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PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMYT~~
For information, contact: Luise Moskowitz,
Public Information Assistant, (215) 972-7642.
FINE ARTS
Broad and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia
FOR
I~~EDIATE
RELEASE
Pennsylvania
CHILDREN'S CREATIVITY ENCOURAGED AT PENNSYLVANIA
ACADB~ OF THE FINE ARTS VACATION ART CAMP
19102
(215)972-7642
PHILADELPHIA, PA. November 18, 1988---Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
invites children aged 5-12 to participate in Vacation Art Camp, a five day
program , held Sunday, December 18 through Thursday, December 22, from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. each day.
Taught by staff member and artist, Judy Ringold, the art camp focuses on the
current exhibition The Figurati ve Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism.
Participants use painting, sculpture, printmaking and mixed media techniques
to create unique works inspired by the exhibition.
Projects include
jewelry-making, t-shirt painting, and a group project entitled The Futuristic
Fifties.
A reception and exhibition of work created during the art camp will
be held on Thursday, December 22, from 2-3 p.m.
The program cost is $40 for
members and $50 for non-members. Art materials and a daily snack are included
in the fee.
To register, send cash, check, or money order to the Education Department,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia,
19102.
Students are encouraged to
r~gister
early as space is limited .
For
more information, call the Education Department 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 through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday .
Admission to the Museum is $3,$2 for senior citizens and students.
The museum is free to the pub l ic on Saturda ys from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is ac cessible to handicapped visitors.
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FINEARrs
For information, contact: Luise Moskowitz
Public Information Assistant (215) 972-7642.
Broad and Cherry Streets
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
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HOLIDAY SHOPPING SPREE FOR MEMBERS OF
PENNSYLVANIA ACAD&'1Y OF THE FINE ARTS
(2 15) 972-7642
PHILADELPHIA, PA. November 18, 1988- --Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
invites you to become a member now in order to take advantage of the Academy's
two-day Holiday Shopping Spree.
Members receive a 15% discount in the Museum
Shop from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, December 17 and from noon to 2 p.m.,
Sunday, December 18.
The Museum Shop is a colorful store is filled with exhibition catalogues and
posters, cards, special hand-crafted jewelry, scarves, toys, coloring books,
knick-knacks and one of the most enchanting selections of children's books in
Philadelphia.
In addition to this holiday shopping opportunity, museum docents lead tours of
the exhibition The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism at 2
p.m., Saturday, December 17 and at noon, Sunday, December 18.
Following the
tours, hot mulled cider and holiday cookies will be available on the first
floor of the Pennsylvania Academy.
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.
Admission is $3, $2 for senior citizens and students, free to members
and children aged 5 and under.
The Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine arts is free to the public on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is accessible to handicapped visitors.
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 HOSTS
PROJECT JAZZ TRIO IN CONJUNCTION WITH
TaE FIGURATIVE FIFTIES: NEW YORK FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONIS;'1
~USIC
(215) 972-7642
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
November 1, 1988---Catch the beat of the fifties at
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Saturday, November 5 at 11:30 a.m.
In conjunction with the exhibition The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative
Expressionism the Pennsylvania Academy hosts a free concert by Music Project
Jazz Trio.
The special family concert, presented by Young Audiences, features jazz for
all ages.
The musicians draw their themes from the surrounding exhibition
which includes works by Jackson Pollock, Willem deKooning, Grace Hartigan,
Alex Katz, Lester Johnson, Larry Rivers and many others.
The exhibition and
all its programs are supported by grants from the CIGNA Foundation and The Pew
Charitable Trusts.
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.
Admission is $3, $2 for senior citizens and students.
free to the public on Saturdays from 10 a.m to 1 p .m.
The Museum is
The Pennsylvnia Academy
of the Fine Arts is accessible to handicapped visitors.
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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FINEARrs
For information, contact: Luise Moskowitz,
Public Information Assistant, (215) 972-7642.
Broad and Cherry Streets
FOR
Philadelphia
I~~EDIATE
RELEASE
Pennsylvania
19102
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NOVEMBER HIGHLIGHTED BY LECTURES AT PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PJILADELPHIA, PA. November 1, 1988----The first lecture in the 1988/89
Visiting Artist Lecture Program and special gallery talks in conjunction with
the exhibition The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism are
scheduled during the month of November at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts.
Painter Gabriel Laderman opens the 1988/89 Visiting Artists Lecture Program
with a lecture on Tuesday, November 8, 1988.
Mr. Laderman discusses his work
at 11:30 a.ill. in the Pennsylvania Academy's Hamilton Auditorium.
All Visiting
Artist lectures are free and open to the public.
Several gallery talks which explore the exhibition The Figurative Fifties: New
York Figurative Expresionism are also scheduled for the month of November.
Museum docents lead talks on the exhibition on Friday, November 4; Saturday,
November 12; Tuesday, November 15, and Saturday, November 19.
All talks begin
at 12 noon in the Main Galleries and are free with museum admission.
The
Figurative Fifties, the first exhibition to examine the figurative alternative
.t .o Abstract Expressionism, features the work of Jackson Pollock, Willem
deKooning, Larry Rivers, Grace Hartigan, Alex Katz, George McNeil and many
others.
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.
Admission is $3, $2 for senior citizens and students, and free to
members and children aged five ana under.
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Museum is free on Saturdays
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is accessible to
handicapped visitors.
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AOIDEMYT~~
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Public Information Assistant, (215) 972-7642.
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PAINTER RACKSTRAW DOWNES SPEAKS AT PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(215) 972-7642
PHILADELPHIA, PA. November 16, 1988---Painter Rackstraw Downes presents a
slide lecture at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Tuesday, November
22, 1988 at 5:30 p.m.
The lec ture is presented as part of the series
Contemporary Viewpoints: Artists as Critics of Art.
The Contemporary
Viewpoints series has been made possible by a ma j or grant from The Pew
Charitable Trusts.
Mr. Downes, a noted landscape painter, depicts vividly realistic scenes of
Maine and New York City in his large-scale works.
Born in Kent, England in
1939, Mr. Downes studied fine arts at Cambridge University, and received his
MFA from Yale University in 1964.
A post-graduate fellowship at the
University of Pennsylvania brought him to Philadelphia in 1965-66.
Mr.
Downe's work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the country
and his work hangs in permanent collections at The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and many others.
His distinguished list
of publications includes essays and reviews in Art In America, ARTNews, Art
Journal, The New Criterion, and the New York Times Book Review.
Contemporary Viewpoints, an Artists Lecture Series, is a city-wide consortium
of Philadelphia cultural institutions organized by the Tyler School of Art of
Temple University.
All lectures are free and open to the public.
For more
information on the series, call the Tyler School of Art (215) 782-2828.
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.
Admission is $3, $2 for senior citizens and students, free to members
and children aged 5 and under.
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The Museum is free to the public on Saturdays
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is
accessible to handicapped visitors.
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After 5 p.m., (302) 888-0469.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS NAl\fES VICTOR CrURA AS
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPHENT
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
September 15, 1988---Frank H. Goodyear, Jr. President of
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, has appointed Victor Chira as
Director of Development.
As a member of the Pennsylvania Academy's executive
staff, Mr. Chira will head the institution's development, membership, and
corporate outreach programs.
He assumed his new position September 6, 1988.
"The Pennsylvania Academy is extremely fortunate to have as its Director of
Development a person of Victor Chira's stature," comments Mr. Goodyear.
"His
appointment brings to the job an individual with extensive experience in
development work, in the fields of education and the arts.
Mr. Chira's
responsibilities will include the Academy's annual giving campaign and other
special campaigns.
The Pennsylvania Academy raises approximately forty
percent of its annual operating budget from outside sources."
Mr. Chira comes to the Pennsylvania Academy from The Mount Sinai Medical
Center of New York, where he was Director of Major Gifts and participated in
its $165 million capital campaign to strengthen the medical school endowment
and construct a new patient care facility designed by I.M. Pei.
Previously,
he served as Director of Development for The Joffrey Ballet in New York,
Associate Director of Development for Haverford College in Haverford,
Pennsylvania, and Director of Development at The Park School of Buffalo and
Madaille College, both in Buffalo, New York.
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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 Frank
Furness and George Hewitt in 1876 and restored to its original splendor in
1976 .
The Pennsylvania Academy 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. t o 5: 00 p.m . on Sunda y .
Admiss i on is $3 for adults; $2 for senior c itizens and students; f r ee to
members and children 5 and under.
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ACADEMYT~~
For information, contact: Luci nda Costin,
Public Information Officer, (215) 972-7642.
After 5 p.m., (302 ) 888-0469.
FINEMTS
Broad and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pennsy lvania
19102
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FIGURATVE FIFTIES FIL~/VIDEO WEEKEND AT
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. August 26, 1988----Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
hosts a film and video weekend in conjunction with the exhibition The
Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism, on Saturday, October 22
and Sunday, October 23, 1988.
The American art scene in the 1950's is highlighted in two video/film programs
presented in conjunction with The Figurative Fifties.
Saturday's program,
Artists of the Figurative Fifties, features "DeKooning on DeKooning" (1
hour),
"Rivers" (30 minutes), and "Lester" (10 minutes), presentations which
highlight the work of artists Willem DeKooning, Larry Rivers and Lester
Johnson , all artists whose work is featured in the exhibition.
On Sunday ,
Ideas and Attitudes of the Fifties features the film, "The Beat
Generation---An American Dream" (90 minutes).
All films will be shown at 2 p.m. in the Academy's Hamilton Auditorium.
Program fees, which inc l ude admission to the Pennsylvania Academy's Museum,
are $3 per day for members, $4 per day for non-members, or for both days, $5
for members and $7 for non-members.
The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Express io nism is supported in
Philadelphia in part by the CIGNA Foundation and the Pew Cha ritable Trusts.
' 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
Sunda y.
The Museum is accessible to handicapped visitors.
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After 5 p.m., (302) 888-0469.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS HOSTS
SPECIAL EVENTS FOR THE FIGURATIVE FIFTIES: NEW
YORK FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM
19102
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PHILADELPiUA, PA.
August 26, 1985----Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
hosts a series of special events throughout the fall in conjunction with the
exhibition The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism.
gallery talks
Several
and a jazz concert highlight the calendar in November.
On Saturday, November 5, Music Project Jazz Trio presents a special Young
Audiences jazz concert for the whole family.
Figurative Fifties
inspir3tion, the Trio will provide an hour of music
~s
suitable for all a3es.
Streets in
Saturdajs
?~iladelphia.
f ro~
Using the themes from The
The concert is at 11:30 a.m. at Broad and Cherry
Concert admission is free; museum admission is free
10 a.m. to 1 p.m ..
A series of gallery talks led by Pennsylvania Academy docents are offered
throughout the month of November.
Gallery talk leaders will discuss The
Figurative Fifties in the Main Galleries at Broad and Cherry Streets.
All
gallery talks are held at 12 noon and are free with museum admission.
Dates
for gallery talks are Friday, November 4; Saturday, November 12; Tuesday,
November 15; and Saturday, November 19.
For concert and gallery talk
information, call (215) 972-760S.
Also scheduled for the Fall is a series of Films of the Fifties presented by
Temple Cinemateque.
Academy members may
rece~ve
the films with their Academy membership cards.
a discount on admission to
For film series information
call (215) 787-1529.
The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative , Expressionism is supported in
Philadelphia in part by grants from the CIGNA Foundation and the Pew
Charitable Trusts.
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After 5 p.m., (302) 888-0469.
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ROBERT BINGHAM INSTALLATION, GOOD'BUY, LORD, BY AND BY
OPENS AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEi-1Y OF THE FINE ARTS' MORRIS
GALLERY SEPTEMBER 8, 1988
PHILADELPHIA, PA, August 24, 1988---Robert Bingham's bold, provocative work
makes its Morris Gallery debut at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
September 8 to October 16, 1988.
"Good Buy, Lord, ' By and By/An Old American
Myth" is a mixed-media installation which provides a wry social commentary on
consumerism and American "over consumption."
The installation's focal point is a light board, arranged in a restaurant-issue
dessert display case, featuring large format slides of an array of luxury
goods and foods.
The board is powered by human energy via an "exercycle"
which; when ridden, produces electricity.
This is placed in an arena with
bleachers, and is surrounded by a brick-patterned "tent" from fabric printed
at The Fabric Workshop.
Bingham includes several levels of symbolism in his work to express his views,
both humorous and serious, on modern values.
He places the exercycle in a
grooved board symbolic of the "rut" humans ride into when .they put undue value
on worldly possessions.
He sees riders racing towards their goals --material
go ods, lavish foods, etc. --bu t rarely getting closer.
He implies that the
c urrent craze for exercise is a way of dealing with over consumption of food
prevalent in our society.
Further, the tent, which appears to be a permanent
struct ure, is a play on the "facades" which material goods can help to create.
Robert Bingham was born i n Lacrosse, Wisconsin.
He received degrees from
Montana State Universit y, Bozeman and the University of California, Davis.
He
has ex hibited internationally in one-person and group shows, i n cluding at St.
S teph e n's School, Rome; Tyler School of Art Abroad, Rome; Th e Fabric Workshop,
P hiladelphia; ~udson Gallery, New York City; Moore College of Art,
Phi lad elphia ; Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Th e Noyes Mus e um, Oceanville,
New Jersey; and Philadelphia Art All i ance , Philadelph ia.
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ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
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A resident of Philadelphia, Bingham recently returned from a two-year
sabbatical in Rome, where
h~
taught at St. Stephen's International School and
was a guest lecturer for Rhode Island School of Design, . Rome and Tyler School
of Art Abroad.
Previously, he taught at Moore College of Art and University
of California, Davis, and lectured at
~hilad~lphia
College of Art, Rutgers
University, and Arizona State University.
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.
Admission is $3 for adults; $2 for students with I.D. and senior
citizens; free to members and children 5 and under.
donation on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The museum is free by
The museum is accessible to the
handicapped.
Exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts are supported by
general operating grants f.rom the Pennsyl van i _a Council on the Arts and the
City COfincil of Philadlephia.
Morris Gallery exhibitions are supported, in
part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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FINEAATS
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS RECEIVES GRANT FOR
EXHIBITIONS AND CONSERVATIONS FROM THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS
August 23, 1988---The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
a grant totaling $350,000 from The Pew Charitable Trusts to
support exhibitions and the museum's painting conservation program.
"The Pennsylvania Academy is committed to presenting to Philadelphia the
broadest scope of American fine arts, both in the special exhibitions we
coordinate and show, and in the works we acquire and exhibit as part of our
permanent collection," comments Linda Bantel, Director of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
~useum
of the
"This generous grant from The Pew
Charitable Trusts will help us to continue to meet these goals."
~A
major portio~ of the grant will support three special exhibitions at the
•. Pemi.syl vania Academy during the next two years.
Among those is The Paris
Universal Exposition of 1889: American Artists in Paris.
t~avelling
This major
exhibition is being coordinated and circulated by the Pennsylvania
Academy in celebration of the bicentennial of the French Revolution, and the
centennial of the Paris World's Fair, the event for which the Eiffel Tower was
constructed.
Works on view include paintings by such renowned Americans as John Singer
Sargent, Childe Hassam, William Merritt Chase, George Inness, Thomas Eakins,
and Daniel Ridgway Knight.
The exhibition will be on view at the
Pennsylvania Academy, The Chrysler Museum , Norfolk, Virginia, and the Memphis
Brooks Museum of Art, Memphi s , Tennessee.
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TWO GRANTS FROM THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS
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Other exhibitions funded in Philadelphia by the grant are The Figurative
Fifties: New York Figurative
Expressionism,co~curated
by the Pennsylvania
Academy and the Newport Harbor Art Museum, and Making Their Mark: Women
Artists Move Into the Mainstream
197G~85,
a travelling exhibition organized by
the independent curators Randy Rosen Associates.
F~nds
to support the ·three
exhibitions total $310,000;
The 'grant also includes $40,000 to support the purchase of paintings
conservat~pn
equipment, helping to create a state-of-the-art paintings
conservation laboratory.
In 1986 the Atademy initiated its in-house paintings
conservation program, with a full-time tonservator working exclusively on its
collection.
Since that time, conservator ' MarkBockrath and assistants have
examined over 400 -works and have treated several dozen.
The Pew Charitable Trusts consist of seven individual charitable funds
established between 1948 and 1979 by the sons and daughters of Joseph N. Pew,
founder .of the Sun Oil Company.
The trusts support nonprofit organizations
dedicated to improving the quality of life for people and communities and
encouraging ·personal,. g,r.0wthand self-sufficiency.
Grants are awarded in areas
of conservation anq...\ :he e'nvironment , culture, education, health and human
services, public" ~p0liCy~
and religion.
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Founded in 1805 • .the Penhsyl vania Academy of · the Fine Arts is the oldest art
museum and .;~~;rt. scl)ool in ~orth America.
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Its collection of over 10,000 works
-t o!.,
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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For information, contact: Lucinda Costin,
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After 5 p.m., (302) 888-0469.
FINEAATS
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DANCER STEVE KRIECKHAUS PERFORMS AT
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
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PHILADELP:UA, ?A.
Sept. 13,
1988- - - -Philadelphia dancer Steve Krieckhaus
jJr2.3e;lts a special repeat performance of his recently premiered work "Under
Morris Field," on Saturday, September 24 at 2 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts.
The work, choreographed expressly for the Academy space,
premiered June 29, 1988 as part of Matter of Time, a collaborative
installation funded by the William Penn Foundation as part of Philadelphia ART
NOW.
In addition to Mr. Krieckhaus, "Under Morris Field" features four dancers, Joe
Canuso, Jan Klemmer, Linda Loeber, and Anna Ryder, as well as light operator
Mina Chremos.
The 20-minute piece is one in a series of "field" works, which
Krieckhaus calls "process pieces" involving organic materials.
Previous works
in the series include "The Field of Diminishing Return," "The Waterloom
Field," and "The Archaeology of Everyday Life."
Tickets for the performance are $4 for members, students, and staff of the
Pennsylvania Academy and $7 for non-members, which includes museum admi ssion .
Space is limited and tickets will be available on a first-come, first-serv e d
bas i s only.
No r ese rvations will be taken .
Tickets will be sold at the
Pennsylvania Academy museum shop begi nning Thursday, September 22 at 10 a.m.
The Pe nns ylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is locat e d at Broad a nd Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two bl oc ks north of City Ha ll.
Hour s a r e : 10:00 a .m.
to 5 : 00 p.m., Tuesday through Satur day , and 11:00 a .m. to 5 : 00 p.m. on Sund ay .
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After 5 p.m., (302 ) 888- 0469.
ACADEMYT~~
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FOR
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADE;'1Y OF TaE FINE ARTS HOLDS FREE OPEN ;-rOUSE
AT ~Ew SCHOOL BUILDING, 1301 CIERRY STREET
Pennsy lvania
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PJILADELP3IA, PA. October 18, 1988---A free Open aouse complete with tours of
artists' private studios inaugurates the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts' new School building at 1301 Cherry Street.
Open 3buse festivities are
held on Saturday, October 29, 1988 from 12:30 to 4 p.m.
Every aspect of the building, designed by PHH Interspace, has been created
with the artist in mind.
1301 Cherry Street is a state-of-the-art facility,
from the spacious printmaking suite, to the brand new exhibition gallery, to
the many private artist's studios for both students and faculty.
Tours of the newly renovated loft building will be offered throughout the
day.
The tours will also include the historic studios at Broad and Cherry
Streets, where Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt and many others studied and taught,
as well as the cast studios which house copies of the world's greatest
statues, from ancient Greek masterworks to Michaelangelo's 17-foot David.
tours will begin at 1301 Cherry Street.
All
Printmaking, figure modeling,
painting and portrait painting demonstrations by current Pennsylvania Academy
students will also take place throughout the building.
Admission to all Open
House activities is free.
The newl y opened School Gallery at 1301 Cherry Street presents the work of
Pennsylvania Academy students, faculty, alumni and staff.
through
Saturd~y,
10 a.m. - 4 p.m ..
Hours are Tuesday
Admission is free.
The Pennsyl vania Academy of the Fine Arts containing the Museum and School
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studios is located a block away fr om the new School building at Broad and
Cherry Streets in Philadelphia.
Museum 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.
Admission to
the Museum is $3, $2 for senior citizens and students with a valid I.D.
museum is free on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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August 16 , 1988----Artists Grace Hartigan, Alex Katz, George
McNe i l, and Larry Rivers form a special panel to discuss "The Figurative
Fifties: The Artists' View," on Friday, October 14, 1988, from 1 to 3 p . m. at
Penns ylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
The panel discussion is held in
conjunction with the exhibition The Figurative Fift i es: New York Figurative
Expressionism on view at the Pennsylvania Academy through December 31, 1988.
Each of the participating artists is represented in The Figurative Fifties,
the first comprehensive exhibition to explore the figurative alternative to
abstract expressionism.
Their work reflects a broad range of figurative
expr e ssionism, from the situational clarity of Katz and Rivers to the
expressive brushwork in the canvases of Hartigan and McNeil.
The panel discussion is moderated by c o-curators Paul Schimmel of the Newport
Harbor Art Museum, and Judith Stein of the Pennsyl vania Academy of the Fine
Arts.
The program, which inc l udes admission to the museum, is $4 for membe r s
and $5 f or non- members.
(21 5) 972 - 7608.
For reservations, call the Education Department at
The Figurative Fifities: New York Figurative Expressionism is
supported in Philadelphia in part by gr ants from the CIGNA Foundation and the
Pew Charitable Trusts.
The Pennsylvania Academ y of t he Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, two bl ocks north of City Hall.
Hours are: 10:00 a.m.
to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. t o 5:00 p.m. on
Sunda y .
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Thirty - two Paintings by America's First Great Still Life
Painter on View February 17 to April 23, 1989
PHILADELPHIA , PA .
September 15, 1988- - - America's first great still life
painter, Raphaelle Peale (1774- 1825), will be featured in a traveling
exhibition of 32 paintings on view next spring at the Pennsylva nia Academy of
the Fine Arts .
The exhibition, organized by the Pennsylvania Academy and the
National Gallery of Art, i s on view at in Philadelphia February 17 to April
23, 1989.
Raphaelle Peale Still Lifes is supported by a major grant from the Pew
Charitable Trusts .
The exhibition is also supported in Philadephia in part by
a grant from Price Waterho use , an independent accounting and t ax management
and consulting firm .
"Raphaelle Peale ' s still lifes are of tremendous importance in the history of
American a rt, " comments Linda Bantel , Exhibition Coor dinator a nd Director of
the Museum at the Pennsylvania Academy . "They are both exquisitely beautiful
and are significant in that they represen t the work of America's first
'professional' still life painter. "
Raphaelle Peale painted app r oximately 150 still lifes; only about 50 of these
paintings su r vive .
The exhibition includes many of these existing works,
including t he famous After the Bath, considered a maste r piece of trompe
l'oeil .
Also i ncluded are works by Peale ' s fathe r, Charles Willson Peale, his
uncle, James Peale , and his brother Remb r andt Peale.
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Ra phaelle Peal e Sti l l Li fe s i s accompa nied by a fully i ll ustrated catalo gue,
publ ished by t he Natio nal Ga l lery of Art .
The ca t alog ue includes essays by
Ni cho l ai Ciko vsk y , Jr . , the exhibi t ion's c urat or and c urat or of American art
at the Nat io nal Galler y ; Linda Bant e l; and J ohn Wi lmerding , de puty direct or of
the Nati onal Galler y .
Also i nc l uded are a comp i lati on of texts and documents
r e latin g t o Raphaelle Peale and a checklist of works he exhibited in his
lifet i me.
The Pennsy l vania 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 Saturda y , and 11:00 a.m . to 5 : 00 p . m. on
Sunda y .
Admission is $3 for adults; $2 fo r students and senior citizens; and
free to members and children 5 and under .
Saturday from 10 a.m . to 1 p . m.
The museum is free by donation on
For more information, call (215) 972 - 7642 .
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art
museum and art s c hool in North America.
Its c ollection of over 10,000 works
of Amer i can art is housed in its third building, a National Hist oric Landmark,
desi gned by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian
splend or in 1976.
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ROBERT BINGHAM INSTALLATION, GOOD BUY, LORD, BY AND BY
OPENS AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS' MORRIS
GALLERY SEPTEMBER 8, 1988
PHILADELPHIA, PA, July 12, 1988---Robert Bingham's bold, provocative work
makes its Morris Gallery debut at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
September 8 to October 16, 1988.
"Good Buy, Lord, By and By/An Old American
Myth" is a mixed-media installatiori which provides a wry social commentary on
consumerism and American "over consumption."
The installation's focal point is a light board, arranged in a restaurant-issue
dessert display case, featuring large format slides of an array of luxury
goods and foods.
The board is powered by human energy via an "exercycle"
which, when ridden, produces electricity.
This is placed in an arena with
bleachers, and is surrounded by a brick-patterned "tent" from fabric printed
at The Fabric Workshop.
Bingham includes several levels of symbolism in his work to express his views,
both humorous and serious, on modern values.
He places the exercycle in a
grooved board symbolic of the "rut" humans ride into when they put undue value
on worldly possessions.
He sees riders racing towards their goals--material
goods, lavish foods, etc.--but rarely getting closer.
He implies that the
current craze for exercise is a way of dealing with over consumption of food
prevalent in our society.
Further, the tent, which appears to be a permanent
structure, is a play on the "facades" which material goods can help to create.
Robert Bingham was born in Lacrosse, Wisconsin.
He received degrees f rom
Montana State Universiby, Bozeman and the University of California, Davis.
He
has exhibitied internationally in one-person and group shows, including at St.
Stephen's School, Rome; Tyler Schoo l of Art Abroad, Rome; The Fabri c Workshop,
Philadelphia; Hudson Gallery, New York City; Moore College of Art,
Ph iladelphia; Zenith Gallery, Washington, D.C.; The Noy es Museum, Oceanville,
New Jersey; and Philadelp hia Art Alliance, Philadelphia.
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A resident of Philadelphia, Bingham recently returned from a two-year
sabbatical in Rome, where he taught at St. Stephen's International School and
was a guest lecturer for Rhode Island School of Design, Rome and Tyler School
of Art Abroad.
Previously, he taught at Moore College of Art and University
of California, Davis, and lectured at Philadelphia College of Art, Rutgers
University, and Arizona State Uriiversity .
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.
Admission is $3 for adults; $2 for students with I.D. and senior
citizens; free to members and children 5 and under .
donation on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The museum is free by
The museum is ac cessible to the
handicapped.
Exhibitions at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts are supported by
general operating grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the
City Council of Philadlephia.
Morris Gallery exhibitions are supported, in
part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA, June 24, 1988---A tropical mood sweeps through· Center City
on Thursday, July 14, 1988 when the Young Friends of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts present "Rumbah," an island-inspired dance party at the Peale
Club, 1819 Chestnut Street.
The festivities, which include a tropical buffet, rum tasting, and music and
dancing by the reggae band Dr. Chico, last from 5:30 to 9 p.m.
Admission to
the party is $20 per person, in advance and $25 per person, at the door.
For reservations, send a check payable to "Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts" to:
Young Friends
Membership Office
1820 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA
19103
or call the Membership Office at (215) 972-7630.
Reservations must be
received by Friday, July 7, 1988.
The Young Friends of the Pennsylvania Academy was founded in 1984.
Currently
there are 350 active members, aged 40 and under, who sponsor events which
benefit the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fin e Arts.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art
museum and art school in North Ame rica.
Its colle ction of over 10,000 works
of American art is hous e d in it s third buildin g , a National Histori c Landmark,
de si gne d by Furne ss a nd Hewi t t in 1876, and r esto r e d t o i ts ori gina l Victorian
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WITH SEA AND SHORE, MARINE PAINTINGS AND SCULPTURE FROM THE
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June 3, 1988---A special installation featuring works with a marine
theme celebrates summer at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Sea and Shore,
i'1arine Paintings and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, featuring 35 works from
the 19th and 20th centuries, is on view at the Pennsylvania Academy July 1 to September
18, 1988.
From the time of American independence, when sea trade played a crucial role in the
country's economy, marine painting has been an important genre in American art.
Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, artists have been fascinated by the sea and its
many moods and appearances.
Sea- and beachscapes
on view represent many styles, from the realistic scenes of the
Luminists Martin Johnson Reade and John Kensett to the more abstracted works of
Impres~ionists
like Childe Hassam and John Twachtman.
Even the modern artist's
perception of the sea, its light, color, and flatness, are represented through works by
artists such as Milton Avery, Paul Westcott, and Philadelphia artist Ken Dirsa.
Sculpture on view dates from the late 19th to the mid-20th centuries, and includes
depictions of sea birds and a bather.
A second installation this summer of works from the Academy's permanent collection
hi ghlights 19th-century "masterpieces," including works by Charles Willson Peale,
Winslow Homer, Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, William Merritt Chase, John Singer Sargent,
Haxfield Parrish, and Severin Roesen, to name a few.
Pe nnsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry Streets in
Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday
through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Admission is: $3, adults; $2,
students and senior citizens; free, members and children 5 and under .
fr ee Sa turd ay , 10 a .m. to 1 p.m.
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OFFERS EVENING SCHOOL, SATURDAY CLASSES
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PHILADELPHIA, PA. August 23, 1988----Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
offers evening and Saturday classes in drawing, painting, sculpture and
printmaking this fall.
Evening school classes begin September 8, 1988 at the
Pennsylvania Academy at Broad and Cherry Streets in Philadelphia.
Saturday
workshops begin September 10, 1988.
Evening school and Saturday workshop classes are open to students of all
levels, from beginning artists to professionals.
Pennsylvania Academy faculty members.
Courses are taught by
Participating students have access to
the Pennsylvania Academy's museum, as well as to the school store and
library.
In addition, an annual exhibition for Extension Programs students is
held in the spring, providing an opportunity for students to present their
work to the public.
Courses in Anato,ny, Life Drawi ng, Color Development, Landscape, Painti?B - -' . ~ ..
Compostion, Pastel, Portrait Paintin g , Still Lif e , Waterco l or, and maRy : oth~rs
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s tud e n t s as necessary o n the se l ec tion of co ur ses a nd i n st r uc tors.
S tud e nt s may re g ister fo r Eve n i ng Sc hool an d Sa t urday Wo r ks h o p c l as s es by mail
u p to one wee k prior t o th e begi nnin g of c l ass .
Wal k -i n regi s t r atio n wi l l
be
held Sept ember 1 a nd 2 f r om 11 a.m. to 7 p . m. at Broad and Cherry St reets .. in
Phil a d elp hia .
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JUDITH ROTHSCHILD: RELIEF PAINTING, 1972 - 1987
May 23, 1988---This summer, the graceful relief paintings
of acclaimed New York artist Judith Rothschild fill the walls of Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
Approximately 50 works provide a retrospective view
of the artist's mixed-media work from the early 1970's to the present.
The
exhibition opens June 17 and continues through September 18, 1988.
"A highly respected New York painter with an international reputation, Judith
Rothschild has produced for the past three decades an elegant and lyrical body
of work which has earned her the devotion of a group of people who support
lasting quality," remarks Linda Bantel, Director of the Museum of Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, "During the last 15 years, Ms. Rothschild has
experimented with relief paintings, in which she attaches painted cut-out
shapes to the underlying canvas to create technically distinctive images that
are abstracted from nature---the figure, landscapes or plants."
Ms. Rothschild has shown her colorful, textured work extensively in one-person
shows internationally, throughout the United States, and in Europe.
Works by
Ms. Rothschild are included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of
Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum, Fogg Art Museum, Corcoran
Gallery of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Israel Museum (Jerusalem), City Art
Gallery (Auckland, New Zealand), and Aachen Museum (Aachen, Germany).
Following its showing at the Academy, the exhibition travels to the Portland
Museum of Art in Portland, Maine.
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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.
Admission is $3, $2 for senior citizens and students, and is free to members
and children aged 5 and under.
The museum is accessible to handicapped
visitors.
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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THE FIGURATIVE FIFTIES EXHIBITED THIS FALL AT PENNSYLVANIA
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First Major Exhibition of New York Figurative Expressionism
On View October 14 to December 31, 1988
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Oct. 7, 1988-- The first comprehensive exhibition to explore
the figurative alternative to abstract expressionism, The Figurative Fifties:
New York Figurative Expressionism, makes its East Coast debut at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts October 14 to December 31, 1988.
The
exhibition was organized by the Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach,
California, with the assistance and cooperation of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts.
"Our recent retrospective exhibitions of Franz Kline, Jack Tworkov, and Robert
Motherwell provided a close look at major abstract expressionist artists.
With The Figurative Fifties, we're showing a less well-known side of New York
School painting in the 1950s, a side we began to investigate with our recent
exhibition of the early work of Red Grooms," comments Linda Bantel, director
of the museum at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Artists represented in the exhibition are: Robert Beauchamp, Alex Katz, Elaine
de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Robert Goodnough, Grace Hartigan, Lester
Johnson, George McNeil, Jan Muller, Jackson Pollock, Fairfield Porter, Larry
Rivers, and Robert Thompson.
Approximately 75 works in the exhibition include
several major paintings; Willem de Kooning is also represented by work on
paper.
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The 1950s are best known as the decade of abstract expressionism, a unique
American style of painting that largely excluded representational imagery.
Yet at the time, many painters were using expressionist methods to explore
alternatives to the prevailing abstract mode.
Inspired by the example of
Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock, artists like Grace Hartigan, Alex Katz,
Fairfield Porter, and Larry Rivers used expressionist techniques to address
the human figure.
The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism is co-curated by
Paul Schimmel, chief curator at the Newport Harbor Art Museum, and Judith
Stein, associate curator at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
It is
accompanied by a 200-page, full color catalogue with essays by the co-curators
qnd Klaus Kertess and Carter Ratcliff.
Following its showing at the Newport Harbor Art Museum and the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, the exhibition will travel to the McNay Art Museum
in San Antonio, Texas February 15 to April 30, 1989.
The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism has bee.n "made
possible by a generous gift from The Irvine Company, Newport Beach,
California.
Additional funding was provided by the National Endowment for the
Arts, a federal agency.
The exhibition is supported in Philadelphia by a
generous gift from CIGNA Foundation and the Pew Charitable Trusts.
The
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is supported by general operating grants
from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the City Council of Philadelphia.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS APPOINTS
INEZ S. WOLINS AS CURATOR OF EDUCATION
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
May 31, 1988---Linda Bantel, Director of the Museum of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, has announced the appointment of Inez
S. Wolins as Curator of Education.
~s.
Wolins will oversee the museum's
interpretive and educational programs for children and adults.
She assumes
her new position effective August 1, 1988.
"The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is an important educational
resource for the entire region," comments Ms. Bantel.
"Our reknowned
collection of American art, which ranges from Colonial portraiture to
contemporary mixed-media works, allows us to exhibit a rich overview of art,
culture, history, and style."
She continues, "I am sure Ms. Wolins' ten years
of museum experience, as well as her remarkable energy, will help to continue
our tradition of educational excellence.
I am pleased to welcome her to the
Pennsylvania Academy."
Ms. Wolins comes to the Pennsylvania Academy from the Bank Street College of
Education in New York City, where she has been an instructor of Museum
Education since 1985.
Also during that time, she has been an assistant
visiting professor in the Art Education department at the Pratt Institute
School of Art and Design in Brooklyn.
Her previous museum experience includes
positions as Curator of Education at the Tampa Museum of Art, as Assistant
Coordinator of Education at the Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University,
at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, and the Everson Museum of Art
in Syracuse.
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Presently a doctoral candidate at New York University, Ms. Wolins holds an
M.F.A. in Museum Studies from Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Fine Arts
from the University of the Arts, Philadelphia.
She has written and lectured
extensively on museum education, and has presented papers on the subject
throughout the United States and Canada.
In addition, she sits on the Council
of the American Association of Museums.
The Pennsylvania Academy has recently received three grants, totalling
$23,500, to support museum education programs including the "Art Promotes
Learning" program.
Foundations awarding grants to the Pennsylvania Academy
were The Philadelphia Foundation, the Alexis Rosenberg Foundation, and the
Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation.
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 Frank
Furness and George Hewitt in 1876 and restored to its original splendor in
1976.
The Pennsylvania Academy 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.
Admission is $3 for adults; $2 for senior citizens and students; free to
members and children 5 and under.
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STUDENT AWARD WINNERS
May 13, 1988---Winners of the 1988 student prizes of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts were announced today at the Pennsylvania
Academy in Philadelphia.
Prizes were awarded in a ceremony at the historic
Frank Furness/George Hewitt building at Broad and Cherry Streets.
Cash and
purchase prizes totaling nearly $50,bOO were presented to students at the
nation's oldest art institution.
Among the most prestigious prizes given annually are the Pennsylvania
Governor's Award and the Philaqelphia Mayor's Award, $1,000 prizes each given
to a graduating student who has distinguished him or herself in the fine
arts.
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This year's recipient of ' the Governor's Award is Kate Moran of
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The Mayor's Award was presented to Frank Arnott St.
Aubyn Taylor of Barbados, West Indies.
Four William Emlen Cresson Memorial Traveling Scholarships, $7,800 each for
summer travel and study in Europe and two semesters of tuition at the
Pennsylvania Academy, were awarded.
Recipients are Martin McGowan of East
Burke, Vermont; Andrea Packard of Greenwich, Connecticut; Anna Paik of
Sarasota, Florida; and Bao Jian Zhou of Shanghai, China.
J. Henry Scheidt
Memorial Traveling Scholarships, $3,800 each for unrestricted summer travel,
were presented to Kristin Balmer of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania; Wendy
Brusick of Chicago, Illinois; Jorge Rodriguez-Aguilar of Barranquilla,
Colombia; and Patricia Traub of Philadelphia.
Recipients of the J. Henry
Schiedt Memorial Traveling Scholarships, $3,800 for summer travel in Europe,
were Catherine Kimock of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Mary Ann Rich of
Philadelphia.
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Alumni Award recipients receive a book on a favorite artist or an artist who
has inspired their work.
This year two awards were presented.
Helen Mirkil
of Ardmore, Pennsylvania received a book on Paul Klee; Pamela Taggart of
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania was given a volume about J.M.W. Turner.
The
Hobson Pittman Memorial Prize, a $2,500 award given for high achievement in
experimental painting, was also presented to Ms. Taggart.
Catherine Kimock
received special notjce.
The Simone C. Titone Prize, $1,000 given to a graduating student, was
presented to Michael Brown.
notice.
Nell Stifel of New York City received special
The Gilbert M. Cantor Memorial Scholarship Award of $1,000 was given
to Treacy Ziegler of Philadelphia.
Special notice was given to Gaile Haselton
of Ambler, Pennsylvania.
More than 50 additional spring prizes were awarded to students for works
produced during the 1987-1988 school year.
Prize winning artworks, as well as
more than 400 works by third- and fourth-year students of the Pennsylvania
Academy, are on view in the 87th Annual Student Exhibition through June 12 at
the Pennsylvania Academy of
th~ . Fine
Arts.
Most works on view are for sale;
proceeds benefit the artists.
For more information, call the Pennsylvania Academy at (215) 972-7600.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS RECEIVES
MAJOR GRANT FROM NEA TO FUND CONSERVATION
TRAINING PROGRAM
PHILADELPHIA, PA. May 11, 1988---Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts have received a major grant
from the National Endowment for the Arts to establish an in-house conservation
technician training program.
Under the direction of a CCAHA staff member, a
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Pennsylvania Academy technician will address the preservation needs of nearly
half of the 12,000 works on paper in the Academy's collection over a two-year
period.
The program is one of the first of its kind.
Though in-house conservation
training programs have been eSf,ablish~d for the preservation of archival
'~.
material, this pilot program is the first CCAHA project to deal exclusively
with fine arts pieces in a private museum collection.
Elizabeth Schulte,
Acting Chief Conservator at CCAHA, will supervise Helen Mangelsdorf, a paper
conservation technician trained by CCAHA and Assistant to the Academy's
Curator of Prints and Drawings.
Ms. i1angelsdorf will conserve works which
require attention for exhibition purposes.
Simple dry cleaning, repairing
minor tears, inpainting missing design areas, removing old paper hinges, all
must be accomplished before a work can be displayed to the general public.
"It's a very exciting endeavour," remarks Robert Strauss, President of the
CCAHA, "being able to train and oversee a technician on-site adds a new
dimension to the resources we are able to provide to our members.
The Center
tends to be thought of as a place where individual objects are treated; this
program, made possible by our long association with the Academy, stresses our
commitment to the whole art of conservation."
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CONSERVATION GRANT
Linda Bantel, Director of the Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts notes, "Art institutions are increasingly aware of the necessity of
properly caring for their collections but are faced with the escalating cost
of professionally trained conservators.
By combining the skill and experience
of a CCAHA conservator with the knowledge of a technician from our own staff
we can handle many of our minor c6nservation needs in the most efficient and
cost-effective way, possible.
We are fortunate to have in our region the
Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts, which is one of the
nation's foremost conservation centers."
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REQUEST FOR COVERAGE: Commencement at Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts
Date:
Friday, May 13, 1988
Time:
3:30 p.m. to approximately 5:00-5:30 p.m.
What:
Acclaimed black American artist Jacob Lawrence will present the
commencement address at the graduation ceremony of the School of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The 87th Annual Student
Exhibition opens to members.
Where:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Main Galleries, Broad and
Cherry Streets, two blocks north of City Hall, Center City,
Philadelphia
Jacob Lawrence will present the commencement address. Recipients of several
major traveling scholarships totaling over $50,000 will be announced.
Students, faculty and staff of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will
take part in the graduation of candidates who have completed a four-year
certificate program in Fine Arts at the Academy.
Following graduation, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., the 87th Annual Student
Exhib~tion will open.
INTERVIEW POSSIBILITIES: Jacob Lawrence will be available for a brief
question-and-answer period following graduation.
VIDEOTAPE POSSIBILITIES:
Address by Jacob Lawrence, announcement of awards, and students with their
artwork.
PHOTOGRAPHY POSSIBILITIES:
Same as above, as well as architectural shots of the Academy building,
designed by Frank Furness and George :Iewitt in 1876.
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JACOB LAWRENCE HONORED SPEAKER AT
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May 13, 1988----Acclaimed American painter Jacob Lawrence was the
featured speaker today at the 1988 Commencement of the School of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
Mr. Lawrence, considered to be one of America's most
important living artists, addressed students at the ceremony immediately preceeding
the opening of the 87th Annual Student Exhibition.
"Jacob Lawrence has always been a pioneer; both in style and in content his work
always seeks to bring important, challenging ideas to public attention," remarks
Frederick S. Osborne, Director of the School of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts.
"Mr. Lawrence's life is an exceptional model for aspiring artists.
His
dedication to human dignity as well as aesthetic issues makes him unique, and we have
been very privileged to give this year's graduates the opportunity to meet him."
Born in 1917 in Atlantic City, N.J., Mr. Lawrence is known for his bold, colorful work
depicting everyday life and the historic struggle of American blacks against every
type of oppression.
American history.
His long career as a fine artist spans three generations of
From working as a painter for the WPA, to designing posters for the
1972 Olympic Games in Munich, to providing paintings for the Artists' Call Against
U.S. Intervention In Central America, Lawrence's work has always been appreciated for
its timeliness and insight.
i1r. Lawrence's appearance at the Pennsylvania Academy is particularly fitting sice the
Academy recently acquired his painting Dream Series 5: The Library for its permanent
collection.
This work, from 1967, is one of the first American works to depict black
children in a library settin g .
It is currently on displ ay in the Mus e um.
After speaking in Philad e lphi a , Mr. Lawrence travels to New York where h e is r ece ivin g
a n Honorary Doctorate of Fin e Arts from th e Parsons School of Design, a n aca d emic
divisi o n of the New Schoo l For Socia l Research .
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SCHOOL OF PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS MOVES
OPERATIONS TO 1301 CHERRY STREET IN PHILADELPHIA
(215) 972-7642
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Hay 3, 1988--The new studio facility for the School of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at 1301 Cherry Street opens its doors
this September to welcome students to a state-of-the art facility.
The
relocation of the school's facilities from 1820 Chestnut Street to 1301 Cherry
Street consolidates those studios with the historic school spaces located at
the r e nowned Furness/Hewitt building a block away at Broad and Cherry Streets.
The building at 1301 Cherry Stree t was identified as an ideal structure f or an
artists' facility for several reasons.
The 65,000-square foot, nine -stor y
loft structure provides open floors which can be designed into a ny desired
configuration.
With windows on three sides and sky lights, t he buildin g has
abundant natural light for painting, sculpting, and drawing.
Additionally, it
is located only one block from the Academy's "flagship" building,
consolidating school and administrative operations.
The proximity also means
that students can easily attend classes in both facilit i es and hav e easy
access to the exhibitions and permanent collection in the muse um.
"Finding appropriat e space for i ts schoo l pro gram, gr owin g mu se um col l ecti on,
a nd s t a f f has bee n a l o ng-sta nd i ng chal l e nge f or th e Pennsyl va nia Aca de my, "
comme nt s Frederick S. Osborne , J r, dir ec tor of the school.
"In fac t , t he
Acad e my's spac e problem ma y be i ntensified by the unique nat ure of the
insti t ution.
The mus e um and the schoo l have been, since th e ins t i t uti on' s
found i ng in 1805, s ymbiot ic c om ponents of the Academy's whole; th e i r
r e lationship is enhanced by the fact t hat their physica l pla nt s ha ve be e n , in
pa r t, unde r o ne roo f a t Br oa d a nd Cher r y Stree ts.
The lo cat i on of the new
bui l d i ng a llows thi s r el ation ship to con tinue , whil e c ons ol i dat in g t he sc hool
op e r a t io ns i nt o o ne geo gr a ph ical area."
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According to Osborne, part of the school has
been ~ho~~d
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as l ong as the institution has existed.
in auxiliary space
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Until~ow,
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the spaces have
nev er been immediately adjacent to each other, and most recently have been
located half - a - city apart.
The 1301 Cherry Street structure shares a history with the Academy.
It was
designed in 1914 for the Metzger Printing Company by the Philadelphia firm of
Sauer and Hahn.
Both architect Andrew Sauer and engineer Frank Eugene Hahn
had a connection to the Pennsylvania Acade-my.
Sauer received his
architectural training through the Franklin Institute Drawing School and the
Pennsylvania Academy.
Hahn, a member of the Pennsylvania Academy, received a
degree in engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.
The company chosen to redesi gn the building's interior, PHH Interspace, Inc.,
is one of America's most acclaimed corporate space design firms.
Interspace
is known for projects such as the Hercules Incorporated corporate headquarters
in Wilmington and SmithKline Beckman Com pan y's Research and Development Center
in Upper Merion.
The Interspace desi gn team included Hava Gelblum, senior
project coordinator, James P. Dugan, principal designer, and Steven Juestrich,
designer.
Among the facilities to be included in the new building ar e : life painting and
drawing studios; still life studios; complete printmaking facilities for
etching, woodcut, and lithography, including enclosed acid a nd aquatint rooms;
complete sculpture facilities including a small foundry and stone carving
room; private and group studios for students and private studios for fa c ulty;
exhibition gallery ; library; darkr oom; canvas preparation room; storage
facilities for student and faculty artworks; and administrative offices.
The School of the Pennsylvania Acaderny of the Fine Arts will i nau gurat e its
new facility at 1301 Cherry Street in October 1988 .
with the new school year in September 1988.
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ROBERT BINGHA11: URBAN SURVIVAL E]UIPi1ENT
OPENS AT Ti-lE .10RMS GALLERY OF T:m PENNSYLVANIA
ACADE.'lY OF THE nNE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA, Jun e 20, 1988 ---Robert Bin gha m' s bold, provocat i ve work
makes its
~orri s
Gal l ery debut at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art s ,
Se pt ell1ber 8 to October 16, 1988.
"Urban Survival Equipme nt," a series of
constructions fashioned from fabric designs created at The Fabric
1986, provides a wry
co ~m e ntary
~orkshop
in
on urban lif e .
Each pattern was desi gned with a specific social function in mind.
Chain-link
patterned fabric "trash cans" are camouflage covers for fire hydrants; brick
patterned fabric pup tents are inconspicuous shelter for the
ho~eless.
Mr.
Bin gham's project is interactive artwork, meant to become a functioning part
of the society for which it was created.
The Morris Gallery exhibition
features the "Urban Survival Equipment" series, along with several other new
constructions.
Robert Bingha.ll was born in Lacrosse, Wisconsin in 1953.
from
~ontana
State University, Bozeman in 1978 and an
He rec eive d a B.A.
~.F.A.,
with a
concentratio n in sc ul pt ur e and perfor.llance, from the University of Ca lif ornia,
Davis in 198 1.
.1r. Bingham's exhibitions include An Inside Place at the Noyes
Museum in New Jersey Fourthoughts, at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, and Made
i n Philadelphia 6 at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad a nd Cherry
Streets i n Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Hours are : 10 : 00 a .m.
to 5:00 p.lll., Tuesday thro ugh Sat urd ay, and 11: 00 a .lIl. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sund ay.
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IDYLLIC PLACES, PAINTINGS BY EUGENE BAGUSKAS, EXHIBITED AT
HORRIS GALLERY, PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF TflE FINE ARTS
May 23, 1988--Idyllic Places, an exhibition of recent
paintings and drawings by Philadelphia painter Eugene Baguskas, is featured in
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Morris Gallery June 30 to August
28, 1988.
Landscape paintings rich and complex in content highlight the exhibition of 20
works.
A realist with an
i~onic
sense of humor, Mr. Baguskas often places
humble creatures, like cows, fish, porpoises, or moose, in idyllic, fantasy
settings.
Eugene Baguskas, who earned his B.F.A. from Yale University, is a professor at
the university of the Arts in Philadelphia.
His works have been included in
exhibitions at the Philadelphia Art Alliance, Institute of Contemporary Art,
and More Gallery in Philadelphia, as well as the Worcester Art Museum in
:1assachusetts.
A public opening reception will be held at the Pennsylvania Academy, at Broad
and Cherry Streets, Wednesday, June 29, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Mr. Baguskas will
discuss his works at an informal gallery talk on Friday, July 1, at 12 noon .
The Morris Gallery celebrates its tenth anniversary of presenting the work of
outstanding contemporary Pennsylvania artists.
Morris Gallery exhibitions are
chosen by a committee of area artists, museum professionals, and collectors,
and curatorial staff of the Pennsylvania Academy.
Hours ar e Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a .m. - 5 p.m.
Admission: $3.00, adults; $2.00, sr. citizens, students; fr ee, members,
children 5 and under.
Admission is free Saturday, 10 a .m. - 1 p.m.
informa t io n call (215) 972-7600.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEl\fY OF FINE ARTS CELEBRATES TENTH ANNIVERSARY
OF MORRIS GALLERY
WITH GALA BIRTHDAY PARTY
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Exhibition Opening, Book Launch Also Celebrated
on Wednesday, June 29 from 6 to 8 p.m.
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
April 22, 1988---A gala birthday party, celebrating the
tenth anniversary year of the Mor~is Gallery of the Pennsylvania Academy o~
the Fine Arts, will be held at the Academy-on Wednesday, June 29 from 6 to 8
p.m.
As part of the ~a~ niversary celebration, the Pennsylvania Academy
presents Matter of Time, a collaborative installation by twelve contemporary
Philadelphia artists funded as part of Philadelphia ART NOW by the William
Th~
Penn Foundation.
exhibition will open that evening.
Coinciding with the
party will be ""the launch of "" th,e book Searching Out the Best: A Tribute to the
Morris Gall ~~ y and its Artists, ~hronicling the Morris Gallery and its
exhibitors since its founding in 1978.
Many past Morris Gallery exhibitors, including such artists as Tom Butter,
z
Cynthia Carlson, Eiko Fan, Tom Judd, Lois Lane, and Isaiah Zagar,
~are
expected
~
to be on hand
book.
~o
join in the celebration and to autograph copies of the new
Entertainment artist "Flash" Rosenberg will provide "take-home" party
art, photographic masks of reveler'S con'~tructed while they wait.
Collaboratin ~ artists
in Matter of Time will also be present, including
photographer Eileen Neff, painter Ralfka Gonzalez, painter Donald Waisnis,
sculptor Steven Beyer, sculptor Edward Waisnis, video artists Connie Coleman
and Alan Powell, the video team of Cheryl Gelover, Mitchell Smith, 1and Tom
,
Murray,
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pe~formance/video
artist Peter Rose, and Steve Krieckhaus, a
pe r f ormance artist who will premiere an original work dur i ng the party.
The
s i t e -specific per f ormance, choregraphed specifi call y for the Academy's
Ha milton Auditorium, will be presented a t 6:30 p.m.
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This program is funded by
The William Penn Foundation
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS HOLDS
GALA BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR MORRIS GALLERY
Searc hin g Out t he Best:
A Tribute to the Morris Gallery and its Artists
documents the Morris Gallery's history as one of Philadelphia's major venues
for exhibiting the work of contemporary Pennsylvania artists.
The book is
funded by the William Penn Foundation, the Marian Locks Foundation, and
Catharine Morris Wright .
Admission to the anniversary party is $5 (free to members of the Pennsylvania
Academy).
Refreshments and a cash bar will be provided.
The book will be
available in the Museum Shop at the Pennsylvania Academy.
The Morris Gallery exhibits work by outstanding contemporary Pennsylvania
artists.
Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a . m. to 5:00 p.m., and
Sunday, 11:00 a . m. to 5:00 p.m.
General admission to the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts is $3.00; $2.00 for senior citizens and students; free to
members and children 5 and under.
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 professionals, collectors, and curatorial staff of the Pennsylvania
Academy.
Presently on the committee are: Paolo Colombo, Bill Freeland, Faith
Ginsburg, Carrie Rickey, Eileen Rosenau, Judith Tannenbaum, Linda Bantel, and
Judith Stein.
For more information, call (215) 972-7600.
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SUM.i'1ER FUNDAMENTJ\>LS ART CAMP OFFERED AT
PENNSYLV ANIA AClDE:1Y OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
June 14, 1988---Children and adults can discover the
FUNdamentals of art August 8 - 26 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts.
Three sessions of summer art camp, for young children, older children,
and adults with no previous art training, are offered this season.
Participants in Summer FUNdamentals explore the elements of design through
gallery tours and studio projects in painting, sculpture, and printmaking.
Three sessions of art camp are offered: Children's Session I (5 - 7
year-olds), August 8 to August 12; Children's Session II ( 8 - 12 year-olds),
August 15 to August 26; -and Adult's Session, August 8 to August 12.
Course fees (including materials) are: Children's Session I: $40 for members,
$45 for nonmembers; Children's Session II: $70 for members, $80 for
nonmembers; Adult's Session: $45 for members, $50 for nonmembers.
A $5
discount will be applied for a parent and child who register together.
is limited and advance registration is required.
Space
For more information call
the Education Department at (215) 972-7608.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at
Streets in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
~road
and Cherry
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
Sunda y .
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SPECIAL EVENTS HIGHLIGHT THE 87TH ANNUAL STUDENT
EXHIBITION AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA, April 27, 1988----This spring, Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts presents a variety of special events in conjunction with the 87th
Annual Student Exhibition.
A family workshop and several gal lery talks
complement the exhibition of works by some of America's most talented student
artists.
All events will be held at Broad and Cherry Streets.
Saturday, May 21, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., "Elements of Art," a family
workshop, will be held in the studios and exhibition galleries.
The workshop
focuses on the elements of design: line, color, texture, space and form.
After group discussion , participants will have the opportunity to create
individual artworks which address aspects of each design element.
workshop is ideal for children aged 10 and older.
members and $4 for nonmembers .
The
Registration is $3 for
For reservations, send registration fee to the
Education Department, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry
Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19102.
For more information, call 972-7608.
Wednesday, May 18, at 12 noon, Bill Scott, painter and Peale House Galleries
Coordinator, discusses the student show and his experiences as a Pennsylvania
Acade~y
student.
The informal gallery talk will be held in the Main Galleries
and is free with museum admission.
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ANNUAL STUDENT EXH IBITION
The followin g Wednesday, May 25, sculptor and Pennsylvania Academy instructor
James Vi ctor leads an informal tour of the 87th Annual Student Exhibition.
Mr. Victor will disc uss the show and hi s reactions to the work pr ese nted at 12
noon in the l'ta i n Gal leries.
The gal lery talk is 'free with museum admis sion.
The Pennsyl van ia Acade my of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Ph ilade lphia, two bl ocks nor t h o f 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.
Admi ssion is $3, $2 for seni or c itizens and students and free to
members a nd childre n aged 5 and under .
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CELEBRATES TENDI
ANNIVERSARY WITH RETROSPECTIVE BOOK
,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
April 22, 1988---Searching Out the Best:
A Tribute to the
Morris Gallery and its Artists, a tribute to the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts' Morris Gallery and the artists who have exhibited there since its
founding in 1978, will be released this June to coincide with celebrations of
the gallery's tenth"lC anriiversary.
The book documents the Morris Gallery's
history as one of " Philadelphia's major venues for exhibiting contemporary
Pennsylvania artists.
"Encouraging living American artists, particularly those working in the
region, ,h a's been a traditi~n at the Pennsylvania Academy since its founding in
1805,1'
COTh~ents
Linda Bantel, Director of the Museum of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts. "This book re€ognizes the significant contribution
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of the Morris Gallery in bringing those artists to public attention over the
past ten years.
the
Mar~an
We are particularly grateful to the William Penn Foundation,
Locks Foundation, and Catherine Morris Wright for the funding that
made this publication possible."
"
The 211-page volume includes essays
providing historical perspective on the
Morris Gallery, as well as statements by or about each of the 86 artists 'who
has exh ~~ited there.
Over 90 color and 86 black-and-white illust~ ations
provLde photographic documentation of th ~ gallery's ten years and give insight
,
into current artistic directions of past Morris Gallery exhibitors.
,
,
Essays are written by Linda Bantel; Judith Stein, associate curator and Morris
" Gallery coordinator at the Pennsylvania Academy; and Peter Frank, a Los
Angeles-based art critic.
A forward by Frank H. Goodyear, Jr., Pennsylvania
Academy president, is also included.
The book is edited by Jacolyn A. Mott.
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The William Penn Faunde,ion
MORRIS GALLERY RETROSPECTIVE BOOK PUBLISHED BY
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
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Searching Out the Best will be launched at the Morris Gallery tenth
anniversary party on Wednesday, June 29 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Morris Gallery exhibitors,
~ncluding
Almost all past
such artists as Tom Butter, Cynthia
Carlson, Eiko Fan, Tom Judd, Lois Lane, and Isaiah Zagar, are expected to be
on hand to join in the celebration and to autograph books.
Entertainment
artist "Flash" Rosenberg also will be present, providing "take-home"
photographic art.
Admission to the anniversary party is $5 (free to members
of the Pennsylvania Academy).
The book will be available in the Museum Shop
at the Pennsylvania Academy.
The Morris Gallery exhibits work by outstanding contemporary Pennsylvania
artists.
Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and
Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
General admission to the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts is $3.00; $2.00 for senior citizens and students; free to
members and children 5 and pnder.
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 professionals, collectors, and curatorial staff of the Pennsylvania
Academy.
Presently on the committee are: Paolo Colombo, Bill Freeland, Faith
Ginsburg, Carrie Rickey, Eileen Rosenau, Judith Tannenbaum, Linda Bantel, and
Judith Stein.
For more information, call (215) 972-7600.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACAD&~Y OF THE FINE ARTS PRESENTS 87TH ANNUAL
STUDENT EXHIBITION
Works by Approximately 80 Academy Students Included in Show
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
April 18 , 1988---Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
devotes almost its entire Main Gallery space to exhibit the year's work of its
third- and fourth-year students May 14 to June 12, 1988.
The 87th Annual
Student Exhibition this year features works in all media by approximately 80
students.
More than 400 paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, and
mixed-media works are expected to be on view.
"The annual student exhibition is a unique opportunity for students at the
Pennsylvania Academy to show their works to critics, collectors, and the
public.
Additionally, each student in the exhibition is a candidate for one -
of the Academy's endowed travel scholarships, and competes for travel grants
that total nearly $50,000," comments Frederick S. Osborne, Jr., director of
the school.
"We're pleased to provide our upperclassmen with this valuable
experience to show their works and to participate in the scholarship
competition."
i10re than 70 prizes are awarded to exhibitors, including the prestigious
William Emlen Cresson, Lewis S. Ware, and J. Henry Schiedt Traveling
Scholarships.
Cresson scholarships, established in 1902, include funds for
summer travel in Europe, as well as full tuition at the Pennsylvania Academy
the following year.
travel i n Europe.
Ware scholarships, established in 1938, a re dev oted to
Schiedt scholarships, established in 1949, are used for
unrestricted travel .
Recent Schiedt winners have traveled i n Europe, the
Middle East, and the American Southwest.
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87TH ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION OPENS
AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Participating students are each assigned, by lottery, equal amounts of wall or
floor space.
Students hang their own work, and may display as many or as few
works as they like in their allotted spaces.
There are no restrictions on the
style or content of works submitted in each category.
Prizes will be awarded
by the School of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Friday, May 13,
at the annual awards ceremony and at Commencement.
The Pennsylvania Academy Women's Committee Annual Student Exhibition Preview
Party will be held on Wednesday, May 11.
Sponsors, at $300 per couple and
Patrons, at $150 per couple will be admitted at 5 p.m. for first-chance
viewing and purchasing of works in the exhibition .
couple, are also welcome from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Student Scholarship Fund.
Cresson Fans, at $80 per
Contributions benefit the
Collectors and supporters of art will be able to
see and purchase Pennsylvania Academy student work at the preview party before
the general public has an opportunity to view the show.
For ticket
information, please call the Women's Committee at (215) 972-7639.
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., Sunday.
Pennsylvania Academy is accessible to handicapped visitors.
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. April 20, 1988---Works by alumni of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts who live and work in the New York area grace the walls of the
Peale House Galleries May 5 to May 29, 1988.
The exhibition, The New York
Eye, which is sponsored by the Alumni Association, is a juried show of approximately 35 pieces by 20 New York area artists.
The New York Eye is counterpart to The Philadelphia Eye, an exhibitioh of
works by Philadelphia area Academy alumni held at Pace University in New York
City this winter.
The exhibition covers a wide range of artistic styles, both
representational and abstract.
The New York Eye also reflects more than 60
years of Pennsylvania Academy history .
The oldest alumnus in the exhibition,
Furman Finck, attended the Pennsylvania Academy in the early 1920's, while the
youngest, Peter James, completed his course of study in 1982.
A percentage of
proceeds from the sale of works in the exhibition benefits the Scholarship
Endowment Campaign.
Concurrent with The New York Eye is a juried exhibition
of works by current first- and second-year Pennsylvania Academy students .
The exhibition will also include two works in memoriam by the late Peter
Fingesten, an Academy alumnus and founder of the art department at Pace
University.
Mr. Fingesten was devoted to bringing the work of promising young
a rtists to public attention and did much in his lifetime to increase awareness
of new talent in the artistic community.
The Peale House Galleries, located at 1820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
fe atu re exhibitions of works by artists associated with the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m . to 4
p .m., and Sunday, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Admission is free.
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IDYLLIC PLACES, PAINTINGS BY EUGENE BAGUSKAS, EXHIBITED AT
MORRIS GALLERY, PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
April 18, 1988--IdyllicPlaces, an exhibition of recent
paintings and drawings by Philadelphia painter Eugene Baguskas, is featured in
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Morris Gallery June 30 to August
28, 1988.
Landscape paintings rich and complex in content highlight the exhibition of 20
works.
A realist with an ironic sense of humor, Mr. Baguskas often places
humble creatures, like cows, fish, porpoises, or moose, in idyllic, fantasy
settings.
Eugene Baguskas, who earned his B.F.A. from Yale University, is a professor at
the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.
His works have been included in
exhibitions at the Philadelphia Art Alliance; Institute of Contemporary Art,
and More Gallery in Philadelphia, as well as the Worcester Art Museum in
Massachusetts.
A public opening reception will be held at the Pennsylvania Academy, at Broad
and Cherry Streets, Wednesday, June 29, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Mr. Baguskas will
discuss his works at an informal gallery talk on Friday, July 1, at 12 noon.
The Morris Gallery celebrates the anniversary of its tenth year of presenting
the work of outstanding contemporary Pennsylvania artists.
Morris Gallery
exhibitions are chosen by a committee of area artists, museum professionals,
and collectors, and curatorial staff of the Pennsylvania Academy.
Hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Admission: $3.00, adults; $2.00, sr. citize ns, students; free, memb e rs,
children 5 and under.
Admission is free Saturday, 10 a . m. - 1 p.m.
information call (215) 972-7600.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS ACQUIRES IMPORTANT
GROUE OF EAKINS PHOTOGRAPHS FROM GORDON HENDRICKS COLLECTION
PHILADELPHIA, PA. April J, 1988--A group of important photographs from the
Gordon Hendricks
collecti~n,
the largest private collection of Thomas Eakins
photography, has been acquired by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,
it was recently announced.
Sixty-two photographs of the artist and his family
by Thomas Eakins and other photographers include tintypes, albumen prints, and
platinum prints.
Also acquired were a small group of manuscripts, drawings,
and cast sculptures.
"We are delighted to add these significant items to our collection of works by
Thomas Eakins," comments Linda Bantel, director of the museum of the
Pennsyl vania Academy of the Fine Arts.
"\h th our previous holdings of
paintings, oil sketches, graphics, manuscripts and letters, photographs,
published and unpublished glass negatives, and plaster casts, this group helps
establish the Pennsylvania Academy as the major center for the study of the
work of Thomas Eakins and his circle."
Among the works acquired by the Pennsylvania Academy is a large uncropped
platinum print portrait of Thomas Eakins' father-in-law, William H. Mac dowell
of Philadelphia.
The photograph was one used as the ba sis of sev eral of
Eakins' famous portraits of Macdowell.
Only two other known versions of the
photograph exist, one in Charles Bregler's Thomas Eakins Collection, now part
of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and one in the Metropolitan
i1useum of Art; both of those photographs are cropped.
Among the manuscript items acquired is an important diary kept by Eakins'
si st e r, Franc es, during a trip to s ee her broth e r when he was living in
Eur o pe.
Mi ss Ea kin s tra ve ll e d t o Eur o pe with he r fa the r i n the s umme r of 1868
a nd kept ca r e fu l r eco rds of eac h pl ace s he vis it e d.
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The photographs and other items were collected by Gordon Hendricks, an art
historian who was considered the leading expert on Eakins photography at the
time of his death in 1980.
Mr. Hendricks was curator of the exhibition of
Thomas Eakins photographs at the Pennsylvania Academy in 1972, and published
several books on the artist.
Several of the newly acquired photographs will be included in an exhibition of
Charles Bregler's Thomas Eakins Collection at the Pennsylvania Academy in
1991.
Following the exhibition, a major publication on Eakins photography is
planned;
The works will "be kept in the Pennsylvania Academy's archives for
study and research.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEHY OF THE FINE ARTS PRESENTS 87TH ANNUAL
STUDENT EXHIBITION
Works by Approximately 80 Academy Students Included in Show
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
April 18, 1988---Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
devotes almost its entire Main Gallery space to exhibit the year's work of its
third- and fourth-year students May 14 to June 12, 1988.
The 87th Annual
Student Exhibition this year features works in all media by approximately 80
students.
More than 400 paintings, prints, drawings, sculpture, and
mixed-media works are expected to be on view.
"The annual student exhibition is a unique opportunity for students at the
Pennsylvania Academy to show their works to critics, collectors, and the
public.
Additionally, each student in the exhibition is a candidate for one
of the Academy's endowed travel scholarships, and competes for travel grants
that total nearly $50,000," comments Frederick S. Osborne, Jr., director of
the school.
"We're pleased to provide our upperclassmen with this valuable
experience to show their works and to participate in the scholarship
competition."
More than 70 prizes are awarded to exhibitors, including the prestigious
William Emlen Cresson, Lewis S. Ware, and J. Henry Schiedt Traveling
Scholarships.
Cresson scholarships, established in 1902, include funds for
summer travel in Europe, as well as full tuition at the Pennsylvania Academy
the following year.
travel in Europe.
Ware scholarships, established in 1938, are devoted to
Schiedt scholarships, established in 1949, are used for
unrestricted travel.
Recent Schiedt winners have traveled in Europe, the
Middle East, and the American Southwest.
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87TH ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION OPENS
AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Participating students are each assigned, by lottery, equal amounts of wall or
floor space.
Students hang their own work, and may display as many or as few
works as they like in their allotted spaces.
There are no restrictions on the
style or content of works submitted in each category.
Prizes will be awarded
by the School of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts on Friday, May 13,
at the annual awards ceremony and at Commencement.
The Pennsylvania Academy Women's Committee Annual Student Exhibition Preview
Party will be held on Wednesday, May 11.
Sponsors, at $300 per couple and
Patrons, at $150 per couple will be admitted at 5 p.m. for first-chance
viewing and purchasing of works in the exhibition.
couple, are also welcome from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
Student Scholarship Fund.
Cresson Fans, at $80 per
Contributions benefit the
Collectors and supporters of art will be able to
see and purchase Pennsylvania Academy student work at the preview party before
the general public has an opportunity to view the show.
For ticket
information, please call the Women's Committee at (215) 972-7639.
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., Sunday.
Pennsylvania Academy is accessible to handicapped visitors .
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 Landlhark,
designed by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian
splendor in 1976.
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DANIEL KURSMAN ELECTED TO PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
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Four Board Members Reelected to Serve Further Terms
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
March 11, 1988--Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has
announced the election of Daniel R. Kursman to its Board of Trustees.
Mr.
Kursman, Chairman of the Board and President of Jetronic Industries, Inc., has
been elected to serve a one - year term.
"'.
Reelected to the Board of Trustees to serve five-year terms are Mrs. Robert
(Elizabeth) English of Haverford; Milton Ginsburg of Haverford, president of
Econ- Equip, Inc.; Leonard I. Korman of Fort Washington, partner in The Korman
Co.; and B. Herbert Lee of Bryn Mawr.
Mr. Kur,Q,nan, of Bala Cynwyd, is co-chairman of the Pennsylvania Academy's
Development Committee.
He also serves on the board of Metropolitan Hospital
and was a founder and first board
Disease Foundation.
chair~an
of the Tay-Sachs and Allied Genetic
He is also past Membership Chairman of the Philadelphia
Chapter of the American Israel Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Korman, a member of the Pennsylvania Academy's Development Committee, also
serves on the Executive, Properties, and Collections and Exhibitions
Committees.
Mr. Lee, chairman of the Pennsylvania Academy's Committee on
Instruction, is a member of several board committees including the Executive,
Strategic Planning, and Collections and Exhibitions Committees.
Mr.
Ginsb~rg
serves on both the Collections and Exhibitions Committee and Finance Committee.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry Street s
in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Found e d in 1805, the Pennsyl -
vania Academy is the oldest art mus e um and art s c hool in North Ame rica.
It s
c ollection of over 10,000 work s of Americ a n a rt is housed in i ts third
bu i ldin g , a National Histori c La ndmark des i gne d by Furness a nd Hewitt in 1876 .
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SCULPTOR ALICE AYCOCK LECTURES AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF
TdE FINE ARTS FEBRUARY 24
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Feb. 19, 1988---Acclaimed sculptor Alice Aycock speaks
about her work, and the influence of Marcel Duchamp, Wednesday, February 24 at
5:30 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
The slide
presentation is part of the city-wide lecture series, "Contemporary
Viewpoints: Pertaining to Duchamp," celebrating the 100th anniversary of
Marcel Duchamp's birth.
Ms. Aycock will focus, in part, on the influence of Marcel Duchamp, as seen in
the mystical content of her large-scale, often imaginary machine sculpture.
Her lecture will be preceeded by a brief presentation on Marcel Duchamp by Dr.
Diane Karp.
"Contemporary Viewpoints: Per.taining to Duchamp" has included presentations by
several artists who have been influenced by Duchamp.
TenPhiladelphia-area
cultural institutions have participated in the series, which was organized by
the Tyler School of Art, since September.
Funding for the series has been
provided by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
the education department at (215) 972-7608.
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STUDENTS OF ARTHUR B. CARLES EXHIBITION
OPENS AT PEALE HOUSE, PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA, PA. March 9, 1988---The colors of spring come to Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts with Students of Arthur B. Carles, an exhibition
opening March 31, 1988 at the Pennsylvania Academy's Peale House Galleries.
The exhibition, on view through May 1, 1988, presents paintings from the
1920's, 30's, and 40's by students of the acclaimed Philadelphia Modernist
painter.
Arthur B. Carles, who taught at the Pennsylvania Academy from 1917 to 1925,
brought the color and emotion of French Modernism to his Philadelphia
students.
In Paris, he became acquainted with the work of Picasso, Matisse,
and Braque, and knew these artists personally.
He taught his students to
structure their paintings around color, a bold, new idea for American painters
of the early 20th century.
As Quita Brodhead, a student of Carles's,
explains, "Color to Carles was a spiritual experience---the strident harmonies
formed by dissonances accenting the seductive calms of mauves, pinks, blues
and ochres .
He made advancing colors recede and receding colors advance in an
excitement of surprises.
He broke all the rules." (Arts Magazine, March 1988)
This emphasis on color and the sensual energy it creates is evident in the
work of Carles's students.
Featured in the exhibition are works by Bernard
Badura, Faye Swengel Badura, Sarah Baker, Morris Blackburn, Quita Brodhead,
Elizabeth Godshalk Burger, Jean Knox Chambers, Jessie Drew-Bear, Furman Finck,
Moy Glidden, Betty W. Hubbard, Anna Warren Ingersoll, Julian Levi, Jane Piper,
Saul Schary, Mathew Sharpe, Ken Stuart, Bernice McIlhenny Wintersteen, and Ben
Wolf .
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OPENS AT PEALE HOUSE
On Thursday, March 31, 1988 at 11:30 a.m., Quita Brodhead, May Glidden, and
Jane Piper will lead an informal gallery talk on the exhibition.
In
conjunction with the Peale House show, the Mangel Gallery (1714 Rittenhouse
Square) features recent works by these three painters.
The Mangel Gallery
exhibition continues through April 12, 1988.
Concurrent with the the Students of Arthur B. Carles exhibition is an
exhibition, also at the Peale House Galleries, of works in all media by
students in the Evening School of the Pennsylvania Academy.
The Peale House Galleries, located at 1820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia,
exhibit works in all media throughout the year by students, faculty, and
;
alumni of the Pennsylvania Academy.
Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, lO
a.m. to 4 p.m. , Sunday, 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Admission is free.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS' GALA "CATTLE BARONS
BALL" TO BE HIGHLIGHTED BY LAVISH SILENT AUCTION
Feb. 29, 1988---A 1988 Subaru Justy GL, a private visit to
Red Grooms' studio and luncheon with the artist, a portrait by acclaimed
painter Bo Bartlett, and a behind-the-scenes tour and lunch with a star at
CBS-TV's As the World Turns or Guiding Light are among the 29 items available
to the highest bidder at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts this
month.
A Silent Auction, organized by the Women's Committee at the Academy of
the Fine Arts, is being held in conjunction wi t h the committee's major annual
fund-raising event, this year a Cattle Barons' BaIlon Saturday, March 19.
Bids can be entered at the Cattle Barons' Ballor by mail through March 19.
~inners
will be chosen at the ball and will be notified by mail.
sealed; items will be awarded to the highest bidder.
All bids are
All proceeds will
benefit the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Among the other prizes donated to the auction are: an elegant evening gown
from Arnold Scaasi, one of America's leading designers; an extravagantly
designed, faux-jeweled necklace and earrings from Kenneth Jay Lane; tickets
and a complete set of catalogues for the Andy Warhol estate guction at
Sotheby's in New York May 2; a studio/loft visit and luncheon with artist
James Havard in New York; and a board room luncheon to discuss art with two
experts from Christie's auction house.
A variety of works of art, special
meals, theater and sporting event tickets, and trips are also available.
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Donors include: The Annenberg Center; Bryn
~awr
Fur Salon; Carolina's Catering
Great Tastes; Christie, .'1anson, & Woods International, Inc.; Jimmy Duffy &
Sons; Kenneth Jay Lane; Frederick W.G . Peck, landscape architect; Georges
Perrier, Le Bec Fin; Arnold Scaasi; Sotheby's Philadelphia; Subaru of America
and Penn Jersey Subaru, Inc.; and a number of individuals.
The Cattle Baron's Ball is held in conjunction with the Academy of the Fine
Arts' major spring exhibition, American Frontier Life: Early Western Paintings
and Prints, on view through April 22.
The ball will
featur~
an elegant
dinner, dessert buffet, and dancing in the elaborate building designed by
Frank Furness and George Hewitt.
For i nformat ion on the Cattle Baron's Ball and the Silent Auction , call the
Nomen' s Com.TIittee at (215) 972-7639.
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***NEWS FLASH***
MUSIC OF i'1ANY CULTURES HIGHLIGHTS WEEKEND AT PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Feb. 19, 1988--A variety of concerts highlight February's
last weekend at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
In celebration of Black History Month, Sunday, February 28, from 2 to 4 p.m.,
the Academy of the Fine Arts sponsors a program by Pathfinders, a network of
Philadelphi~-based
black artists.
A woodcarving workshop for children is
followed by a lively concert of African and Afro-Carribean conga and samba
rhythms performed on drums, chekeres, xylophones, bells, and other
instruments.
On the same afternoon, also at 3 p.m., the Academy of the Fine Arts hosts a
recital by the four local winners and alternates in the Metropolitan Opera
National Council competition, Philadelphia District auditions.
The singers
come to the Academy of the Fine Arts after participating in the final round of
auditions at the Metropolitan Opera in New York.
The Pathfinders program will be held in the ,Main Galleries.
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children is $4 for inembers and $5 for nonme;rtbers.
required.
For information call (215) 972-7608.
Admission for
Advanced reservations are
This program is supported by
the Alexis R. Rosenberg Foundation.
The Opera concert is scheduled in Hamilton Auditorium at the Academy and is
free with museum admission.
The recital is sponsored by the Academy of the
Fine Arts Women's Comini ttee and is part of their annual music series.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry Streets
in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City Hall.
Admission is $3, $2 for
stude nts and senior citizens and free to ;nembers and children under 7.
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W01'1EN 's HISTORY i'10NTH WITH SPECIAL EVENTS IN MARCH
PHILADELPHIA, PA. February 25, 1988---Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
celebrates Women's History Month with special events in I1arch.
Events include
a video series, a lecture, and a series of gallery talks.
Revising Romance: New Feminist Video, a video series which explores the "true
meaning of romance," gives new perspective to the popular ideals of romance
seen in contemporary
entertain~ent
genres aimed at women.
Television soap
opera, "girls' literature," film noire, and the Gothic novel and its modern
descendants are examined.
The series is presented in two two-hour programs.
Program 1, shown March 6 - 12 and March 22 - 24, focuses on the themes
"Domestic Drama" and "Revisionist Romance."
Program 2, presented March 13 -
19 and March 25 - 27, highlights the themes "The Double Bind" and "Video
Picaresque."
p.m.
Tapes will be shown Tuesday through Sunday at 12 noon and 3
This traveling video exhibition, which is free with museum admission,
was organized by the American Federation of Arts in cooperation with the
Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
Corlann Gee Bush will gi vea special Women's History lecture,
23, at 5:30
p.~.
\~ednesday,
March
As. Bush, Affirmative Action/Juman Resources Director at
Montana State University, will discuss the
durin3 the mid-1800's.
i~ages
of women in Western art
A contributor to the book The Women's West, Ms. Bush
has particular interest in the ways in "hich "cowboy art" created stereotypes
of the Western woman and perpetuated the myth of the heroic frontiersman.
Admission is $4 for members and $5 for nonmembers.
This lecture is held in
conjunction with the exhibition American Frontier Life: Early Western
Paintings and Prints.
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Several gallery talks exploring women's themes also highlight the month of
March.
Sunday, March 13 and Wednesday, March 23, Sylvia Korngold , museum
docent, presents "Westward Ho!---The Women's Role in 19th Century Westward
Expansion."
Friday, March 18 and Thursday, March 31, "Women of the
West---Servile and Passive or Independent and Agressive?" is presented by
museum docent Grace Halter.
Gallery talks, which are free with museum
admission, begin at 12 noon.
For additional information, call the Education Department at (215) 972-7608.
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.
Admission is $3, $2 for senior citizens and students with valid I.D., and free
to members and children under 7.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is
accessible to handicapped visitors.
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STUDIO COSPONSOR SPRING COURSES
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Feb. 17, 1988--Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and
the Chester Springs Studio will cosponsor courses in figure painting and
landscape painting this spring.
The courses will begin April 6 and April 9,
respectively, and will continue through mid-May.
Intermediate figure painting will be held Wednesday evenings, from 6:30 to
9: 30 p. m., through i1ay 11.
The course will be taught by Edwin Segal, an
instructor in fi3ure painting and cast drawing at the Academy of the Fine Arts
and an Academy alumnus.
;1r. Segal 1i ved at Chester Springs for several years
before working as director and chief executive officer of a London-based
international advertising ajency and returning to the Academy to teach.
Landscape painting will be offered Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.,
through May 14.
Homer Johnson, an Academy of the Fine Arts instructor and
alumnus, will teach the course.
~r.
Johnson's works are included in public,
corporate, and private collections internationally, including the United
States Embassy in Lima, Peru.
The two courses, which will be taught at the Chester Springs Studio at Yellow
Sprin~s
in Chester County, continue the collaboration between the Academy of
the Fine Arts and Chester Springs Studio which began last fall.
The Academy
of the Fine Arts has a long tradition at Chester Springs; it operated its
"country school" there from 1916 to 1952.
The Academy buildings, used for a
short time as a film studio, are now preserved as the historic villase of
Yellow Springs, where the Studio is located.
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Landscape and figure painting are offered as part of th e spring Saturday
workshops and Evening School programs at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts.
Several other courses in painting, drawing, sculpture, and printmaking
are available at Peale House, 1820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
For more
information on extension couses at the Academy of the Fine Arts, contact Liz
~c Bride,
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, (215) 972-7624.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS EXHIBITS ROBINSON
FREDENTHAL WORKS IN MORRIS GALLERY
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
March 1, 1988--Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts presents
works by Philadelphia artist Robinson Fredenthal in this season's third Morris
Gallery exhibition May 5 to June 19, 1988.
especially for the Morris Gallery.
The artist has created a work
The opening reception, at which the public is
invited to meet the artist, will be held Wednesday, May 4 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The exhibition features a work created by i1r. Fredenthal specifically for the
space.
The piece, like several other of the artist's large-scale indoor
sculptures, is composed of corregated cardboard.
Mr. Fredenthal will discuss the
works in the exhibition in an informal gallery talk on Friday, May 6 at 12 noon.
I
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Architecture, Fredenthal
is best-known in Philadelphia for his public sculpture, including Black Forest at
the University of Pennsylvania, Double Agent at One Franklin Plaza, and three
untitled pieces at 1234 Market Street East.
Mr. Fredenthal is a visiting artist at
The University of the Arts.
The Morris Gallery at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts exhibits works by
contemporary artists with a connection to Pennsylvania.
Morris Gallery exhibitions
are chosen by a committee composed of area artists, museum professionals and
collectors, and the curatorial staff of the Pennsylvania Academy.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts hours are: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to
5:00 p.m . , and Sunday, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m ..
General admission is $3.00 for
adults, $2.00 for senior citizens and students with I.D., and free for members and
children under 7.
Admission is free Saturday, 10:00 a . m. to 1:00 p.m.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS SCHOOL ANNOUNCES
MAJOR INCREASE IN SCHOLARSHIP AID FOR NEXT ACADEMIC YEAR
Feb. 3, 1988--The School of the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts will increase its scholarship aid to students by 25% for the 1988-89
academic year, it was announced today.
Additional funds for tuition and
materials are available because of the success of the recently completed
Scholarship Endowment Campaign, which raised more than $1,675,000.
"We are able to offer this assistance to students of the Academy of the Fine
Arts thanks to the many generous donations to our Scholarship Endowment
Campaign, from individuals, foundations, and corporations," said Frederick S.
Osborne, Jr., Director of the School.
"Importantly, these donations will
provide financial assistance in perpetuity, allowing the Academy to award
funds to many future generations of its very talented students."
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the nation's oldest art
institution, founded in 1805.
Generations of America's most renowned artists
have been associated with the Academy as founders, teachers, and students,
including Charles Willson Peale, Benjamin Rush, Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt,
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Charles Sheeler, Maxfield Parrish, Henry O.
Tanner, Cecilia Beaux, and James Havard.
Present instructors include such
artists as Will Barnet, Sidney Goodman, Edith Neff, Elizabeth Osborne, Jody
Pinto, and Louis Sloan.
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Feb. 3, 1988--Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has
announced that Dr. Susan Danly has joined the staff as Curator.
Dr. Danly
will work primarily with the Academy's permanent collection.
Dr. Danly comes to the Academy of the Fine Arts from the Henry E. Huntington
Library and Art Gallery in San Marino, California, where she was Associate
Curator of American Art.
Previously, she held curatorial positions at The
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design and at Brown University's Bell
Gallery.
Her fields of specialization include American art and the history of
photography.
Dr. Danly, who received her Ph.D from Brown University, has taught at colleges
and universities across the United States, including UCLA, Southeastern
Massachusetts University, Brown University, Rhode Island College and the
University of Rhode Island.
She has written and lectured extensively on
varied topics in American art.
Her most recent work, The Railroad in American
Art: Representations of Technological Change, will be published by the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press this spring.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art
institution in North America.
Its collection of over 10,000 works of American
art and its school of fine arts are 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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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS FEATURES
JUDITH ROTHSCHILD: RELIEF PAINTING, 1972 - 1987
April 13, 1988---This summer, the graceful relief paintings
of a c claimed New York artist Judith Rothschild fill the walls of Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts.
Approximately 50 works provide a retrospective view
of the artist's mixed-media work from the early 1970's to the present.
The
exhibition opens June 17 and continues through September 18, 1988.
'IA highly respected New York painter with an international reputation, Judith
Rothschild has produced for the past three
decad~s
an elegant and lyrical body
of work which has earned her the devotion of a group of people who support
lasting quality," remarks Linda Bantel, Director of the Museum of Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, "During the last 15 years, Ms. Rothschild has
experimented with relief paintings, in which she attaches painted cut-out
shapes to the underlying canvas to create technically distinctive images that
are a bstracted from nature---the figure, landscapes or plants."
Ms. Rothschild has shown her colorful, textured work extensively in one-person
shows internationally, throughout the United States and Europe.
Works by Ms .
Rothschild ar e included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Whitney Museum, Fogg Art Museum, Corcoran
Gallery of Art, Baltimore Museum of Art, Israel Museum (Jerusalem), City Art
Gallery (Auckland, New Zealand), and Aachen Museum (Aachen, Germany).
Following its showing at the Academy, the exhibition travels to the Portland
Muse um of Art in Portl a nd, Ma in e .
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry Streets
in
P~iladelphia,
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.
Admission is $3, $2 for senior citizens and students, and is free to members
and children aged 5 and under.
The museum is accessible to handicapped
visitors.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art
museum and art school in North America.
Iti 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 PRESIDENT FRANK H.
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Advisory Task Force Recommendations, Board of Trustee
Support Considered in Decision to Retain Studios at Broad
and Cherry Streets
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Jan. 26, 1988--Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
President Frank H. Goodyear, Jr., today announced the decision to retain the
majority of the school studios at the Academy's Broad and Cherry Streets
location.
Some school space, primarily storage and office areas, will be
studied for alternative uses.
The decision, which is supported fully by the
Board of Trustees, follows the recommendations of an advisory task force
formed by Mr. Goodyear to study the issue of moving studios.
"The advisory task force must be thanked for all its hard work.
Its
recommendations, and ultimately this decision, reflect a position which
addresses the needs of the institution as a whole," commented Mr. Goodyear.
The committee made its recommendations at its final meeting on January 21,
1988, fulfilling the objectives set out when the task force was mandated in
October.
Board of Trustees Chairman Harold A. Sorgenti added, "These recommendations
appear to satisfy the Academy of the Fine Arts as a whole and all of its
constituent gro ups.
I am extremely pleased at that and look forward to
workin g to move the Academy to providing the finest mus eum and school
facilities.
Several novel and unique ideas will be pursu e d in our sea rch
to\.Jard this end."
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At the recommendation of the advisory task force, studios on the north side of
the school space, which include the majority of the teaching areas at Broad
and Cherry Streets, will remain as teaching studios (see -attached floor
pla n).
These studios were designed by Frank Furness and George Hewitt in 1876
to take advantage of northern light , the most consta nt light, and to provide
teaching space.
The task fo r ce acknowledged both the present and historic
va lu e of these studios.
Space on the so uth side of the school wi l l be studied for possible use as
museum office a nd stor age a reas.
Howe ve r, no decision will be mad e to change
this space from its present usage until it is de eme d a pprop riate and usable by
arc hitects working with Mr. Goodyear, museum an d schoo l staff, a nd faculty.
The Academy of the Fine Arts has r e t a in ed the Philad e lphia architectural firm
of Atkin and Voi ght to undertake thi s stu dy.
Mr. Goodyear noted that the issue of much needed additional exhibition space
remains unsolved, and is one of the highest priorities of the Board of
Trustees.
The Board has also made a priorit y of assuring equal or better
space for any facilities which might be lost from the south side of the school
area.
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ARTIST BARBARA SCHWARTZ OPENS EXHIBITION AT
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.
January 22, 1988---0n Thursday, March 10, 1988, the Morris
Gallery of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts welcomes spring with
colorful, wall-·mounted sculptures by Barbara Schwartz.
The opening reception
for the exhibition will be held en Wednesday, March 9 from 5 to 7 p.m.
Ms.•
Schwartz, a Philadelphia native who . . as educated at the Carnegie-Mellon
Institute in Pittsburgh, has c.reated three works in the exhibition
specifically for the Morris Gallery.
Her sculptures, made of wire mesh and
brightly colored handmade paper, accent movement and the play of light and
shadow.
Ms. Schwart.z has exhibited extensively in New York, Philadelphia,
Boston, Chicago, and throughout the United States.
Ms. Schwartz will discuss her work in an informal gallery talk on Friday,
March 11, at 12 noon.
The Morris Gallery at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts displays the
of outstanding contemporary artists with a connection to Pennsylvania.
~ork
Hours
are: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, afid 11:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. on Sunday.
Fer more information, call (215) 972-7600.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia, twc blocks north of City Hall.
Founded in 1805, the
Pennsylvania Academy cf 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,
E
National Historic Landmark, designed by
Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian splendor in
1976.
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gore Ashton, Jane_XI eil2-~her ,~rac e Harti gan, Lo~~';;i;ns
~re Feat.!:l!~.s' Artjsts in "Art at_ .!12lib_l'I.9~!'~' Pr9Eram
PHILADELPHIA, PA. J anuary 22, 1988- -The Schocl of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts continues it s 1987-1988 "Art at High Noon" program into the
srring with l ec tur es by four top art prof essio nals.
';te ViSiting Artists Lecture Ser ies, which
~pened
in October, runs through May
with talks by influenti a l members cf the conterrporary art world.
sche~ule
This season's
includes, on Tuesday, January 26, painter Grace Hartigan; on
Wednesday, Februaury 24, Associate Curator of 20th Century Art at the
Metrcpolitan Museum of Art, lowery Sims; on Thursday, March 10, author and
critic Dore Ashton;
an~
on Wednesds), April 6. pairter Jane Freilicher.
The ViSiting Artists program began in 1982 aE a ",ay of bringing established
artists to the
Pen~sylvania
Academy cf the
Fi~ e
Arts to share their
pr ofeEs ional knowledge a nd expertise ",ith Academy students.
Since the
pro gr am 's inception, speakers hav e included Marisol Escobar, Eric Fischl,
Clt~ment
Greenberg, Philip Pearlstein, James Rosati, Nancy Spero, and Italo
Scalisa .
ViSiting Artists talks are held at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts at
Broad a nd Cherry Streets, two bl ocks north of City HaIJ.
All lectures are free
and are open tc the public on a first-come, first-serv e d tEsis.
lecture will begin at 11:30 a.m. in
srecified .
H amiltc ~
Auditorium cnJess ctherwise
For more infor olation, contact Aquila Galgon ,
ViSiting Artists program, at (215) 972-7640.
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Release Date: Friday, February 5, 1988
Kill Da te: Sunday, February 21, 1988
(10 seconds)
Don't miss Frontier Weekend, February 20 and 21.
minstrels, storytelling and more.
Enjoy folk music, mimes,
Round up the family and head to
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
(20 seconds)
Enter the spirit of the Wild West right here in Philadelphia.
See American
Frontier Life: Early Western Paintings and Prints at Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts.
And don't miss Frontier Weekend, February 20 and 21.
folk music, mimes, minstrels, storytelling and more.
Enjoy
Round up the family and
head to Broad and Cherry Streets in Philadelphia.
(30 seconds)
If you're a Buffalo Bill fan at heart, round up the family and head to
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for a weekend in the old Wild West.
In
conjunction with American Frontier Life: Early Western Paintings and Prints
the Academy hosts two days filled with films, folk music, minstrels, mimes,
and storytelling.
There's even a Buffalo Skin Workshop, and a real teepee!
Don't miss all the color and fun of Frontier Weekend, February 20 and 21.
Broad and Cherry Streets in Philadelphia.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADru~Y OF THE FINE ARTS HOSTS SPECIAL
EVENTS FOR AMERICAN FRONTIER LIFE EXHIBITION
PHILADELPHIA, PA
February 3, 1988---This spring, Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts presents a variety of special events in conjunction with the
exhibition American Frontier Life: Early Western Painting and Prints.
Gallery
talks, a family workshop, and a symposium on the Western Frontier highlight
the season.
All events will be held at Broad and Cherry Streets.
On Saturday, March 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., "The Western Frontier:
Creating a National Identity" will be presented in Hamilton Auditorium.
The
westward movement of the early 19th century and itp role in the creation of a
distinctly American identity is the focus of the symposium.
Speakers
and topics include: Dawn Glanz, Bowling Green University, "Frontier Art and
the Development of a National Identity"; Melvin Hammarberg, University of
Pennsylvania, "Early Western Outposts of Western Civilization"; and Bill
Troettner, National Museum of American Art, "The Easterners' View of the
West."
Registration is $12 for members, $15 for nonmembers, and $10 for
students with valid I.D.
A family workshop entitled "Women and Children of the American Frontier" will
be held Saturday, March 12 from 1 to 3 p.m.
Tour discussion focuses on the
woman's role in the American West, and how children occupied their time.
Following the tour, there will be a hands-on creative activity appropriate for
children aged 7 and older.
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HOSTS SPECIAL EVENTS FOR AMERICAN FRONTIER LIFE
Registration is $3 for member children and $4 for nonmember children.
For
reservations, send registration fee to the Education Department, Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad and Cherry Streets, Philadelphia, PA
19102.
A series of gallery talks relating to the exhibition will also be offered.
All talks begin at 12 noon and are led by museum docents.
Topics include: the
women's role in 19th-century Western expansion (March 13 and March 23); women
of the West (March 26 and March 31); decorative arts and American art (April 9
and April 17); the development of a national identity through American
frontier art (April 13 and 16).
All American Frontier Life events have been supported by the Pennsylvania
Humanities Council and Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation.
have been graciously funded by JCPenney Company, Inc.
Educational materials
The exhibition is
supported by grants from The Henry Luce Foundation, Inc., Burlington Northern
Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin, Boulevard Mortgage Company ,
Philadelphia, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Klein, and an anonymous donor.
It is
supported in Philadelphia by the John Sloan Memorial . Foundation .
For more information on American Frontier Life events, contact the Education
Department 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 ar e : 10:00 a . m.
to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday.
Admission is $3 for adults; $2 for senior citizens and students; free
to members and children under 7.
Admission is fre e on Saturda y from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
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PHILDELPHIA, PA.
FRONTIER FUN HIGHLIGHTS SPECIAL WEEKEND AT PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS FEBRUARY 20 AND 21
Jan. 20, 1988--Folksinging, storytelling, mime, and even a
buffalo skin workshop highlight a family "Frontier Weekend" at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts February 20 and 21, 1988.
Events for
children and adults bring to life the exhibition American Frontier Life: Early
Western Paintings and Prints, this spring's featured exhibition at the
Aca~emy
of the Fine Arts.
Performers such as Old Time Music, troubador Robb Goldstein, storyteller Robin
Moore, and Moonstone, Inc., will present participatory performances geared
towards children and adults.
Tours of the exhibition, videos on frontier
life, films relating to art of the American West and behind - the- scenes tours
will be available throughout the weekend.
All events are free to members and are included in museum admission for the
general public ($3 for adults, $2 for students and senior citizens, free for
members and children under 7).
Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m . , Tuesday through
Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday.
For more information, contact the
Education Department at (215) 972 - 7608.
"Frontier Weekend" is sponsored in part by grants from Pennsylvania Humanities
Coucil, Stockton Rush Bartol Foundation, and J.C. Penney.
American Frontier
Life is supported by grants from The Henry Luce Foundation; Burlington
Northern Foundation; Boulevard Mortgage Company, Philadelphia; Mr. and Mrs.
Meyer P. Potamkin; Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Klein; The John Sloan Memorial
Foundation, and an anonymous donor.
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 LOWRY BURGESS AUTOGRAPHS BOOKS AT PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS SATURDAY FEBRUARY 6, 1988
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Jan. 19, 1988---Sculptor Lowry Burgess, whose work The
Boundless Cubic Lunar Aperture is presently on view at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, will autograph his new book Burgess: The Quiet Axis
at the Academy on Saturday, February 6, 1988.
The booksigning party will be
held in the Main Galleries from 12 noon to 2 p.m.
Burgess: The
~uiet
Axis, published by Trecarre Publishing of Montreal, Canada,
focuses on Lowry Burgess' artworks and his interest in creating works of art
for outer space.
One of these, The Boundless Cubic Lunar Aperture, is part of
a multi-part sculptural program which includes pieces presently in Afghanistan
and near Easter Island.
The Boundless Aperture, on view at the Academy
through February 7, is scheduled to be the first non-scientific payload aboard
the NASA sapce shuttle when flights resume later this year.
An alumnus of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Lowry Burgess is a
professor and director of the Graduate Fine Arts and Design Program at the
Massachusetts College of Art in Boston.
He is also a fellow and senior
consultant at the Center for Advanced Visual Studies at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Burgess: The Quiet Axis, a 171-page volume printed in four languages, is
illustrated
with 77 color plates.
The book is available for $39.95 in the
Huseum Shop.
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.
Admission is $3 for adults; $2 for senior citizens and students; free for
members and children under 7.
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PEALE HOUSE GALLERIES OF PENNSYLVANIA ACADEI'v1Y OF THE FINE
ARTS TO EXHIBIT WORKS FRm1 BENJA.lvjIN D. BERNSTEIN COLLECTION
PHILADELPHIA, PA. January 8 , 1988--Peal e Hous e Ga lleri es of the Penns ylvania
Acade my of the Fin e Arts will exhibit work s from the colle c tion of
Phil a de lphian Benjamin D. Bernstein January 21 to Fe bruary 28 , 1988 .
An
ope ning reception for the exhibition will be held Wednesday, J a nuary 20, from
5 to 7 p.m. at the Peale House .
Benjamin D. Bernstein, a trustee of the Academy of the Fine Arts from Februar y
1972 to November 1979, lends selections from his large collection of European
and American art for this exhibition.
Mr. Bernstein's collection includes
works by Academy of the Fine Arts alumni and faculty
m~ mbers,
Bloch, Bruce Samuelson, Seymour Remenick, and Jody Pinto.
including Julius
Also featured in
his collection are works by the COBRA painters and other European artists
whose works are not well known in the United States.
A Center City resident and founder of the Quaker Storage Company, Mr.
Bernstein gives the Quaker Storage Prize in honor of Julius Bloch each year at
the Academy's Annual Student Exhibition.
Mr. Bernstein will join Frederick Osborne, Dean of the School, in jurying a
student exhibition which will be on view in the Peale House Galleries January
28 to February 28, 1988, concurrently with the Bernstein collection exhibition.
Peale House Galleries, 1820 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, display
e xhibitions in all media, including works by Academy of the Fine Arts faculty
and students, as well as works by artists from throu ghout the United State s.
Hours are Tuesday throu gh Saturday , 10 a.m. to 4 p.m . , and Sunday, noon to 4
p.m.
Admission is free.
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HUBERT TAYLOR: NEW WORKS OPENS AT MORRIS GALLERY OF
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS THURSDAY, JANUARY 14
PHILADELPHIA, PA. January 8, 1988--The Morris Gallery of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts begins the new year on Thursday, January 14 with the
premier exhibition of Philadelphian Hubert Taylor's new architecturally
inspired paintings.
Mr. Taylor's large-scale, abstract works will be on view
through February 28, 1988 .
"We're pleased to inaugurate the Morris Gallery's tenth anniversary year by
premiering works by Hubert Taylor, an artist with a dual career as an
architect," commented Judith Stein, coordinating curator of Morris Gallery
exhibitions.
"It is one of the goals of the Morris Gallery to introduce new
work by contemporary Philadelphia artists ·to a broader public."
Mr. Taylor incorporates architectural elements in his work, employing shaped
canvases and constructed wood enclosures.
The gabled alter pieces of the early
Renaissance have been a particular source of inspiration for him.
"These paintings draw heavily from my recent interest in Sienese and
Florentine panels and tryptichs of the 13th to 15th centuries," notes Mr.
Taylor. "In my interpretations, I have simplified shapes, deleted
ornamentation, and abstracted subjects."
Hubert Taylor received a B.S. in architecture from Hampton Institute in 1959.
He won first prize in the Negro Artists of America National Juried Show the
same year.
He has exhibited internationally, and is presently senior designer
of the new Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia.
Morris Gallery exhibitions are supported in part by a grant from the National
Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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PENNSYLV ANIA ACADE:1Y OF THE FINE ARTS' :10RRIS GALLERY
?RESEi~TS wORK BY paILADELP ~nA PAINTER JOE STEFANELLI
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P;ULADELPHIA, PA
Oct. 10, 1988---Native Philadelphian Joe Stefanelli brings
an overview of his work to the Morris Gallery on October 27, 1988 .
The
exhibition, Joe Stefanelli Paintings: The Fifties to the Present, runs through
Deceillber 31 , 1988.
Ar. Stefanelli' s Mor ris Gallery exhibition spans three decades, fro ln the
1950's, when he worked as one of the original New York abstract
expressionists, to the present.
His current work explores the iillagery of
Egyptian and Etruscan ;nythology , discovered on his travels throughout the
Aediterranean region.
"fhis exhibition presents an interesting co unterpoint to The Figurative
Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism, on view in the Aain Galleries,"
comments Linda Bantel, Director of the Museuill at the Pennsylvania Academy.
">1r. Stefanelli 's stron gest artistic influences stem from his early
association with Willeill de Kooning, Franz Kline, and other abstract
exp ressionists.
These ideas are still powerfully evident in his work . "
Born and raised in South Philadelphia, Joe Stefanell i attended the
Philadelphia Museum College of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts before moving to New York in the 1940's .
as a cOillbat artist for YANK The Army Weekly .
During
~o rld
War II, he served
Je has received several ·najor
awards, including the Fulbri ght Award for Rome, Italy (19 58- 59), the Spea r
Research Fund for Prince t on University (1965), and a Fel lowship at the
Aillerican Resea rch Center in
E ~ypt
(1966- 67).
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Among the colleges and universities where Mr. Stefanelli has held teaching and
artist-in-residence positions are New York University, The New Schoo l for
Social Research, Brooklyn College, Princeton University, Columbia University,
and the University of California at Berkeley.
His work has been e xhibited
internationally and hangs in permanent collections nationwide.
Joe Stefanelli Pai ntings: The Fifties to the Present is supported in part by a
grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherr y Streets
in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City nall.
Hours are: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
Tuesday through Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Admission is $3
for adults; $2 for students with ID and senior citizens; and free to members
and children 5 and under.
a.m. to 1 p.m.
visitors.
The museum is free by donation Saturday from 10
The Pennsylvania Academy is accessible to handicapped
For more information, call (215) 972-7600.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS OFFERS
SATURDAY WORKSHOPS THIS SPRING
PHILADELPHIA, PA. March 11, 1988--- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
offers a variety of fine arts workshops this spring.
The workshop series is
one of the Pennsylvania Academy's extension programs which also include summer
and evening courses.
The Saturday workshop curriculum is based on fine arts principles and
t echniques with emphasis on the study of the human figure .
Courses in
Elementary Drawing, Life Drawing, Still Life, Landscape, Life Painting,
Pastel, Sculpture / Clay Modeling and Woodcut are offered by Pennsylvania
Academy faculty members .
Courses suitable fo r students of all levels of
experience are available.
Saturday workshop cour ses will begin April 9 and co ntinue through May 7 and
May 14.
Mos t classes will be held at the historic Furness -Hewitt building at
Broad and Cherry Streets .
Sculpture and Grap hi c classes will be held at Peale
House , 1820 Chestnut Street .
Saturday Workshop courses may be taken for
credit with prior arrangement .
To receive a brochure or other information on Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts Extension Programs, contact the Extension Programs Office, 1820 Chestnut
Street, Philadelphia, PA
19 103, or call (215) 972 - 7625 .
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RAPHAELLE PEALE STILL LIFES FEATU RED SPRING EXHIBITION AT
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Thi rty - two Paintings by America's First Great Still Life
Pa i nter on View February 17 t o April 16, 1989
PHILADELPHIA, PA .
Dec ember 8, 1988---America's first great still life
paint er, Raphaelle Peale (1774-1825), will be featured in a traveling
exhibition of 32 paintings on view next spring at the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts.
The exhibition, organized by the Pennsylvania Academy and the
National Gallery of Art, is on view in Philadelphia February 17 to April 16,
1989 .
Raphaelle Peale Still Lifes is supported by a major grant from the Pew
Charitable Trusts .
The exhibition is also supported in Philadelphia in
p~rt
by a grant from Price waterhouse.
"Raphaelle Peale's still lifes are of tremendous importance in the history of
American art," comments Linda Bantel, Exhibition Coordinator and Director of
the Museum at the Pennsylvania Academy. "They are both exquisitely beautiful
and a re significant in that they represent the work of America's first
'professional' still life painter."
;Raphaelle Peale painted approximately 150 still lifes; only about 50 of these
paintings survive.
The exhibition includes many of t hese existing works,
including the famous Af t er the Bath, considered a masterpiece of tr ompe
l'oeil.
Also included are works by Peale's father, Charles Willson Pea l e, his
uncle, James Peale , and his brother Rembrandt Peale .
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Raphaelle Peale Still Lifes is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue,
published by the National Gallery of Art.
The catalogue includes essays by
Nicholai Cikovsky, Jr., the exhibition 's curator and curator of
~meri ca n
art
at the National Gallery; Linda Bantel ; and John Wilmerding, deputy director of
the National Gallery .
Also included are a compi lation of texts and documents
relating to Raphaelle Peale an d a checklist of works he exhibited in his
lifetime.
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.
Admission is $3 for adults; $2 for students and senior citizens; and
free to members and childre n 5 and under.
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The museum is free by donation on
For more information, call (215) 972 - 7642 .
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the oldest art
museum and art school in North America.
Its collectio n of over 10,000 wo rks
of American art is housed in its third building, a National
~istoric
Landmark,
designed by Furness and Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its original Victorian
splendor in 1976.
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NATURAL HISTORIES: MARY FRANK SCULPTURE, PRINTS, AND
DRAWINGS ON VIEW AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(215) 972-7642
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
December 8, 1988---Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
highlights the work of ;1ary Frank, one of America's most innovative sculptors
and printmakers, January 27 to April 16, 1989.
The exhibition, organized by
the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts, highlights works made in the
past decade.
"Mary Frank is an extraordinarily gifted artist, known internationall y for her
evocative, organic sculpture," comments Linda Bantel, Director of the Museum
of the Pennsylvania Academy.
~s.
Frank's work to travel .
"This is the first retrospective exhibition of
We're pleased to be able to present it to
Philadelphia."
Ren owned for her clay sculpture, Ms . Frank has become increasingly known in
the past decade for her monoprints and drawings, sculpture in bronze and
plaster, painting on metal plates, and collages.
color has
evolve~
Her technique and use of
and changed in this time, as seen in the work on view.
themes have remained consistent, however.
]er
Regardless of medium and technique,
her work interprets the natural world--human, animal, and plant forms --with
mythical and metaphorical qualities.
The exhibition was curated by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, senior curat or at the
Decordova Museum, with funding from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and
Hum~nities .
It has been on view at the DeCordova Museum and the Everson
Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York, and makes its final stop at the
Pennsylvania Academy .
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An 80 -page catalog ue, with both color and black-and - white illustrations,
accompanies the exhibition.
The catalogue, published by the DeCordova Museum,
includes essays by Dr. Hayden Herrera, author and expert on Ms. Frank's work,
and Dr. Stella Kramrisch, curator emeritus of Indian Art at the Philadelphia
r1useum of Art .
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 throu gh Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5 : 00 p.m. on
Sunday.
Admission is $3 for adults; $2 for students and senior citizens; and
free to members and children 5 and under.
from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The museum is free on Saturdays
For more information, call (215) 972 - 7600.
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 i'l"ational Historic Landmark,
designed by Frank Furness and George Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its
original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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PERFOR;'1 AT
OPERA NATIONAL COUNCIL WINNERS
ACADEi'1Y OF THE FINE ARTS
PE i~NSYLVANIA
PJILADELPHIA, PA, Feb. 12, 1988---Sunday, February 28, Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts hosts a recital by local winners and alternates in the
Met r opolitan Opera National Council competition, Philadelphia District
auditions .
The singers come to the Academy of the Fine Arts after
participatin3 in the final round of auditions at the
~etropolitan
Opera in New
YorK February 22.
Four competitors will perform at the Academy of the Fine Arts.
Cecelia Rae
Chaisson of Center City, Philadelphia and Katherine Harris of Wilmington,
Delaware, both sopranos, are winners this year's Philadelphia District
competition .
Jeffrey Kneebone of Devon, who won the Philadelphia District
competition last year, and Richard Pendergraph of Windmore, both baritones,
are alternates.
If either winner is unable to sing in the final round of
competition in New York, an alternate will serve as substitute.
The program is as follows:
;1s . Chaisson will sing "Dearest :1ama" from The
Ballad of Baby Doe by 1100re and
"~ui
La Voce" froJ] I Puritani by Bellini .
!ls.
Harris will sing "Marietta's Lied" from Die Tode Stadt by Korngold and
"Kling", a song by Richard Strauss .
i1 r. Kneebone will sing "Ya vas Lyublyu",
Prince Yeletsky's aria, from Pique Dame by Tchaikovsky and "E Sogno?
Realta? " from Verdi's Falstaff.
0
11r. Pendergraph will sing "Di Provenza Il
11ar" from La Traviata also by Verdi, and "Ne,nico della Patria" from Andrea
Chenier by Giordano .
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PERFORd AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADE;vJ:Y OF THE FINE ARTS
The concert is scheduled at 3 p.m. in Hamilton Audit orium, Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, and is free with museum admiss ion.
The recital is
sponsored by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Womens' Committee and
is part of their annual music series.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry
Streets in Philadelphia , two blocks north of City Hall.
30urs are: 10:00 a.m.
to 5 : 00 p .m., Tuesday thr ough Saturday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on
Sunday .
Admission is $3, $2 for students and senior citizens and free to
member s and children under 7.
Saturdays .
Admission is free from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is accessible to handi capped
visitors .
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FlNEAATS
Broad and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Pennsylvania
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NATURAL HISTORIES: MARY FRANK'S SCULPTURE, PRINTS, AND
DRAWINGS ON VIE\v AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(215) 972-7642
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
September 15, 1988---Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
highlights the work of Mary Frank, one of America's most innovative sculptors
and printmakers, January 27 to April 16, 1989.
The
exhibitio~,
organized by
the DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts, highlights works made in the
past decade.
"~ary
Frank is an extraordinarily gifted artist, known internationally for her
evocative, organic sculpture," comments Linda Bantel, Director of the Museum
of the Pennsylvania Academy.
:1s. Frank's work to travel.
"This is the first retrospective exhibition of
We're pleased to be able to present it to
Philadelphia."
Renowned for her clay sculpture, Ms. Frank has become increasingly known in
the past decade for her monoprints and drawings, sculpture in bronze and
plaster, painting on metal plates, and collages.
Her technique and use of
color has evolved and changed in this time, as seen in the work on view.
themes have remained consistent, however.
Her
Regardless of medium and technique,
her work interprets the nautral world--human, animal, and plant forms--with
mythical and metaphorical qualities.
The exhibition was curated by Rachel Rosenfield Lafo, senior curator at the
Decordova Museum, with funding from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts and
Humanities.
It has been on view at the DeCordova Museum and the Everson
Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York, and makes its final stop at the
Pennsylvania Academy.
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An 80-page catalogue, with both color and black-and-white illustrations,
accompanies the exhibition.
The catalogue, published by the DeCordova Museum,
includes essays by Dr. Hayden Herrera, author and expert on Ms . Frank's work,
and Dr. Stella Kramrisch, curator emeritus of Indian Art at the Philadelphia
Museum of Art.
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.
Ad~ission
is $3 for adults; $2 for students and senior citizens; and
free to members and children 5 and under.
from 10 a.m . to 1 p.m.
The museum is free on Saturdays
For more information, call (215) 972-7600.
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 Frank Furness and George Hewitt in 1876, and restored to its
original Victorian splendor in 1976.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS PRESENTS PANEL ON
CONTEMPORARY ART
Noted Critics, Curators, and Artists to Participate in
"Contemporary Art : The Last Ten Years Here and Elsewhere "
PHILADELPHIA , PA .
March 9, 1988-- Six noted critics, artists, and curators
will discuss the past ten years in American art at the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts on Saturday, April 23 .
The panel discussion, addressing
"Contemporary Art : The Last Ten Years He r e and Elsewhere, " will be held from
1 p . m. to 3 p . m. in the Pennsylvania Academy's Hamilton Auditorium .
The panel is part of the celebration of the ten t h anniversary of t he Morris
Gallery of the Pennsylvania Academy.
The anniversary celebratio n i s supported
by a grant from the William Penn Foundation .
Ove r the past ten years, the
galle r y, which is devoted to showing works of contemporary Pennsylvania
artists, has featured exhibitions by nearly 90 artists including Tom Butter,
John Dowell, Nancy Hellebrand , Judith Shea, and Phillips Simkin.
Among the participants are artists Cynthia Carlson and Jody Pinto, both past
Morris Gallery exhibitors.
Ms . Pinto , a Philadelphia sculptor whose Finger
Span bridge project was recently completed in Fairmount Park, will discuss the
changing face of public art .
Ms . Carlson will focus on changes in the form
and content in contemporary art over the past decade .
East a nd West Coast art critics will provide insight into the contemporary art
scene on both sides of the nation .
Grace Glueck, an art critic with the New
York Times, will address the changing role of critics in the past decade, and
thei r interactio n with contemporary artists .
Los Angeles critic Peter Frank
will highl ight the importance of non- mainstream art publications and
activities, an d their impact on the art world between the late 1970s and the
present .
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The curatorial and educational perspective will be supplied by Ne d Rifkin,
cu rat or at the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., and David Pease, dean of
the Yale School of Art .
Mr . Rifkin will address differing sensibilities in
contemporary art exhibitions in and outside New York in the past ten years;
Mr. Pease will discuss the changing nature of art education .
The panel discussion will be moderated by Judith Stein, associate curator and
Morris Gallery coord inator at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Admission is $5 for adults; $3 for Pennsylvania Academy members and students.
Tickets are available on a first-come, first-se rved basis and reservations are
strongly recommended.
For information and reservat ions, call the Academy of
the Fine Arts at (2 15) 972 -7 600 .
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FINE ARTS
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADE:"lY OF TaE FINE ARTS' MORRIS GALLERY
PRESENTS WORK BY PHILADELPHIA PAI ~TER JOE STEFA~ELLI
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July 21, 1988---Native Philadelphian Joe Stefanelli brings
an ove rview of his work to the
~orris
Gallery on Oct ober 27, 1988.
The
exhibition, Joe Stefanelli Paintings: The Fifties to the Present, runs throu3h
December 31, 1988 .
~r.
Stefanelli's
~orris
Gallery exhibition spans three decades, from the
1950's, when he worked as one of the original New York abstract
expressionists, to the present.
His current work explores the imagery of
Egyptian and Etruscan mythology, discovered on his travels throughout the
~editerranean
region.
"This exhibition presents an interesting counterpoint to The Figurative
Fifties: New York Fi gurative Expressionism, on view in the Main Galleries,"
comments Linda Bantel, Director of the Museum at the Pennsylvania Academy .
"~r.
Stefanelli's str ongest artistic influences stem from his early
association with Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and other abstract
expressionists.
These ideas are still powerfully evident in his work."
Born and raised in South Philadelphia, Joe Stefanelli attended the
Philadelphia
~useum
College of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts bef ore moving to New York in the 1940's .
as a combat artist for YANK The Army Weekly .
Dur i ng World War II, he served
He has received several major
awards, including the Fulbright Award for Rome, Italy (1958-59), the Spear
Research Fund for Princeton University (1965), and a Fellowship at the
American Research Center in Egypt (1966 - 67) .
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Among the colleges and universities where
~r.
Stefanelli has held teaching and
artist - in-residence positions are New York University, The New School for
Social Research, Brooklyn College, Pr ince t on University, Columbia University,
and the University of California at Berkeley .
His wor k has been exhibited
internationally and hangs in permanent collections nationwide .
Joe Stefanelli Paintings: The Fifties to the Present is supported in part by a
grant from the National Endowment for the Arts .
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry Streets
in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City naIl .
Hours a r e : 10 a.m . to 5 p.m . ,
Tuesday through Sattirday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday.
Admission is $3
for adults; $2 for students with ID and senior citizens; and free to members
and childre n 5 and under.
a.m. to 1 p.m .
visitors .
The museum is free by donation Saturday from 10
The Pennsylvania Academy is accessible to handicapped
For more information, call (215) 972 - 7600 .
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Pennsy lvania
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PHILADELPHIA, PA.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS EXHIBITS ROBINSON
FREDENTHAL IN MORRIS GALLERY
April 18, 1988--??ilD3yl vania
works by Philadelphia artist
\C~j2Jy
Robin3~n Fred2 ~ti3l i~
Gallery exhibition May 5 to June 19, 1988.
especially for the Morris Gallery .
of th2 Fin?
~rts
presents
tiis season's third Morris
The artist has created a work
The opening reception, at which the public is
invited to meet the artist, will be held Wednesday, May 4 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The exhibition features a work created by Mr . Fredenthal specifically for the
space.
The piece , like several other of the artist's large-scale indoor
sculptures, is composed of corregated cardboard.
Mr. Fredenthal will discuss the
works in the exhibition in an informal gallery talk on Friday, May 6 at 12 noon.
A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's School of Architecture, Fredenthal
is best -known in Philadelphia for his public sculpture, including Black Forest at
the University of Pennsylvania, Double Agent at One Franklin Plaza, and three
untitled pieces at 1234 Market Street East .
Mr . Fredenthal is a visiting artist at
The University of the Arts.
The Morris Gallery at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts exhibits works by
contemporary artists with a connection to Pennsylvania.
Morris Gallery exhibitions
are chosen by a committee composed of area artists, museum professionals and
collectors, and the curatorial staff of the Pennsylvania Academy.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts hours are: Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to
5 : 00 p.m., and Sunday , 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m ..
General admission is $3.00 for
adults, $2.00 for senior citizens and students with I.D., and free for members and
children ages 5 and under.
Admission is f r ee Saturday, 10:00 a.m . to 1:00 p.m .
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After 5 p.m., (302) 888 - 0469 .
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SPECIAL EVENTS HIGHLIGHT MATTER OF TIME
AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
(2 15) 972-7642
PHILADELPHIA, PA May 28, 1988----This sum:ner, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts presents a variety of special gallery talks in conjunction with Matter of
Time, a collaborative installation in celebration of the tenth anniversary of
the Academy's i10rris Gallery .
The installation is part of Philadelphia ART
NOW, a three - year project funded by the William Penn Foundation dedicated to
increasing national awareness of contemporary art in the Philadelphia region.
Gallery talks are held at 12 noon at Broad and Cherry Streets, and are free
with museum admission.
The following talks are given by participants in Matter of Time:
Sculptor Steven Beyer and photographer Eileen Neff ...... .. Wednesday, July 6
Dancer Steve Krieckhaus and video artist Peter Rose ..... .. Friday, July 29
Sculptor Donald Waisnis and painter Edward Waisnis ....... . Wednesday, August 17
Tuesday, July 26 and Saturday, July 30 docent Ruth Rothman presents "Hometown
Hits, " a discussion of the collaborative installation.
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 Sat urday, and 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p .m. on Sunday .
Admission is $3, $2 for seni or citizens and students, free to members and
children aged 5 and under.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is
accessible to handicapped visitors .
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Public Information Of f icer, (215) 972-7642.
After 5 p.m., (302) 888-0469 .
FINEAATS
Broad and Cherry Stree ts
FOR L"L'1EDIATE RELEASE
Philadelphia
Penn sylva nia
PENNSYLV ANIA ACADK'1Y OF T~-IE FINE ARTS' MORRIS GALLERY
PRESENTS WORK BY PHILADELPHIA PAINTER JOE STEFANELLI
19102
(215) 972-7642
PHILADELPHIA, PA
Jul y 21, 1988--- Native Philadelphian Joe Stefanelli brings
an ove rview of his work to the
~orris
Gallery on October 27, 1988.
The
exhibition, Joe Stefanelli Paintings: The Fifties to the Present, runs through
December 31, 1988 .
Mr. Stefanelli's Morris Gallery exhibitio n spans three decades, from the
1950's, when he worked as one of the original New York abstract
expressionists, to the present .
His current work explores the imagery of
Egyptian and Etruscan mythology, discovered on his travels throug hout the
Aediterranean region.
"This exhibition presents an intere s ting counterpoint t o The Figurative
Fifties: New York Figu r ative Expressionism, on view in the Mai n Galleries,"
comments Linda Bantel , Director of the Museum at the Pennsylvania Academy.
"Mr. Stefanelli's strongest artistic influences stem fro m his ea r ly
association with Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, and other a bs t ract
expressionists .
These ideas are still powerfully evident in his work . "
Born and raised in South Philadelphia, Joe Stefanelli attended the
Philadelphia Museum College of Art and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Ar ts before moving to New York in the 1940 ' s .
as a combat artist for YANK The Army Weekly .
During World War II, he served
He has received several major
awards, including t he Fulbr i ght Award fo r Rome , Italy (1958 - 59), the Spear
Research Fund fo r Pr i nceton University (1965), and a Fellowship at the
American Research Center i n Egypt (1966- 67) .
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Among the colleges and universities where Mr. Stefanelli has held teaching and
artist-in-residence positions are New York University, The New School for
Social Research, Brooklyn College, Princeton University, Columbia University,
and the University of California at Berkeley .
His work has been exhibited
internationally and hangs in permanent collections nationwide .
Joe Stefanelli Paintings : The Fifties to t he Present is supported in part by a
3rant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Pennsylvania Acade·ny of the Fine Arts is located at Broad and Cherry Streets
in Philadelphia, two blocks north of City 1all.
Yours are: 10 a.m . to 5 p . m. ,
Tuesday through Saturday, and 11 a . m. to 5 p.m . on Sunday.
Admission is $3
for adults; $2 for students with ID and senior citizens; and free to members
and children 5 and under.
a.m . to 1 p.m.
visitors.
The museum is free by donation Saturday from 10
The Pennsylvania Academy is accessible to handicapped
For more
infor~ation,
call (215) 972-7600.
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PENNSYLVANIA
For information, contact : Lucinda Costin,
Public Information Officer, (215) 972-7642 .
After 5 p . m., (302) 888- 0469 .
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FROM ASHES TO THE RAINBOW: A TRIBUTE TO RAOUL WALLENBERG,
WORKS BY ALICE LOK CAHAN A OPENS AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY'S
SCHOOL GALLERY, NOVEMBER 9, 1988
Pennsylvania
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PHILADELPHIA, PA. October 14, 1988---- Vivid paintings, collages, and
installation pieces by Alice Lok Cahana are on view at Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts School Gallery, 1301 Cherry Street, November 9 through December
9, 1988.
From Ashes to the Rainbow : A Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg, evokes
powerful impressions of Ms . Cahana 's dramatic personal history during the
Holocaust and beyond .
The exhibition is supported in Philadelphia with the
generous support of the ARCO Chemical Company.
The exhibition draws on Ms . Cahana's early years in her native Hungary,
through her internment at Auschwitz, Bergen- Belsen, and Guben, to her later
spirtual rebirth in Israel and the United States .
She has dedicated the
exhibition to Raoul Wallenberg, the Christian Swedish diplomat who saved
thousands of Hungarian Jews --Cahana's father among them--fr om death or
internment in Nazi concentration camps .
Ms. Cahana's work documents the
tragedy of the camps in a way that emphasizes the survivors and affirms life,
transcending the incomparable cruelties of the Holocaust.
Ms . Cahana explains
that the exhibition emphasizes the ideal that "One person can make a
difference ... My work cannot end with the Holocaust, but with the images of
freedom and hope--- with the survival of the human spirit."
Alice Lok Cahana began painting in 1959, although it was not until 1978 that
she began to concentrate on the Holocaust in her work.
Her early work was
greatly influenced by color field artists Morris Louis and Mark Rothko.
In
1978 she traveled to her birthplace in Hungary, and discovered that no
memorial existed to the Jewish community that had lived in the town for
generations.
Ms. Cahana began to incorporate personal mementos which
documented her experience i nt o her work--- pages from her mother's pra ye r book,
I
\
photographs of her family and of Wallenberg, news clippings, and poems written
by children in European concentration camps.
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TO RAOUL WALLENBERG OPENS AT PAFA
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From Ashes to the Rainbow: A Tribute to Raoul Wallenberg was organized and
circulated by the Hebrew Union Col l ege Skirball
~useum,
generous support of a grant from the ARCO Foundation.
available in the Pennsylvania Academy's
~useum
Los Angeles, with the
A color catalogue is
Shop, with essays by noted art
critic Barbara Rose, Hebrew Union College President Dr. Alfred Gottschalk, and
historian Dr. Sybil Milton .
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts School Gallery is located at 1301
Cherry Street in Philadelphia.
through Saturday .
Hours are: 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p .m., Tuesday
Admission is free.
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(302) 888-04 69 .
Broad and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
19102
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(215) 972-7642
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS' MORRIS GALLERY
CELEB2ATES 10TH ANNIVERSARY WIT~ SPECIAL INSTALLATION
PHILADELPHIA, PA .
Feb. 23, 1988---A special collab or a tive installation by nine
Philadelphia artists and artists ' teams, celebrating the Morris Gallery's tenth
anniversary, highli3hts the summer schedule at the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts.
The unique collaborative venture is on view June 29 through September
25, 1988.
The exhibition is supported by a grant fr om the William Penn Foundation.
Participating artists represent a variety of disciplines, including painting,
sculpture, mixed - media works, performance art, and video.
The artists were chosen
by the Academy of the Fine Arts' Morris Gallery Review Committee.
"For several of the artists participating, this is their first collaborative
eff ort," commented Judith Stein, associate curator at the Academy of the Fine Arts
a nd installation coordinator. "Many exciting associations have developed among the
artists, bringing an atmosphere of experimentation and innovation to this project."
Participants in the installation are: Connie Col e man and Alan Powell, video
artists who incorporate their tapes into sculptural installations; painter Ralfka
Gonzalez, who combines text and image to address so c ial concerns; dancer Steve
Krieckhaus, one of Philadelphia's most ac c laimed perf ormance artists, who will
c ollaborate with performance/video artist Peter Rose; paint e r Edward Waisnis and
sculptor Donald Waisnis , brothers who often collab orate on installations;
photographer Eileen Neff, whose sculptural installations often draw themes from
the act of seeing; Steven BeY2rs, a sculptor noted for humor in his figurative
assemblages; and the interdisciplinary team of Gelover, Murray, and S,nith, who
produce single - track videos with music of their own compositi o n.
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SPECIAL COLLABORATIVE INSTALLATION
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The Morris Gallery, located at the Pennsylvania Academy o f the Fine Arts at Broad
and Che rry Str e ets, for ten years has displa yed the work of outst a ndin g
co ntem pO rcH y
Penns ylvania.
ci l Li::;Ls
who Ive re born, have studied, or have lived in Philadelphia or
In addition to the Installation, the Gallery's anniversary will be
c elebrated with the public3 t ion of a retrospective book, entitled Searching Out
The Best: A Tribute to the Morris Gallery of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts, with essays by Linda Bantel, Peter Frank, and Judith Stein.
The publication
is funded by grants from the Marion Locks Foundation for the Visual Arts and The
William Penn Foundation .
A gala anniversary party will be held at the exhibition
opening on June 29.
The Morris Gallery Review Committee includes area artists, museum professionals
and collectors, and the curatorial staff of the Pennsylvania Academy .
Presently
serving on the Morris Callery Exhibition Committee are: artist and gallery
director Paolo Colombo; artist / teacher William Freeland; collecto r Faith Ginsbur g ;
c ritic Carrie Rickey; public relations director and art collector Eileen Rosenau;
and curator Judith Tannenbaum.
Academy of the Fine Arts staff serving on the
committee include: Linda Bantel, director of the Museum and Judith Stein,
~orris
Gallery coordinator.
Museum hours are : Tuesday to Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m ., and Sunday, 11:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
General admission is $3 . 00 for adults; $2.00 for senior
citizens and students; free for
~embers
Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m .
and children under 7.
Admission is free
The museum is accessible to the handicapped.
For information call (215) 972 - 7600.
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THE FIGURATIVE FIFTIES EXHIBITED THIS FALL AT PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
First Xajor Exhibition of New York Figurative Expressionism
On View October 14 to December 31, 1988
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
March 31, 1988--The first comprehensive exhibition to
explore the figurative alternative to abstract expressionism, The Figurative
Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism, makes its East Coast debut at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts October 14 to December 31, 1988.
The
exhibition, coordinated by the Newport Harbor Art Museum in Newport Beach,
California, is co- curated by the Newport Harbor Art Museum and the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts .
"Our recent retrospective exhibitions of Franz Kline, Jack Tworkov, and Robert
Motherwell provided a close look at major abstract expressionist artists .
With The Figurative Fifties, we're showing a less well - known side of New York
School painting in the 1950s, a side we began to investigate with our recent
exhibition of the early work of Red Grooms," comments Linda Bantel, director
of the museum at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Artists represented in the exhibition are: Robert Beauchamp, Alex Katz, Elaine
de Kooning, Willem de Kooning, Robert Goodnough, Grace aartigan, Lester
Johnson, George McNeil, Jan Muller, Jackson Pollock, Fairfield Porter, Larry
Rivers, and Robert Thompson.
Approximately 75 works in the exhibition include
several major paintings; Willem de Kooning is also represented by work on
paper.
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The 1950s are best known as the decade of abstract expressionism, a unique
American style of painting that largely excluded representational imagery.
Yet at the time, many painters were using expressionist methods to explore
alternatives to the prevailing abstract mode.
Inspired by the example of
Willem de Kooning and Jackson Pollock, artists like Grace Hartigan, Alex Katz,
Fairfield Porter, and Larry Rivers used expressionist techniques to address
the human figure.
The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism is co - curated by
Paul Schimmel, chief curator at the Newport Harbor Art Museum, and Judith
Stein, associate curator at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
It is
accompanied by a 200- page, full color catalogue with essays by the co - curators
and Klaus Kertess and Carter Ratcliff.
Following its showing at the Newport Harbor Art Museum and the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, the exhibition will travel to the McNay Art Museum
in San Antonio, Texas February 15 to April 30, 1989.
The Figurative Fifties: New York Figurative Expressionism is supported in
Philadelphia in part by grants from CIGNA Foundation and the Pew Charitable
Trusts.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is supported by general
operating grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the City
Council of Philadelphia.
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