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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
BROAD AND CHERRY STREETS PHILADELPHIA, PA 19102
NEWS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(215) 972-7600
For further information, contact:
Kirby F. Smith, Public Information Officer
(215) 972-7642 or 569-2797 (Academy)
843-9917 (Home)
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS RECEIVES $53,700 GRANT FROM
THE HENRY LUCE FOUNDATION, AND $23,600 FROM THE J. PAUL GETTY TRUST,
FOR BREGLER/EAKINS COLLECTION
(Philadelphia, Pa. - January 6, 1987) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts announced today that it has received generous grants from the Luce Fund for
Scholarship in American Art, a program of The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., in the
amount of $53,700; and from the Grant Program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, in the
amount of $23,600, in support of the recently acquired Charles Bregler's Thomas
Eakins Collection.
The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., award is in support of an annotated guide to
the manuscripts in the collection, and an accompanying exhibition.
The J. Paul Getty Trust grant is for the purpose of conserving objects in
this collection.
Funds received from the grant will be used specifically for the
treatment of Eakins's drawings, sculpture, and photographs.
This grant will be
matched with funds previously obtained from the National Endowment for the Arts and
the National Endowment for the Humanities for conservation of the collection.
In addition, the Pennsylvania Academy received a conservation grant from the
Institute of Museum Services, part of which is for treatment of Eakins' drawings,
and for matting and archival storage materials for the drawing collection.
"From the moment last year when the Pennsylvania Academy formally announced
the acquisition of the Bregler/Eakins Collection, scholars began asking for access
to the materials," said Linda Bantel, the Pennsylvania Academy's museum director.
"Thanks to the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation, the J. Paul Getty
Trust, the National Endowments, and the Institute of Museum Services, the museum
will be able to meet that demand by immediately beginning conservation of various
objects in the collection and compiling an annotated guide to the manuscript
collection.
This guide, to be published in 1988, will be distributed by the
University of Pennsylvania Press.
This is the first of several planned
publications and thematic exhibitions."
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY RECEIVES GRANTS
The Pennsylvania Academy announced the purchase of the Bregler/Eakins
Collection last June, from Mary Bregler, its previous owner.
The collection is the
last, largely unexplored cache of Thomas Eakins's art objects and documentary
materials.
The acquisition of this collection was one of the most significant
events in American art scholarship and collecting to have occurred in decades; art
historians who are familiar with the life and works of Thomas Eakins had awaited
the release of this material for almost 30 years.
The Pennsylvania Academy's
purchase encompassed Bregler's entire Eakins Collection, and consisted of over
4,200 items -- paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, and manuscripts -- by
Thomas Eakins and his circle.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SPECIAL PROGRAMS, INCLUDING GALLERY TALKS, AND DANCE AND PUPPET PERFORMANCES,
TO ACCOMPANY JACK TWORKOV: PAINTINGS 1928-1982
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(Philadelphia, PA -- January 13, 1987) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts has planned several programs for the run of the exhibition Jack Tworkov:
Paintings 1928-1982.
These programs include a videotape on Tworkov, gallery talks,
and dance and puppet performances.
All of the events are free with museum
admission.
Jack Tworkov: Paintings 1928-1982 will be on view from January 30 until April
5, 1987.
This first full retrospective exhibition of the work of abstract
expressionist artist Jack Tworkov (1900-1982) will display approximately 52
paintings, showing how Tworkov's work evolved from academic, figurative origins to
more minimalist, geometric abstraction.
This exhibition has been generously funded by the National Endowment for the
Arts and The Mabel Pew Myrin Trust.
JACK TWORKOV: VIDEO PORTRAIT
Continuous, History Gallery.
Free with museum admission.
This black and white, 30-minute videotape, made in 1974, will be shown
continuously, every hour on the half hour. In the videotape, Tworkov comments on
the development of his work from the figurative through the abstract expressionist
approach to his late, more geometrical style.
GALLERY TALKS
Main Galleries.
Thursday,
February 26
12 noon
Richard Armstrong, guest curator of the Tworkov
exhibition, will give an overview of Tworkov's career.
Wednesday,
March 18
12 noon
David Hannah, faculty member of Temple University's
Tyler School of Art, will share his insights and
remembrances of Jack Tworkov and his work.
Free with museum admission.
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SPECIAL PROGRAMS ACCOMPANY TWORKOV EXHIBITION
DANCE PERFORMANCE
Main Galleries.
Saturday,
March 21
3:00 p.m.
Nancy Frankel, choreographer, dancer, and director of
Philadelphia's Community Education Center, and
Philadelphia musician Steven Berkowitz will collaborate
on this performance of dance and contemporary music
inspired by Tworkov's images.
FAMILY PROGRAM:
HAND PUPPET MAGIC
Saturday,
March 28
11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
Main Galleries.
Free with museum admission.
Free with museum admission.
Early in Jack Tworkov's career he worked as a hand
puppeteer. Steve Ruzansky, a Philadelphia puppeteer,
will present two performances for the family audience.
Ruzansky will incorporate elements of Tworkov's work
and life into the shows. Each 30-minute performance
will be followed by the opportunity to examine the
puppet stage and learn how the puppets are constructed.
For further information on these programs, call the public information office
at (215) 972-7642, or the museum education department at (215) 972-7608.
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FACULTY SELECTS DISPLAYS PAINTINGS, PRINTS, AND SCULPTURE
BY PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY STUDENTS
IN THE PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES, JANUARY 22 THROUGH MARCH 1, 1987
(Philadelphia, PA -- January 13, 1987) -- Faculty Selects, an exhibition
displaying paintings, prints, and sculpture by advanced students attending the
schools of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, will be on view from
January 22 until March 1, 1987 in the Peale House Galleries at 1820 Chestnut
Street in Philadelphia.
In an effort to bring the finest student works to the public, the faculty
of the Pennsylvania Academy will select a few advanced students to show a
number of their works in both galleries of the Peale House.
Most of the
pieces will be available for purchase.
"The Faculty Selects show is an exciting and unique concept for the Peale
House," says Teri Ceraso, the Pennsylvania Academy's assistant dean.
"Unlike
past student shows here, this exhibition will showcase the progress of
approximately 25 exceptional students, chosen by the entire Pennsylvania
Academy faculty.
It's an excellent opportunity for each participant to share
a body of his or her work, and for the public to experience the quality and
variety of art and artists at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts."
The Peale House Galleries, located at 1820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
display a rotating series of stimulating exhibitions in all media throughout
the year.
In addition to Pennsylvania Academy students and faculty, the shows
in the Peale House Galleries feature works of prominent artists from both the
Philadelphia area and the East Coast.
These shows are organized for the
benefit and education of Pennsylvania Academy art school students as well as
the public.
Hours are: Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Sunday from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
No admission charge.
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MASTERPIECES FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC ON FEBRUARY 17, 1987
(Philadelphia, PA -- January 26, 1987) -- Members and the general public will
have the rare experience of viewing sixty of the most important paintings from the
permanent collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from February 17
through March 15, 1987.
Singular group.
This stellar selection has never been seen before as a
This exhibition provides an unusual opportunity for visitors to
view the very best of the Pennsylvania Academy's fine collection before these
masterpieces travel to the inaugural exhibition of the Terra Museum of American Art
in Chicago.
The Pennsylvania Academy, devoted to displaying works by living artists, and
the nation's oldest art school and museum of American art, is loaning these
paintings to the "newest" museum of American art, which has a new location on North
Michigan Avenue in the heart of Chicago.
The inaugural exhibition of the Terra
Museum of American Art will feature 100 master works from the Daniel J. Terra
Collection, along with the Pennsylvania Academy's masterpieces.
This
unprecendented show will span three centuries of the finest in American art,
providing a comprehensive visual history of the American art tradition.
The
nation's heritage as viewed through the Pennsylvania Academy's pieces will comprise
paintings from the eighteenth century through the 1920's.
The Daniel J. Terra
collection will include works from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Paintings from the Pennsylvania Academy's collection that will be on view in
both exhibitions include Benjamin West's Penn's Treaty with the Indians (1771-72);
Gilbert Stuart's George Washington (The Lansdowne Portrait) (1796); John
Vanderlyn's Ariadne Asleep on the Island of Naxos (1809-1814); Charles Willson
Peale's The Artist in his Museum (1822); George Inness's Apple Blossom Time (1883);
Thomas Eakins's Walt Whitman (1887); Winslow Homer's The Fox Hunt (1893); Cecilia
Beaux' Mother and Daughter (1898); Arthur B. Carles, Jr. 's An Actress as Cleopatra
(1914); Robert Henri's Ruth St. Denis in the Peacock Dance (1919); and Daniel
Garber's Lowry's Hill (1922).
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MASTERPIECES FROM THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
Daniel J. Terra, founder of the Terra Museum of American Art, is also the U.S.
ambassador-at-large for cultural affairs.
Mr. Terra, a native Philadelphian, and
his late wife, Adeline, began collecting American art in the early 1950's -- a
hobby that resulted in a major collection and the creation of the Terra Museum of
American Art.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS' PUBLIC ART POLICY PROJECT MEETS IN
PHILADELPHIA - VIRGINIA NORTON NAUDE, PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
SCULPTURE CONSERVATOR, IS PANELIST
(Philadelphia, Pa. - January 22, 1987) - The second of three task force
meetings of the National Endowment for the Arts' Public Art Policy Project is
taking place at the Peale Club of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in
Philadelphia, on January 22 and 23.
The topics being addressed in the three
task force meetings are timely and of great import,a nce to the future of public
art.
Virginia Norton Naud{, the Pennsylvania Academy's sculpture conservator,
is one of the panelists at this meeting.
Naud~'s presence on the panel is only the latest example of an ongoing
commitment on the part of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to
conservation.
It further establishes the Pennsylvania Academy's leadership
role in the addressing of public art issues.
According to Frank H. Goodyear,
Jr., Pennsylvania Academy preSident, "All of us who are in positions of
responsibility to care for the artistic legacy of this country have a sacred
trust, and I think we ought to know what the ethics and the procedures of
conservation are."
Some of the key issues that are being discussed at the
current meeting were presented at a conference that focused on the
conservation of public art, held in November 1983 at the Pennsylvania
Academy.
The conference was organized by the Pennsylvania Academy and the
Fairmount Park Art Association.
Later the Pennsylvania Academy published a
book entitled Sculptural Monuments in an Outdoor Environment, edited by
Virginia Naude: which contained articles by several authors who spoke at the
1983 conference.
The Pennsylvania Academy's first commitment to sculpture conservation
was made in 1978, with the conservation of the permanent collection.
Even Philadelphia's icon, the bronze statue of William Penn atop City
Hall, is drawing the attention of the Pennsylvania Academy.
Recently The
Willj,am Penn Restoration Committee was established to conserve the bronze
sculpture, which is being attacked by the environment.
In connection with
that, the City of Philadelphia established a technical review committee to
oversee this project.
Both Virginia
Naud~
and Linda Bantel, the Pennsylvania
Academy's museum director, are members of this committee.
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PUBLIC ART/NAUDE
"These public art policy task force meetings are taking a comprehensive
look at the related areas of project development, accession, review
procedures, deaccessioning, and conservation by recognized experts from the
fields of art history, conservation, design, law, government, and, of course,
artists," said Richard Andrews, director of the visual arts program of the
NEA.
"Objectives of the meetings are to clarify issues and to develop options
for policies and guidelines that can be studied and adapted for use by
individual public art programs.
The subsequent analysis and distribution of
the findings will have direct benefit to federal art-in-architecture programs,
as well as public art programs at the state and local level."
A distinguished eleven-member panel will examine the need for model
policies, procedures, and guidelines for the proper preservation of art in
public places.
The first meeting of the Public Art Policy Project, held in
early January, concerned itself with new directions as well as ongoing
challenges in public art programs administration and community involvement and
education.
The panel members for this second task force meeting are: Jerry Allen,
director, City of Dallas Parks and Recreation Dept, Division of Cultural
Affairs, Dallas, Texas; Penny Balkin Bach, executive director, Fairmount Park
Art Association, Philadelphia; David Collens, director, Storm King Art Center,
Mountainville, N.Y.; John Dryfhout, curator, National Park Service, St.
Gaudens National Historic Site, Cornish, N.H.; Richard Fleischner, artist,
Providence, R.I.; Thomas Hine, architecture writer, The Philadelphia Inquirer,
Philadelphia; Sam Hunter, art historian, Princeton University, Princeton,
N.J.; Edward C. Marschner, attorney, Fox Glynn and Melemed, New York City;
George Segal, artist, New Brunswick, N.J.; Alexis Smith, artist, Venice, Ca.;
Elyn Zimmerman, artist, New York City; and Virginia Norton Naude: conservator,
Philadelphia.
Naude~ who is the Pennsylvania Academy's sculpture conservator, will
help identify and evaluate the problems and responsibilities of perpetuating a
long-term public art conservation program.
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McARTHUR AWARD FOR RESTORATION WORK GIVEN TO
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(Philadelphia, PA - January 23, 1987) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts announced today that it has received a McArthur Award from the
organization Preservation Techniques, Inc.
The McArthur Awards have been
given annually since 1982 by Preservation Techniques and were conceived in
order to encourage excellence in commercial and institutional restoration, for
projects within a 30 mile radius of Philadelphia.
announced.
This year 4 winners were
These awards are named in honor of John McArthur, Jr., the
distinguished architect who designed Philadelphia City Hall and other notable
buildings.
The Pennsylvania Academy was given the Museum Quality Restoration Award
for Projects Under $300,000.
The project was the installation of a decorative
tile floor, a reproduction of the original in the grand staircase foyer of the
Pennsylvania Academy's architecturally distinguished building, designed by
Furness and Hewitt, at Broad and Cherry Streets in Philadelphia.
The floor
was installed under the stewardship of architect Hyman Myers, a partner in the
firm Vitetta Group/Studio Four, and the installation was made possible by a
generous grant from The Pew Memorial Trust. The laying of the final tile,
which occurred on June 10, 1985, effectively completed the restoration, also
under the stewardship of Myers, begun in 1974, of this great building.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open
to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday; 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
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PERFORMANCE POET DR. RIKKI LIGHTS
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1987
IN CELEBRATION OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH
(Philadelphia, PA -- January 23, 1987) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts will celebrate Black History Month 1987 with a poetry reading and
performance by Philadelphia's Dr. Rikki Lights.
The program will begin at
3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 22, at Broad and Cherry Streets.
Dr. Lights will perform her new and old poems, as well as some of her own
songs.
"My medium of expression is 'rootrock, '" explains Dr. Lights.
"It's a
combination of the polyrhythmic Gullah dialect (an English-African language
common in South Carolina, Georgia, and northern Florida) in poetic form and
modern-day blues, jazz, and rock'n'roll."
Her readings and songs on February
22 will relate to the history of blacks in America.
A poet and singer, Verneda "Rikki" Lights, M.D., is the author of a book
of poetry entitled Dog Moon.
A native of Beaufort County, South Carolina, Dr.
Lights studied history at Bryn Mawr College and medicine at the University of
Pennsylvania.
She is the director of Lights Medical Center in the Germantown
section of Philadelphia.
Tickets for the poetry reading are $2.00 for members of the Pennsylvania
Academy; $3.00 for nonmembers.
For further information and/or reservations,
contact the education department at (215) 972-7608.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall;
It is open
to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday; 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
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BENJAMIN WEST'S STUDY FOR "PENN'S TREATY WITH THE INDIANS" ACQUIRED BY
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS ... WILL GO ON DISPLAY IN EXHIBITION
FROM FEBRUARY 17, 1987 THROUGH MARCH 15, 1987.
(Philadelphia, PA - January 26, 1987) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts announced today that it has purchased Study for "Penn's Treaty with the
Indians" (ca. 1771; ink, ink wash, and Chinese white on brown paper; 16 3/4 x 23
15/16 in.), by Benjamin West (1738-1820).
Since West's painting of Penn's Treaty with the Indians is in the
Pennsylvania Academy's collection, the acquisition of this preparatory sketch is of
enormous importance.
"One of the paintings most associated with Pennsylvania and this institution
is Benjamin West's Penn's Treaty with the Indians," said Linda Bantel, the
Pennsylvania Academy's museum director.
"There is only one known fully-realized
preparatory study for this painting, and it is the one we have acquired.
In terms
of an 18th century drawing, Study for "Penn's Treaty with the Indians" is the most
important acquisition the Pennsylvania Academy has ever made.
The image, which has
become an American icon, was copied by both European and American artists well into
the 19th century.
It is always informative to see a great painting and its
preparatory study side-by-side."
To celebrate this significant new acquisition, the Pennsylvania Academy will
mount an intimate exhibition that focuses on the image of Penn's Treaty with the
Indians.
This show will be on display in the main galleries of the museum from
February 17, 1987, through March 15, 1987.
It will consist of six works from the
Pennsylvania Academy's permanent collection, as well as related material from the
collection of Mr. & Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin.
The Potamkins have one of the most
distinguished private collections of American art in the country.
Mrs. Potamkin, a
member of the Pennsylvania Academy's board of trustees, is vice chairman of the
Pennsylvania Academy's collections & exhibitions committee and chairman of it's
Collectors' Circle.
Works from the Pennsylvania Academy's collection will include both the
painting and the preparatory drawing of Penn's Treaty with the Indians, Edward
Hicks' Peaceable Kingdom (which contains a visual reference to Penn's Treaty with
the Indians), and works by artists John Hall and Edward Savage.
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BENJAMIN WEST ACQUISITION
Benjamin West was born in Chester County, Pa., about ten miles west of
Philadelphia.
He established himself in Londonin 1763, and from that time waS
constantly in the forefront of art - emerging as the most powerful and influential
figure in the English art world during the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
He
was a founding member of The Royal Academy of Arts, and served as its president
between 1792 and 1805, and 1806 until his death.
George III appointed the artist
Historical Painter to the King in 1772 - the same year Penn's Treaty with the
Indians was exhibited at The Royal Academy, to triumphant critical and contemporary
success.
Penn's Treaty with the Indians was commissioned by members of the Penn
family to commemorate the founding of the province of Pennsylvania.
With this
painting, West had created a veritable symbol of peace, just as at a later time,
Emmanuel Leutze's painting George Washington Crossing the Delaware would become a
symbol of victory in war.
for over 200 years.
West's picture has been copied, reproduced, and imitated
Penn's Treaty with the Indians has served as the prototype for
a wide assortment of similar images of peace by artists as diverse as Edward Hicks
and Red Grooms.
The Pennsylvania Academy's newly-acquired drawing for this painting is, most
likely, the original preparatory sketch for the finished work.
,
It is executed in
the monochromatic tones and white highlights that distinguish the artist's
preparatory sketches from the late 1760's and 1770's.
Characteristic of the manner
in which West worked are the slight variations between the drawing and the
painting, such as in the details of background foliage, and architectural
elements.
Where tree stumps, horizontal limbs, and boxes are sketched into the
drawing to establish structure, in the painting they are covered with drapery or
elaborated upon.
Background figures are eliminated in the painting; the positions
of the figures to Penn's right (which are portraits of his father John West, and
his half-brother Thomas, respectively) are transposed in the painting.
West
included his own portrait and those of his family, ostensibly to lend identity and
truth to the scene.
In reality, by associating with the venerated hero William
Penn, West was endeavoring to
remove the taint of his mother's ouster from the Society of Friends (Quakers)
and to gain respectability in the Colonies by validating his own religious
antecedents.
Of the original Quaker participants in the "Great Treaty," only Penn's image
was known to West through a carved ivory medallion executed from memory by Sylvanus
Bevan, a London Quaker apothecary, after Penn's death.
Because of that, West
depicted Penn as an old man, rather than as the young man he would have been in
1682.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FRAMING THE CONSTITUTION: THE ARTISTS' RECORD,
IN CELEBRATION OF WE THE PEOPLE 200,
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
FEBRUARY 27 THROUGH DECEMBER 13, 1987
(Philadelphia, PA -- February 6, 1987) -- Framing the Constitution: The
Artists' Record, which is endorsed by We the People 200 -- a national celebration
in Philadelphia of the U.S. Constitution, opens at the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts on February 27 and closes on December 13.
Fifty-eight pieces make up the
exhibition, including portraits on loan from the Second Bank of the United States
(Independence National Historical Park), supplemented by paintings, prints, and
sculpture from the Pennsylvania Academy's permanent
~ollection.
Framing the Constitution: The Artists' Record will focus on colonial
portraiture, bringing to life the assembly present at the Constitutional Convention
in the summer of 1787, as well as Philadelphians influential in shaping our
nation.
Those individuals highlighted will include Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin
Franklin, George Washington, and James Madison.
Since it was the most popular art
form of the colonial period, portraiture is invaluable today as an informative
record of the
lif~styles
and social values dominating colonial America.
The period and its personaliti.es will also be revealed in prints, such as
William Birch's An Unfinished House, in Chestnut Street Philadelphia and James
Trenchard's An East View of Gray's Ferry on the River -Schuylkill; paintings by
Gilbert Stuart, Benjamin West, James Sharples, Charles Willson Peale and his
family; and sculpture by William Rush and Robert Ball Hughes.
Detailed labeling and panels describing'late18th-century Philadelphia and the
lives of important Americans during the period of the Constitutional Convention
will ' accompany the exhibition.
The Pennsylvania Academy is planning a variety of
educational programs to accompany this exhibition throughout the year.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday,- Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art museum and art
school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American art is
housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by Frank
Furness in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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KUDOS FOR THREE AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(Philadelphia, PA - February 12, 1987) - The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts announced today that three members of its "family" have recently received
honors: Sidney Goodman, instructor in painting; Tony Sacksteder, a fourth-year
student; and Regina Neu, the Pennsylvania Academy museum's curator of education.
* * *
Sidney Goodman, who was a winner of the 1986 Hazlett Memorial Award of
Excellence in the Arts in Pennsylvania, has been appointed Distinguished Visiting
Professor at the University of California at Davis, for the spring quarter of
1987.
He will be teaching from April 6 through mid-June.
This honor is bestowed
on "only those artists who have clearly made an important and unique contribution
to art and whose career can truly be called 'distinguished. ,,,
While making his way to California, Goodman will stop at the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago, where he will be a Visiting Artist from April 2 through
April 4.
Sidney Goodman is considered to be among the most masterful of contemporary
artists and is one of the most distinctive and important figures in American
realism painting.
Goodman graduated from the Philadelphia Museum College of Art in
1958.
The artist has been an instructor in painting at the Pennsylvania Academy
since 1978.
His work is included in public collections in museums throughout the
United States.
His inaugural exhibition was held in 1961 at the Terry Dintenfass
Gallery in New York, where he has since had over 15 one-man shows.
His solo shows
also have been held at George Washington University (1969); the University of Rhode
Island (1974); the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (1975); Schenectady Museum
of Art (1977); Pennsylvania State University Museum of Art (1980); Queens Museum in
New York (1981); Institute of Contemporary Art of the Virginia State Museum
(1981-1982); Columbus Museum of Art (1981); Delaware Art Museum (1981); Boston
University Art Gallery (1982); and Wichita Art Museum in Kansas (1984); among
others.
He has participated in- over 75 group exhibitions in major galleries and
museums throughout the country.
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Goodman's honors include a Ford Foundation Purchase (1962), a Guggenheim
Fellowship (1964), a National Academy of Design Award (1971), and a National
Endowment for the Arts grant (1974).
One of ten artists selected nationwide to receive a National Endowment for
.
the Arts grant last year, Goodman was featured in the NEA-sponsored Annual Awards
in the Visual Arts Show at the Institute of Contemporary Arts at the University of
Pennsylvania.
He won the 1985 Visual Arts Award for his distinctive and innovative
painting.
***
Tony Sacksteder, a Philadelphia native, and graduate of Central High School,
was given an Award of Merit in the Ewing Cole Cherry Parsky Student Sculpture
Invitational .exhibition, which is being held in the Eastburn Court of the Federal
Reserve Bank Building, 100 N. Sixth Street, Philadelphia.
Ewing Cole Cherry
Parsky, one of Philadelphia's largest architectural, engineering, and interior
design firms, in celebration of its 25th anniversary, has sponsored this major
exhibition of sculpture by 19 outstanding students enrolled in five Philadelphia
art schools. · Students from the Pennsylvania Academy, Moore College of Art, the
Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts, the Tyler School of Art of Temple Universit y ,
and the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Fine Arts exhibited and
competed for four awards.
This sculpture show represents some of the best work
being done by Philadelphia's emerging sculptors.
Jurors for the exhibition were Penny Balkin Bach, executive director,
Fairmount Park Art Association; Mark Rosenthal, curator of 20th- century art,
Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Robert M. Parsky, president of Ewing Cole.
***
Regina Neu has been selected as a participant in this spring's Kellogg
Foundation Fellowship Program, "Museum Education: Strategies for Effective
Programming" at Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, from March 30 through
April 3.
Neu was one of twent y museum educators from institutions across the countr y
selected for this five-da y workshop.
The workshop will explore methods of
programming for diverse museum audiences - adults, children, teachers, and
volunteers.
Specific issues will be considered within the framework of several
overarching themes: mission, goals, objectives, and evaluation.
* **
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at iroad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of Cit y Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesda y ; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
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AN EPICURE'S DELIGHT
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
DURING MARCH
(Philadelphia, PA -- February 12, 1987) -- The discriminating epicure will find
much to delight in when the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fin~
Arts celebrates the
Book and the Cook 3 with a museum shop display focusing on cooking and dining, from
March 1 through March 31, 1987.
The Book and the Cook project, coordinated by the City of Philadelphia and
co-sponsored by the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau, is a collaborative
adventure with
renowned food and wine authorites who will design
.
wine-tastings with the chefs and so~neliers of Philadelphia's
~nternationally
exciting meals and
finest restaurants for a superb wining and dining exper i ence.
Fred Kelley, manager of the Pennsylvania Academy's museum shop, says, "Our
display will feature prints of dining scenes by Pennsylvania Academy faculty member
Elizabeth Osborne, cookware and pottery, cookbooks from other institutions, dye-cut
cards in the shapes of fruits and vegetables, and decorative marble fruits.
All of
the items in the display will be for sale."
The Book and the Cook program was introduced in 1985, and now takes place every
March.
This is the first
museum shop.
y~ar
of participation by the Pennsylvania Academy's
The major Book and the Cook 3 celebration will take place on the
weekend of March 26 through 29,1987.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on
Wednesd~y;
and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art museum and art
school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American art is
housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by Furness and
Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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SOUNDS OF MUSIC:
SEACOAST BRASS AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 1987
(Philadelphia, PA -- February 25, 1987) -- Sway to the strains of the fanfare
from the ballet "La Peri" and boogie to "Junk Man Rag" at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts when the Seacoast Brass, a quintet sponsored by Seacoast
Ensembles, performs on Sunday, March 1, 1987, at 3:00 p.m. at Broad and Cherry
Streets.
The concert is free with museum admission, and is organized by the
Women's Committee of the Pennsylvania Academy, in association with the Musical Fund
Society.
Under the direction of founder Diane KeIcher, the Seacoast Brass will perform a
mixed program of eight compositions, including Johann Sebastian Bach's
"Contrapunctus I from The Art of Fugue," Johann Strauss' "Tritsch- Tratsch Polka,"
and Fats Waller's "Ain't Misbehavin'."
Steven Schaffner and Arthur Tubbs will be
on trumpet, Diane KeIcher on horn, Tim Soberick on trombone, and Harry Salotti on
tuba.
The Sea Coast Brass recital will take place in the rotunda of the museum,
against a backdrop of magnificent canvases by abstract expressionist Jack Tworkov.
Also on view is an exhibition of approximately sixty masterpieces from the
Pennsylvania Academy's permanent collection.
These paintings can be seen through
March 15, before they travel to the inaugural exhibition of the Terra Museum of
American Art in ChicQgo.
Seacoast Ensembles, based in Pennsauken, New Jersey, is an organization of
musicians in the Philadelphia and New Jersey areas.
Included in Seacoast Ensembles
are the Seacoast Woods and Seacoast Strings, as well as the Seacoast Brass.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art museum and art
school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American art is
housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by Furness and
Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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WOMEN DIRECTORS AND WOMEN ARTISTS TO LEAD
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY'S CELEBRATION
OF WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH
(Philadelphia, PA
February 27, 1987) -- Women who study women in the visual
arts will be featured when the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts celebrates of
Women's History Month in March.
Filmmaker Perry Miller Adato and Eleanor Tufts,
professor of art, will speak at the Pennsylvania Academy during two different
programs on women directors and women artists.
"Women Directors Today: Perry Miller Adato and her film Georgia O'Keeffe" will
include a film sc r eening and discussion.
Ms. Adato will show her award-winning
documentary Georgia O'Keeffe, which will be followed by a discussion on the making
of this film, her film on artist Mary Cassatt, and the role of women directors
today.
The Women's Caucus for Art will sponsor a reception following the
discussion.
With Georgia O'Keeffe, Ms. Adato was the first woman to win an
American Directors Guild award for best documentary, and has since won three more
American Directors Guild awards.
This program will ·be held on Saturday, March 7, 1987, from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00
p.m., in the museum at Broad and Cherry Streets.
Tickets are $6 for members and $7
for nonmembers.
"American Women Artists 1830-1930" will feature Professor Eleanor Tufts, guest
curator of the inaugural exhibition American Women Artists 1830-1930 at The
National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, D.C.
Professor Tufts will
speak about this show and the impact and importance of the nation's first museum of
women artists.
Professor Tufts is recognized as one of the leading authorities on
art by women and is an internationally renowned author and lecturer, currently
teaching at Southern Methodist University.
This lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 18, 1987, in the
museum at Broad and Cherry Streets.
Tickets are $5 for members; $6 for nonmembers.
For more information on these programs, or for reservations, please call the
education department at (215) 972-7608.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.~.
It is open to
on Tuesday,Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
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LEONARD AGRONSKY: SCULPTURE AND DRAWINGS
AT THE PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
MARCH 12 THROUGH MAY 3, 1987
(Philadelphia, PA -- February 27, 1987) -- Gallery goers will be able to
examine how one sculptor transforms his ideas into stone in the exhibition Leonard
Agronsky: Sculpture and Drawings, on view in the Peale House Galleries of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from March 12 through May 3, 1987.
This
exhibition of approximately 30 stone carvings, seven smaller sculptures, and 45
preparatory drawings will highlight the working methods of the artist.
The
exhibition will reveal how Agronsky moves from the sketch to his beautifully
conceived and surfaced sculpture, utilizing the classical stone carving methods
which he learned while working in Italy.
"For years, Leonard Agronsky has pursued a singleness of activity and vision,
resulting in works of remarkable simplicity and clarity," says Daniel Miller,
chairman of the Pennsylvania Academy's painting department.
"Although deeply tied
to a great sculptural past, his sculpture is fresh and contemporary in feeling."
Philadelphia-born Agronsky attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
on scholarship, where he studied drawing, painting, clay modeling, and lithography
in the late 1940's and again during the mid-1950's.
He then went on to the Barnes
Foundation and the Universit y of Pennsylvania, where he received his B.F.A. in
painting and his M.F.A. in sculpture.
Agronsky is currently an instructor of
sculpture at the Art Center of Nortern New Jersey.
The opening reception for Leonard Agronsky: Sculpture and Drawings, which will
be held on Wednesday, March 11, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the Peale House
Galleries, is open to the public.
The Peale House Galleries, located at 1820 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia~
display a rotating ·series of stimulating exhibitions in all media throughout the
year.
In addition to Pennsylvania Academy students and faculty, the shows in the
Peale House Galleries feature works of prominent artists from both the Philadelphia
area and the East Coast.
These shows are organized for the benefit and education
of Pennsylvania Academy art school students as well as the public.
Hours are
Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday from 12 noon to 4 p.m.
admission charge.
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GIFTS OF A COLLECTOR: BERNICE McILHENNY WINTERSTEEN 1900-1986
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
MARCH 6 - APRIL 5, 1987
(Philadelphia, PA -- February 27, 1987) -- An intimate, month-long exhibition
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will highlight works of art given or
recently bequeathed by the late Bernice McIlhenny Wintersteen, or purchased with
her assistance.
The Pen_nsyl vania Academy will display Gifts of a Collector:
Bernice McIlhenny Wintersteen 1900-1986 from March 6 through April 5, 1987, as part
of its Women's History Month celebration.
Comprised of 16 pieces, the exhibition will include works by Arthur B. Carles,
Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, Louise Nevelson, Georgia O'Keeffe, Mark Rothko,
Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, Benjamin West, and Andrew Wyeth.
Mrs. Wintersteen, who was affectionately called "Bonnie" by her friends, died
last year at the age of 85.
For years a cultural leader and art collector, Mrs.
Wintersteen was appointed to the board of trustees of the Pennsylvania Academy in
1973.
She was recipient of the Pennsylvania Academy's Gold Medal of Honor in 1979
for her contributions.
Mrs. Wintersteen began her collection with works by
nineteenth and twentieth century European modernists, but in her later years she
also collected works by American artists.
Mrs. Wintersteen grew up in the Germantown section of Philadelphia, and later
resided in Chestnut Hill, Villanova, and Haverford.
In her youth, Mrs. Wintersteen
studied with Arthur B. earles, a Pennsylvania Academy student and faculty member
who was the subject of a retrospective exhibition organized by the Pennsylvania
Academy in 1983.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art museum and art
school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American art is
housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by Furness and
Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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VOICES OF DISSENT POLITICAL ARTS FESTIVAL
CELEBRATED AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(Philadelphia, PA -- March 3, 1987) -- A film and discussion focusing on a
controversial educational experiment in the early 1920' and 1930's, and a
panel discussion on freedom of expression will be featured at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts in April, as part of the VOICES OF DISSENT political
arts festival.
The Pennsylvania Academy, along with 20 other cultural organizations, will
be taking an active role in VOICES OF DISSENT, a month-long festival and
three-day conference, sponsored by the Painted Bride Arts Center and
coordinated by Big Small Theater.
The festival, which will be held throughout
the greater Philadelphia area in April, will explore and celebrate the
tradition of American cultural dissent and American artists of vision.
The Pennsylvania Academy's two VOICES OF DISSENT programs are "The Women
of Summer," and "Freedom of Expression: Contemporary Art that Makes a
Political Statement."
The Women of Summer is a film which tells the story of the Bryn Mawr
Co llege's School for Women Workers.
Rita Heller, American historian and the
film's co-producer will present the film and lead a discussion afterward.
From 1921 to 1937, 1700 blue collar women participated in the School for Women
Workers, a controversial and inspired educational experiment which brought
together idealists, educators, activists, and unionists.
The film documents a
specially planned reunion in which the alumnae of this program gather fifty
years later to reminisce about the school and its effect on their lives.
The
Women's Caucus for Art will host a reception following the film and Ms.
Heller's discussion.
This program will take place on Saturday, April 25, from 1:00 until 3:00
p.m., at the Pennsylvania Academy, Broad and Cherry Streets.
for Pennsylvania Academy members; $7 for nonmembers.
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"Freedom of Expression: Contemporary Art that Makes a Political
Statement," will focus on how American artists have long used their artwork as
a means to speak out on political issues affecting themselves and the world
around them.
Four artists will speak about why they create art around
political themes and what message they are attempting to convey in their
artwork.
Martha Wilson, a New York performance artist and director of
Franklin Furnace , an artists' cooperative in New York City; Mel Edwards, a New
Yo r k sc ul pt or; Charl ott e Scha t z, a Philade l phia poli t ica l a rtist a nd profe ss or
of fine arts at Bucks County Community College; and John Hull, a Ba l timore
landscape painter , will lead the discussion, moderated by Judith Stein, the
Pennsylvania Academy's associate curator.
A brief reception will follow the
panel discussion.
This pro gram will take place on Wednesday , April 29 from 5:15 until 7:45
p.m., at the Penns ylvania Academy , Broad and Cherry Streets.
Tickets are $7
for members; $8 for nonmembers.
For information and reservations for the Pennsylvania Academy's VOICES OF
DISSENT programs, call the education department at (215) 972-7608.
For
further information on VOICES OF DISSENT , call (215) 627-4433.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open
to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday; 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunda y .
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art museum and
art school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American
art is housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by
Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in
1976.
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"THE AMERICAN JEWISH ART TRADITION" EXPLORED AT
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
March 5, 1987) -- A visual exploration of the history of
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American Jewish art will take place at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
when Tom L. Freudenheim, assistant secretary for museums of the Smithsonian
Institute, will give a slide lecture on "The American Jewish Art Tradition" on
Wednesday, April 1, 1987.
This lecture, the first on this subject ever offered at the Pennsylvania
Academy, will take place before the April 5 closing of the exhibition Jack Tworkov:
Paintings 1928- 1982.
Tworkov, a Polish-born Jewish artist, is best known for his
geometric abstract paint i ngs.
This show, organized by the Pennsylvania Academy, is
the first full retrospective exhibition of his work.
Mr. Freudenheim, an art historian and museum administrator, began his career at
The Jewish Museum in New York in 1962.
He has written numerous articles and
catalogues on topics ranging from Islamic art through the decorative arts and
modern art.
With several State Department grants for travel abroad, Mr.
Freudenheim has lectured at Leningrad's Hermitage Museum, the Pushkin Museum in
Moscow, and at major universities and museums in Romania, Czechoslovakia, and Japan.
Born in Stuttgart, German y, and raised in Buffalo, New York, Mr. Freudenheim
received his undergraduate degree from Harvard College, and his M.A. from New York
University's Institute of Fine Arts.
He has also studied at Hebrew Union
College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati and the University of
California, Berkley, and has been awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the
University of Maryland.
"The American Jewish Art Tradition," will be held in the auditorium at the
Pennsylvania Academy, on Wednesday, April 1, at 5:15 p.m., and will be followed by
a reception open to our guests.
The lecture is free with museum admission.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
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THE DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLONIAL ENSEMBLE
WILL CREATE A MUSICAL LANDSCAPE FOR
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY'S
FRAMING THE CONSTITUTION: THE ARTISTS' RECORD
(Philadelphia, PA -- March 5, 1987) -- The visual and lively arts of the
colonial period will be the focus at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on
Sunday, March 22, when the Drexel University Colonial Ensemble performs alongside
the exhibition Framing the Constitution: -The Artists' Record.
The Drexel University Colonial Ensemble is a group of student instrumentalists
who appear in costume performing music associated with the period 1750- 1825 in the
United States.
Framing the Constitution: The Artists' Record highlights portraits
of influential Americans who attended the Constitutional Congress in 1787 and
prominent Philadelphians of the period.
The Colonial Ensemble's Pennsylvania Academy performance will consist of 10
compositions, opening with "God Save the King."
The program will also include
"King George III Minuet," "Lord Wellington's Grand March (1811)," and "Philadelphia
March (1 807 ) ."
The music performed by the Colonial Ensemble is resear ched and
arran ged for present- day performance by Dr. Clyde Shive, the group's founder.
Dr.
Wal ter High , pro f ess or of Amer i can hist or y at Drexe l Universit y , wi ll discuss the
histor y of music from th~ co l onial peri od.
The concert is sponsored by the Women's Committee of the Pennsylvania Academy
a nd the Musical Fund Society.
The performance will begin at 3:00 p.m. in the
rotunda of the museum, and is free with museum admission.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Stree ts in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. t o 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art museum and art
school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American art is
housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by Furness and
Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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"BROWN BAGS AND POETRY"
WITH DAVID R. SLAV ITT AND Au~ITRA DAVID
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(Philadelphia, PA -- March 12, 1987) -- Philadelphia poets David R. Slavitt and
Almitra David will celebrate Poetry Week 1987 (March 21 - 30) at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts with "Brown Bags and Poetry" on Friday, March 27, 1987.
The museum invites poetry-lovers to bring a brown bag lunch; for dessert, enjoy
poetry readings in the History Gallery.
David R. Slavitt is a prolific poet, novelist, playwright, and critic.
He is
the author of 13 volumes of poetry, including The Tristia of Ovid (1986), Big Nose
(1983), Dozens (1981), Rounding the Horn (1978), Child's Play (1972), a nd Suits for
the Dead (1961).
His novel s include The Hussar (1987), Alice at 80 (1984), Cold
Comfort (1980), King of Hearts (1976), and Anagrams (1970).
A resident of West
Philadelphia, Mr. Slavitt was awarded a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Individual
Artists Fellowship in 1987 for poetry, and for fiction in 1985.
Mr. Slavitt
received his B.A. from Yale University and his M.A. from Columbia University, and
currently teaches creative writing at Rutgers University Camden Campus.
Almitra David has been asked to read her poems throughout Eastern
Pennsylvania.
Her poetry has appeared in American Poetry Review, Beloit Poetry
Journal, Earth's Daughters, Hanging Loose, Long Pond Review, Painted Bride
Quarterly, Stone Country, and several other publications.
She was also a recipient
of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Fellowship for poetry in 1986.
host for "The Spoken Word Hour" on WXPN- FM.
Ms. David a
A resident of Northern Liberties, she
is currently an academic counselor at Temple University.
"Brown Bags and Poet ryll is co-s ponsored by the Pennsylvania Academy and
Moonstone , Inc., an interdisciplinary education program in Philadelphia.
readings will begin at 12:15 p.m . on Friday, March 27.
The
Tickets are $3.00.
For
further information, contact Herschel Baron at (215) 568-4461 or the education
department at (215) 972 -7 608.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
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STEPHEN TALASNIK'S MYTHOLOGY: RECENT DRAWINGS
AT THE MORRIS GALLERY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
FROM MARCH 13 THROUGH APRIL 26, 1987
(Philadelphia, PA
March 12, 1987) - - The drawings of Philadelphia artist
Stephen Talasnik will be on display in an exhibition at the Morris Gallery of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from March 13 through April 26, 1987.
Mythology: Recent Drawings will consist of 17 black and white works on paper
divided into four series: Manuscripts, Legends, Fossils, and Travel Drawings.
In his charcoal and graphite images, Talasnik creates fantastic scenes and
figures reminiscent of ancient legends in order to depict his own mythology.
"His
classically inspired subjects appear both physically and figuratively 'unearthed, ,,,
says Judith Stein, Morris Gallery coordinator.
"Because he is such an inventive
appropriator of past styles, Talasnik's drawings are mysteriousl y allusive, evoking
a strong feeling of history."
Born in Philadelphia in 1954, Talasnik earned his B. F .A. from the Rhode Island
School of Design in 1976 and his M.F.A. from the Tyler School of Art in
Philadelphia and Rome in 1979.
From 1980 through 1986, he served as gallery
coord inator of the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadel ph ia.
Currentl y an
adjunct instructor of drawing at Tyler School of Art, Talasnik will become
assistant professor of art at Temple Univ ersit y Japan, Toyko, th is fall.
Talasnik
has been honored with fellowships f r om the Natio nal Endowment fo r the Arts (1985)
and the MacDowell Colony (1987).
The opening rece pti on for My t ho logy: Recent DraWings, to which the public is
invited, will be held in the Morris Gallery on Thursday, March 12, from 5:00 p.m.
until 7:00 p.m.
The artist will give an informal gallery talk on Saturday, March
28 at 1:00 p.m.
The Morris Gallery, located in the Pennsylvania Academy museum at Broad and
Cherry Streets, displays the work of outstanding contemporary artists with a
connection to Philadelphia, determined by birth, schooling, or residence.
Hours
are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday from 11:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday evenings until 7:00 p.m.
The Pennsylvania Academy's "Spend
a Buck - Spend an Hour" offer includes admission to the museum and Morris Gallery
between 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday for $1.00.
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"A CONVERSATION WITH JENNIFER BARTLETT"
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(Philadelphia, PA -- March 12, 1987) -- American painter Jennifer Bartlett will
give an informal talk about Jack Tworkov's work, and her studies and experiences
while a student of Tworkov's, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, on
Wednesday, March 25, 1987.
"A Conversation with Jennifer Bartlett" is one of many
events planned in conjunction with the exhibition Jack Tworkov: Paintings
1928-1 982, on view at the Pennsylvania Academy through April 5.
Ms. Bartlett attended the Yale School of Art and Architecture from 1963 to
1965, where she received both her B.F.A. and M.F.A.
Jack Tworkov was chairman of
Yale's art department from 1963 until 1969.
Ms. Bartlett went on from the Yale School to become a well-known contemporary
artist.
During her career, she has been the recipient of several awards, including
the Harris Prize and the M.V. Kohnstamm Award from the Art Institute of Chicago in
1986; New York's American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters award in 1983;
and a Creative Artists Public Services Fellowship in 1974.
She has been the
subject of numerous solo exhibitions throughout the United States, and also in
Ital y , England, and Japan.
"A Conversation with Jennifer Bartlett" will begin at 5:45 p.m. on Wednesday,
March 25, in the museum's auditorium at Broad and Cherry Streets.
for members and $6 for nonmembers.
Tickets are $5
For reservations, call the education department
at (215) 972-7 608.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The
Pennsylvania Academy's "Spend a Buck - Spend an Hour" offer includes admission to
the museum and Morris Gallery between 12:00 noon and 1:00 p.m., Tuesday through
Friday for $1.00.
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$2 MILLION GOAL SET FOR
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
SCHOLARSHIP ENDOWMENT CAMPAIGN
(Philadelphia, PA -- March 13, 1987) -- Due to the overwhelming support of
contributors, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has raised its current
goal for the scholarship endowment campaign to $2 million, from $1.6 million.
The original goal was announced at the inauguration of the campaign, "Talent
is a Rare Gift" in September 1986 , by Charles E. Mather III, chairman of the
steering committee for the campaign, and member of the Pennsylvania Academy's
board of trustees.
Painter Robert Motherwell is the honorary co-chairperson of the
scholarship endowment campaign steering committee, which is made up of
Pennsylvania Academy trustees, distin guished artists, patrons of the arts,
students, alumni, faculty, and parents.
In addition, the campaign is helped
by an advisory committee of internationally renowned artists including Red
Grooms, Alfred Leslie, Louise Nevelson, Philip Pearlstein, Neil Welliver, and
Andrew Wyeth.
Special fund - raising events, such as Un ballo in Maschera, s ponsored by
the Women's Committee of the Pennsylvania Academy, on Saturda y, March 14, are
planned to help the Pennsylvania Academy meet this new goal.
On Ma rch 26, a reception at the National Arts Club in support of the
campaign has been planned by Will and Elena Barnet; Alfred Leslie; Philip and
Dorothy Pearlstein; James and Carmel Rosati with Charles E. Mather III; Frank
H. Goodyear, Jr., president of the Pennsylvania Academy; and Frederick S.
Osborne, Jr., director of the Schools.
Receptions, hosted by Judith
Rothschild on May 7 and James Havard on September 30, will be held in New York.
"The contribution of a scholarship carries special meaning," says
Osborne.
"The donor is giving directly to aspiring artists.
This is an
investment in the future of art as today's students are tomorrow's artists."
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY SETS $2 MILLION GOAL
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy is the oldest art school in the
United States with a four-year curriculum that combines the proven teaching
traditions of the great European art academies with the dynamic innovations of
contemporary art.
This alone makes the instutition a national treasure.
"Our commitment to provide the highest quality fine arts education is
reflected in our commitment to provide financial aid for talented students,"
said Frank H. Goodyear, Jr., president of the Pennsylvania Academy.
"The
Schools of the Pennsylvania Academy are a continental resource building on a
tradition begun 182 years ago."
Among the Pennsylvania Academy's famous alumni are Mary Cassatt, Thomas
Eakins, Robert Henri, John Marin, Charles Sheeler, Charles Demuth, and Louis
Kahn.
The Schools of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts are located in
the museum building at Broad and Cherry Streets, a National Historic Landmark,
designed by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and in the Peale House of the
Pennsylvania Academy, 1820 Chestnut Street.
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CAMERATA STRINGS OF PHILADELPHIA PERFORM
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
SUNDAY, APRIL 5, 1987
(Philadelphia, PA -- March 20, 1987) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts invites music lovers to a special concert of the Camerata Strings of
Philadelphia on Sunday, April 5, at 3:00 p.m.
The reverberations of classical
sounds against the Victorian galleries of this National Historic Landmark
building, designed by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, will make this concert a
rare experience.
Sunday will also be the last day to see Jack Tworkov: - Paintings 1928-1982,
the first full retrospective, organized by the Pennsylvania Academy, of the
work of this abstract expressionist artist, and Gifts of a Collector: Bernice
McIlhenny Wintersteen (1900-1986), a small show of 16 works given or recently
bequeathed by the late Bonnie Wintersteen.
Under the dire ction of A. William Liva, the Camerata Strings will perform
Mozart's "Divertimento in D," Rossini's "Sonata #3 in C" and Grieg's "Holberg
Suite, op. 40."
The Camerata Strings, founded in 1983, is made up of highly skilled
musicians from the Philadelphia area who were trained at the nation's leading
music schools, such as Juilliard, Curtis, Eastman, and The New School.
This performance is sponsored by the Women's Committee of the Pennsylvania
Academy and the Musical Fund Society, and is free with museum admission.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open
to the public from 10:00 a .m . to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday; 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00
Sunday.
a~m.
to 5:00 p.m. on
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includes admission to the museum and Morris Gallery between 12:00 noon and
1:00 p.m., Tuesday through Friday for $1.00.
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SELECTIONS FROM THE FREDERICK R. WEISMAN COLLECTION
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
JUNE 19 THROUGH OCTOBER 4, 1987
(Philadelphia, PA -- April 8, 1987) -- Contemporary art will be the focus at
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts this summer, when Selections from the
Frederick R. Weisman Collection goes on view from June 19 through October 4, 1987.
The exhibition of approximately 55 works from the Los Angeles-based Frederick
R. Weisman.Collection features a cross section of international post-World War II
art, and is noted for its broad representation of the work of California artists.
The Pennsylvania Academy is the second stop of the collection's 16-month tour of
prominent American museums during 1987 and 1988.
This tour follows a year during
which well-received exhibitions drawn from the collection were presented at various
cultural institutions in several European and Asian countries.
Included in Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Collection are paintings,
sculptures, prints, drawings, and photographs by artists such as Jonathan Borofsky,
Louisa Chase, Gilbert & George, Red Grooms, Duane Hanson, Keith Haring, Donald
Judd, Alex Katz, Cheryl Laemmle, Ed Moses, Robert Motherwell, James Rosenquist,
Edward Ruscha, George Segal, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.
Brenda Richardson, assistant director of art and curator of painting and
sculpture at The Baltimore Museum of Art, and Nora Halpern, curator of the Weisman
Collection, have organized the exhibition; Linda Bantel, director of the
Pennsylvania Academy's museum, is the coordinating curator.
The exhibition
reflects the composition of the overall collection of more than 300 objects by
combining works by well-known artis ts with a number of pieces by artists who have
become better known only in recent years as well as by some whose talents are just
beginning to be noticed.
The foundation-supported Frederick R. Weisman Collection began in 1982 with a
nucleus of fewer than 20 works.
The original intent of the collection was to make
fine examples of contemporary art available, through exhibitions, to areas in the
United States where access to such work is limited.
However, just as the size of
the collection has flourished, so has the scope of the exhibition touring program.
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SELECTIONS FROM THE FREDERICK R. WEISMAN COLLECTION
No other privately gathered, American-0wned assemblage of international
contemporary art travels the world on such a scale; the collection is on almost
constant public view.
Frederick R. Weisman, founder and head of Frederick Weisman Company, has had a
long and distinguished career of corporate and national leadership, and is widely
recognized as one of the foremost collectors of contemporary art in the United
States and as a supporter of young and emerging artists.
Over the years, Mr.
Weisman has assembled close to 1,500 works of art that today are divided into three
groupings: the corporate collection, the private collection, and the Frederick R.
Weisman Collection (formerly known as the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation of Art ) .
Wherever the Frederick R. Weisman Collection is shown , Mr. Weisman attends the
openings of the exhibition, usually in the company of two artists--one well known
and one a new talent.
Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Collection will be accompanied by a
catalogue of the same title.
The 120-page volume contains color plates of each
work in the exhibi tion; an illustrated essay by Ms. Halpern; a pre face by Henr y T.
Hopkins, director of the Weisman Collection; and biographies of each of the artists
represented in the show.
A soft-cover edition of the catalogue will be availabl e
at the Pennsylvania Academy's museum shop for $21.95.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherr y
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is ope n t o
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday , Thursday , Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art museum and art
school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American art is
housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by Furness and
Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in 1976 .
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THE 86th ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
FROM MAY 7 THROUGH JUNE 7, 1987
(Philadelphia, PA -- April 8, 1987) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts will once again be devoting its main galleries to the works of its students
from May 7 through June 7, 1987, when The 86th Annual Student Exhibition will be on
display.
This year
appro~imately
80 third- and fourth-year students representing a
cross section of the United States and eight other countries are participating in
the show; nearly 500 works of art in all media -- painting, printmaking, sculpture,
mixed media, and installations -- will be on view.
The students display what they think best represents their achievements within
the last school year.
Little or no jurying is imposed and a wide variety of fresh,
personal images and methods results; students who have chosen to preserve
traditional modes show their work side by side with radically experimental pieces.
For many students, this is their first opportunity to assemble a body of work in a
major exhibition alongside their peers.
The exhibition itself has become a
Philadelphia tradition among local collectors and gallery owners who are looking to
purchase the work of emerging artists.
"The Annual Student Exhibition is one of the oldest of its kind in the
country," comments Frederick S. Osborne, Jr., director of the Schools of the
Pennsylvania Academy.
"It is unique because each student participating in it is a
candidate for one of the Pennsylvania Academy's endowed travel scholarships.
For
more than 80 years, students have had this opportunity to have their work judged in
competition for travel grants that total nearly $40,000.
12 scholarships are awarded.
Each year, approximately
This competition is a focus for upperclassmen and its
prestige elevates the works of art to an exceptionally high level of achievement.
Once the scholarship recipients have been determined by the faculty, the total
exhibition is opened to the public and many of the works in the show are sold."
The Annual Student Exhibition in its current form dates from 1902, when the
first William Emlen Cresson Traveling Scholarships were awarded.
Subsequently, the
Lewis S. Ware, and J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarships were
established and, along with the Cresson, are the most prestigious of the student
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prizes awarded each year.
The Cresson is a generously endowed scholarship
established by Emlen and Priscilla Cresson in memory of their son, who had been an
accomplished Pennsylvania Academy student and later a member of the Committee on
Instruction.
Six Cressons were awarded last year and over one thousand have been
awarded since 1902.
Cresson winners travel in Europe and also receive fulY tuition
scholarship for the following year at the Pennsylvania Academy.
The Ware
Scholarship was established in 1938 for European travel and two were awarded last
year.
The Schiedt scholarship, established in 1949, is for unrestricted travel.
Six Schiedts were awarded last year.
In order to be eligible for participation in the Annual Student Exhibition, one
must have completed at least three years at the Pennsylvania Academy as a full-time
student.
Those students who qualify are assigned to hang their works on a wall of
approximately 8' x 12' in the main galleries at Broad and Cherry Streets.
Students
with free-standing sculpture are assigned a comparable amount of floor space in the
galleries.
The Women's Committee Annual Student Exhibition Preview Party will be held on
Tuesday, May 5, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.
Collectors and supporters of art
will be able to see and buy Pennsylvania Academy student work at the preview part y
before the general public has an opportunity to view the show.
For ticket
information, please call the Women's Committee at (215) 972-7639.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall .
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday , Friday, and Saturday ;
10 :00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesda y ; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art museum and art
school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American art is
housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by Furness and
Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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HERBERT GEORGE, NONA HERSHEY, EVAN SUMMER
AT THE MORRIS GALLERY OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
MAY 8 THROUGH JUNE 21, 1987
(Philadelphia, PA -- April 15, 1987) --
The sculpture of Herbert George,
prints by Nona Hershey, and works on paper by Evan Summer will be featured in the
exhibition Herbert George, Nona Hershey, Evan Summer, at the Morris Gallery of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from May 8 through June 21, 1987.
"The Morris Gallery committee chose the works of George, Hershey, and Summer to
complement one another," explained Judith Stein, Morris Gallery Coordinator.
"Hershey's and Summer's unpopulated environments hint at a human presence, while
George's portrait heads dramatically confront the viewer with an introspective
vision of the human form."
Herbert George's diverse sculpted heads were worked from the same sitter over
an extended period of time.
modeled in the negative.
Some have sections cut away and parts of the face
George studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy and
received his B.F.A. and M.F.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1966.
Founding editor and publisher of Tracks, a journal of artists' writings, George is
the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship, a New York State Council on the Arts
grant, and a Guggenheim Fellowship.
Nona Hershey focuses on the small details of buildings in her prints, picking
out shutters, curtains, and balconies for special attention.
At once mundane and
magical, these domestic scenes are suffused with light and air.
Hershey studied at
Temple University's Tyler School of Art, receiving her B.F.A. in 1967 and her
M.F.A. in 1969, and is now an assistant professor of printmaking with Temple Abroad
in Rome, Italy.
In Evan Summer's works on paper, the artist chooses to populate the environment
with bold architectural elements in various states of construction and
destruction.
Summer received his B.F.A. from the State University of New York at
Buffalo in 1973, and his M.F.A. from the Yale University School of Art in 1975.
His work is represented in the collections of the National Gallery of Art, the
Corcoran Gallery, The Brooklyn Museum, and the National Museum of American Art.
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HERBERT GEORGE, NONA HERSHEY, EVAN SUMMER
The public is invited to the opening reception for Herbert George, Nona
Hershey, Evan Summer, which will be held in the Morris Gallery on Thursday, May 7,
from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m.
An informal gallery talk by the artists will take place
Friday, May 8, at 12 noon.
The Morris Gallery, located in the Pennsylvania Academy museum at Broad and
Cherry Streets, displays the work of outstanding contemporary artists with a
connection to Philadelphia, determined by birth, schooling, or re?idence.
Hours
are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday from 11:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m.; Wednesday evenings until 7:00 p.m.
senior citizens and students.
Admission: $3.00 general; $2.00
Free Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.;
donations are appreciated.
Morris Gallery exhibitions are chosen by a committee composed of area artists,
museum personnel and collectors, and the curatorial staff of the Pennsylvania
Academy .
Currently serving on the Morris Gallery Exhibition Committee are: Cynthia
Carlson , Paolo Colombo, Bill Freeland , Faith Ginsburg, Dr. Helen Herrick, Cheryl
McClenney, Carrie Rickey, Eileen Rosenau, Judith Tannenbaum; Pennsylvania Academy
staff: Judith Stein, Morris Gallery coordinator; Frank H. Goodyear, Jr.; Linda
Bantel; and Kathleen A. Foster; and Pennsylvania Academy students Anna Yates and
Treacy Ziegler.
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"CONSTITUTIONAL FACES":
A SELF-PORTRAIT FAMILY WORKSHOP AT
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
MAY 16, 1987
Parents and children will create their
(Philadelphia, PA -- April 15, 1987)
own self-portraits in a workshop planned by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts in conjunction with the exhibition Framing the Constitution: The Artists'
Record.
"Constitutional Faces," the first of several monthly weekend family
programs to be held at the Pennsylvania Academy this summer, will take place on
Saturday, May 16, from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m., and is free with museum admission.
Framing the Constitution, endorsed by We the People 200, features portraits of
influential Americans who attended the Constitution Convention in 1787 and
prominent Philadelphians of the period.
The show is on view until December 13,
1987.
"Constitutional Faces" will include a brief gallery tour that focuses on
colonial portraiture.
Following the tour, participants will create their own
three-dimensional self portraits.
An artist from Prints in Progress will provide
instruction in using a variety of art materials and personal mementos, which the
participants should bring, to create a conceptual self-portrait.
This workshop is
ideal for youngsters aged seven and older.
Attendance for this workshop is limited.
For reservations, call the education
department at (215) 972-7608.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art museum and art
school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American art is
housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by Furness and
Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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QUIET RIOT MIME PERFORMANCE AND GALLERY TALKS ACCOMPANY
THE 86TH ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(Philadelphia, PA -- April 21, 1987) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts has scheduled a mime performance by the Quiet Riot, and two gallery
talks to accompany The 86th Annual Student Exhibition.
The show, on view from
May 7 through June 7, 1987, displays the work of Pennsylvania Academy thirdand fourth-year students.
Work in all media are represented, and most pieces
are available for purchase.
QUIET RIOT MIME
PERFORMANCE
Museum rotunda.
Free with museum admission.
Saturday,
May 9
11 :30 a.m.
Quiet Riot will blend verbal comedy with mime,
improvisation, dance, and audience participation to
create a unique, high energy performance. National
tours have earned the Quiet Riot a reputation as
innovators in comedy theater. This event is sponsored
by Young Audiences of Eastern Pennsylvania and the
Pennsylvania Academy.
GALLERY TALKS
Main Galleries.
Wednesday,
May 13
12:00 noon
Moe Brooker, painting instructor at the Pennsylvania
Academy, will give his insights on the student work
displayed in the galleries.
Wednesday,
May 20
12:00 noon
Richard Ranck, president of the Pennsylvania Academy
Alumni Association Board, will speak about his studies
at the Pennsylvania Academy and compare them to the
current work in the student exhibition.
Free with museum admission.
For further information on these programs, call the public information
office at (215) 972-7642, or the education department at (215) 972-7608.
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STUDENT AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(Philadelphia, PA -- May 13, 1987) -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
announced the names of the students who have won traveling scholarships and other
prizes at commencement ceremonies last week.
These award-winning students were
selected on the basis of the work they submitted for The 86th Annual Student
Exhibition, which will be on display in the main galleries at Broad and Cherry
Streets through June 7, 1987.
This year, 76 third- and fourth-year students
participated in the show, and approximately 750 wo rks of art are on display.
The Annual Student Exhibition in its current form dates from 1902, when the
first William Emlen Cresson Traveling Scholarships were awarded.
Subsequently, the
Lewis S. Ware and J. Henry Schiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarships were established
and, along with the Cresson, are the most prestigious of the student prizes awarded
each year.
This year, four Cressons, two Wares, and four Schiedts were awarded.
The 1987 winners of these awards are as follows:
Cresson:
Patrick Ross Arnold, Philadelphia, PA; Kate Moran, Philadelphia, PA;
Mary Ann B. Rich, Philadelphia, PA; and Frank A. St. A. Taylor, Barbados, West
Indies.
Ware:
Tony Sacksteder, Philadelphia, PA; and Peter L. Woodward,
Henley-on-Thames, England.
Schiedt:
Michael F. Gallagher, Pasdena, CA; Gena E. Payne, Grosse Pointe,
Michigan; Herbert J. Witenstein, Philadelphia, PA; and Anna Christine Yates,
Philadelphia, PA.
The Cresson is a generously endowed scholarship established by Emlen and
Priscilla Cresson in memory of their son, who had been an accomplished Academy
student and later, a member of the Academy's Committee on Instruction.
Cressons have been awarded since 1902.
Over 1,000
Cresson winners travel in Europe and also
receive a full tuition scholarship for the following year.
The Ware Scholarship
was established in 1938 for European travel, and the Schiedt Scholarship,
established in 1949, is for unrestricted travel.
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STUDENT AWARD WI NNERS (CONT'D)
In addition to the awards cited above, the Pennsylvania Governor's Award and
the Philadelphia Mayor's Award are also presented to two Academy students.
Since
the Academy of the Fine Arts was established in Philadelphia in 1805 in the
commonwealth of Pennsylvania, it was thought appropriate that the offices of the
Governor and of the Mayor of Philadelphia be honored by the Academy with an award
recognizing the contribution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to the arts in
America and t he importance of the City of Philadelphia as a cultural center.
The
awards, of $1000 each, were established to be given to two graduating students who
have shown outstanding accomplishment in the fine arts.
The winner of the 1987 Governor's Award is Mehri Yazdani Reid of Bethlehem,
PA.
The winner of this year's Mayor's Award is Mary Lawrence Ramos of
Philadelphia, PA.
The Hobson Pittman Memorial Prize, which recognizes achievement in experimental
painting, was awarded to Phebe Hemphill of Philadelphia, PA.
The prize, honoring
former faculty member Hobson Pittman, is worth $2200.
After The 86th Annual Student Exhibition closes on June 7 at Broad and Cherry
Streets, all unsold prize-winning works will be placed on display at the Academy's
Peale House Galleries at 1820 Chestnut Street, until September 11, 1987.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
It is open to
the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday;
10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art museum and art
school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American art is
housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by Furness and
Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS RECEIVES
VIOLET OAKLEY ESTATE
(Philadelphia, PA--May 15, 1987)
The estate of Philadelphia artist Violet
Oakley, including more than 4,000 art objects, has been donated to the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts by the Violet Oakley Memorial
Foundation, according to Linda Bantel, director of the museum.
Along with the artworks, the Academy of the Fine Arts received funds to
support and maintain the collection and to provide an annual lecture on public
art.
"Violet Oakley was involved with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
for many years as a student and as a teacher.
painter and a great champion of public art.
She was a well-known mural
We're pleased to receive this
unique collection representing one of our important alumni," said Ms. Bantel.
Charles Moore, president of the Violet Oakley Memorial Foundation,
commented, "The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has both the curatorial
expertise and the educational facilities needed to maintain and effectively
utilize this remarkable collection.
It was important to the Foundation to
keep the collection intact, as the works mean more when seen as a body.
I
can't think of a more appropriate home for this collection than the Academy of
the Fine Arts."
Ms. Oakley was best known for her murals at the Senate and Supreme Court
buildings in Harrisburg and at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial in
Philadelphia.
She was also designated as the muralist for the League of
Nations Building in Geneva, and stayed on as an unofficial delegate to the
organization when the United States withdrew from membership.
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In 1921, she was commissioned by Edward Bok to design the Philadelphia
Award medal, given annually since that time to honor a Philadelphian who has
best served interests of the whole community.
A design/mural painting teacher at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts from 1912 to 1917, Ms. Oakley studied there from 1895 to 1896.
She also
studied with renowned illustrator Howard Pyle.
In 1905, Violet Oakley received the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts'
prestigious Gold Medal Award for distinguished service to the institution and
to the arts.
She was one of only three women in the Academy of the Fine Arts'
history to receive the award, joining Mary Cassatt and Cecilia Beaux on the
honor role.
Following Ms . Oakley's death in 1961, the Violet Oakley Memorial
Foundation was established to commemorate the artist's life and works.
The
foundation presented lectures and classes, provided a memorial fellowship,
made available library resources, and maintained a permanent and
representative collection of Ms. Oakley's works for more than 20 years.
In
1984, the foundation was disbanded and its headquarters, the former Oakley
studio in Philadelphia, was sold.
The Violet Oakley collection will be inventoried, catalogued, and
conserved this summer at the Academy of the Fine Arts.
Selections from the
collection will be exhibited at the Academy in the future.
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REQUEST FOR COVERAGE
Date:
Friday, May 29, 10 a.m. to 12 noon
What:
"Philadelphia Celebrates Children"
Where:
Smith Memorial Playground, Fairmount Park
At 33rd and Oxford Streets
From Center City, follow Broad Street to Oxford Street;
go west (left) on Oxford Street to 33rd Street; Smith Memorial
Playground is the third playground at the intersection
of Oxford and 33rd Streets in Fairmount Park . .
Almost 400 children, ages four and five, will make their contribution to
the "Philadelphia Celebrates Children" program on Friday, May 29. The
children will create a 40-foot long mural depi cting Philadelphia's historic
cityscape. The mural, made of paper and a variety of other materials, will be
displayed in Fairmount Park.
The project is organized by the education department at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts as part of "Philadelphia Celebrates Children."
Participating children are from day care centers throughout Philadelphia.
VIDEOTAPE POSSIBILITIES: Mural production between 10 a.m. and 12 noon;
finished product, with children, at 12 o'clock.
PHOTOGRAPHY POSSIBILITIES: Same as above.
INTERVIEW POSSIBILITIES: Margaret Goodale, --Assistant Curator for School and
Family Programs, about the Academy of the Fine Arts' organizing of the mural
project and participation in the "Philadelphia Celebrates Children" project.
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SELECTIONS FROM THE FREDERICK R. WEISMAN COLLECTION
AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
BEGINNING JUNE 19, 1987
(Philadelphia, PA)--Contemporary art is the focus of a remarkable exhibition
this summer at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Selections from the
Frederick R. Weisman Collection, featuring approximately 55 works by
internationally acclaimed contemporary artists, will be on view June 19 to
October 4, 1987.
Included in the exhibition are paintings, prints, sculpture, drawings, and
photographs by artists such as Jonathan Borofsky, Gilbert & George, Red
Grooms, Duane Hanson, David Hockney, Donald Judd, Ed Moses, Robert Motherwell,
James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Frank Segal, Andy Warhol and Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts graduate Woody Gwynn.
Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Collection was organized by
Brenda Richardson, assistant director of art and curator of painting and
sculpture at the Baltimore Museum of Art, and Nora Halpern, curator of the
Weisman Collection. Linda Bantel, director of the Academy of the Fine Art's
museum, is coordinating curator. The exhibition made its premier in Baltimore
this spring; the Academy of the Fine Arts is the second stop on a 16-month
national tour and the only venue in the northeastern United States.
The foundation-supported Frederick R. Weisman Collection began in 1982
with fewer than 20 works. The collection was formed to make fine examples of
contemporary art available through exhibitions to areas of the United States
where access to such work is limited. As the collection has flourished to
encompass more than 300 works, so has its touring program. It is now almost on
constant public view in the United Staes, Europe, and Asia.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; 10:00 a.m. to 7:00
p.m., Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday.
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HIDDEN HERITAGE:
AFRO-AMERICAN ART, 1800-1950
(Philadelphia, PA--June 2, 1987)
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
hosts Philadelphia's first comprehensive survey of Afro-American art,
beginning August 21, 1987.
Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950
contains over 80 works, spanning a period of 150 years, by the masters of
Afro-American art.
Works in the exhibition document the "hidden tradition" of black American
art.
The survey rep r esents the unknown limners of the 18th century, pr ominen t
painters and sculptors of the 19th century, artists of the dynamic Harlem
Renaissance of the 1920's, and the neo-primitives of the 1930's and 40's.
Afro-American aFtists have been a vital force in American art for nearly
300 years, from 18th-century self-taught portraitists to 20th-century
abstractionists.
Hidden Heritage demonstrates the early and continuing role
of these important artists in developing the major movements in American
painting and sculpture.
Well-known black American artists, as well as important black artists who
have not received art-historical attention, are included in the exhibition.
Paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings by Horace Pippin, Henry O. Tanner,
Edmonia Lewis, Aaron Douglas, and Jacob Lawrence are featured.
Colonial
period portraits by Joshua Johnston and landscapes by Grafton T. Brown, the
first black artist active in the American West, are displayed, as are the
redisco vered works of Edward M. Bannister, an imp ortant exponent of the
Barbizon School .
The Academy of the Fine Arts will augment Hidden Heritage with objects
from its own collection, including _additional works by Horace Pippin and Henry
O. Tanner, Ray Saunders, Stanley Whitney, James Brantley, Lou Sloan, Moe
Brooker, and others.
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Organized by the Bellevue Art Museum in Bellevue, Washington and guest
curator David C. Driskell, professor of art and chairman of art history at the
University of Maryland, Hidden Heritage is circulated by the Art Museum
Association of America.
In addition to Philadelphia, the exhibition's
national tour has included stops in Bellevue, Washington; Bronx, New York; Los
Angeles, California; Hartford , Connecticut; Charlotte , North Carolina; San
Antonio, Texas; Toldeo, Ohio; and Baltimore, Maryland.
Following its showing
at the Academy of the Fine Arts, the exhibit will have its finale in Oklahoma
City.
The exhibition is sponsored by Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
Related
programs are s upported in part by grant s f r om the Xabel Pew Xyr i n Trus t , the
ARCO Chemical Company, and the Alexis R. Rosenberg Foundation.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; 10:00 a.m. to 7:00
p.m. on Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art museum and
art school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American
art is housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by
Furness and Hewitt in 1876 and restored to its original Victorian splendor in
1976.
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PHOTOGRAPHER JUDITH JOY ROSS TO EXHIBIT AT
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PHILADELPHIA, PA. June 16, 1987--Important new works by photographer Judith
Joy Ross are featured in Portraits of the United States Congress, opening
July 2 in the Morris Gallery at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
The photographs have their premiere showing at the Academy of the Fine Arts
through August 30.
Portraits of the United States Congress depicts the "real men and women"
who make up the American government.
More than 119 works comprise the
exhibition, which is the result of a year's effort photographing members of
Congress in their congressional offices.
The work was supported by a
fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
For the series, Ms. Ross used an 8 by 10 inch view camera and gold-toned
studio proof paper .
The prints are processed in gold chloride, giving them
grey-brown and purple tones usually associated with 19th-century photography.
The size of the photographs and their tonal quality give the images a stately,
monumental quality appropriate to their subject matter.
Ms. Ross chose members of Congress as her subject because of her "interest
in how an individual justifies his or her own diversity of views.
I found
that making the photographs became a necessity when I realized how easily I
would prejudge and therefore condemn those whose beliefs were opposite to
mine."
"I had hoped to find at least subtle differences between members of the
two political parties. In making these portraits I assumed an objective stance
because I wanted to be directed by the realities in front of me and not my
prejudices," Ms. Ross comments.
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Prior to these portraits, Ms. Ross' most recent work was a highly
acclaimed series, shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1985,
depicting visitors to the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Selections from the series are included in Twelve Photographers Look At US,
currently on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Judith Joy Ross, a native of Hazelton, Pennsylvania, studied at the Moore
College of Art and the Institute of Design in Chicago. Her works are included
in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, the Carlton Gallery, and the Paul F. Walter Collection in New York, and
the Allentown Art Museum and Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.
The exhibition is presented as part of the Morris Gallery series at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, featuring contemporary Pennsylvania
artists. The Morris Gallery enters its tenth year this fall with a major
retrospective show highlighting diverse works of many artists who have
exhibited there, in addition to exhibitions focusing on individual
Pennsylvania artists.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; 10:00 a.m. to 7:00
p.m., Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Academy, founded in 1805, is the oldest art institution
in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American art is
housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by
Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in
1976.
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BETYE SAAR EXHIBITION OPENS AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA-June 16, 1987--The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will
exhibit assemblage artist Betye Saar's site specific installation, Sentimental
Sojourn: Strangers
& Souvenirs, August 21 to October 18 at the Academy of the
Fine Arts on Broad and Cherry Streets.
The work, created by Saar as part of
Philadelphia's "We the People 200" celebration, honors the bicentennial of the
signing of the Constitution.
A California-based artist, Ms. Saar has created Sentimental Sojourn from
mass-produced and hand-crafted souvenirs, curios, and "what-nots" gathered
during journeys across the country.
The work also includes a series of
photographs of Saar's feet taken "in big cities and small towns, from the
white sands of New Mexico to the beaches of Florida and Hawaii."
Ms. Saar comments, "Each object evokes tales about aspects of life in the
United States.
From North, South, East, and West, they are keepsakes from
place to place, from person to person.
They are a sort of intimate yet
anonymous look at 'We the People'."
The exhibition coincides with three related shows at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts. Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950, on
view August 21 to October 18, focuses on the contributions of black artists to
the major movements in American art.
On view until October 4, Selections from
the Frederick R. Weisman Collection features contemporary works, including
many by California artists.
Also celebrating this year's bicentennial, The
Framing of the Constitution: An Artist's Record is on view through December 13.
Sentimental Sojourn: Strangers
& Souvenirs is supported by a grant from
the National Endowment for the Arts.
Additional funding has been provided by
a Metropolitan Life Foundation Museum Grant for the Minority Visual Arts.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia.
Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday,
Friday, and Saturday; 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 11:00 a . m. to
5:00 p.m. Sunday.
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SPEND A BUCK/SPEND AN HOUR PROGRAM OFFERED FOR
SELECTIONS FROM "THE FREDERICK R. WEISMAN COLLECTION
PHILADELPHIA, PA. June 26, 1987--Philadelphians can beat the summer heat with
a dollar lunch-hour at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Now on view
at the Academy, Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Collection offers
some of the "coolest" examples of art from the contemporary international
scene.
Thanks to the Academy of the Fine Art's "Spend A Buck/Spend An Hour"
program, visitors can view this remarkable collection for one-third of the
regular admission price.
More than 55 paintings, sculpture, and mixed-media works by both
contemporary masters and up-and-coming artists are featured in the exhibition,
including works by Red Grooms, David Hockney, Anselm Kiefer, Ed Moses, Robert
Motherwell, Judy Rifka, Frank Stella, and Andy Warhol.
"Rocker," a lifesize
and lifelike "biker" by sculptor Duane Hanson, glares down the main stairwell,
keeping an eye on visitors as they enter.
"Palm," by Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts alumnus Woody Gwyn, helps viewers escape humidity with a taste
of California sunshine.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, just two short blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m., Sunday.
The Academy of the Fine Arts offers special evening hours on
Wednesday from 5 to 7 p.m.
In addition, admission is free on Saturdays from
10 a.m. and 1 p.m., for visitors who can't take advantage of lunch hour
admission prices.
The Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is the oldest art museum
and art school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of
American art is housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark,
designed by Furness and Hewitt in 1876 , and r estored to its original Victorian
splendor in 1976.
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SUMMER FUNDAMENTALS ART CAMP OFFERED AT
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA.June 26, 1987---Children ages 7 to 12 can discover the FUNdamentals
of art this summer at a five-day art camp at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts. "Summer FUNdamentals" is offered August 3 through 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The program includes both gallery talks and studio activities.
In the museum,
children will experience, first hand, works of art including Duane Hanson's lifesize
and likelike sculpture "Rocker," and Jonathan Borofsky's "Flying Frog with Chattering
Man at 2,845,322," which features neon spirals programmed to simulate movement.
In
the studio, participants will create Pop art billboards, soft sculpture, stained
glass, and more, using a variety of media and techniques.
A special exhibition of artworks by program participants will be on view at the
Academy of the Fine Arts at the conclusion of the program, with an opening reception
for the young artists and their families and friends.
Tuition for "Summer FUNdamentals" is $30 for members and $35 for non-members. Space
is limited, so early registration is suggelted. For more information, call the
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Education Department at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts at (215) 972-7608.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry Streets in
Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday; and 11:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Sunday.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is the oldest art
museum and art school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of
American art is housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed
by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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"MOONSTONE" TO PERFORM AT THE PENNSYLVANIA
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.
July 1, 1987--Performers from Moonstone, Inc., a Philadelphia-based
interdisciplinary arts program for children, will present a special family workshop at
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Saturday, July 11, at 12 noon.
will be offered in the museum's Main Galleries.
The program
It will also be presented on Saturday,
August 15 and Saturday, September 12, both at 12 noon.
The participatory performance for children and their parents, using mime, music, and
storytelling, recreates life in 19th-century Philadelphia.
Focusing on the key players
in Philadelphia during the Constitutional era, as portrayed in the exhibition Framing
the Constitution: The Artists' Record, the performers will encourage the audience to
relive the Colonial period.
The Moonstone presentation, part of the Academy of the Fine
Arts' celebration for "We The People 200," is partially funded by a grant from the
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts.
A non-profit arts education program for children, Moonstone, Inc., was 'conceived by
Sandy Robins, an alumnus of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
The school
emphasizes the collaboration between drama, dance, music, the fine arts, and literature
to provide children with a broad learning experience.
Admission to the Moonstone performances is free with museum admission, $3 for
adults, $2 for students and senior citizens. For more information, contact the education
department at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at (215) 972-7608.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry Streets in
Philadelphia, two bl ocks north of Cit y Hall.
Hours are: Tuesda y to Saturday, 10: 00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The museum is open until 7 p.m. on
Wednesda y .
Admission is free on Sa t urda y , 10 a.m. t o 1 p.m.
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EXHIBITION OF ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP OPENS AT
THE PENNSYLVAN IA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Show Celebrates 90th Anniversary of
Alumni Association's Founding
PHILADELPHIA, PA. July 7, 1987---The 90th anniversary Exhibition of Academy
Fellowship, a juried exhibition featuring the works of members of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts' oldest alumni organization, will be on view in the Main
Galleries of the Academy of the Fine Arts October 30 to November 29, 1987.
Approximately 300 Fellowship members, all past or present students of the Pennsylvania
Academy, are expected to submit works and compete for approximately $10,000 in prize
money.
In conjunction with the juried exhibition, the Academy of the Fine Arts will
present a selection of works from its permanent collection by past Fellowship
members.
Among the artists represented are Arthur B. Carles, Franklin Watkins, Morris
Blackburn, and Martha Zelt, whose exhibition of recent mixed-media works will be on
view concurrently in the Morris Gallery.
The exhibition will be juried by Linda Bantel, director of the museum at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Judith Stein, associate curator at the Academy
of the Fine Arts; and Thomas Chimes, well known painter.
Jurors will award prizes for
works in all media, including prizes designated specifically for students.
Among the prizes available in 1987 are: the Mary Butler Memorial Award ($500 for a
wo r k in any medium); Caroline Gibbons Granger Memorial Awa rd ($250 for a painting);
Leona Karp Braverman Memorial Award ($250 for sculpture); May Audubon Post Prize ($100
for either painting or sculpture); Mabel Wilson Woodrow Memorial Awards ($100 each for
student works, up to 5 pri zes given); and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts / Fellowship Purchas e Prize ($1000 for a work for the Academy's permanent
collection).
The Fellowship Trust Committee also awards purchase prizes of
a pproximatel y $7000 for works for the Fellowship's permanent collection.
EXHIBITON OF ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP AT PENNSYLVANIA
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.The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was founded in 1890, with
500 members, to establish a network of artists associated with the Academy of the Fine
Arts and to create opportunities for communication between recognized artists and
students.
Acad~my
Fellowship exhibitions are held annually, providing a forum for lesser known
artists to show and collectors to view new works by Fellowship members.
The last Exhibiti on of Academy Fellowship held at the Academy of the Fine Arts was in
celebration of the group's 75th anniversary in 1972 .
Other exhibitions have been
presented throughout the region, most recently at the Noyes Museum in Oceanville, New
Jersey
The Exhibition of Academy Fellowship is coordinated by Lucy Glick, vice president and
exhibition chairman for the Fellowship, and Judith Stein.
All works in the exhibition
(excluding objects in the Academy's permanent collection) will be for sale.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry Streets in
Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday
through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The museum is open until 7 p.m.
on Wednesdays.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy is the oldest art museum and art school in
North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American art is housed in its
third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and
restored to its original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
APPOINTS THREE NEW TRUSTEES
Klein, Ross, Tuttleman Join
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Board
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
July 27, 1987---The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
has announced the appointment of three new members to its Board of Trustees.
Stephen B. Klein, Lyn M. Ross, and Edna S. Tuttleman have joined the Academy
of the Fine Arts' Board, bringing its membership to 32.
"Each of these individuals is a collector with a great interest in the
arts and in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, commented Board
chairman Harold A. Sorgenti, president of ARCO Chemical Company. "I'm pleased
to welcome them to the Board of Trustees, and look forward to their
enthusiastic participation in and valuable assistance to the Academy of the
Fine Arts and its efforts."
Stephen B. Klein is president and principal shareholder of Klein Realty
Company, a real estate investment and development firm that deals primarily in
residential properties.
He is active on the boards of several charitable
organizations in Philadelphia.
Mr. Klein and his wife, Sue Ellen, are collectors with interests in
American art.
Mr. Klein is a graduate of Penn State University and Temple Law
School, and received a Master of Law_degree from New York University.
Lyn M. Ross has been associated with the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts since 1986, as a member of both the Acquisitions and Award of American
Art Committees.
She is particularly interested in early American furniture
and contemporary art, which she and her husband, George, collect.
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Mrs. Ross is active in several arts and charitable organizations in
Philadelphia, including as executive committee president of the National
Museum of American Jewish History, and on the boards of the Pennsylvania
Council for the Arts, the American Jewish Committee, and the Federation of
Jewish Agencies of Greater Philadelphia.
She is also on the development
committees of the Soviet Jewry Council and the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Edna S. Tutt1eman attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts as a
student in the late 1940s and has had an active interest in the institution
ever since.
An avid collector of contemporary art with her husband, Stanley,
Mrs. Tutt1eman is a member of the advisory board of the Institute of
Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania.
She is also affiliated
with , the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the National Museum of American Jewish
History, and the Ba1a Cynwyd Library Board.
Mrs. Tutt1eman and her husband have had two successful women's fashion
businesses, the most recent of which, Mast Industries, was sold to the Limited
Stores in 1978.
Mrs. Tuttleman continued as a fabric and fashion designer,
merchandiser, and advertising consultant unti11983.
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TWENTY-SIX ARTISTS SUPPORT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF
THE FINE ARTS THROUGH THE ARTISTS' GIFT EXHIBITION
AT MANGEL GALLERY IN PHILADELPHIA
Red Grooms, James Havard, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson
Among Artists Participating in Unique Fundraising Show
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
July 27, 1987---Works by 26 of America's most acclaimed
living artists are included in a special exhibition at the Mangel Gallery in
Philadelphia this fall, to benefit the Scholarship Endowment Campaign of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Perpetual Summer, 1986, by Robert
Motherwell, as well as works by Red Grooms, James Havard, Louise Nevelson,
Philip Pearlstein, James Rosati, George Segal, Neil Welliver and others, are
included in The Artists' Gift, on view September 16 to October 5, 1987.
All works included in The Artists' Gift will be sold, providing a rare
chance for collectors to purchase works by many of America's most
artists.
p~ominent
Through The Artists' Gift, tbese artists are supporting the Academy
of the Fine Arts in the most appropriate way possible, by donating works of
art to raise funds to benefit future students at the Academy of the Fine Arts.
Several Academy alumni are included among those contributing paintings,
prints, scultpure, constructions and other works to the exhibition.
Ben
Eisenstat, Jane Eisenstat, Barkley Hendricks, Suzanne Horvitz, Jane Piper,
Charles Searles, Sidney Simon, and Martha ZeIt all have works on view.
Other
artists who have contributed works include: William Bailey, Charles Fahlen,
Audrey Flack, Sam Gilliam, Tom Judd, Alfred Leslie, George McNeil, Irving
Petlin, George Rickey, and Isaiah Zagar.
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Robert Motherwe11 is honorary co-chairman of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts' Scholarship Endowment Fund campaign, which was initiated in
1986 to raise double the existing scholarship endowment.
An overwhelming
response to the campaign has resulted in $1,423,000 raised in only ten
months.
Beacuse of this response, an inita1 goal of $1.6 million has been
raised to $2 million.
Further information on the scholarship campaign is
available from Ruth Oliver, Campaign Coordinator, at (215) 569-2797.
The Artists' Gift will be on view at the Mangel Gallery at 1714
Rittenhouse Square, between 17th and 18th Streets, in Philadelphia.
gallery is open Monday through Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
information, call (215) 545-4343.
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HIDDEN HERITAGE: AFRO-AMERICAN ART, 1800-1950 AND
SENTIMENTAL SOJOURN: STRANGERS & SOUVENIRS ON VIEW AT
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS AUG. 21 TO OCT. 18
Two Exhibitions Represent Contributions of Black
Artists to American Art
PHILADELPHIA, PA. July 23, 1987---The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ho sts one
of Philadelphia's most important surveys of Afro-American art, beginnin g August 21,
1987.
Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950 contains over 80 works, spanning
a period of 150 years, by masters of Afro-American art.
Assemblage artist Betye Saar's site-specific installation, Sentimental
Sojourn: Strangers & Souvenirs, will also be on view August 21 to October 18 at the
Academy of the Fine Arts.
The work, created by Saar as part of Philadelphia's "We
the People 200" celebration, honors the bicentennial of the signing of the
Constitution.
Works in Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950 document the "hidden
tradition" of black American art.
The exhibition demonstrates the early and
continuing role of these important artists in developing the major movements in
American painting and sculpture.
Afro-American artists have been a vital force in American art for nearly 300
years, from early 19th-century self-taught portraitists to mid 20th-century
abstractionists.
The survey represents the unknown limners of the 19th century,
prominent painters and sculptors of the late 1800s, artists of the dynamic Harlem
Renaissance of the 1920's, and the neo-primitives of th e 1930's and 40's.
Betye Saar, a California-based artist, has created Sentimental Sojourn from
mass-produced and hand-crafted souvenirs, curios, and "what-nots" gathered durin g
journeys across the country.
The work also includes a series of photogr a ph s of
Saa r's feet taken "in bi g cities and small towns, from the whit e sands of New Mexico
to t he beac he s of Florida and Hawa i i."
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Ms. Saar a minority artist, comments, "Each object evoke s t a l e s a bout universal
aspect s of life in the United States.
From North, South, East , a nd We st, th e y are
keepsakes from place to place, from person to person .
The y are a s ort of intimate
yet anonymous look at 'We th e People'."
The exhibition coincides Hidden
Herita~
Afro-American Art, 1800-1950 because
both represent contributions of black artists to th e major moveme nt s in Ame rican art,
both past and present.
Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950 is organized by the Bell e vu e Art
Museum in Bellevue, Washington and guest curator David C. Driskell, profes s or of art
and chairman of art history at the University of Maryland.
The e xhibition is
circulated by the Art Museum Association of America.
The exhibition is sponsored by Philip Morris Companies, Inc.
Re lated pro grams
are supported in part by grants from the ARCO Chemical Company, the Ma bel Pew Myrin
Trust, McDonald's Restaurants of Philad e lphia, the Alexis R. Rose nbe r g Foundation,
and WDAS Radio.
Sentimental Sojourn:
Strang~rs
National Endowment for the Arts.
& Souvenirs is supported by a grant from the
Additional funding has been provided by a
Metropolitan Life Foundation Museum Grant for the Minority Visual Arts.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry Streets
in Philadelphia.
Hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and
Saturday; 10:00 a.m . to 7:00 p.m. Wednesday; and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art
museum and art school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of
American art is housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark, designed
by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in
1976.
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FIRST SCULPTURE ON SPACE SHUTTLE TO BE EXHIBITED
AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Academy of the Fine Arts Alumnus to Exhibit Work
October 9, 1987 - Fe bruary 7, 1988
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
October 20, 1987---The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, the
nation's oldest art institution, steps into the forefront of contemporary culture
this fall with the exhibition of The Boundless Cubic Lunar Aperture, a mixed-media
sculpture by Academy of the Fine Arts alumnus Lowry Burgess.
the AcadeillY of the Fine Arts October 9, 1987 to
Febru~ry
The work, on view at
7, 1988, is scheduled for
space flight in 1988 as the NASA space shuttle's first non-scientific payload.
The Boundless Cubic Lunar Aperture is comprised of two components, each
contructed of cubes-within-cubes;- One component has an outer cube of pearl granite,
bronze and smoked glass.
Its innermost cube, a vacuum, is lined with exposed blank
glass plates, referred to by Burgess as "holograms of nothing."
A second component presents an inverse arrangement of cubes.
An innermost box
of bronze, granite, and glass is encased in a larger structure covered with
visionary holograms, including a tree with wings instead of leaves and a foot
splashing in water.
Environment plays an important role in the work.
Both components of the
sculpture are "cores" designed to be placed in larger elements, one near the De
Cordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts, in the site of one of the eart h' s oldest
prehistoric lakebeds, and one--eventually--on the lunar surface near the crater
Korolev.
Both sites were chosen for the extreme age of the geological formations
found there.
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Onl y the co r e of til e t e rr es tri a l co mp one nt , a 5- i nc h c ub e , wi ll make t he s hu tt l e
jo urne y.
Ea rth.
It will be r e l e as e d to f l oa t weig ht l ess i n s pace befo r e r et urn ing to
By e xpos in g thi s e l e me nt t o space , Bur gess sees a fur t her link bet wee n t he
ea rthly and luna r e l eme nt s of th e sc ulptur e.
Lowr y Bur gess , a 1961 gr a du a t e of t he Pe nn sy lva ni a Academy of t he Fin e Ar ts , i s
a pro f esso r a nd dir ec t or of the Gr a duate Fi ne Art s a nd Design Pr og r am at the
Massac hus e tt s Coll ege of Art in Bos t on.
He i s a lso a fellow a nd se nior co ns ulta nt
a t the Ce nt e r for Advanced Vi s ua l Studies a t the Massa c hu se tt s In st i t ute of
Te chnology .
His s c ulpture i s pa rt of a lar ge r work, The Quiet Ax is , t he s ubj e c t of
a doc ume nta ry by the Austria n State Te levi s i o n Ne twork (ORF) broa dca st i n 1986 .
The exhibition of The Boundless Cubic Lunar Aperture is funded in pa rt by Rohm
Haas, Inc., a corporate sponsor of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fin e Arts.
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An
e xhibition guide prepared by Lowry Burgess will accompany the show.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry Streets
in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Tuesday through Saturday, and
until 7 p.m. Wednesdays.
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a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Sunday.
The museum is open
Admission is $3 for adults; $2 for senior citizens and
students; free to Academy members.
Museum admission is free to all on Saturdays
between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art
museum and art school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of
American art is housed in its third building, a National Histori c Landmark , designed
by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian s plendor in
1976.
For mor e information, call (215) 972-7600.
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts needs
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volunteers in all areas of the museum, from giving tours to writing
brochures.
Work with patients at a local children's hospital in a new art
workshop program.
Or share with visitors the wonders of the Academy of the
Fine Arts, and Philadelphia, as a docent in the education department.
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MONOTYPES BY MAURICE PRENDERGAST FROM THE
TERRA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ON VIEW AT THE
PENNSYLVANIA ACAD~~Y OF THE FINE ARTS
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August 3, 1987--Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast from the
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Terra Museum of American Art, featuring works by one of America's most popular
late 19th-century painters, Maurice Prendergast, opens November 20, 1987 at
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
view at the
Acade~y
Fifty-five monotypes, will be on
of the Fine Arts through January 10, 1988.
These prints,
from the collection of the Terra Museum of American Art in Chicago, Illino i s,
represent a remarkable series of almost 200 monotypes produced by Prendergast
between 1891 and 1902.
Maurice Prendergast was known for his idyllic vision of the world.
His works
depicted holidays and festivals, parks and beaches, populated by graceful
women and charming children in fashionable attire.
Much of his popularity
derived from this irrestible subject matter, which showed the world at leisure.
The exhibition features several examples illustrating Prendergast's love for
beauty, excitement, and fun.
Women alone, as in Red Haired Lady With Hat and
Lady Wi th Umbrella; circus scenes, like Bareback Rider; and festive street
scenes, such as Primrose Hill, all are featured in the exhibition, were among
the artist's favorite subjects.
Through the monotype technique, Maurice Prendergast created some of his most
delicate works.
Monotypes are unique impressions on paper of a design which
has been painted on a smooth surface such as copper or glass.
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Unlike other forms of printmaking, which permit many copies to be made of one
plate, the monotype process allows only one to three copies, or "pulls," with
each pull different and fainter than the previous impression.
Although each
print is different, they display equal attention to energy, color, and light.
The exhibition was organized by the Terra Museum of American Art, located in
Evanston and Chicago, Illinois.
The museum was founded in 1980 by Ambassador
Daniel J. Terra as the home for his remarkable collection of more than 800
works from the 18th century to the present.
A new building, located on North
Michigan Avenue in Chicago, opened with gala celebrations in April 1987, which
included an exhibition of 60 American masterpieces from the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast from the Terra Museum of American Art is
accompanied by a 160-page, full color catalogue by Cecily Langdale, noted
authority on Maurice Prendergast and co-owner of Davis & Langdale Gallery in
New York City.
Coordinating curator for the Academy of the Fine Arts is
Jeanette Toohey.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the final stop
for the travelling exhibition, which has also been on view at the Terra
~useum
and the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are: 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
The museum is open until 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art
museum and art school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works
of American art is housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark,
designed by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian
splendor in 1976.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.
August 25, 1987---Storytelling, films, performance
programs, behind-the-scenes tours, and a family workshop are part of a special
members' weekend presented September 12 and 13, 1987 at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
Events are presented in conjunction with several
exhibitions on view in September at the Academy of the Fine Arts.
A family workshop on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. allows participants
to create assemblage art using the exhibition Sentimental Sojourn: Strangers
and Souvenirs as inspiration.
An artist from Prints in Progress will instruct
children aged seven and older and their parents in creating art from
photographs, art materials, and found objects.
Members of Moonstone, Inc., an interdisciplinary arts education program,
bring Constitutional-period Philadelphia to life on Saturday at 2 p.m.
"Inside Rebecca Doz" focuses on an eleven year old child, the subject of a
portrait in the exhibition Framing the Constitution: The Artists' Record. The
participatory program uses mime, music, and storytelling to explore daily life
in the 1780s.
Also on Saturday, a gallery talk by Academy of the Fine Arts intern
Michelle Barbone, focuses on "African Symbols in Afro-American Art." The talk,
at 3 p.m., is presented in conjunction with Hidden Heritage: Afro-American
Art, 1800-1950.
The New Spirit of Painting: Six Painters of the 1980s, a film exploring
recent international developments in painting, is scheduled both Saturday and
Sunday at 12 p.m. to complement Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman
Collection.
Highlighted in the film are six prominent contemporary artists
including Georg Baselitz, Sandro Chia, and Julian Schnabel.
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On Sunday at 2 p.m., storyteller Jack Briggs relates tales of the people
and the lifestyle during the time of the Constitutional Convention in
Philadelphia. The storytelling session is presented in conjunction with
Framing the Constitution.
A jazz performance on Sunday at 3 p.m. rounds out the weekend's
activities.
Barron's Windfall Jazz Quartet, featuring saxophone, piano,
percussion, and vocals, presents a one-hour performance tracing the history of
jazz from its roots in the blues to the jazz fusion trends of today.
The
musical program is presented to accompany the Hidden Heritage exhibition.
All Members' Weekend events are free to members of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
Events are included in museum admission for the
general public.
For more information on Members' Weekend events, call the education
department at (215) 972-7608.
For information on becoming a member of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, call the membership office at (215)
972-7627 or 972-7630.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS HOSTS
EVENTS FOR HIDDEN HERITAGE: AFRO-AMERICAN ART,
1800-1950
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
August 7, 1987--The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
in cooperation with the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, hosts a
variety of special events this fall in conjunction with the exhibition Hidden
Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950, on view at the Academy of the Fine
Arts August 21 through October 18.
Films, workshops, gallery talks, and a
performance by the Cheyney University Choir are scheduled at the Academy of
the Fine Arts and the Afro-American Museum throughout September.
A two-part family workshop will focus on African music and art.
Children,
ages 7 and older, and their parents can participate on two consecutive
Saturdays, September 19 and 26, from 1 to 3 p.m.
The first session will be
held at the Academy of the Fine Arts; the second will take place at the
Afro-American Museum, where The Sounds of the City will be on view.
The
program is supported by the Alexis R. Rosenberg Foundation.
In celebration of National Black College Week, the Cheyney University
Choir will perform on Sunday, September 20, at 5 p.m.
The performance, which
will include selections by prominent Black American composers, will be held at
the Afro-American Museum, at 7th and Arch Streets.
A film series focusing on black musicals begins Wednesday, September 30
and continues each Wednesday evening through October 14.
sponsored by McDonald's Restaurants of Philadelphia.
5:30 p.m. at the Academy of the Fine Arts.
The series is
Films will be shown at
Amacedo Dumaka, filmmaker,
archivist, and historian, will briefly introduce each film.
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Kicking off the series on September 30 is Hallelujah (1929, 100 minutes),
the first sound film with an all-black cast and Hollywood's first attempt at
realistically portraying black rural life.
Other films, to be shown in
October, include Cabin in the Sky (1943, 99 minutes) and Carmen Jones (1954,
107 minutes).
Gallery talks relating to Hidden Heritage will take place in the
exhibition at the Academy of the Fine Arts.
p.m.,
On Saturday, September 12, at 3
Michelle Barbone, an Academy intern, will discuss "African Symbols in
Afro-American Art."
Deryl Mackie, an Academy alumnus and past curator of fine
arts at the Afro-American Huseum, will address "The Pennsylvania Connection"
on Wednesday, September 30, at 12 p.m.
Additional funding for programs related to Hidden Heritage: Afro-American
Art, 1800-1950 has been provided by ARCO Chemical Company, the Mabel Pew Myrin
Trust, and WDAS Radio.
For more information, contact the education department at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts at (215)972-7608.
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ARTS SEPTEMBER 11 TO OCTOBER 18
August 7, 1987--Welded steel sculpture and figural drawings
by Philadelphia-native Helene Brandt are featured in the. Morris Gallery of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts September 11 to October 18, 1987.
Helene Brandt: Sculpture and Dra\vings includes works which have been widely
exhibited in New York, but are on view in Philadelphia for the first time.
The exhibition features 16 works, including 11 sculptures.
Some are
large, moveable steel enclosures on wheels, while others are smaller hanging
works or "body" sculptures that fit directly around an arm or a leg.
Ms. Brandt creates her sculpture by bending and welding steel tubing
directly around her body.
Many of the skeleton-like structures include places
for one or more people to sit and experience themselves as the life-center of
the piece.
Works resemble "prehistoric animals, insects, flying machines, wheeled
vehicles, armor ... as cages, sanctuaries, body protectors, vehicles for dreams
or exploration, or machines that extend the physical and psychological power
of the body," according to Ms. Brandt.
She comments that her drawings allow
her to represent the human body, an element to which her sculptures only
allude.
Helene Brandt, a resident of New York City, was born in Philadelphia.
She
earned her B.A. degree in Fine Arts from City College, City University of New
York, and her M.F.A. degree from Columbia University.
She was awarded a
National Endowment for the Arts, Artist in Residence, Grant in 1982 and a
Guggenheim Fellowship in 1985.
Ms. Brandt is currently an instructor of
sculpture at the Parson's School of Design in New York.
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Helene Brandt: Sculpture and Drawings is presented as part of the the
Morris Galler y exhibition series at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fin e Art s ,
highlighting contemporary Pennsylvania artists.
The Morris Gallery enter s its
tenth year in 1988 with an exhibition featuring diverse works of many artists
who have shown there.
A major retrospective catalogue of Morris Gallery
exhibitions will be published by the Academy of the Fine Arts.
The Morris Gallery is located in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
at Broad and Cherry Streets.
Hours are: Tuesday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Wednesday evenings until
7:00 p.m.
Admission: $3.00 3eneral; $2.00 senior citizens and students.
Special lunchtime admission fee, Tuesday through Friday, 12 to 1 p.m.: $1.00.
Free Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m .
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r10rris Gallery exhibitions are chosen by a committee of area artists,
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and collectors, and curatorial staff members of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Currently serving on the Morris
Gallery Exhibition Committee are: Paolo Colombo, Bill Freeland, Faith
Ginsburg, Carrie Rickey, Eileen Rosenau, Judith Tannenbaum; Pennsylvania
Academy staff: Judith Stein, Morris Gallery coordinator; Frank H. Goodyear ,
Jr.; Linda Bantel; and Kathleen A. Foster; and Pennsylvania Academy student
Treacy Ziegler.
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THE FINE ARTS EXHIBITS AT PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES
PHILADELPHIA, PA. August 31, 1987-- Works by the five members of the graphics faculty
of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts comprise the first departmental
exhibition at the Academy's Peale House Galleries.
Harry Hasheian, Dan Miller,
Peter Paone, Tony Rosati, and Ron Wyffels are the featured artists in the exhibition
September 16 to October 18, 1987.
Approximately 30 works will be on view, featuring graphics in several media,
including lithographs, woodcuts, etchings, and drawings.
An educational display
emphasizing graphic processes, with working drawings, slates, plates, and boards,
will also be exhibited.
Dan Miller is an instructor in painting, graphics, and art history and chairman
of the painting department.
He studied at the Academy of the Fine Arts and received
his M.F.A. degree from the University of Pennsylvania.
Peter Paone is chairman of
the graphics department and an instructor in drawings and graphics.
He is an
associate member of the National Academy of Design in New York. He studied at the
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia College of Art, Positano Art School (Positano,
Italy), and Pratt Institute.
Tony Rosati is an instructor in printmanking.
Maxwell Gallery of Philadelphia.
He is represented by Do1an/
Ron Wyffels, also a printmaking instructor, shows
at Roger LaPe11e Gallery in Philadelphia.
Harry Hasheian, a visiting instructor in
the graphics department, studied at the Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts and the
University of Pennsylvania.
He is presently an instructor at the Philadelphia
College of Textiles and the Greentree School.
The Peale House Galleries are devoted to exhibiting works by faculty, students,
and alumni of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
The annual faculty
exhibitions alternate between full-faculty and departmental shows.
The Peale House Galleries are located at 1820 Chesnut Street in Center City
Philadelphia.
Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday,
12 a.m. to 4 p,m. Admission is free.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACA DEMY OF THE FINE ARTS OPEN SEPTEMBER 17
WITH THREE "i-ill THE PEOPLE" EXHIBITIONS
Se pt. 9, 1987---The Pe nnsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
will be open to the public on Constitution Day, Thursday, September 17, during
regular museum hours.
From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., visito r s can enjoy three "We
the People" exhi bi tions.
Hidden Her i tage: Afro -American Art, 1800- 1950 chroni cles the important
contri butions of black American artists to the development of this coun t ry's
major a rtistic movements.
Framin g the Constitution: The Art ists' Record
documents the key figures of the Constitutional Convention a nd prominent
Philadelphians of the era through Colonial period portraits.
Sojourn: Strangers
Sentimental
& Souvenirs, a site-specific installation by California
artist Betye Saar, takes a look at universal aspects of life in America
thr ough popular mementos and snapshots from across the United States.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hal l.
Hours are: 10:00 a.m.
to 5: 00 p.m., Tuesda y through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
The museum is open until 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
Founded in 1805 , the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest
art museum and a r t school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000
works of American art is housed i n its third building, a National Historic
Landmark, designe d by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original
Victorian splendor in 1976.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS AND CHESTER SPRINGS STUDIO
COSPONSOR COURSE IN LANDSCAPE PAINTING
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Sept. 4, 1987--- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and
the Chester Springs Studio will co-sporisor a course in Landscape Painting, beginning October 1, 1987.
The course marks the first collaboration between the Academy
of the Fine Arts and the Chester Springs Studio, and a return to the Chester Springs .
area by Academy students for the first time in more than 30 years.
Landscape Painting at the Chester Springs Studio will be taught by Jan
Baltzell, an instructor in painting and drawing at the Academy of the Fine Arts.
Ms. Baltzell, who studied at the Philadelphia Colleges of the Arts, received her
M.F.A. degree from Miami University of Ohio .
Her work is presently on view at the
Peale Club of the Pennsylvania Academy of the fine Arts.
She is represented by
Dolan/Maxwell Gallery of Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has a long-standing tradition in
Chester Springs, where its "country school" operated from 1916 to 1952.
The
Academy buildings, used for a short time as a film studio, are now preserved as
the historic village of Yellow Springs, where the Chester Springs Studio is located.
The course will be held Thursdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., through
October 23, 1987 .
Classes will be held outdoors, with emphasis placed on individual
exploration and expression of the landscape.
Each participant may choose a pre-
ferred medium in which to work.
Landscape Painting is geared to experienced students and practicing painters
who wish to develop landscape ski1ls.
The course will be held at Chester Springs
Studio, Art School Road, just off Route 113 in Chester Springs.
For information
and registration, call the Studio at (215)827-7277 weekdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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PHILADELPHIA , PA. Sept. 14, 1987--Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts alumni
Mary Nomecos and Bill Scott present their works this fall in a joint
exhibition at the Academy's Peale House Galleries.
Recent abstract paintings
and works on paper by both artists will be on view October 29 to November 29,
1987 .
An opening reception, to which the public is invited, will be held
Wednesday, October 28, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Mary Nomecos' work creates illusionary space through the use of color and
drawing.
Her abstractions are derived from objects and interior spaces.
Scott shares many of Ms . Nomecos' working methods and ideas.
Bill
His
abstractions, however, create an illusion of outdoor, landscape space.
Mary Nomecos attended the Academy of the Fine Arts from 1971 to 1975; Bill
Scott studied there from 1974 to 1979.
Both artists won traveling scholar-
ships as students at the Academy .
Ms. Nomecos is represented by Marian Locks Gallery in Philadelphia and the
Barbara Gillman Gallery in Miami, Florida.
group shows throughout the country.
She has exhibited in solo and
Mr. Scott recently exhibited in a solo
exhibition in Paris and will have an exhibition in West Berlin in 1988.
The Peale House Galleries are located at 1820 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia.
Concurrent with the Scott/Nomecos exhibition will be a juried
show of student works.
In addition to showi ng works by Academy of the Fine
Arts' students, faculty, and alumni the Peale House Galleries exhibit works by
artists from throughout the United States.
Hours are Tuesday through
Saturday, 10 a.m . to 4 p.m., and Sunday, 12 noon to 4 p.m.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS PRESENTS
"CLASSIC BLACK MUSICALS" FILM SERIES
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Sept. 15, 1987---In conjunction with its exhibition Hidden
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Heritage: Afro-American Art
1800-1950, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
and the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum are cosponsoring a film
series entitled "Classic Black Musicals."
Films will be shown on three
consecutive Wednesdays, September 30 to October 14, at the Academy of the Fine
Arts on Broad and Cherry Streets.
Amacedo Dumaka, a filmmaker, archivist, and historian, will briefly
introduce each film, placing it in the context of American black
cinematography.
Currently completing his Ph.D. in history at Temple
University, Dumaka has taught Black cinematography and produced the
award-winning documentary, In Search of Marcus Garvey.
Each film to be shown is a milestone of the Black experience in
Hollywood.
The first, Hallelujah (MGM 1929) was the first sound picture with
an all black cast.
The film includes songs by Irving Berlin and stars Daniel
L. Haynes, Nina Mae McKinney, and Fannie Belle DeKnight.
Cabin in the Sky (MGM, 1943), the next film, a star-studded version of the
popular Broadway show, is directed by Vincent Minelli and features Lena Horne,
Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, Eddie Anderson, Rex Ingram and Duke Ellington.
The final film in the series, is Carmen Jones (Fox, 1954), an all-Black
adaptation of Bizet's opera with an Oscar Hammerstein score.
The story is
transported to wartime America and stars Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte
and Pearl Bailey.
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All films will be shown at 5:30 p.m. in the Hamilton Auditorium at the
Academy of the Fine Arts and are free with museum admission.
as follows:
September 30, Hallelujah
The schedule is
(100 minutes); October 7, Cabin in the
Sky (99 minutes); October 14, Carmen Jones (107 minutes).
"Classic Black Musicals" has been made possible by McDonald's Restaurants
of Philadelphia.
For further information, call the
(215) 972-7608.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS AND ST. CHRISTOPHER'S
HOSPITAL INITIATE ART WORKSHOP FOR HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN
Rohm and Haas Sponsors Pilot Program for Collaborative Effort
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Sept. 18, 1987--Staff and volunteers from Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children will present an arts
workshop series for children hospitalized at St. Christopher's beginning October 15,
1987.
The program, the first collaborative effort between the hospital and the
museum, is sponsored by Philadelphia-based Rohm and Haas company.
Lois Wexler , director of Child Life Services at St. Christopher's Hospital for
Children, commented, "The art workshop will bring an innovative dimension to the
progra~~ing
provided to our patients. By focusing on art they will have the kind of
enriching experience that they might not have had the opportunity to be exposed to
because of their acute or chronic illnesses.
"This pilot program has exciting possibilities for young patients at St. Christopher's
and other hospitals, as well as for the Academy of the Fine Arts," continued Regina
Neu, curator of education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "We're excited
to be able to offer to children who can't get to museums the chance to experience art
first-hand.
We hope this project will be the basis for similar art workshops in other
hospitals."
Delbert S. Payne, manager of corporate social investment of Rohm and Haas, believes
this collaborative effort will have a significant impact on the community and its
children.
"We are delighted to be able to contribute in any way we can to programs
like this one.
What makes it so special is the involvement of two excellent
institutions--the Academy of the Fine Arts and St. Christopher's," Payne said.
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PRESENT CHILDREN'S ART WORKSHOP
Led by Margaret Goodale, assistant curator for school and family programs at the
Academy of the Fine Arts, a group of volunteers will lead the twice monthly workshop
at the hospital.
Designed to introduce children to different elements of art, such as
line, color, and subject matter, each session will focus on a different theme and will
feature a different art project.
A brief slide presentation will present ideas
through works of art in the Academy of the Fine Arts' collection; children will then
explore these ideas hands-on, creating their own works of art.
Approximately 25 to 30 children may participate in each session, which is open to all
children hospitalized at St. Christopher's at the time.
Volunteers also will work
individually with patients confined to their rooms or unable to participate in the
group art program.
St. Christopher's Hospital and Academy of the Fine Arts staff will evaluate the
program after twelve months for replication at other area hospitals.
volunteers will be trained to lead workshops at new sites.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACAD~~Y OF THE FINE ARTS HOSTS
EVENTS FOR HIDDEN HERITAGE: AFRO-N~ERICAN ART,
1800-1950
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Sept. 16, 1987--The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
in cooperation with the Afro-American Historical and Cultural Museum, hosts a
variety of special events this fall in conjunction with the exhibition Hidden
Heritage: Afro-American Art, 1800-1950, on view at the Academy of the Fine
Arts through October 18.
Films, workshops, gallery talks, and a performance
by the Cheyney University Choir are scheduled at the Academy of the Fine Arts
and the Afro-American Museum throughout September.
A two-part family workshop will focus on African music and art.
Children,
ages 7 and older, and their parents can participate on two consecutive
Saturdays, September 19 and 26, from 1 to 3 p.m.
The first session will be
held at the Academy of the Fine Arts; the second will take place at the
Afro-American Museum, where The Sounds of the City will be on view.
The
program is supported by the Alexis R. Rosenberg Foundation.
In celebration of National Black College Week, the Cheyney University
Choir will perform on Sunday, September 20, at 5 p.m.
The performance, which
will include selections by prominent Black American composers, will be held at
the Afro-American Museum, at 7th and Arch Streets.
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Gallery talks relating to Hidden Heritage will take place in the
exhibition at the Academy of the Fine Arts.
On Wednesday, September 30, at 12
p.m., Deryl Mackie, an Academy alumnus and past curator of fine arts at the
Afro-American Museum, will address "The Pennsylvania Connection".
Artist Joe
Dowell will focus on "An Artist's Perspective" on Thursday, October 1 at 12
p.m.
A film series, "Classical Black Musicals," will be featured on Wednesday
evenings, September 30 to October 14, at 5:30 p.m.
Films to be shown
include:
Hallelujah (1929), Cabin in ·the Sky (1943), and Carmen Jones
(1954).
Films will be shown in the Academy of the Fine Arts' Hamilton
Auditorium.
The series is supported by funding from McDonald's Restaurants of
Philadelphia.
A short subject film, Two Centuries of Black American Art (28 mins.), will
be shown on Saturdays and Sundays, October 10 through 18, at 1 and 3 p.m.
The
film places in perspective the artistic contributions of Black Americans to
our country's culture.
All events at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts are free with
museum admission.
Additional funding for programs related to Hidden Heritage:
Afro-American Art, 1800-1950 has been provided by ARCO Chemical Company, the
Mabel Pew Myrin Trust, and WDAS Radio.
For more information, contact the education department at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts at (215)972-7608.
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For Release through January 16, 1988
"BEFORE HOLLYWOOD" SILENT FIU1 SERIES PRESENTED· AT
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(:15 seconds/live copy)
Silent masterpieces of early American cinema are featured through January 16
in "Before Hollywood" at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Recently
rediscovered films are presented Wednesdays and Saturdays at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia.
(:30 s€conds/live copy)
More than 60 silent masterpieces of early American cinema, accompanied by
rousing, live ragtime piano music performed by renowned pianist Don Kawash
(KAY-wash), are featured through January 16 in "Before Hollywood," a silent
film exhibition at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Recently
rediscovered and restored films, many not seen since the early 1900s, are
presented Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons.
Arts is at Broad and Cherry Streets in Philadelphia.
The Academy of the Fine
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JAZZ PERFOru~ANCE HIGHLIGHTS WEEKEND EVENTS AT
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Sept. 16, 1987--A jazz concert by Stephen Marcucci, with
John Dulick and Paul Klinefelter, is the featured event at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts on Sunday, September 27, 1987.
The performance takes
place at 3 p.m. in the Main Galleries of the museum at Broad and Cherry
Streets.
The concert is presented in conjunction with Selections from the
Frederick R. Weisman Collection, on view at the Academy of the Fine Arts
through October 4.
Also on view is Hidden Heritage: Afro-American Art,
1800-1950.
The trio will perform works by Miles Davis and Duke Ellington, as well as
original jazz and new music compositions by Stephen Marcucci.
Many of the
works have roots in blues, be-bop, and eastern music, particularly Indian
music.
Marcucci sees a connection between the "colorful, fast moving, modern
music" to be performed and the modern, vibrant works making up the exhibition.
Stephen Marcucci, a
contemporary music.
sa~ophonist,
is a member of Relache, the ensemble for
He has a strong background in jazz and Indian classical
music, which he combines in his compositions.
Pianist John Dulik, also a
member of Relache, is a composer who emphasizes jazz and new music.
Bass
player Paul Klinefelter is well known in Philadelphia, where he has performed
jazz for 15 years.
The concert is free with museum admission.
Museum hours are 10 a.m. to 5
p.m .. , Tuesday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
information, call the education department at (215) 972-7608.
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**NEWS FLASH**
ARTIST JUDY RIFKA TO SPEAK AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS SEPTEMBER 29, 1987
Renowned New York artist Judy Rifka will speak about her recent paintings and
constructions, and will show a selection of her videos, at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts on Tuesday, September 29, 1987.
The program will be
held in Hamilton Auditorium beginning at 5:30 p.m.
Ms. Rifka, who is represented in Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman
Collection at the Academy of the Fine Arts through October 18, has exhibited
widely throughout the United States and Europe.
Her works reflects the
vitality of New York City tnrough her vibrant use of color and line.
A reception sponsored by the Women's Caucas for Art will follow Ms. Rifka's
talk.
Admission is $4 for Academy of the Fine Arts members and $5 for
non-members.
For reservations, call the education department at (215)
972-7608.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS PRESIDENT FRANK H.
GOODYEAR JR. FORMS ADVISORY TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS ISSUES
RAISED BY CONSOLIDATION OF ACADEMY OPERATIONS
PA. Sept. 24, 1987---Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Presi-
dent Frank H. Goodyear, Jr. has announced the formation of an advisory task
force to study the option of relocating school facilities presently located at
Broad and Cherry Streets to a new location.
The advisory task force will be comprised of 14 members, including
representatives of the Academy of the Fine Arts school and museum staffs,
faculty, students, alumni, and Board of Trustees, as well as representatives
of the Philadelphia cultural community.
The task force will first meet in
mid-October.
This proposed move would be a second phase of a consolidation plan for the
Academy school, presently split between facilities at Broad and Cherry Street,
Peale House at 1820 Chestnut Street, and the Sculpture Annex on Ranstead
Street.
Phase One, combining Peale House and Sculpture Annex operations at a
location just two blocks from the Academy of the Fine Arts main building at
Broad and Cherry Streets, is presently under negotiation.
The advisory task force is being formed by Frank Goodyear to address issues
surrounding the relocation of the studios at Broad and Cherry Streets, raised
by students and alumni at meetings last week.
At a regularly scheduled
meeting of the Board of Trustees on September 18, an elected student
representative, Andrea Packard, presented the opinions of the student body.
Task force recommendations will be carefully considered before further plans
for school consolidation are made and carried out, according to President
Frank H. Goodyear, Jr.
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WORK OF ANTONIO CANOVA ON DISPLAY AT THE PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Sept. 29, 1987---The work of noted 18th century Italian
sculptor Antonio Canova is on display at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts
through December 15, 1987.
The exhibit is part of
"Passport to the
World", a "We the People--200" program involving museums and cultural
institutions throughout the Philadelphia area.
The Canova exhibit features preparatory drawings and letters by the artist for
a monumental statue of George Washington, commissioned for the North Carolina
Statehouse in 1816.
The original statue, one of the most famous marbles in
the United States during the 1820's, was destroyed in afire in 1831.
A
full-size plaster model of the work is housed at the Museo Civico di Possagno,
in Italy.
The sketches, letters, and photographs which comprise the exhibit
have been graciously loaned to the Academy of the Fine Arts by the Italian
authorities.
As Dr. Luca del Balzo, Consul General of Italy remarks "The Italian government
is very pleased to contribute to the "Passport to the World" program.
By
lending the artwork, we wish to send a message of friendship to the people of
the United States in this very special year that celebrates one of the most
important historical moments and acts of modern democracy--the signing of the
American Constitution."
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are: 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
The museum is open until 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest
art museum and art school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000
works of American art is housed in its third building, a National Historic
Landmark, designed by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original
Victorian splendor in 1976.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS AND ST. CHRISTOPHER'S
HOSPITAL INITIATE ART WORKSHOP FOR HOSPITALIZED CHILDREN
Rohm and Haas Sponsors Pilot Program for Collaborative Effort
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Sept. 18, 1987--Staff and volunteers from Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts and St. Christopher's Hospital for Children will present an arts
workshop series for children hospitalized at St. Christopher's beginning October 15,
1987.
The program, the first collaborative effort between the hospital and the
museum, is sponsored by Philadelphia-based Rohm and Haas company.
Lois Wexler, director of Child Life Services at St. Christopher's Hospital for
Children, commented, "The art workshop will bring an innovative dimension to the
progra~~ing
provided to our patients. By focusing on art they will have the kind of
enriching experience that they might not have had the opportunity to be exposed to
because of their acute or chronic illnesses.
"This pilot program has exciting possibilities for young patients at St. Christopher's
and other hospitals, as well as for the Academy of the Fine Arts," continued Regina
Neu, curator of education at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. "We're excited
to be able to offer to children who can't get to museums the chance to experience art
first-hand.
We hope this project will be the basis for similar art workshops in other
hospitals."
Delbert S. Payne, manager of corporate social investment of Rohm and Haas, believes
this collaborative effort will have a significant impact on the community and its
children.
"We are delighted to be able to contribute in any way we can to programs
like this one.
What makes it so special is the involvement of two excellent
institutions--the Academy of the Fine Arts and St. Christopher's," Payne said.
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PRESENT CHILDREN'S ART WORKSHOP
Led by Margaret Goodale, assistant curator for school and family programs at the
Academy of the Fine Arts, a group of volunteers will lead the twice monthly workshop
at the hospital.
Designed to introduce children to different elements of art, such as
line, color, and subject matter, each sess i on will fo c us on a different theme and will
feature a different art project.
A brief slide presentation will present ideas
through works of art in the Academy of the Fine Arts' collection; children will then
explore these ideas hands-on, creating their own works of art.
Approximately 25 to 30 children may participate in each session, which is open to all
children hospitalized at St. Christopher's at the time.
Volunteers also will work
individually with patients confined to their rooms or unable to participate in the
group art program.
St. Christopher's Hospital and Academy of the Fine Arts staff will evaluate the
program after twelve months for replication at other area hospitals.
volunteers will be trained to lead workshops at new sites.
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FACULTY/STUDENT/STAFF EXHIBITION AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF
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Oct. 8, 1987--A five-day exhibition of works by faculty,
students, and staff of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will be held
October 21 to 25, 1987.
All works included in the show, on view at Peale
House of the Academy of the Fine Arts October 21 to 25, have been donated by
the artists and will be sold.
An opening reception will be held at Peale
House Wednesday, October 21 from 5 to 7:30 p.m.
The Faculty/Student/Staff exhibition will benefit the Scholarship Endowment
Campaign.
Ruth Oliver, Campaign coordinator, comments," The exhibition
presents a unique opportunity for students and staff at the Academy of the
Fine Arts to help future Academy students.
It also allows collectors
interested in Philadelphia's established and new talent to see and purchase
works by Academy artists."
With the holiday season drawing near, purchases are particularly timely.
Gifts of artwork by Academy of the Fine Arts students and staff are unique,
personal expressions of the long-standing links between the Academy and the
Philadelphia community.
Coordinators hope that the Scholarship Endowment Campaign will reach its goal
of $2 million by December 31, 1987.
The campaign has raised approximately
$1.5 million through "selling" shows, sales of limited edition works of art,
and pr i vate donations since September 1986.
Peale House is located at 1820 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia.
In addition
to Academy students and faculty, the shows at Peale House feature works by
prominent artists from throughout the United States.
Hours are Tuesda y
through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, 12 noon to 4 p.m.
is free.
7 p.m.
Admission
For this exhibition only, hours are extended Thursday and Friday to
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PHILADELPHIA, PA. Oct. 1, 1987---The Women's Committee of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts joins with the Musical Fund Society to present its
annual series of concerts by students.
The first recital, featuring students
from the Settlement Music School is scheduled for Sunday, October 11, at 3 p.m
in the Rotunda of the Academy of the Fine Arts at Broad and Cherry Streets.
Three students will perform; flutist Mark Newhouse,
and pianist Leonard Leibowitz.
member Sandra Carlock.
violini~t
Richard Amoroso,
They will be accompanied by Settlement faculty
The concert is free with Museum admission.
For more
information, contact the Women's Committee at (215) 972-7639.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are: 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
The museum is open until 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest
art museum and art school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000
works of American art is housed in its third building, a National Historic
Landmark, designed by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original
Victorian splendor in 1976.
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TASK FORCE NAMED AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS TO
STUDY CONSOLIDATION OF ACADEMY OPERATIONS
Sept. 30, 1987---The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
has named a 15 member advisory task force to discuss the option of relocating
school facilities presently located at Broad and Cherry Streets to a new
location.
The task force, headed by Academy President Frank H. Goodyear, Jr.,
will meet mid-October through December.
Named to the committee from the Philadelphia cultural community are: Penny
Balkin Bach, Executive Director, Fairmount Park Art Association; Malcolm
Campbell, Ph.D., Associate Dean for the Humanities, University of
Pennsylvania; Joseph J. Rishel, Curator, European Painting before 1900,
Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Richard Tyler, Historic Preservation Officer,
Philadelphia Historical Commission.
Representives from the Academy of
th~
Fine Arts include: Linda Bantel,
Director of the Museum; Teri Ceraso, Assistant Dean of the School; Frank H.
Goodyear, Jr., President; B. Herbert Lee, Chairman, Committee on Instruction;
Judith Montgomery, first-year painting student; Frederick S. Osborne, Jr.,
Dean and Director of the School; Andrea Packard, third-year painting student;
Richard S. Ranck, President, Alumni Association; Gale Rawson, Museum
Registrar; Herbert S. Riband, Mus e um Counsel; Peter Paone, Chairmap, Graphics
Departme nt; and Tony Visco, Chairman, Sculpture Department.
Task f or ce discussions will be ca r e fully reviewed befor p f urther plan s for
sc hool c ons olida tion a r e made a nd ca rried out, a~ c~ di n g to Acad emy pr esi de nt
Fr a nk H. Goo dyear, J r.
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EXHIBITION OF ACADEMY FELLOWSHIP OPENS AT PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Show Celebrates Ninetieth Anniversary of Fellowship's Founding
PHILADELPHIA, PA. October 14, 1987---The 90th anniversary Exhibition of
Academy Fellowship, a juried exhibition featuring works by members of the
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Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, will be on view in
the Main Galleries of the Academy of the Fine Arts October 30 to November 29,
1987.
Approximately 300 Fellowship members, all past or present students of
the Pennsylvania Academy, are expected to submit works and compete for
approximately $10,000 in prize money.
In conjunction with the juried exhibition, the Academy of the Fine Arts
will present a selection of works from its permanent collection by past
Fellowship members.
Among the artists represented are Arthur B. Carles,
Franklin Watkins, and Morris Blackburn.
The exhibition will be juried by Linda Bantel, director of the museum at
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; Judith Stein, associate curator at
the Academy of the Fine Arts; and Thomas Chimes, well known painter and
Fellowship member.
Jurors will award prizes for works in all media, including
prizes designated specifically for students.
Among the prizes available in 1987 are: the Mary Butler Memorial Award
($500 for a work in any medium); Caroline Gibbons Granger Memorial Award ($250
for a painting); Leona Karp Braverman Memorial Award ($250 for sculpture); May
Audubon Post Prize {$100 for either painting or sculpture); Mabel Wilson
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Woodrow Memorial Awards ($100 each for student works, up to 5 prizes given);
and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts/Fellowship Purchase Prize ( $1000
for a work for the Academy's permanent collection).
The Fellowship Trust
Committee also awards purchase prizes of approximately $7000 for works for the
Fellowship's permanent collection.
The Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was founded in
1890, with 500 members, to establish a network of artists associated with the
Academy of the Fine Arts and to create opportunities for communication between
recognized artists and students.
Fellowship exhibitions are held annually,
providing a forum for Academy artists to show and for collectors to view new
works by Fellowship members.
The last Exhibition of Academy Fellowship held at the Academy of the Fine
Arts was in celebration of the group's 75th anniversary in 1972.
Other
exhibitions have been presented throughout the region, most recently at the
Noyes Museum in Oceanville, New Jersey.
The Exhibition of Academy Fellowship is coordinated by Lucy Glick, vice
president and exhibition chairman for the Fellowship, and Judith Stein.
All
works in the exhibition (excluding objects in the Academy's permanent
collection) will be for sale.
Proceeds will benefit, in part, the Scholarship
Endowment Campaign for the Academy of the Fine Arts' school.
The Pennsylvania Academy of t he Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are: 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
The museum is open until 7 p.m. on Wednesdays.
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ARTISTS' TALKS IN OCTOBER AT
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA, October 6, 1987---Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
presents talks by several prominent artists in the month of October.
Sculptor Lowry Burgess, whose piece The Boundless Cubic Lunar Aperture is
scheduled to be the NASA space shuttle's first non-scientific payload, will
discuss his work on Thursday, October 8 at 11:30 a.m. in the Hamilton
Auditorium of the Academy of the Fine Arts.
Following the slide lecture, Mr.
Burgess will lead a gallery talk in the exhibition.
at the Academy October 9 to February 7.
The sculpture is on view
Admission to Mr. Burgess' lecture is
free.
Betye Saar, assemblage artist and creator of the acclaimed Sentimental Sojourn
installation, will discuss her work in a slide lecture on Tuesday, October 13,
at 5:30 p.m. in the Hamilton Auditorium.
The exhibition is on view at the
Academy of the Fine Arts through mid-October.
Admission to Ms. Saar's lecture
is $4 for Academy of Fine Arts members and $5 for non-members.
Sculptor Helene Brandt, will discuss her work at 12 noon on Friday, October 9,
in the Morris Gallery of the Academy of the Fine Arts.
Ms. Brandt's work is
currently on view in Philadelphia both in the Morris Gallery and in Public Art
on the Plaza, an exhibition at the Municipal Services Building.
Admission to
Ms. Brandt's talk is free with admission to the Museum.
All artists' talks will be held at the Academy of the Fine Arts, at Broad and
Cherry Streets in Philadelphia.
Museum hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday evenings until 7 p.m. and Sundays 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT (Radio)
For Immediate Release Through November 28, 1987
THE BOUNDLESS CUBIC LUNAR APERTURE
CLive Copy/ :15 seconds)
Make a link with outer space!
sculptor Lowry Burgess.
See The Boundless Cubic Lunar Aperture by
The NASA space shuttle's first non-scientific payload
is on view now at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts through February 7.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS ALUMNA MARTHA ZELT
TO EXHIBIT RECENT WORKS OPENING OCTOBER 29
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PA. September 24, 1987---Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
alumna Martha ZeIt will premiere 15 of her most recent works in the Morris
Gallery at the Academy of the Fine Arts, October 30 to January 3, 1988.
The Morris Gallery exhibition will include ten mixed media constructions and
five monoprints.
ZeIt's collages, which use deckled handmade paper and strips
of brightly colored fabric, are rich in texture and hue.
Her monoprints
combine designs from Plains Indian Pipe bags with materials which evoke the
natural elements.
Martha ZeIt, a native of Pennsylvania, has shown her work in galleries and
museums throughout the United States.
Ms. ZeIt is represented in the Academy
of the Fine Arts' permanent collection as well as in the collections of the
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Philadelphia Museum of Art,
Princeton University and Yale University.
She is currently chairman of the
Visual Arts department at Virginia Intermont College.
The Morris Gallery, located at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at
Broad and Cherry Streets, displays the work of outstanding contemporary
artists with a connection to Pennsylvania.
The Morris Gallery enters its
tenth year in 1988 with an exhibition featuring the diverse works of many
artists who have been involved in exhibitions there.
catalogue of Morris Gallery exhibitions will be
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Gallery hours are: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; Sunday, 11:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; and Wednesday evenings until 7:00 p.m.
$3 .00; $2.00 for senior citizens and students.
$1.00 is offered Tuesday to Friday, 12 to 1 p.m.
General admission:
Special lunchtime admission of
Admission is free Saturday,
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Morris Gallery exhibitions are chosen by a committee composed of area artists,
museum personnel and collectors, and the curatorial staff of the Pennsylvania
Academy.
Currently serving on the Morris Gallery Exhibition Committee are:
Paolo Colombo, Bill Freeland, Faith Ginsburg, Carrie Rickey, Eileen Rosenau,
and Judith Tannenbaum; Academy of the Fine Arts staff including Frank H.
Goodyear, Jr., Linda Bantel, Kathleen A. Foster, and Judith Stein; and Academy
of the Fine Arts student Treacy Ziegler.
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BETYE SAAR: THE SPIRIT CATCHER
Air Date: Friday, October 9, 1987
Kill Date: Wednesday, October 14, 1987
(Live Copy/:15 Seconds)
Acclaimed assemblage artist Betye Saar (pron. "BET-TEE ZAR") will discuss her
work through film and slides at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Tuesday, October 13 at 5:30 p.m.
For tickets, call the Education Department
at the Academy of the Fine Arts.
(Live Copy/:30 Seconds)
Acclaimed assemblage artist Betye Saar (pron. "BET-TEE ZAR") is the subject of
the film "The Spirit Catcher," at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Tuesday, October 13 at 5:30 p.m.
Following the film, Ms. Saar will discuss
her current installations of public art, including her exhibit Sentimental
Sojourn, on view now at the Academy.
For information and tickets, call the
Education Department at the Academy of the Fine Arts.
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MONOTYPES BY MAURICE PRENDERGAST FROM THE
TERRA MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART ON VIEW AT THE
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October 16, 1987--Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast from the
Terra Museum of American Art, featuring works by one of America's most popular
late 19th-century painters, Maurice Prendergast, opens November 20, 1987 at
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Fifty-five monotypes, will be on
view at the Academy of the Fine Arts through January 10, 1988.
These prints,
from the collection of the Terra Museum of American Art in Chicago, Illinois,
represent a remarkable series of almost 200 monotypes produced by Prendergast
between 1891 and 1902.
Maurice Prendergast was known for his idyllic vision of the world.
His works
depicted holidays and festivals, parks and beaches, populated by graceful
women and charming children in fashionable attire.
Much of his popularity
derived from this irrestible subject matter, which showed the world at leisure.
The exhibition features several examples illustrating Prendergast's love for
beauty, excitement, and fun.
Women alone, as in Red Haired Lady With Hat and
Lady With Umbrella; circus scenes, like Bareback Rider; and festive street
scenes, such as Primrose Hill, all are featured in the exhibition, were among
the artist's favorite subjects.
Through the monotype technique, Maurice Prendergast created some of his most
de licate works.
Monotypes are unique impressions on paper of a design which
has been painted on a smooth surface such as copper or glass.
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Unlike other forms of printmaking, which permit many copies to be made of one
plate, the monotype process allows only one to three copies, or "pulls," with
each pull different and fainter than the previous impression.
Although each
print is different, they display equal attention to energy, color, and light.
The exhibition was organized by the Terra Museum of American Art, located in
Evanston and Chicago, Illinois.
The museum was founded in 1980 by Ambassador
Daniel J. Terra as the home for his remarkable collection of more than 800
works from the 18th century to the present.
A new building, located on North
Michigan Avenue in Chicago, opened with gala celebrations in April 1987, which
included an exhibition of 60 American masterpieces from the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast from the Terra Museum of American Art is
accompanied by a 160-page, full color catalogue by Cecily Langdale, noted
authority on Maurice Prendergast and co-owner of Davis
New York City.
& Langdale Gallery in
Coordinating curator for the Academy of the Fine Arts is
Jeanette Toohey.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the final stop
for the travelling exhibition, which has also been on view at the Terra Museum
and the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are: 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
The museum is open until 7 p.m. on Wednesday evening.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art
museum and art school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works
of American art is housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark,
designed by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian
splendor in 1976.
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SCHOOL OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
CONTINUES 1987-88 VISITING ARTISTS PROGRAM
Philadelp h ia
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Dore Ashton, Louise Bourgeois, Grace Hartigan, Lowery Sims
Among Featured Artists in "Art at High Noon" Program
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PHILADELPHIA, PA. October 16, 1987--The School of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine. Arts continues its 1987-1988 Visiting Artists "Art at High Noon"
program with lectures by ten artists.
The lecture series, which opened in October, continues through May with talks
by such artists and critics as Dore Ashton , Louise Bourgeois, Louise Fishman,
Jane Freilicher, Suzi Gablik, Grace Hartigan, and Lowery Sims.
Several
participating artists, including Gail Levin and Martha ZeIt, are featured in
exhibitions at the Academy of the Fine Arts this year.
The Visiting Artists program began in 1982 a s a way of bringing established
artists to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts to share their
professional knowledge and expertise with Academy students.
Since the
program's inception, speakers have included Marisol Escobar, Eric Fischl,
Clement Greenberg, Philip Pearlstein, James Rosati, Nancy Spero, and Italo
Scanga.
The 1987-88 Visiting Artists schedule includes: Martha ZeIt, Friday, October 30
(12 p.m., Morris Gallery); Suzi Gablik, Tuesday, November 17; Louise Fishman,
December 14; Gail Levin, December 16; Grace Hartigan, January 26, Lowery Sims,
February 24; Dore Ashton, March 10; Jane Freilicher, April 6; Louise Bourgeois,
to be announced.
All lectures are free and are open to the public on a first-come, firstserved basis.
Each slide
l~cture
will begin at 11:30 a.m. in Hamilton
Auditorium unless otherwise specified.
For more information, contact Nancy
Sokolove, coordinator of the Visiting Artists program, at (215) 972-7640.
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AHERICAN FRONTIER ART ON VIEW JANUARY 29 TO APRIL 22 AT
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October 23, 1987--American Frontier Life: Early Western
Paintings and Prints, approximately 60 works depitting the American West
before the Civil War, will be on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts January 29 to April 22, 1988 .
Paintings and prints by nine prominent
frontier artists, George Caleb Bingham, George Catlin, Charles Deas, Seth
Eastman, Arthur Jacob Miller, William Ranney, John Mix Stanley, Arthur Tait,
and Charles Wimar, are included in the exhibition.
In the years before the Civil War, during the period of westward expansion,
the frontier became a common subject for many American artists.
Epic tales
and important historical events of the day were often portrayed, but as
important were the every day occurances of life on the frontier.
The lives
and experiences of trappers, frontiersmen, and Indians are depicted, as well
as the adventurous stories of the romantic West.
Artists included in American Frontier Life were particularly qualified to
portray the subjects of the West, having first-hand experience of life on the
frontier.
Each arrived on the frontier early enough to witness people,
places, and events that had disappeared by mid-century.
Though not strictly
documentary painters, each valued authenticity and took care to include
accurate detail in his works, giving these paintings a lasting historical
significance.
American Frontier Life was organized by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in
Cody, Wyoming,
~nd
the Amon-Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, and was on
view at both museums.
The exhibition makes its final stop at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
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American Frontier Life: Early Western Paintings and Prints is accompanied by a
204-page catalogue, with essays by Peter H. Hassrick , Ron Tyler, Carol Clark,
Linda Ayres, Warder H. Cadbury, Herman J. Viola, and Bernard Reilly, Jr.
The
catalogue, which was published by Abbeville Press, features 134 illustrations,
including 75 color plates.
It is available in the Museum Shop at the Academy
of the Fine Arts.
The exhibition is supported by grants from The Henry Luce Foundation; an
anonymous donor; Boulevard Mortgage Company, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs. Meyer
P. Potamkin; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Klein; and The John Sloan Memorial
Foundation.
The catalogue is supported by a generous grant from the Luce Fund
for Scholarship in American Art, a program of The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
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SCULPTOR NANCY GRAVES TO RECEIVE AWARD OF AMERICAN ART AT
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Oct. 20, 1987--The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
will present sculptor Nancy Graves with the 1987 Award ' of American Art on
Friday, November 20, 1987.
Ms. Graves will receive the Award in a special
ceremony that evening at the Academy of the Fine Arts.
As a component of the
Award, a work by Ms. Graves has been purchased by the Academy of the Fine Arts.
According to Linda Bantel, director of the museum, Ms. Graves is honored for
her unique explorations in the world of American art.
Ms. Bantel comments,
"Nancy Graves has produced throughout her career most daring and orginal works
of art.
With the Award and the purchase of one of her sculptures, "Hay
Fervor," we acknowledge her achievements."
Ms. Graves gave her first solo exhibition in 1969 at the Whitney Museum of
American Art.
Since then, she has been recognized as one of America's
innovative sculptors.
Critic John Russell comments, "her sculptures seem to
dance around, perform implausible balancing feats."
John Yau, in Artforurn,
writes, "she has added a new chapter to the history of modernist sculpture."
The Award, a crystal disk depicting the design of the Academy Gold Medal of
Honor, was presented for the first time in 1985 to ,painter Frank Stella.
award will be presented every four years to an artist of national stature.
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The original design was executed in 1892 by Daniel Dupuis for the Gold Medal,
which has been presented 41 times to American artists who have studied,
exhibited, or are represented in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts, including Daniel Ridgway Knight, William Merritt Chase, Winslow
Homer, Cecilia Beaux, James A. McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Mary
Cassatt, Childe Hassam, and Andrew Wyeth.
The design includes the person-
ification of Fame holding symbols of victory--a palm branch and a laurel
wreath--with an artist surrounded by the tools of his trade.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS ANNOUNCES
PURCHASE OF METZGER BUILDING AT 13TH AND CHERRY STREETS
Oct. 28, 1987--Harold A. Sorgenti, chairman of the Board of
Trustees of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and Frank H. Goodyear,
Jr., Academy president, today announced the purchase of the Metzger Building
at 13th and Cherry Streets, one block from the Academy of the Fine Arts' main
building at Broad and Cherry Streets, for expansion of Academy programs,
studios, and office space.
The nine-story structure encompasses 87,000 square
feet, including valuable loft space.
In announcing the purchase, Mr. Sorgenti commented, "The consolidation of
the physical operations of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts can onl y
s e rve t o s t rengthen the institution's impact both in the City of Philadelphia
and in the nation.
The purchase of the Metzger Building brings about a new
chapter in the Academy's history; the unification of vital museum and school
operations will allow the institution to better meet it's mission as a center
for education and culture."
Mr. Goodyear added, "We are realizing, through the purchase of the Metzger
Building, several long-term objectives of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts.
One of these, physically consolidating operations presently located
throughout Center City into buildings two blocks apart, will make the whole
institution more accessible to itself.
Additionally, the significantly
increased amount of space in the new building, and its flexible nature, will
allow us to create a superior fine arts facility that will serve Academy
students well into the future."
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PURCHASES NEW BUILDING
Only studios and office operations at Peale House, currently located at
1820 Chestnut Street, and the Sculpture Annex, currently on Ranstead Street,
will be moved to the new building.
The Peale House will be sold.
Mr. Goodyear recognized the many donors who contributed toward the
purchase of Peale House in 1981, saying, "The acquisition of the Metzger
Building is made possible through the sale of Peale House and, ultimately,
because of the generosity of hundreds of donors to the
Campaign.
~'Building
on Greatness"
That campaign enabled the Academy of the Fine Arts to purchase and
renovate Peale House.
With the support of these important contributors, the
Academy of the Fine Arts is able to take another vital step into the future."
Peale House and Ranstead Street operations will be moved to the new
facility for the 1988-89 academic year.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS HOSTS
OPEN HOUSE FOR PROSPECTIVE VOLUNTEERS NOV. 12
Oct. 28, 1987-- Exc iting new volunteer opportunities will be
highlighted at an open house at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on
Thursday, November 12 from 4 to 6:30 p.m.
The Academy of the Fine Arts, the
nation's oldest art institution, will introduce it's newly expanded volunteer
program to prospective volunteers and will provide tours, refreshments, and
fun.
Museum personnel will be on hand at the open house to discuss each department
and its volunteer needs.
New volunteers can undertake projects in several
various areas of the Academy of the Fine Arts, including the library,
marketing/public relations, archives, membership, and curatorial departments.
To urs of current exhibitions will be offered, as well as a look at the "behind
the scenes" operations of the Academy's museum and school.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry Streets
in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Founded in 1805, the Academy
of the Fine Arts today owns more than 10,000 works of American art.
The
collection is housed in its third building, a National Historic Landmark,
designed by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian
splendor in 1976.
For reservations for the volunteers' open house and more information about
volunteer opportunities, contact Judy Ringold, Volunteer Coordinator, at (215)
972-7 608.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS HOSTS EVENTS FOR
NINETIETH ANNUAL FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION
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October 30, 1987--Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
presents a variety of special events this season in conjunction with the 90th
anniversary Exhibition of Academy Fellowship on view at the Academy through
November 29.
Lectures and gallery talks by several artists associated with
the Academy Fellowship are scheduled at the Academy of the Fine Arts
throughout the month of November.
The first event, on Wednesday, November 4 at 12 noon, will be a gallery talk
by Fellowship members Jim Victor and Lucy Glick.
Mr. Victor, sculptor and
faculty member at Rosemont College and at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, and Ms. Glick, Fellowship Exhibition chairperson and award-winning
painter, will interpret this year's exhibition.
On Saturday, November 14 at 12 noon, several prizewinners from this year's
Fellowship Exhibition will discuss their work, motivations and techniques.
Participants will include Kathleen Shaver, winner of the Mary Butler Memorial
Award; Bo Bartlett, winner of the Philadelphia Museum of Art Prize; and Sarah
McEneaney, winner of a Fellowship Purchase Award.
A gallery talk on Wednesday, November 18 at 12 noon will feature Fred
Danziger, painter and faculty member at the Art Institute of Philadelphia, and
Jennifer Baker, sculptor.
On Saturday, November 21 at 12 noon, John Cederstrom, noted conservator and
painter, will present "Painting and Posterity," a slide lecture on "survival
tactics" for painting. Mr. Cederstrom's talk will address the "do's and
dont's" of the process of painting, and the care of works of art at home.
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Kill Date: Sunday, November 15, 1987
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Winners at this year's Ninetieth Anniversary Fellowship Exhibition discuss
their prizewinning techniques at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad
and Cherry Streets, Saturday, November 14, at 12 noon.
Release Date: Thursday, November 12, 1987
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Artist and critic Suzi Gablik ("GA-blick") speaks at Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts, as part of this year's Visiting Artist Lecture Series.
Tuesday, November 17 at 12 noon, Broad and Cherry Streets.
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Philadelphia artists Fred Danziger and Suzi Baker discus s the ir work and the
Fe llowship Exhibition at Pennsylvania Academ y of the Fin e Art s , Broad a nd
Cherry Streets, on Wednesday, November 18 at 12 noon.
Re lease Date: Tuesday, November 17, 1987
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Noted conservator and painter John Ceder strom presents "Painting for
Posterity," a slide lecture on survival tactics for painting and how to take
care of the art you own.
Saturday, November 21, at 12 noon, at Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS OPEN ELECTION DAY,
VETERANS DAY
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
October 30, 1987--The galleries of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts will be open to the public both Election Day,
Tuesday, November 3, and Veterans' Day, Wednesday, November 11, 1987.
The Main Galleries and Morris Gallery at Broad and Cherry Streets
are open both days from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
On view in the Main Galleries
are the Ninetieth Annual Fellowship Exhibition, The Boundless Cubi c Lunar
Aperture, and Framing the Constitution: The Artists' Record.
The Morris
Gallery features Martha ZeIt: Recent Work.
The Peale House at 1820 Chestnut Street is open both days from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The featured exhibition is Mary Nomecos/Bill Scott:
Paintings and Works on Paper.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACAD&~Y OF THE FINE ARTS PRESENTS SPECIAL EVENTS
IN CONJUNCTION WITH MONOTYPES BY MAURICE PRENDERGAST
PHILADELPHIA, PA. November 5, 1987--In conjunction with the exhibition
Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast From the Terra Museum of American Art,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts presents several special events through
early January.
The monotype will be explored in a series of gallery talks by Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts faculty members.
All gallery talks are presented at
12 noon in the exhibition; they are free with museum admission.
On Tuesday, November 24 , Peter Paone, chairman of the Printmaking Department,
discusses the use of illonotypes by Maurice Prendergast and his fellow artists.
Tony Rosati, printmaking instructor, focuses on various techniques used to
create monotypes in a gallery talk on Thursday, December.
The history and
development of monotypes will be explored by Dan Miller, chairman of the
Painting and Drawing Department, on Wednesday, January 6.
"Prendergast Paperdolls," a tableau- vivante performance by Moonstone, Inc., is
featured on Sunday, Deceillber 13 from 1 to 3 p.m.
The interdisciplinary arts
group will recreate the leisurely turn- of- the-century lifestyle depicted in
Prendergast's prints.
Following the performance , the audience is invited to
create "Prendergast" paperdolls using potato prints, rubber stamps, and
colorgraphs.
The program is supported by the Alexis R. Rosenberg Foundation.
Admission is free but registration is required.
For more information, contact the education department at (215) 972 - 7608.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS PRESENTS BEFORE
HOLLYWOOD: TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY FILMS FROM AMERICAN ARCHIVES
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Landmark Silent Film Exhibition Presented December 2, 1987
to January 16, 1988
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
from
Am~rican
Nov. 6, 1987---Before Hollywood: Turn-of-the-Century Film
Archives, a landmark exhibition of 69 silent films from the
pre-Hollywood studio era, will be presented December 2, 1987 to January 16,
1988 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Films dating from 1895 to
1915, the formative period in American cinema, will be featured.
Many of the
films to be shown have been recently rediscovered and restored and are
presented for the first time since they were originally released.
To kick off the series, the Academy of the Fine Arts will present a special
screening of the acclaimed documentary "Before the Nickelodeon: The Early
Cinema of Edwin Porter" on Tuesday, November 24 at 5:30 p.m.
The film
explores American cinema in its earliest days through the work of one
director.
Charles Musser, noted film historian and producer of "Before the
Nickelodeon," will introduce the film and discuss the techniques, goals, and
themes of this country's pioneers of film.
Mr. Musser will also present two
short silent films, "The Unwritten Law," a thrilling drama based on the
Thaw-White case, produced in Philadelphia in 1907 and not shown here since,
and "The Story the Biograph Told" (1904).
Films included in Before Hollywood have been arranged into six topical
programs to illuminate the historical and cultural context of the period from
which they emerged.
Groups of short films address such ideas as An Age of
Innocence, Pleasures and Pitfalls, America in Transition, Domestic Life, The
Frontier Spirit, and Love and Misadventure.
Each film will be accompanied by
live piano music performed by Don Kawash, a Philadelphia pianist and raconteur.
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Among the films to be shown are: "How They Rob Men in Chicago" (1900), "He
Forgot His Umbrella" (1901),
"Smashing a Jersey Mosquito" (1902), "Rube and
Mandy at Coney Island" (1903), "Electrocuting an
Eleph~nt"
(1903), "Princess
Nicotine; or, The Smoke Fairy" (1909), "The Girl of the Golden West" (1915),
and "Young Romance" (1915).
Although the films lack the sophistocation and
technology of Hollywood's later efforts, they are endowed with imagination and
exuberance which make them unique.
Several short films will be shown each Wednesday evening at 5:30 p.m. (except
December 9).
Each program will be repeated Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m.
(except December 26).
Admission per film is $3 per member; $4 per nonmember.
Series tickets can be purchased for $15
per member; $20 per nonmember.
In conjunction with the film presentations, a "photo essay" exhibition of
historical photographs will be on view in the Academy of the Fine Arts'
History Gallery December 2 to January 16.
Thirteen large-format photographic
panels will document turn-of-the-century film production in the United States.
Before Hollywood is organized by the American Federation of Arts (a merging of
the Art Museum Association of America and the American Federation of Arts),
and supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the
New York State Council on the Arts, and the following private foundations and
individuals--the Eugene and Estelle Ferkauf Foundation, Barbara Goldsmith and
Frank Perry, the Arthur Ross Foundation, Hilva Landsman, James Ottaway, Jr.,
and the Brown Foundation, Inc.
For more information and a brochure listing the film topics and related
programs is available from the education department at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts at (215) 972-7608.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS CLOSED THANGIVING
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
November 18, 1987---The galleries of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will be closed Thanksgiving
Day, Thursday, November 26, 1987, but will be open for regular
hours Friday, November 27 and throughout the weekend.
The Main Galleries and Morris Gallery at Broad and Cherry
Streets are open Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and
Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
On view in the Main Galleries are
Honotypes by Maurice Prendergast from the from the Terra Museum
of American Art, Ninetieth Annual Exhibition of Academy Fellowship,
The Boundless Cubic Lunar Aperature, and Framing the Constitution:
The Artists' Record.
The Morris Gallery features Martha ZeIt: Recent
Work.
The Peale House Galleries at 1820 Chestnut Stree t a re open
Friday and Sa turday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sund ay from noon to
4 p.m.
The f ea tur ed exhibition is Mary Nomecos/Bill Scott: Paintin gs
and Works on Pa per.
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GAIL LEVIN: HOPPER'S PLACES ON VIEW DEC. 16 TO JAN. 10 AT
PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES, PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Nov. 23, 1987--Peale House Galleries of Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts present Gail Levin: Hopper's Places, an exhibition of 24 photographs
documenting the exact sites depicted in works by acclaimed American realist painter
Edward Hopper . The exhibition opens to the public at a reception Wednesday evening, 5
to 7 p.m., December 16, 1987, and continues on view at the galleries at 1820 Chestnut
Street through January 10, 1988.
Ms. Levin, formerly curator of the Hopper Collection at the Whitney Museum of American
Art in New York, is recognized as one of America's leading authorities on Hopper's
work.
Original photographs from her most recent book, Hopper's Places, will be on view
along side reproductions of Hopper's paintings.
Ms. Levin's photographs compare specific elements in Hopper's paintings to their real
appearance, and fin~s alterations which reveal much about his personality, tastes, and
the cultural climate of the time.
While the photographs demonstrate how closely Edwa rd
Hopper followed nature, they also reveal how freely he altered what he observed.
Gail Levin will lecture on her work as part of the "Art At High Noon" lecture program
on December 16 at 11:30 a . m.
The lecture will be held in Hamilton Auditorium at the
Academy of the Fine Arts on Broad and Cherry Streets; admission is free .
Peale House Galleries feature exhibitions of works in all media by Academy of the Fine
Arts students, faculty, and alumni, as well as by prominent American and international
contemporary artists not affiliated with the Academy.
Gallery hours are Tuesday
through Sat ur day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 4 p.m.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS RECEIVES $80,000
GRANT FROM FRANKLIN MINT FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS
Grant to Benefit Academy School's Scholarship
Campaign
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Endo~nent
Nov. 10, 1987---The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
has received a grant for $80,000 from The Franklin Mint Foundation for the
Arts, a newly established corporate giving
from
Frank
~rogram.
The announcement came
H. Goodyear, Jr., president of the Academy of the Fine Arts, and
Lynda Resnick, executive vice president and co-owner of The Franklin Mint.
The gift will benefit the Academy School's Scholarship Endowment Campaign, to
provide tuition grants for futbre students at the Academy of the Fine Arts.
"This contribution is an important gesture of support for the Academy of the
Fine Arts," commented Frank Goodyear.
"It is significant that one of the new
foundation's first gifts benefits the training of future generations of
American artists.
Enlightened support such as that provided by The Franklin
Mint Foundation for the Arts will enable the Academy of the Fine Arts to
continue its historic role in the education of fine artists."
"We are delighted to make this contribution to one of America's pre-eminent
arts educators," said Lynda Resnick.
"The active nurturing of artistic
talent, especially promising newcomers, is central to the philosophy of The
Franklin Mint.
As a corporate patron of the arts, The Franklin Mint takes
great pride in being part of the educative process for these gifted Academy
students," added Mrs. Resnick.
The gift will be made over three years beginning in 1987.
This contribution
brings total gifts to the Scholarship Endowment Campaign to $1,592,000.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS CELEBRATES THE
HOLIDAYS AT ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY DECEMBER 13
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PHILADELPHIA, PA. Nov. 23, 1987---The holiday season begins with style at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at the Annual Holiday Party on Sunday,
December 13.
From 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., the Main Galleries of the historic museum
will abound with seasonal music, refreshments, and decorations to delight the
whole family.
A special art raffle, featuring works by Academy of the Fine
Arts alumni, will highlight the afternoon.
Works by Lucy Glick, Patricia Brock Ingersoll, Chris Nissen, and Mary Nomecos,
ranging from mixed-media collage to oil on canvas, will be raffled to benefit
the Academy of the Fine Arts' Scholarship Endowment Campaign.
The raffle will
be held at 4 p.m.
The Academy of the Fine Arts' Museum Shop will be open for holiday shopping,
with selections of gifts, toys, cards, books, and craftworks by local
artists.
?arty-goers will be entertained with choral and brass music,
including selections by the Center City Brass Quintet, throughout the
afternoon.
Lavish decorations will include a dramatic, 13-foot tree in the
Museum's Rotunda, featuring winning ornaments entered by members of the
Wanamaker's Kids Club, and banks of poinsettias the length of the Grand
Staircase.
The afternoon's festivities are free with museum admission.
Raffle tickets
are $10 each and are available at the party and in advance from the Alumni
Office, Peale House, 1820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
information, call the Alumni Office at (215) 972-8350.
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ACCLAIMED PORTRAITIST LAJOS MARKOS TO GIVE PAINTING
DEMONSTRATION AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Nov. 20, 1987--Acclaimed portraitist Lajos Markos will give
a demonstration of classical portrait painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts on Saturday, December 12, 1987.
Two three-hour sessions, at 1
p.m. and 7 p.m., will be presented at the Academy of the Fine Arts School at
Broad and Cherry Streets.
Admission is free.
A native of Hungary, Lajos Markos was awarded the Zrinyi Prize, the highest
Hungarian national prize for art.
Since coming to the United States in the
1950s, Mr. Markos has earned a national reputation as both a portraitist and a
painter of scenes of the Old West.
Among Mr. Markos portrait commissions are paintings of the Henry Ford family,
Robert Kennedy, Joh'n Wayne, Pablo Casals, Buddy Rich, and the family of Kin;s
Hassan of Morocco.
He ·was also commissioned to design and execute the
portrait for the Richard Nixon Inaugural Medallion in 1973.
His Western paintings include Siege of the Alamo, commissioned for the Texas
State Capitol in Austin in 1981.
His works are featured in the collections of
the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; City Hall in Dallas,
Texas; Diamond M. Museum in Snyder, Texas; and The Zigler Museum in Jennings,
Louisiana.
A selection of Mr. Markos' works will be on view at the Academy of the Fine
Arts School during both demonstrations.
Following the evening session, a
reception to meet the artist will be held.
For more information, contact the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts School
at (215) 972-7624.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS PRESENTS "LANDSCAPES
AND LH1ERICKS," SPECIAL HOONSTONE PERFOR~1ANCE DECEHBER 13
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
No vember 30, 1987--Moonstone, Inc., a Philadelphia-based
interdisciplinary performance group, will give a performance workshop at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Sunday, December 13 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Monotypes by Maurice Prendergast is the inspiration for a tableau-vivant and
hands-on workshop entitled "Landscapes and Limericks."
The group will bring to life images from the delicate monotype prints included
in the exhibition. The performance uses the whimsical limericks of Edward Lear
to evoke the landscapes of turn-of-the-century America, filled with women and
children enjoying the beach, park, and circus.
Following the performance, the
audience will dress in Victorian costume and create their own "Prendergast"
monotypes.
"Landscapes and Limericks" is supported by the Alexis R. Rosenberg
Foundation.
The program is free with museum admission, but advance
registration is required.
For information and registration, call the
Education Department at (215) 972-7608.
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AMERICAN FRONTIER ART ON VIEW JANUARY 29 TO APRIL 22 AT
PENNSYLVANIA ACAD~~Y OF THE FINE ARTS
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.
December 17, 1987-- American Frontier Life: Early Western
Paintings and Prints, approximately 60 works depicting the American West
before the Civil War, will be on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts January 29 to April 22, 1988.
Paintings and prints by nine prominent
frontier artists, George Caleb Bingham, George Catlin, Charles Deas, Seth
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Eastman, Arthur Jacob Miller, William Ranney, John Mix Stanley, Arthur Tait,
and Charles Wimar, are included in the exhibition.
In the years before the Civil War, during the period of westward expansion,
the fronti e r became a common subject for many American artists.
Epic tales
and important historical events of the day were often portrayed, but as
important were the every day occurances of life on the frontier.
The lives
and experiences of trappers, frontiersmen, and Indians were depicted, as well
a s the adventurous stories of the romantic West.
Artists included in American Frontier Life were particularly qualified to
portray the subjects of the West, having first - hand experience of life on the
frontier.
Each arrived on the frontier early enough to witness people,
places, and events that had disappeared by mid-century.
Though not strictl y
documentary painters, each valued authenticity and took care to include
accurate detail in his works, giving these paintings a lasting historical
significance.
American Frontier Life was organized by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center in
Cody, Wyoming, and the Amon-Carter Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, and was on
view at both museums.
The exhibition makes its final stop at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
AMERICAN FRONTIER ART AT PENNSYLV ANIA
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Ameri can Frontier Life: Early Western Paintings and Prints is accompanied by a
204-page catalogue, with essays by Peter H. Hassrick, Ron Tyler, Carol Clark,
Linda Ayres, Warder H. Cadbury, Herman J. Viola, and Bernard Reilly, Jr.
The
catalogue, which was published by Abbeville Press, features 134 illustrations,
including 75 color plates.
It is available in the Museum Shop at the Academy
of the Fine Arts.
The exhibition is supported by grants from The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.;
Burlington Northern Foundation; Boulevard Mortgage Company, Philadelphia; Mr.
and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Klein; and an anonymous
donor.
It is supported in Philadelphia by
Foundation.
T~e
John Sloan Memorial
The catalogue is supported by a generous grant from the Luce ' Fund
for Scholarship i n American Art, a program of The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are: 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Tuesda y through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
Admission is $3 for adults; $2 for students with I.D. and senior
citizens; free for members and children under 7.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art
museum and art school in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works
of American art is housed in a National Historic Landmark, designed by Furness
and Hewitt in 1876 and restored to its original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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Lucinda Costin, Public Information
Officer, (215) 972-7642. After
5 p.m., (302) 888- 0469
Broad and Cherry Stree ts
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS CLOSED CHRISTMAS, NEW YEAR'S
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Dec. 14, 1987---The galleries of Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts will be closed Christmas Day, Friday, December 25, 1987, and Ne w
Year's Day, Friday, January 1, 1988.
However, the Academy of the Fine Arts
will be open on Christmas Eve Day, New Year's Eve Day, and throughout the rest
of the holiday season.
On view in the Main Galleries through the holidays are Monotypes by Maurice
Prendergast from the Terra Museum of American Art, The Boundless Cubic Lunar
Aperture, and a special selection of modern works from the Academy's permanent
collection.
The Morris Gallery features Martha ZeIt: Recent Work.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are: 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
Beginning December 16, 1987 the Academy of the Fine Arts will no
longer be open until 7 p.m. on Wednesday evenings.
The Peale House Galleries at 1820 Chestnut Street are open Tuesday through
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and from 12 noon to 4 p.m. on Sundays.
On view
from December 16 at the Peale House Galleries is Gail Levin: Hopper's Places.
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