His subject
The Academy's First Scholarship
Student Abroad."
In 1811, Charles Robert Leslie won $200 to
study in London.
This was the first award of its kind made by
the directors of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Leslie was known for his paintings of theatrical and literary
subjects.
The lecture takes place in the auditorium of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia.
The lecture is free to the public with museum admission of $1;
$.50 for students and senior citizens.
The fall lecture series at the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts will conclude on Wednesday, November 12, 1980 at 5:45 p.m.
with a lecture "About Jamie Wyeth" by Theodore E. Stebbins.
Stebbins
is Curator of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
"About Jamie Wyeth" is given in conjunction with the Jamie Wyeth
exhibitio~
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts until
December 14, 1980.
Tours of the permanent collection of American art and the
Jamie Wyeth exhibition are given free with museum admission
Tuesday through Friday at lla.m. and 2 p.m. and Saturday and
Sunday at 2 p.m. only.
For group tour reservations, please
call 972-7608.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located two
blocks north of City Hall, at Broad and Cherry Streets.
open Tuesday to Saturday 10 to 5, and Sunday 1 to 5.
It is
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information, please call 215-972-7600.
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October 28, 1980
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
REEVE SCHLEY III AND
F~~LIN
DRAKE OPEN AT PEALE HOUSE
November 7-28 the Peale House Gallery presents works
by Reeve Schley III and Franklin Drake.
Opening in the West Gallery is an exhibition of watercolors by Reeve Schley III.
A student at PAFA from 1959-63,
Schley's works have been wi de l y exhibited including at the
Graham Gallery in New York, the Hull Gallery in Washington
D.C. and most recently at the Byck Gallery in Louisville,
Kentucky.
He was awarded the Certificate of Merit from the
National Academy of Design in 1978 and in 1979 received the
Fellowship Award from the New Jersey State Council on the
Arts.
Primarily a landscape painter, Schley portrays the summer havens of the Eastern seabord osuch as Cape May, Murray
Bay and Martha's Vineyard.
Commenting on the serenity of
his subjects he states, "To me they're like a still life
with rocks or people placed on a beach •.• But it is also the
feeling of air between the objects that I am trying to capture- how to get the eye from here to way out there, from
one color to the next."
Franklin Drake hopes to someday commandeer the USS
Saratoga to convert it into a "goodwill ship for cultural
exchange".
Among his current achievements was his return
to his alma mater this year to win the pAFA birthday banner
contest.
Drake was a student at the academy from 1949-1956.
In Philadelphia he has exhibited at the Art Alliance Box
Show, the Painted Bride and the Eyes Gallery.
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The exhibition will include works ranging from
paintings and collages to objects that utilize any and all
possible media.
Also shown will be some earlier pieces as
well as a number of his plexiglass and styrofoam boxes.
On
November 28 Drake will stage an event incorporating his
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tions with other art forms, emphasizing the role of music.
Peale House exhibitions are organized by the faculty of
the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
They focus on faculty,
alumni and student works.
Peale House is lohated at 1811 Chestnut St. Phila.
Hours are: Tues-Sat 10-5 and Sunday 1-5
Admission is free.
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October 29, 1980
For Immediate Release
JAMIE WYETH BOOK SIGNING AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
A book party will be held after hours at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
After museum hours that is!
Jamie Wyeth will be on hand to autograph his new
book Jamie Wyeth on Wednesday, November 5 from 5 to 7 p.m.
A chance to meet the artist and see his new book, this is also
a chance to see the Jamie Wyeth exhibition at a time when the
galleries are usually closed.
The Jamie Wyeth book, published by Houghton Mifflin,
contains 147 pages of color illustrations.
and $35 after January 30, 1981.
The cost is $30,
The book is on sale in the
Museum Shop.
The Jamie Wyeth exhibition continues at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts through December 14, 1980.
The exhibition is accompanied by special events and gallery
tours, a catalogue and a poster.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located
at Broad and Cherry Streets, in center city Philadelphia.
For more information please call 972-7633 or 972-7600.
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MUSICAL MORNING AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
The first Young Audiences concert at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts will be presented on Saturday,
November 15 ofrom 10 a.m. to noon.
The Introduction to Opera
Program will perform opera excerpts for children of all ages.
Tn· .honor of the Jamie Wyeth exhibition at the oldest
art school and museum in the country, American folksongs about
the sea, animals and farms will be featured, along with
musical examples from Oklahoma, Porgy and Bess, Hansel and
Gretel, Rigoletto and Carmen.
The program will demonstrate the way in which words,
music, singers, and accompaniment combine to create a musical
experience.
The emotions of the music will be related to
the emotional expression in paintings by Jamie Wyeth on exhibition.
The concert setting is the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts at Broad and Cherry Streets in center city
Philadelphia.
The link between the present and our cultural
heritage introduced by Young Audiences can be further
explored after the concert in a tour of the Academy collection,
which spans three centuries of American Art.
Young Audiences is a non-profit organization that
brings professional performances to children and families
in order to develop enjoyment and appreciation of the arts.
The concert is free with museum admission of $1 for
adults, $.50 for students and senior citizens, and free for
children 10 and under.
For more information, please call 972-7600.
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November 4, 1980
JAMIE WYETH ON 'TODAY'
ARTIST JAMIE WYETH WILL BE INTERVIEvlED ON NATIONAL TELEVISION
BY TOM BROKAW FOR THE TODAY SH01-l ,NBC, (CHP..NNEL 3, PHILADELPHIA),
FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14 AT 8.15 A.M.
TOM BROKAW, TODAY HOST,
WILL TALK WITH THE ARTIST IN THE t1AIN GALLERIES OF THE PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS WHERE HIS
DECEMBER 14TH. THE JAMIE
~~ETH
ONE-MJL~
SHOW CONTINUES THROUGH
EXHIBITION IS THE
GruL~D
FINALE
OF THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS,
NATIONAL HISTORIC LANDMARK AND LOCAL TREASURE .
THE EXHIBITION HAS
BEEN MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE SUN COMPANY.
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CONCERT AT THE PENNSYLVA.T\1IA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS: A GEORGE
ROCHBERG PREMIERE COMPLETES THANKSGIVING WEEKEND ACTIVITES
Flutist Carol Wincenc and Harpist Nancy Allen will present
an all-Rochberg program in the Rotunda of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts on SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30TH, 1980, AT 3 P.M.
George Rochberg, internationally reknowned contemporary composer
and a member of the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, will
attend the concert.
Among the works to be played is the Philadelphia Premiere of
"Slov1 Fires of Autumn." The subtitle of this ,>Jork is "Dkiyo-e II,
which refers to a school of Japanese painting aiming at giving a
picture of the universe as an ever-evolving process. Carol Wincenc
commissioned this work for her Naumburg flute competition prize.
'.Jhen the piece was reviewed in New York, Donal Henahan of the
New York Times said "near the end of the piece it works its spell with
a lovely economy and with simple, ear-cleansing sounds."
The public is welcome to attend the afternoon performance, and
no tickets are necessary. Admission is simply standard museum admission
of $1 or $.50 for Senior Citizens and Students. Members are free.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad
and Cherry Streets, near all public transportation and public parking.
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December 1, 1980
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FOR:
LISTINGS EDITORS, ART EDITORS
ACADEMY SCHOOLS:
THE SECOND PHASE (1860 - 1900) OPENS AT
THE PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES
The Academy Schools:
The Second Phase (1860-1900) opens at the
Peale House on December 5 and continues through December 26, 1980.
Peale House exhibitions are organized by a faculty committee of
the Pennsylvania Academy and focus on alumni, students, and faculty.
Guest Curator for this exhibition is David Sellin, formerly of
the Pennsylvania Academy, and presently curator of the United States
Capitol Building, Washington, D.C.
31 teaching works plus works by Academy students are included
in the exhibition.
by Thomas Eakins;
Featured will be a Perspective Study,
(drawing)
three studies by Thomas Anshutz, Female Torso from
cast, Landscape, and Studio Study; John Sloan's print of Anshutz Anatomy
Class and oil of Opera:
Dramatic Music, and three oil studies by
Cecilia Beaux.
Other artists who were students and teachers at the Academy represented in the exhibition are: Maxfield Parrish, Charles Grafly, Frank
Kirkpatrick, Alexander S. Calder, William Merritt Chase, Theodore Robinson, Robert Vonnoh, Bernard Uhle, Adam Albright, Joseph De Camp, James
Hamilton, Henry Ellicott, Joseph A. Bailly, Peter Rothermel, William E.
Cresson, Christian Schussele, Jean Gerome, Mario Fortuny, William M.
Harnett, Walter Dunk, Alice Barber, James Kelly, Charles Harley, and
Charles Fussell.
Many artists both studied and taught at the Academy.
Careful
photographic and anatomical studies aided in Eakins' portrayals.
After
ten years of teaching; he left the Academy due to a dispute over his
use of live models. His classes in anatomy were, however, continued
under his assistant and successor, Thomas Anshutz.
Anshutz taught at
the Academy almost continuously from 1881 until his death in 1912. Although he dedicated the majority of his time to teaching, he is considered
to be one of the most important links between 19th and 20th century
realism.
Like Eakins, he uses the details of physical construction to
suggest personal character.
William Merritt Chase, also a long-time teacher at the Academy,
was part of the American Impressionist school whose style peaked in
the 1890's, but which is being revived with great interest today.
Chase
taught at the Pennsylvania Academy from 1896-1909.
It is fitting that this should be the final exhibition at the Peale
House during the Academy's 175th Anniversary Year.
In looking back at
the sketches and paintings of earlier students and teachers, it is evident
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that the demand for expertise and artistic excellence at the Pennsylvania
Academy is not just a recent development.
The Peale House Galleries are located at 1811 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia.
The hours are the same as the museum at Broad and
Cherry Streets: Tuesday through Saturday, 10 -5; and Sunday 1 - 5.
Admission is Free.
Peale House exhibitions are supported in large part through the
generousity of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Womens Committee .
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JAMIE WYETH PAINTINGS INTERPRETED IN DANCE BY THE PHILADELPHIA
COLLEGE OF PERFORMING ARTS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Two unique cultural institutions in Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts and the Philadelphia College of Performing
Arts join together once again for their second annual special event.
Wednesday, December 10th at 5.30 p.m., students and faculty of
the College of Performing Arts will interpret in dance, works from
the Jamie Hyeth exhibition which are on view at the Academy through
December 14th.
The oldest art institution in America welcomes young dancers who
study at one of the first institutions of its kind in the country.
The Philadelphia College of Performing Arts is Pennsylvania's only
performing arts college.
During 1980 the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has observed
its l7Sth Anniversary as the country's oldest school and art museum,
and the College of Performing Arts' performance celebrates the grand
finale of this special year.
Galleries will be open for a chance to visit the exhibition, and
a reception will be hosted by the Academy's Volunteers for Membership,
i
so that guests will have a chance to meet the dancers.
The occasion provides a rare oppurtunity for students and faculty
to see pieces they created performed in the magnificent setting of
the Academy Rotunda, and also the unusual oppurtunity for the audience
to see villal arts interpreted in dance.
The program will include:
Faculty Member, Andrew Pap;
Faculty Member, Joanne Tulli;
"Trio", choreographed by PCPA Dance
"Rainbow" choreographed by PCPA Dance
"Railroad . Crossing" choreographed and
performed by PCPA Faculty Member, Peter Bertini; "And Then Into the
Deep Gorge" choreographed by PCPA student, Lloyd A. Hhitmore.
Whitmore,
dance major at PCPA is 22 years old and currently with the Philadelphia
Dance Company.
He has also studied drawing at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts.
$7.50 per person.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is conveniently located
Fee:
at Broad and Cherry Streets in Philadelphia, just two blocks north of
City Hall.
It is close to all public transportation and public parking.
For more information and reservations, please call Jodie Evans,
Membership, (215) 972-7627
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Contact:
Susan Rappaport
Publ i c Info rma ti on 972-7642
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS
PHILADELPHIA , PA . 19102
215 972-7600
NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
LISTINGS AND ART EDITORS
TREASURES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION:
December 22, 1980
TWENTIETH CENTURY ACADEMICS AND
MODERNS
First in a series of four exhibitions which concentrate on treasures
from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' permanent collections,
Twentieth Century Academics and Moderns opened to the public Saturday,
December 20, 1980, and continues through Sunday, January 18, 1981
It is a
fine exhibition for a holiday family visit, closing the i old year . and ushering
in the new.
The series of exhibitions is made possible by a generous grant from
SmithKline Foundation.
Kathleen Foster, Assistant Curator at the Pennsylvania
Academy is the curator.
Twentieth Century Academics and Moderns includes seventy-five paintings,
drawings, and sculpture.
It is an overview of 20th century art, and blends
academic tradition with modern aesthetics and point of view .
"Academics" were those artists closely tied to the Academy both as
artists and teachers, who relied on academic tradition throughout their
careers, and artists who were influenced by travel and work abroad.
I'Moderns"
felt the far pull of nonobjective art.
The exhibition includes works from both of these poles.
The period of
1900 through the 1940s reflects, in large part, the concentration on representational work, while from the 1950s on, abstract works and works by contemporary artists are emphasized.
Artists include:
Daniel Garber, Maxfield Parrish, Charles Demuth,
Adolph Borie, and Hugh Breckenridge.
Contemporary artists include Arthur
B. Carles, Richard Anuskeiwicz, Edna Andrade, Martha Erlebacher, and Hitoshi
Nakazato.
Treasures from the Permanent Collection are designed for Philadelphians
and visitors to enjoy and discover more than 3500 works of American art, yet
another example of "Philadelphia Style."
The next exhibition in the series, The Philadelphia Tradition, opens in
June, 1981.
At that time, the first of three brochures explaining the art
and history of the Pennsylvania Academy will be published and issued free to
all visitors to the Academy.
The brochure is made possible by SmithKline
Foundation and will be produced by the Academy's Director of Museum Education,
Elizabeth Kolowrat.
The Pennsyvlania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets, in the heart of downtown Philadelphia, just two blocks north of City
Hall.
Convenient to all public transportation and parking.
Tuesday-Saturday; 1-5, Sunday.
Closed:
Hours are: 10-5,
Christmas and New Year's Day .
And to all of you without whose support we would perish, we thank you
for making the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' l75th Anniversary
Year a vital one.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Photographs Available.
Contact:
Susan Rappaport
(215) 977-7(,42
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
CONTACT:
SUSAN RAPPAPORT -- PUBLIC
(215) 972-7642
FOR RELEASE:
INFO~~~TION
TODAY THROUGH JANUARY 18, 1981
-60 SecondsDISCOVER ART AMERICA AT THE PENNSYVLANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
DURING THE HOLIDAYS. ./ 'A MAGNIFICENT CHRISTMAS TREE STANDS AT THE
TOP OF THE GRA_ND STAIR HALL AND THE STAIRS THEMSELVES ARE BANKED
WITH RED AND PINK POINSETTIAS. TREAT THE WHOLE FAMILY TO THE
CURRENT EXHIBITION, TREASURES FROM THE PER.l'1A.NENT COLLECTION,
A PANORAMA OF AMERICAN ART RANGING FROM THE ORIGNAL PENN'S TREATY
WITH THE INDIANS, GILBERT STUART'S EVER POPULAR, GEORGE vJASHINGTON,
LOVELY WINTERY SCENES IN SEASON, TO ABSTRACT CONTEMPORARY PAIN~INGS
"_.ND SCULTPURE. THE PENNSYLVANIA ACDAEMY IS OPEN TUESDAY THROUGH
SATURDAY, FROM 10 TILL 5, AND ON SUNDAY FROM 1 TILL 5. AN
ENERGY SAVING A~D MONEY SAVING OUTING, THE ACADEMY IS LOCATED
JUST TWO BLOCKS NORTH OF CITY HALL ON BROAD STREET AND IS NEAR
ALL PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND PARKING. IT COSTS JUST $1 FOR
ADULTS AND 50¢ FOR STUDENTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS. THK~_ NATIONAL
HISTORIC LANDMARK AND YOUR OWN LOCAL TREASURE WISHES YOU A
HAPPY HOLIDAY. PHONE: 972-7600.
