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PENNSYLVANIA
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FINEAATS
Broad and Cherry Streets
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Dec. 20, 1991
CONTACT: Anne Broussard Merz (215) 972-7642
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
19102
(215) 972-7642
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTIST DRAWS ON TRADITIONAL
TRAINING TO CREATE ORGANIC FORMS ABOUT LIFE,
VULNERABILITY
PHILADELPHIA -- Clarence Morgan's paintings of boldly colored amoeba-like forms on
unstretched canvas or paper are explorations into human vulnerability and the aging process. A 1975
graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts School, Morgan uses his traditional training
in the fine arts to create abstract imagery with references to African, Mexican and Native American
culture.
Two large-scale works on canvas and several smaller works on paper by this North
Carolina-based African-American artist will be on view in the exhibition "Clarence Morgan: Sign
as Metaphor" from Jan. 10 through Feb. 23, 1992 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts'
Morris Gallery, a space devoted to contemporary art.
A s' des of related programs including a reception, one-on-one consultations, an illustrated
lecture and panel discussion will be held in conjunction with the show (see details, page 3).
"As I approach middle age, I fmd myself asking questions about mortality and the meaning
of life," Morgan explained. "When I was younger, the right and wrong answers to these questions
were very clear in my mind. Now I find much more ambiguity in them." The recent transition in
Morgan's work from geometric to organic forms reflects this ambiguity and the issues that now
preoccupy him: birth, nurturing, death and regeneration. "In my previous work, space was clearly
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defined. Now my forms seem to swim in what looks like an evolutionary soup." His forms are
filled with intense color and rimmed with dark, thick borders. They float in backgrounds filled with
splotches, drips and strokes of paint. The spattering effect suggested to one Boston Globe critic "a
flickering brush, agile wrist and playful mind."
Morgan's large unstretched canvases are an intentional reference to African, Mexican and
Native American textiles. "I started laying canvases on the floor to work on them, whieh challenged
the formalistic way I was trained. It opened up all sorts of compositional possibilities for me. "
Morgan hangs his pieces on the gallery wall without frames because, he said, "I don't want the work
to be any less vulnerable than its maker. "
Born in Philadelphia in 1950, Morgan first studied commercial art but found it unsatisfying.
In 1970 he transferred to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts School, where he felt
immediately comfortable. "I knew right away that it was where I belonged," he said. He won the
school's prestigious William Emlen Cresson Travel Scholarship in his third year, which enabled him
to travel to Europe and North Africa for the first time. He credits his Academy training with giving
him the technical and observational skills he employs in his current work.
Morgan is currently a professor at the School of Art at East Carolina University in
Greenville, N.C. Over the last decade he has had individual and group exhibitions in New York,
Atlanta, Boston, New Orleans, Cleveland and throughout North Carolina. He is represented in the
collections of IBM, General Mills, Mobil, Philip Morris and American Express. In 1988 he received
a Southern Arts Federation/NEA Regional Visual Arts Fellowship.
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Related Programs.
For details, call Anne Monahan at (215) 972-7600, ext. 4226.
Jan. 9
Opening Reception: Jan. 9, 5 to 7 p.m. In the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts' Morris Gallery, 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia. Free and open to the
public.
Jan. 10, 11
One-on-One Consultations with Clarence Morgan. The general public is invited
to talk on an individual basis with Morgan through the New Arts Program, a Pew
Charitable Trusts-funded project designed to foster an exchange of ideas between the
community and innovative working artists. Meetings are free and open to the public
by appointment only on Jan. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m., and Jan. 11
from 9 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. They will be held at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts, 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia. To make an appointment, call
Anne Monahan at (215) 972-7600, ext. 4226.
Jan. 11
Illustrated Talk by Clarence Morgan. Jan. 11 at 11 a.m. At the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia. Free.
Feb. 8
"Abstraction and African Americans" Panel Discussion. Join artists Clarence
Morgan, Moe Brooker, art educator Leslie King Hammond and moderator Judith
Stein for a discussion on issues such as how artists access their ethnic and racial
identities when working abstractly. Feb. 8, 1 to 3 p.m. At the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia. $5 per person.
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, America's oldest art museum and art school,
has a long history of commitment to African-American artists. Represented in the museum's
collection are works by Henry O. Tanner, Horace Pippin, Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlitt,
Raymond Saunders and Betye Saar. The school has been at the forefront of educating black artists,
counting Tanner, Saunders and Louis Sloan among its alumni.
The museum is located at 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia. Hours are Tuesday through
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5; $3 seniors; $2
students; free to children under five. The 1992 Morris Gallery exhibition series and programs have
been supported in part by a generous grant from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
Inc.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS TO HONOR
ONE OF AMERICA'S GREATEST SCULPTORS
PHILADELPHIA -- On Nov. 21 at 7:15 p.m., the 90-year old, world-acclaimed sculptor
Walker Hancock, who created the 39-foot high sculpture of an angel and a dying soldier that stands
in Philadelphia's 30th Street Station, will be presented with the Dean's Award for Distinguished
Service to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts School during the gala Annual School Dinner
celebrating America's oldest art school. The program will take place in the Pennsylvania Academy
school studios at 1301 Cherry St., in Philadelphia.
Hancock has sculpted busts of President Bush, Walter Annenberg, Robert Frost, Douglas
MacArthur, James Madison, Abraham Lincoln and numerous other dignitaries. In 1989, he received
the National Medal of Arts, the highest honor the nation confers on an artist.
Ninety and still
sculpting, Hancock has been an artist for more than 60 years, 38 of them spent teaching at the
Pennsylvania Academy School.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is the nation's oldest art
school and museum. The school offers a four-year program and a MFA degree in painting, sculpting
and printmaking.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum
118 N. Broad St. (Broad and Cherry Sts.)
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Hours:
Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission: $5; $3 seniors; $2 students;
free to children under five.
Information: (215) 972-7600.
Exhibitions 1992 - 1993
To April 5, 1992
Thomas Eakins Rediscovered: At Home, At School, At Work.
To April 19, 1992
Telling Tales: 19th-Century Narrative Painting from the
Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
To April 19, 1992
On Tabletop and Wall: The Art of the American Still Life.
Jan . 10 - Feb. 23, 1992
Clarence Morgan: Sign as Metaphor.
March 6 - April 26, 1992
Toshiko Takaezu: Recent Work.
May 8 - 31, 1992
91st Annual Student Exhibition.
June 26 - April 11, 1993
Facing the Past: 19th-Century Portraits from the Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
June 1992 - April 1993
The Modern Landscape: Selections from the Permanent
Collection.
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June 1992 - April 1993
Subtracting the Surface: Sculpture and Graphics from the
Permanent Collection.
Spring 1994
(dates to be announced)
The Art of Horace Pippin.
See expanded exhibition descriptions below:
THOMAS EAKINS REDISCOVERED: AT HOME, AT SCHOOL, AT WORK
Through April 5, 1992
This exhibition of 30 paintings, 12 oil sketches, 175 photographs, drawings and sculptures
offers an intimate look at the life and artistic development of Thomas Eakins , America's premier
19th-century artist and art teacher. Hands-on activity stations invite visitors to explore central
concepts of Eakins' work as a teacher and artist. Visitors can create motion studies and view them
on a zoetrope or sketch a model while Pennsylvania Academy students paint and draw in classes held
in the galleries. Most of the items in the show have been drawn from Charles Bregler's Thomas
Eakins Collection, purchased by the Pennsylvania Academy in 1985. American art scholar Henry
Adams wrote in Smithsonian magazine that the collection "provides completely new informaiton
about (Eakins ') life, his working process and the scandals that plagued him. Probably never before
has the career of a major American artist been so completely opened to reinterpretation by the
discovery of new biographical material." Jeanette M. Toohey, assistant curator, and Inez S. Wolins,
curator of education, both at the Pennsylvania Academy, are co-curators. Kathleen A. Foster is a
consulting curator.
TELLING TALES: 19TH-CENTURY NARRATIVE PAINTING FROM THE COLLECflON
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
Through April 19, 1992
Narrative art, or art that tells a story, has long been a favorite of American artists. This
exhibition includes 50 works that bring together diverse times and places in stories of love, war,
marriage, death, religion and history. The stories are based on a myriad of sources, among them
mythology, the Bible, Shakespeare, European literature, American history and daily life.
ON TABLETOP AND WALL: THE ART OF THE AMERICAN STILL LIFE
Through April 19, 1992
American still-life painting began in Philadelphia with simple tabletop subjects by the Peale
family in the early 1800s. By the late 19th century , subjects expanded to include ornate flower
pieces, elaborate studies of dead game and artfully arranged compositions of household objects.
American still-life art in the 20th century began to reflect the influence of contemporary European
art as well as American folk art. Most recently, with the resurgence of realist painting, tabletop still
lifes have become popular subjects again. The exhibition spans two centuries and consists of 30
works, five of them from the collection of Mellon Bank Corporation.
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CLARENCE MORGAN: SIGN AS METAPHOR
Jan. 10 through Feb. 23, 1992
Clarence Morgan, an alumnus of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts School, makes
conscious reference to African textiles in his boldly colored, heavily textured paintings on paper or
unstretched canvas. This North Carolina-based artist will include approximately five of his large
works and four smaller drawings in this exhibition.
TOSHIKO TAKAEZU: RECENT WORK
March 6 through April 26, 1992
For more than 40 years, Toshiko Takaezu, a Princeton University ceramics professor, has
drawn on her Japanese heritage, her childhood in Hawaii and her love of nature to create works in
clay, fiber and bronze. This exhibition, the artist's first solo show in Philadelphia, includes recent
examples of her signature stoneware and porcelain "moon" pieces and a site-specific installation of
large bronze "trees." The show is being held in conjunction with "Clay in Philadelphia '92," a fourmonth-long Philadelphia-wide celebration of ceramic art.
FACING THE PAST: 19TH-CENTURY PORTRAITS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
June 26, 1992 - April 11, 1993
Consisting of approximately 40 works, this exhibition will examine 19th-century portraiture
in America with specific emphasis on the influence of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
on the genre's popularity, stylistic evolution and impact. The exhibition will pay particular attention
to the roles of painter and sitter and how the background, details and other facets of the portraits
reveal information about the subject and their society. Portraits will be organized into three sections:
artists' conceptions of themselves and fellow artists including self-portraits by Charles Willson Peale,
Benjamin West and others; men and their professions -- lawyers, politicians, businessmen -- painted
with tools of their trade (this section includes four different portraits of George Washington); and
images of women, marriage and the family, including works by Gilbert Stuart, Jacob Eichholtz and
John Singer Sargent. The exhibition will also feature portrait miniatures and portraits by artists
closely tied to the Pennsylvania Academy including Cecilia Beaux and Thomas Eakins.
THE ART OF HORACE PIPPIN
Spring 1994 (Final dates to be announced)
Horace Pippin (1888-1946) is arguably the best-known African-American painter of the 20th
century. This first major traveling exhibition of his work since 1976 will feature 75 of the 125
known works by this West Chester, Pa., artist, who was essentially self-taught. It will include
interiors, still lifes, war scenes, portraits, religious subjects, landscapes and scenes of AfricanAmerican life.
Please call (215) 972-7642 for more exhibition information.
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Broad and Cherry Streets
Philadelphia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 25, 1991
CONTACT: Anne Broussard Merz (215) 972-7642
Pennsylvania
19102
(215) 972-7642
AIDS RUNNER TO MARK DEC. 1 "DAY WITHOUT ART"
PHILADELPHIA -- On Dec. 1, the students, staff and faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts museum and school hope to raise awareness of AIDS by draping a 120-foot-Iong
Japanese-rice-paper runner down the museum's grand staircase. The runner lists 241 names of artists
taken by the disease. It will be installed Nov. 27 and will remain on view through Dec. 1.
"Historically, the 'runner' has symbolized strength and endurance. We hope that this runner
will give us added strength and endurance as we support those people afflicted with AIDS and seek
a cure for this terrible disease," said Richard Rice, coordinator of "The Runner Project." "We also
involved students, staff and faculty of the Pennsylvania Academy to reinforce the idea that AIDS
should be everybody's concern and that we need to conquer it together."
Rice collected artists' names from the AIDS Library of Philadelphia, located at 32 N. Third
St., with the help of the library's director, Jean Hofacket.
Rice, a 24-year-old painting and sculpture student at the Pennsylvania Academy, conceived
the runner concept both as a memorial to AIDS victims and as a tribute to those living with AIDS
and working to eradicate it. Last spring he organized "An Evening at the Academy," an auction of
Pennsylvania Academy faculty and student work that raised $5000 to benefit Action AIDS, a
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Philadelphia organization providing medical, financial and emotional support for people testing
positive for the HIV virus.
The museum, located at 118 N. Broad St., is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to
5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (the museum will be closed Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28).
Admission is $5; $3 for seniors; $2 for full-time students; free to children under five.
For
information, call (215) 972-7600.
Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the nation's oldest art
museum and art school. The museum collects and exhibits the work of American artists. The school
offers a four-year certificate and an MFA degree in painting, sculpting and printmaking.
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WHAT CAN STUDENTS BUY FOR $2?
PHILADELPHIA -- What can you buy for $2?
A magazine?
A burger and fries from
McDonalds? A gallon of gas for your car? Did you know $2 also lets you visit the oldest American
art museum in the country? Where can you find this historic treasure? In Philadelphia, of course,
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum.
If you're tired of the high price of movies, or if the winter doldrums are rapidly approaching,
do something a little different. Take a day to come into Philadelphia and see the exhibition "Thomas
Eakins Rediscovered," which includes 250 photographs, paintings, drawings and sculptures by one
of the greatest American artists of the 19th century. All for only $2, now that's a bargain.
After your visit to the museum, head to the famous Reading Terminal, located at 12th and Arch,
two blocks from the museum, and indulge in American, Japanese, Chinese, Amish and local
Philadelphia cuisine.
Bring your college I.D. with you to receive this special reduced student admission.
The
Pennsy lvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum is located at 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia,
convenient to public transportation and parking. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (215) 972-7600.
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EXHIBITION FACT SHEET
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TITLE:
"Facing the Past: 19th-Century Portraits from the Collection of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts"
WHERE:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, 118 N. Broad St.,
Philadelphia, PA; Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun., 11 a.m.5 p.m. Admission is $5; $3 seniors; $2 students. (215) 972-7600.
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WHEN:
June 26, 1992 through April 11, 1993
CURATOR:
Susan Danly, curator, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
FUNDERS:
The exhibition and catalog have been funded by a grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts; research for the catalog by a grant
from The Henry Luce Foundation; and the education programs by a
grant from the William Penn Foundation. The exhibition is a project
of ART ACCESS, a program of the American Federation of Arts
with major support from the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund.
CATALOG:
$14.95, softcover, 100 pages, approximately 40 color reproductions .
Authored by Susan Danly. Available June 1992.
ITINERARY:
The exhibition will circulate nationally under the auspices of the
American Federation of Arts. Dates and venues forthcoming .
DESCRIPTION:
Consisting of approximately 40 rarely seen works, this exhibition will examine 19th-century
portraiture in America with specific emphasis on the influence of the Pennsylvania Academy of the
Fine Arts on the genre's popularity , stylistic evolution and impact. The exhibition will pay particular
attention to the roles of painter and sitter and how the background, details and other facets of the
portraits reveal information about the subject and their society. Portraits will be organized into three
sections: artists' conceptions of themselves and fellow artists including self-portraits by Charles
Willson Peale, Benjamin West and others; men and their professions--Iawyers, politicians ,
businessman--painted with tools of their profession (this section includes four different portraits of
George Washington); and images of women, marriage and the family, including works by Gilbert
Stuart, Jacob Eichholtz and John Singer Sargent. The exhibition will also feature portrait miniatures
and portraits by artists closely tied to the Pennsylvania Academy including Cecilia Beaux and
Thomas Eakins.
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19TH- AND 20TH-CENTURY FAMILY LIFE ON FILM AT
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUM
PHILADELPHIA -- Families will be the focus of a spring film series at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts beginning on Jan. 26, 1991. "An American Vision: Late 19th- and Early
20th-Century Family Life on Film" will feature six films in conjunction with the exhibition "Thomas
Eakins Rediscovered: At Home, At School, At Work." Thomas Eakins (1844-1916) was one of
America' s greatest painters. The exhibition concerns his life and work, with a major emphasis on
his relationships with family and friends.
Films are shown on Sundays at 3 p.m. at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Museum, 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia. Films are free with museum admission of $5; $3
seniors; $2 full-time students. For more information, please call (215) 972-7600.
The schedule is as follows:
Jan. 26
3 p.m.
Feb. 2
3 p.m.
"Thomas Eakins: A Motion Portrait" (1986,55 mins., color). A profile of painter
Thomas Eakins set in Philadelphia that includes scenes at the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts, where the artist studied and taught.
"Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944, 113 mins., color). Directed by Vincente Minnelli.
This musical depicts the life of the Smith family in St. Louis at the time of the 1904
World's Fair. Starring Judy Garland , Margaret O'Brien and Tom Drake.
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Feb. 9
3 p.m.
"The Magnificent Ambersons" (1942, 88 mins., b/w). Produced and directed by
Orson Welles. This film chronicles the declining magnificence of the American
dynasty by examining such classical conflicts as youth vs. age, wealth vs. poverty,
duty vs. passion and pride vs. humility as seen in two generations at the turn of the
century. Written by Orson Welles; based on the novel by Booth Tarkington.
Starring Joseph Cotten, Anne Baxter and Agnes Moorehead.
Feb. 16
3 p.m.
"Ragtime" (1981, 155 mins., color). Directed by Milos Forman. A kaleidoscope
of pre-World War I American characters -- their passions, crimes and reactions to
world events. Based on the screenplay by Michael Weller. Starring Howard Rollins
Jr., James Cagney and Mary Steenburgen.
Feb. 23
3 p.m.
"Another Part of the Forest" (1948, 107 mins., b/w). Directed by Michael Gordon.
In the post Civil War South, Marcus Hubbard leads his family to worldly success
through the misuse of power. He lives to regret it as his children learn their lessons
all too well. Based on the play by Lillian Hellman. Starring Frederic March, Ann
Blythe and Dan Duryea.
March 1
3 p.m.
"Eakins" (1973, 58 mins., color). Filmed largely in Philadelphia by Christopher
Speeth, this documentary film includes interviews with those who knew Thomas
Eakins -- friends, relatives, colleagues and models.
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is America's oldest art
museum and art school. The museum collects and exhibits the work of American artists. The school
offers certificate and master of fine arts degrees in painting, sculpting and printmaking. Notable
alumni include Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, Henry O. Tanner and David Lynch.
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OVER 50 STUDIO ART COURSES, LECTURES ON THOMAS
EAKINS, ART BUSINESS AND MORE OFFERED NEXT SPRING
PHILADELPHIA -- The spring semester of Evening and Saturday Programs at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts School begins Jan. 13 and runs through May 2, 1992.
Offerings include studio art courses in portrait painting, life drawing, still life and watercolor, lecture
courses concerning business practices for the artist and Thomas Eakins, as well as graduate courses
for credit for teachers. The registration deadline is Jan. 10.
Courses are available in the evenings and on Saturdays and can be taken on a credit or noncredit basis. Enrollment is open; no portfolios are necessary for admission. Courses are taught by
faculty members and curators at the Pennsylvania Academy school and are held in the historic studios
at 118 N. Broad St. and in the school facility at 1301 Cherry St.
Of particular interest this spring is a landscape painting course entitled "View from a
Window" held on the ninth floor of 1301 Cherry St. Students will work on issues of perspective,
color and atmosphere while painting the urban landscape. The class will meet Jan. 18, 25 and Feb.
1, 8 and 15 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
"Business Practice for the Artist," a course taught by Peter Paone, chairman of the school's
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printmaking department, focuses on sales and marketing, exhibitions, gallery relationships, pricing,
commissions, taxes and copyrights and provides important information for art students and practicing
artists. The course will be held on March 10, 17, 24 and 31 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Two courses will be offered in conjunction with the major exhibition Thomas Eakins
Rediscovered: At Home, At School, At Work, on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Museum through April 5, 1992. The course "Thomas Eakins: Philadelphia Painter" will be held on
Feb . 4, 11, 18 and 25 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Topics include: "Eakins: A Waterman's Approach to
Art" by Roger Allen, curator of water craft, Philadelphia Maritime Museum; "A Technical
Examination and Treatment of the Paintings in the Charles Bregler Collection" by Mark Bockrath,
chief curator, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; "Thomas Eakins at the Philadelphia Museum
of Art" by Darrel L. Sewell, curator of American Painting, Philadelphia Museum of Art; and
"Thomas Eakins and Photography" by Susan Danly, curator, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts.
The course "Birds of a Feather," offered on March 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. ,
will examine the life and work of Thomas Eakins in the context of his contemporaries Winslow
Homer, William Merritt Chase and John Singer Sargent.
Jeanette Toohey, co-curator of the
exhibition Thomas Eakins Rediscovered: At Home, At School, At Work, will lead the course.
Additionally, the school is offering graduate courses for credit for elementary and secondary school
teachers . These courses will combine studio work and art history study to help teachers enhance the
classroom experience. Course schedules vary.
To obtain a catalog with information on fees and times, please call the Evening and Summer
Programs Office at (215) 972-7632.
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G. DANIEL MASSAD CREATES FROM NATURE, POEMS
AND IMAGINATION
PHILADELPHIA -- "To Begin Inwardly," an exhibition of 21 works on paper by artist G.
Daniel Massad will be on view Nov. 1 through Dec. 29, 1991 in the Morris Gallery, the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts's contemporary arts gallery. Massad has taken this title
(from Virginia Woolfs novel The Years) because his imagery, whether realistic or abstract, begins
in his "mind's eye."
There will be an opening reception on Oct. 31 from 5 to 7 p.m. The reception is free and
open to the public. Massad will give an informal gallery talk on Nov. 8 at noon. The talk is free
with museum admission of $5; $3 for seniors; $2 for full-time students.
In additional to pastel and pencil drawings that address traditional still-life subjects such as
plants and ceramic vessels in a precisionist style, there will be compositions of "cast off" objects
from nature -- leaves, seeds and twigs -- and poem fragments.
Massad explains his process in these alternative compositions: "I'll find a leaf and hold it
in my hand , and it's entirely fascinating by itself, but when I try to incorporate it into my still-life
arrangements, it loses its intensity. I decided to create abstract formats specifically for these nature
'cast offs' so that their special quality would be maintained.
fragments from poems that pertain to the meaning of the work. "
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Massad was born in 1946 in Oklahoma City, OK. He earned an M.F.A. degree from the
University of Kansas in 1982 and has both M.A. and B.A. degrees in English literature from the
University of Chicago and Princeton University respectively. He is currently an adjunct professor
of English at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA.
He received a 1989 Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Visual Arts Fellowship. His work is
included in the collections of the National Museum of American Art, Washington, D .C.; Transco
Energy Company, Houston; and American Express and E.F. Hutton in New York City.
The Morris Gallery, located on the first floor of the museum, is dedicated to showing
contemporary works by artists with a Philadelphia-area connection. It is named for Harrison S.
Morris , the managing director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts from 1892 to 1905 and
an ardent supporter of contemporary artists.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, located at 118 N. Broad St.,
Philadelphia, is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, please call (215) 972-7600.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has been awarded $150,000
from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to produce the first catalog of the Pennsylvania Academy's
sculpture collection in the museum's 187-year history. The 4oo-page catalog, to be published in fall
1992, will detail approximately 400 sculptures and will be organized chronologically from 1780 to
the present.
Initial support for the catalog was provided by The Pew Charitable Trusts, in
Philadelphia, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency .
"For the past several years, the Pennsylvania Academy has been conserving , cataloging,
researching and photographing its important collection of American sculpture," said Linda Bantel,
the Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum. "Thanks to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
this effort will culminate in a major publication that will contribute substantially to the scholarship
of American art. "
The museum's collection includes 18th- and 19th-century busts by William Rush and Hiram
Powers; neoclassical marble statuary by Thomas Crawford and William Wetmore Story; Beaux-Artsinspired works by Thomas Eakins, Charles Grafly and Alexander Stirling Calder; direct carvings by
Wharton Esherick and Robert Laurent from the 1930s and '40s; and contemporary sculpture by
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David Smith, Louise Nevelson, Nancy Graves and Red Grooms. The catalog will include an essay
by Linda Bantel outlining the history of collecting and the training of sculptors at the Pennsylvania
Academy, as well as artists' biographies and catalog entries for each work by principal authors Susan
James-Gadzinski, assistant curator at the Pennsylvania Academy, and Mary Mullen Cunningham,
research consultant.
The catalog will feature extensive text on each artist and sculpture, including provenance,
exhibition history, footnotes, references and photographs of each object from 1780 to 1950. Later
sculptures and a 45-piece medal and cameo collection will be checklisted and illustrated.
In 1989, the Pennsylvania Academy published a 2oo-page illustrated checklist of its painting
collection of 1700 works, funded partially by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, as part of a longrange plan to catalog the Pennsylvania Academy's nationally important collection of fine arts.
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, founded in 1969, promotes religious, charitable,
scientific, literary and educational activities for the welfare of the community. It is headquartered
in New York City and is the ninth largest foundation in the United States.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, America's oldest art museum and art school,
was founded in 1805 . The museum collects and exhibits the work of American artists . The school
offers a four-year certificate and master of fine arts degree in painting, sculpting and printmaking.
The Pennsylvania Academy is located at 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia. For more information,
please call (215) 972-7600.
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MUSEUM OFFERS SIGN-LANGUAGE TOURS AND GALLERY
TALKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH THOMAS EAKINS SHOW
PHILADELPHIA -- On Oct. 22 and Dec. 12, sign-language interpreters will accompany the
tour guides through the exhibition "Thomas Eakins Rediscovered: At Home, At School, At Work"
at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia.
The tours will be held at 2 p.m. on both days and are free with museum admission of $5: $3
seniors; $2 full-time students.
Sign-language interpreters will also be on hand for two programs next spring: on Feb. 16
from 2 to 3 p.m. for a talk called "Thomas Eakins' Materials and Techniques" by Mark Bockrath,
chief conservator at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; and on March 15 from 2 to 3 p.m.
for a talk on "Eakins and Creativity" by Peter Paone, chairman of the printmaking department at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts School. Both these talks are free with museum admission.
"Thomas Eakins Rediscovered: At Home, At School, At Work," an exhibition five years in
the making, features more than 250 paintings, sculptures, photographs, letters and preparatory studies
by or relating to Thomas Eakins, one of America's greatest 19th-century painters and a life-long
Philadelphian.
Most of the exhibition has been drawn from Charles Bregler's Thomas Eakins
Collection, hidden in a private home for nearly 50 years and purchased by the Pennsylvania
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Academy in 1985. Eakins (1844 - 1916) studied and taught at the Pennsylvania Academy and was
ultimately dismissed as director in 1886 for his insistence on co-ed study from the live human nude
and dissection of human and animal cadavers.
Hands-on workstations throughout the exhibition allow visitors to explore central concepts in
Eakins work and teaching. For example, visitors can pose mannequins, manipulate light sources and
experiment with perspective with movable grid patterns.
For more information on the tours or exhibition, please call (215) 972-7600.
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CONFERENCE FOR ARTISTS AND ART EDUCATORS
ON OCTOBER 12
PHILADELPHIA -- On Oct. 12, leading art educators will gather at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts for a conference entitled "The Education of the Artist: 100 Years of
Exploration" addressing the influences on artists ' thinking and work as well as their art education,
both formal and informal. The symposium will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pennsylvania
Academy museum, 118 N. Broad St. (Broad and Cherry Sts.) , in Philadelphia. The $20 fee includes
lunch and prog(am materials. Pre-registration is advised and can be made by calling the museum
education department at (215) 972-7600. Participants may register at the door for $12 (not including
lunch) .
The symposium is being held in conjunction with the museum's major exhibition "Thomas
Eakins Rediscovered: At Home , At School, At Work," which examines the life and work of this
artist and influential art teacher.
Featured speakers include: Maria Chamberlin-Hellman,
chairperson, department of art and art history, Marymount College, Tarrytown, N.Y.; Diana
Korzenik, professor of art education, Massachusetts College of Art, Brookline; Ronald J. Onorato,
chairperson and professor of art history, University of Rhode Island, Kingston; and Brent Wilson,
professor of art education, Pennsylvania State University, State College.
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The discussion will center on such issues as the relationship between current and historical
practices of teaching art, the role of the family in nurturing artistic expression, how schools and
museums can work together to educate young artists, and an analysis of the Pennsylvania Academy
curriculum and those of the French academies during Eakins' time.
Also included will be a showing of the film "The Painter's World: The Training of Painters,"
a historical look at art education since the Renaissance, and participatory break-out sessions for
attendees to discuss issues pertaining to the education of artists, including their own education, in
greater depth.
Breakout sessions will be led by the following individuals: Barbara Bassett, museum
educator, Philadelphia Museum of Art; Judy Herman, executive director, Main Line Center for the
Arts; Martha Kearns, director, Frankfordstyle, Frankford Group Ministry; Verna Leslie, director
of the schoof, New Freedom Theater; Janis Norman, chairman, art education department,
University of the Arts; Frederick S. Osborne, dean, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
School; Andrea Packard, head artist, Powelton Workshop, Prints in Progress; Jeanne Pond,
executive director, Abington Art Center; Pearl Robinson, director of education, Afro-American
Historical and Cultural Museum; Hilda Schoenwetter, director, Young Artists' Workshop, Moore
College of Art and Design.
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Below are brief biographies of the conference speakers .
MARIA CHAMBERLIN-HELLMAN
Maria Chamberlin-Hellman is chairman of the department of art and art history at Marymount
College in Tarrytown, N.Y. She has written extensively on Thomas Eakins, his methods and his
students for both mainstream and scholarly publications.
DIANA KORZENIK
Diana Korzenik is a professor of art education at the Massachusetts College of Art in Brookline.
Her current research focuses on American attitudes toward the study of art in the 19th century as
well as how past attitudes affect contemporary art instruction. She has published widely on art
education issues and is a consultant and lecturer. She was the 1984 Massachusetts Art Educator of
the Year.
RONALDJ.ONORATO
Ronald J. Onorato is chairman and professor of art at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston.
His scholarly interests include 19th-century teaching techniques and the art instruction in higher
education. He is the author of four books and numerous mainstream and scholarly publications
including many on Thomas Eakins and his teaching methods .
BRENT WIL,SON
Brent Wilson is professor of art education and head of the art education program in the School of
Visual Arts at the Pennsylvania State University. He is well known for his research into theories
of child art, the history of art education, the history of child art and the assessment of art educational
achievement. Wilson has co-authored four books and has written more than 70 research reports,
book chapters and other educational writings. He was made a Distunguished Fellow of the National
Art Education Association in 1988 and was the 1989 National Art Education Association Art
Education Educator of the Year.
Following the conference, participants are invited to see a performance of "Marks in the
Water," an original play about Thomas Eakins by the Philadelphia-based theater company Novel
Stages. Discount tickets for participants are available. The production involved more than a year
of research from original Eakins materials held in the Pennsylvania Academy's archives and has been
sponsored by AT&T.
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PHILADELPHIA -- Direct your own performance, make a pin-hole camera and express your
creativity in any number of ways during "Art Workshops for Families" beginning Oct. 12 at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum.
Seven different workshops will be held in
conjunction with the museum's major exhibitions "Thomas Eakins Rediscovered: At Home, At
School, At Work" and "Telling Tales : 19th-Century Narrative Painting from the Collection of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ."
Workshops are held from 11 a.m. to noon at the museum, 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia.
There is a $2 materials fee per family member. Each workshop includes gallery explorations and
hands-on art projects that encourage adult-child interaction. Advanced registration is advised and
can be made by sending a check to the Pennsylvania Academy, made payable to the museum
education office. The name of the program should be marked on the check. For information, please
call (215) 972-7600.
Workshop dates and descriptions are as follows:
Oct. 12
It's a Take. In the 19th century, largescale pamtmgs that told stories from
Shakespeare, history and other sources were taken from city to city, where packed
audiences filled halls just to see them. Using crayons, markers, pencils and
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cardboard boxes, create your own "paper theaters," which were extremely popular
in late 18th-century Europe.
Using the paintings in the ' exhibition
"Telling Tales: 19th-Century Narrative Painting from the Collection
of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts" as your inspiration,
create backdrops and paper dolls or draw stories onto scrolls that you
Sivia Katz, artist and art
can move through your theater box.
teacher, is the instructor. Oct. 12, 11 a.m. to noon. $2 per person.
Oct. 26
Get the Picture. Make a pin-hole camera from cardboard boxes and take portrait
photographs of each other in the spirit of artist Thomas Eakins, who took
photographs and used them as preparatory studies for his paintings, for scientific
study and as artforms by themselves. Look at the photographs on view in the
exhibition "Thomas Eakins Rediscovered: At Home, At School, At Work" and learn
about Eakins' various photographic techniques. Artist Kristen Bell is the instructor.
Oct. 26, 11 a.m. to noon. $2 per person.
Nov. 9
Saturday Morning, Live! Over 100 years ago, "tableaux vivants," or living pictures,
were a popular form of entertainment. People would act out scenes from paintings
and sculptures. Using the exhibition "Telling Tales: 19th-Century Narrative Painting
from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts" as inspiration, create your own
stories, pose for them and record them artistically. Artist Maryann Matlock-Hinkle
is the instructor. Nov. 9, 11 a.m. to noon. $2 per person.
Nov. 16
Be a Sport. Real athletes participate in indoor sports activities at the museum so that
you can sketch the human figure in action, much like Thomas Eakins did. See
Eakins' rowers and other sportsmen in paintings in the exhibition "Thomas Eakins
Rediscovered: At Home, At School, At Work." Nov. 16, 11 a.m. to noon.
Nov. 23
The Art of Stories, The Stories in Art. Several of the paintings in the exhibition
"Telling Tales: 19th-Century Narrative Painting from the Collection of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts" were published in the 1840s in "The Gift,"
a fancy book that included poems, short stories and artwork that was exchanged as
a token of affection. Create your own stories, poems and artworks to make up your
own gift book. Nov. 23, 11 a.m. to noon. $2 per person.
Nov. 30
The Sporting Life. Thomas Eakins often used rowers in his paintings. See examples
in the exhibition "Thomas Eakins Rediscovered: At Home, At School, At Work" and
then make drawings using an actual rower and his boat in the galleries as your
model. Perspective activities help you learn how to make pictures more realistic.
Artist Peggy Gyulai is the instructor. Nov. 30, 11 a.m. to noon. $2 per person.
Dec. 28
Explorations in Creativity. Learn about creativity, how to see it in your own life
and how to become even more creative through art, writing and other hands-on
activities. Maryann Matlock-Hinkle is the instructor. Dec. 28, 11 a.m. to noon.
$2 per person.
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FINE ARTS FACULTY IN FULL SWING IN NEW EXHIBITION
PH ILADELPHIA -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts School will highlight the
work of its painting faculty members in a new exhibition opening Sept. 20.
"Painting Faculty," on view Sept. 20 through Oct. 25 in the School Gallery, will feature
paintings, pastels and drawings by Sidney Goodman, Oliver Grimley, Edith Neff, Glenn Rudderow,
Jill Rup inski, Roswell Weidner and others. A meet-the artists opening reception will be held Sept.
20 from 4 to 6 p.m. Admission is free.
The School Gallery of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at 1301 Cherry
St., in Philadelphia. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free.
The School Gallery exhibits the work of faculty, students and alumni of the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts School.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts School, founded in 1805, offers a four-year
certificate and master of fine arts degree in painting, sculpture and printmaking. Among its notable
alumni are Charles Willson Peale, Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, Alexander Calder and David
Lynch.
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TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY WOMEN PROFILED
IN MUSEUM FILM SERIES
PHILADELPHIA -- Five films portraying rebels of the Victorian Age will be screened at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum in conjunction with the major exhibition "Thomas
Eakins Rediscovered: At Home, At School, At Work," on view from Sept. 27 through April 5. The
exhibition focuses on the life and work of one of America's greatest artists, Thomas Eakins, who
challenged the conservative ideas of 19th-century Victorian Philadelphia.
All films are shown at 3 p.m. at the museum, located at 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia.
Films are free with museum admission of $5; $3 for senior citizens; $2 for full-time students. For
more information, please call (215) 972-7600.
The schedule is as follows:
Nov. 3
3 p.m.
"Alice Adams" (1935, 99 mins., b/w). Directed by George Stevens.
The story of a young woman's social ambitions and romantic dreams,
which are nearly thwarted by her family's lack of money. The film
is both a romance and a commentary on middle-class mores in a small
midwestern town in the early 20th century. Starring Katharine
Hepburn, Fred MacMurray and Fred Stone.
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Nov. 10
3 p.m.
"The Old Maid" (1939, 95 mins., b/w). Directed by Edmund
Goulding. A story set in Philadelphia in the 1860s in which an unwed
woman has a daughter who grows up ignoring her. Starring Bette
Davis, Miriam Hopkins and George Brent.
Nov. 17
3 p.m.
"The Heiress" (1949, 115 mins., b/w). Directed by William Wyler.
Catherine Sloper is a plain young woman who lives in a grand house
in New York City in the 1850s. This film's plot revolves around her
love affair with Morris Townsend, a young man her father considers
a fortune hunter. Starring Olivia de Havilland, Ralph Richardson,
Montgomery Clift and Miriam Hopkins.
Nov. 24
3 p.m.
"Carrie" (1952, 118 mins., b/w). Directed by William Wyler. A
midwestern country girl finds fame and fortune in Chicago and New
York while her lover, Hurstwood slowly ruins himself. Starring
Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins and Eddie Albert.
Dec. 1
3 p.m.
"Daisy Miller" (1974, 91 mins., color). Produced and directed by
Peter Bogdanovich. In the character of Daisy Miller, Henry James
created an authentic American archetype: the innocent girl abroad who
is both amusing and offensive. Starring Cybill Shepherd, Barry Brown
and Cloris Leachman.
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FOLLOW THE PIED PIPER TO THE
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
FOR PLAYFUL PERFORMANCES, PUPPETS AND SONG
PHILADELPHIA -- Bond Street Theater, an internationally acclaimed vaudevillian theater
troupe from New York City, will perform three original works this August at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts Museum.
Performances are at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. and are free with
museum admission of $5; $3 seniors; $2 students; free to members . The Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts Museum is located at 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia. For more information, please
call (215) 972-7600.
Here is the performance schedule:
Aug. 8
11 a.m.
& 1 p.m.
Bond Street Puppet Performance. Experience a magical, mysterious tour
with the masters of zany puppets as they visit the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts. Follow Michael McGuigan as he performs an original
interpretation of the Pied Piper of Hamelin .
Aug. 15
11 a.m.
& 1 p.m.
Around the World Theater. Join in a rollicking, frolicking around-the-world
tour through songs, stories, dance and more. Bond Street Theater performers
Joanna Sherman and Michael McGuigan are featured.
Aug. 22
11 a.m .
& 1 p.m.
A Fur, Fins, Scales and Tails, Slimy, Scary, Huge and Hairy Play. Bond
Street Theater roars into town, flies on stage and delights with animal
antics and songs. Hank Rosenfeld and Marlene Abraham are featured in an
original interpretation of A Zoo for Mister Muster.
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THOMAS EAKINS SYMPOSIUM TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 2
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PHILADELPHIA -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will hold a one-day
symposium entitled "Rediscovering Eakins" on Nov . 2, 1991 in conjunction with its major exhibition
"Thomas Eakins Rediscovered: At Home , At School , At Work," which will highlight the Charles
Bregler Thomas Eakins Collection acquired by the Pennsylvania Academy in 1985 and never before
exhibited to the public. The exhibition will be on view from Sept. 27 , 1991 through April 5 , 1992.
Symposium speakers will explore Eakins' family photographs, his anatomical drawings and
technical assessment of his materials and techniques . Panelists will include Jeanette M. Toohey, cocurator of the exhibition; Cheryl Leibold , archivist; Mark Bockrath , chief conservator, all of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; and Catherine Kimock , former curatorial assistant for the
Bregler Collection.
The symposium runs from 1 to 4 :15 p.m. at the museum , located at 118 N. Broad St. , in
Philadelphia. Admission is $8 , $6 for members and full-time students with J.D .
For more information, please call (215) 972-7608.
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BIG NEWS: PA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
GETS ALL NEW FURNITURE
PHILADELPHIA -- Sixteen local artists will "furnish" the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts Museum with new designs from Aug. 23 through Oct. 20, 1991.
"Ph iladelphia Furniture" is an exhibition of works of art that don't necessarily hang on walls.
It will feature tables, lamps, screens and other pieces of furniture that have been created by master
craftsmen.
"Philadelphia Furniture" will be on view in the Morris Gallery at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia. An opening reception, free
to the public, will be held Sept. 12, 5 to 7 p.m.
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The exhibition of work by Philadelphia area furniture makers recognizes the city's
prominence as a center in the growing studio furniture movement.
In addition to faculty and
graduates from nationally known artisanry programs at the University of the Arts and Bucks County
Community College, the exhibition acknowledges the extended community of sculptures, architects
and ceramicists who broaden the forms and materials of furniture-making.
Paula Winokur, Warren Angle, Robert Ingram, Joanne Shima, Mark Sfirri, Robert Dodge,
Jack Larimore, Kathy Halton, Peter Pierobon, Donald Green, Eric Butler, Michael Hurwitz and John
Byers are among the artists included in the show.
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In conjunction with the exhibition, the Pennsylvania Academy is offering a series of lectures
on contemporary furniture each Wednesday in October from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The cost is $15; $48
for the series . Here is the schedule of lectures:
Oct. 2
"American Studio Furniture." Rick Snyderman of the Snyderman
Gallery.
Oct. 9
Ceramicist Paula Winokur
"Ceramics and the Craft Movement.
traces the development of her work in the context of the larger
ceramics and craft movements.
Oct. 16
"Furniture as Fine Art." Harry Anderson, sculptor, discusses his
work. This lecture will meet in Anderson's studio.
Oct. 23
"The Direction of Studio Furniture." Bob Ingram, furniture maker,
shares his experiences as a woodworker and the direction of studio
furniture. This lecture will be held in Ingram's studio.
If
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$20,000 GRANT FROM AT&T TO SUPPORT
THOMAS EAKINS EXHIBITION AND PLAY
PHILADELPHIA -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum has been awarded
a $20,000 grant from AT&T to support its upcoming exhibition "Thomas Eakins Rediscovered: At
Home, At School, At Work" and a play about the painter's life entitled "Marks in the Water:
Thomas Eakins in Philadelphia," created and produced by Novel Stages.
Funds from the AT&T grant will also be used to inform Philadelphia area high school and
college students and teachers about the play and exhibition; underwrite bus transportation to both
events for them; and provide learning materials for teachers.
"Thanks to the generosity of AT&T, the Pennsylvania Academy has a unique opportunity to
collaborate with Novel Stages, an innovative Philadelphia theater company," said Linda Bantel, the
Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum. "The play and exhibition will enhance the appreciation
of the artist and his work for teachers and students, as well as the general public. "
"Novel Stages is pleased to be part of this rediscovery of Thomas Eakins," said David
Bassuk, Novel Stages artistic director. "Based on research with Pennsylvania Academy materials ,
we are producing a dramatic interpretation about the life and career of Eakins , one of Philadelphia's
most renowned painters."
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"Marks in the Water: Thomas Eakins in Philadelphia," written by Clista Townsend of Novel
Stages, explores the personal and professional struggles of Eakins. As a teacher, Eakins led the
Pennsylvania Academy school for 10 years -- a time filled with controversy and innovation. Eakins
was caught between the mores of Victorian society and the artistic debates that would flourish in the
20th century.
"Marks in the Water" celebrates the talent and idealism of an artist whose vision
conflicted with an institution moving toward conservatism and a vibrant circle of artists who set
themselves at war with polite society . Performances are scheduled from Sept. 27 through Oct. 20
at Stage III, 1619 Walnut St., Temple University Center City, in Philadelphia. Tickets range from
$10 to $15; discounts for seniors, students and groups. For advanced tickets, call Innovation Arts
at (215) 963-0345.
"Thomas Eakins Rediscovered: At Home, At School, At Work" is a major exhibition of 250
sketches, photographs, sculptures, paintings and memorabilia.
The exhibition looks at this
charismatic teacher and often misunderstood artist at home, at school and at work, while examining
the nature of creativity , art education and freedom of expression. It opens Sept. 27, 1991 and will
be on view through April 5, 1992. The museum is located at 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia.
For more information, please call the museum at (215) 972-7600.
This is one of a series of citywide collaborations in conjunction with "Thomas Eakins
Rediscovered," an exhibition that is serving as a focal point for the city's celebration of the 200th
anniversary of the Bill of Rights organized by the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS RECEIVES
GRANT FOR CULTURAL PLURALISM
PH LADELPHIA -- When the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum mounts its
major exh:bition "The Art of Horace Pippin" in 1994, African-Americans and Americans of all
ethnic backgrounds will be better able to identify with the artist and his messages.
A recently
awarded $20,000 grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts will enable the Pennsylvania Academy and
Freedom Theatre, Pennsylvania's oldest and most prestigious African-American theater, to
collaborate on the written materials and public programs associated with the exhibition.
The grant was one of 11 awarded through "Museums in the Life of a City: The Philadelphia
Initiative for Cultural Pluralism," a Pew-funded program designed to strengthen communication
between the city's cultural institutions and diverse ethnic communities.
"The Pennsylvania Academy is serious about public service and how we encourage the
exploration, study, observation and enjoyment of works of art that the museum holds in the public
trust.
As a museum of American art, our programs should be about helping all Americans see
themselves through the artistic accomplishments of others," said Linda Bantel, the Edna S. Tuttleman
Director of the Museum. "We are not just a place about art, we're a place about people. We are
grateful to The Pew Charitable Trusts for giving us this grant and for helping us meet our
objectives," said Frank H. Goodyear Jr., president of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
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"This project will increase the awareness of a noted African-American artist throughout the
greater Philadelphia community and nation, and offers an opportunity to demonstrate the mutual
benefits to be derived through cross-cultural cooperation within the arts community," said Freedom
Theatre's founder and artistic director, John E. Allen Jr.
Horace Pippin (1888-1946) is arguably the best known African-American painter of the 20th
century. A long-time resident of West Chester, Pa., Pippin was essentially a self-taught artist and
is known for his still lifes, scenes of war, religious subjects and pictures of African-American daily
life. The Pennsylvania Academy's exhibition, the first major traveling show of Pippin's work since
1976, will feature 75 of his 125 known works.
The Pew grant will be used for a series of community workshops, co-sponsored by the
Pennsylvania Academy and Freedom Theatre, that will bring together African-Americans from the
community and museum staff members for discussion about the exhibition's wall text, scripts for
media production and public programs. Through this forum, culturally sensitive materials will be
developed with the goal of attracting African-Americans into the museum and increasing awareness
on the part of all Americans about the contributions of African-Americans and other minorities to
art and art history. Additionally, the museum's "front-line" staff will participate in diversity training
workshops to ensure that all museum visitors feel welcome.
"A Model for Collaborative Interpretation" is one of many Pennsylvania Academy programs
currently
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way that reflect the institution's commitment to cultural diversity. Others include
a transportation grant program for Philadelphia public school teachers and students; a scholarship
program for children in summer art camps: museum education teaching internships aimed at
culturally diverse populations; and a Morris Gallery program highlighting multi-cultural
contemporary art.
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is America's oldest art
museum and art school. The museum collects and exhibits the work of American artists. The
school, which offers certificate and master of fine arts degree programs in painting, sculpture and
printmaking, has educated some of the nation's finest artists including Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt,
Henry Ossawa Tanner and David Lynch.
New Freedom Theatre is one of the oldest African-American theater companies in the nation.
As a source of professional community-based theatrical arts instruction and production, the theater
offers year-round programs in drama, singing, dance and playwriting for adults and youth throughout
the Delaware Valley, and annually presents a season of plays. Additionally, Freedom Theatre has
been cited by the John F. Kennedy Center fer t ~ Pe r'arming Arts as one of the "Best AfricanAmerican Theatres in America" and has received numerous other awards.
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TALES OF GOOD AND EVIL ON TAP
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PHILADELPHIA -- This summer, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum will
, screen five films that reflect human concerns. The series "Art and Film: Reflections of Human
Concern" is being held in conjunction with the museum's major exhibition, "Telling Tales: 19thCentury Narrative Painting from the Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts,"
which also has as its theme human concerns, specifically how American painters have portrayed
moral and religious lessons, tales of good -and evil, and themes drawn from daily life.
The film series will be shown on five successive Sundays beginning July 14. All films begin
at 3 p .m. and are free with museum admission of $5; $3 for seniors; $2 full-time students . The
museum is located at 118 N. Broad St. (Broad and Cherry Sts.), in Philadelphia.
July 14, 3 p.m.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931, 80 mins., b/w). A Victorian
research chemist finds a formula that separates good from evil in his
soul; when evil predominates, he becomes a rampaging monster.
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian. Starring Fredric March and Miriam
Hopkins.
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July 21, 3 p.m.
Unfaithfully Yours (1948, 105 mins., b/w). An orchestral conductor
suspects his wife is unfaithful and plots three schemes for revenge during a concert: murder during Rossini, renunciation during Wagner
and suicide during Tchaikovsky. Written and directed by Preston
Sturges. Starring Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell and Rudy Vallee.
July 28, 3 p.m.
The Night of the Hunter (1955, 93 mins., b/w). Two children
escape from a psychopathic preacher on the trail of hidden money in
this allegory of good and evil. Directed by Charles Laughton.
Starring Robert Mitchum, Shelley Winters and Lillian Gish.
Aug. 4, 3 p.m.
Touch of Evil (1958, 108 mins., b/w). A Mexican narcotics
investigator honeymooning in a border town clashes with the local
police chief over a murder. Written and directed by Orson Welles.
Starring Welles, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh and Marlene Dietrich.
Aug. 11, 3 p.m.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988, 110 mins., color). Michael Caine
plays a cultured con man relieving gullible women of their excess
wealth on the Riviera; Steve Martin plays an oafish American scam
artist who invades Caine's turf and then becomes his apprentice.
Directed by Frank Oz. Starring Caine, Martin and Glenne Headly.
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STUDIO CLASSES, CLASSES ON EAKINS, PHILADELPHIA
FURNITURE AND MORE AT ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS THIS FALL
PHILADELPHIA -- The fall semester of evening and Saturday programs gets under way on
Sept. 5 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with a full slate of studio art and art history
courses i eluding pastel, watercolor, figure drawing and painting, sculpture, still life and lecture
courses on Philadelphia furniture, 19th-century narrative art, and Thomas Eakins and American
realism. The semester runs through Dec. 21.
Course fees and times vary. Catalogs can be obtained by calling the evening programs office
at (215) 972-7632. You may register using VISA or MasterCard by calling the evening programs
office at (215) 972-7632. The registration deadline is Sept 4.
Courses can be taken on a credit or non-credit basis. No portfolio is required for admission;
classes are available for all skill levels. Courses are taught by faculty members of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts School, and classes are held in the historic studios at the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts, 118 N. Broad St. (Broad and Cherry Sts.), and in the school facility at
1301 Cherry St.
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Of particular interest this fall will be a course entitled "Landscape Along the Schuylkill"
taught by Jim Lueders in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Academy's major fall exhibition
"Thomas Eakins Rediscovered: At Home, At School, At Work. " Eakins, a lifelong Philadelphian,
often painted scenes along the Schuylkill River. The course, on Oct. 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 9 a.m.
to noon, will follow Eakins' lead and travel to sites along the Schuylkill River so that students can
explore the elements of light, space and color using the medium of their choice. Transportation will
be provided for the class.
Lecture courses available include "Every Picture Tells a Story" on Sept. 16,23,30 and Oct.
7 from 5: 30 to 7 p. m. taught by Susan Danly, curator at the Pennsylvania Academy, in conjunction
with the exhibition "Telling Tales: 19th-Century Narrative Painting from the Collection of the
Pennsy lvania Academy of the Fine Arts"; "Furniture in the Making" on Oct. 2, 9, 16 and 23 from
5:30 to 7 p.m. taught by furniture makers Rick Snyderman, Paula Winokur, Harry Anderson and
Bob Ingram in conjunction with the exhibition "Philadelphia Furniture"; and "Eakins and American
Realism" on Nov. 5, 12, 19 and 26 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. taught by Abraham Davidson, Jeanette
Toohey, Susan Danly and Dan Miller in conjunction with "Thomas Eakins Rediscovered . "
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is America's oldest art
museum and art school. The school offers certificate and master of fine arts degree programs in
painting, sculpture and printmaking. Notable alumni include Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, Henry
O. Tanner and David Lynch.
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TWO CENTURIES OF STILL LIFES ON VIEW
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PHILADELPHIA -- On view through April 11, 1992, "On Tabletop and Wall: The Art of
the American Still Life" features 30 American still-life works spanning two centuries and drawn
primarily from the collections of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Mellon Bank
Corporation. It also features two rarely seen still-life assemblages by Joseph Cornell on loan from
two private collectors. Mellon PSFS provided funds for the exhibition brochure.
Raphaelle Peale, son of Pennsylvania Academy founder Charles Willson Peale, was
America's first professional still-life painter. His work "Fox Grapes and Peaches," a simple tabletop
arrangement of fruit, is typical of the early 19th century. Most likely he gathered the fruits at his
father's farm in North Philadelphia. He was particularly fond of peaches, writing to a friend in 1816
that he meant to devote all his time "principally to painting of fine peaches."
Trompe l'oeil, French for "to fool the eyes," emerged as a popular still-life technique at the
end of the 19th century. In "A New Variety, Try One," DeScott Evans has painted almonds behind
a broken-glass window near a sign reading "A New Variety, Try One," tempting the viewer to reach
out for a sample. Another example oflate 19th-century trompe l'oeil, John Frederick Peto's "Tom's
River Yacht Club," shows a composition of personal mementos belonging to the commodore of a
New Jersey yacht club.
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In the early 20th century, American still-life painting began to reflect the impact of
contemporary European art, specifically the innovative style of the French cubists and surrealists.
The abstracted forms of Americans Stuart Davis and Arthur B. Carles Jr. can be traced to the
modernist approach of Spaniards Pablo Picasso and Joan Miro. In Davis' "Table with Pipe," for
example, the table, pipe, vase and flowers are flattened onto a two-dimensional surface.
The
American folk art tradition exerted an equally strong influence on 20th-century American painters.
The plain style of Horace Pippin and the Native American textiles painted by Jane Wilson recall
indigenous American art forms.
Still-life subjects and themes also appear in 20th-century sculpture.
In Joseph Cornell's
assemblage box, "Untitled," for instance, the artist uses soap bubbles against a black velvet lining
as symbols of the brevity of human existence, a traditional still-life theme. This box, on loan from
a private collector, has never been shown before in a public exhibition.
In recent decades, with the resurgence of interest in realist painting, tabletop still lifes have
become popular subjects again. The simplicity and evocative mood in works such as Arthur De
Costa's "Seven Pears" and Jimmy Lueders' "Winter Banquet" demonstrate the continuing vitality of
the American still-life tradition.
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and exhibits the work of American artists. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5; $3 seniors; $2 students; free to children under five.
Free on Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, please call (215) 972-7600.
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PHILADELPHIA -- IF YOU HAD A HAMMER, look what you could do in an evening or
Saturday program at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts . Evening and summer programs
begin Sept. 5 and run through Dec. 21, 1991. A variety of studio art and art history courses are
available and are held in the historic studios at 118 N. Broad St. and in the school facility at 1301
Cherry St. Call the evening programs office at (215) 972-7632 for a catalog.
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. THE ANNENBERG FOUNDATION DONATES $500,000
TO THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA -- The Annenberg Foundation has donated $500,000 to the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts' Third Century Fund campaign, announced Frank H. Goodyear J r.,
president of the Pennsylvania Academy . The gift raises the campaign total to $11 million toward
its $15.2 million goal.
"Walter Annenberg continually reaffirms his commitment to improving the quality of life for
his fellow Americans," said Harold A. Sorgenti, chairman of the Pennsylvania Academy ' s board of
trustees and the Third Century Fund.
"We are indebted to him and his foundation for their
commitment and generosity , and are deeply honored to receive this gift. "
"The good and generous citizenship of Walter H. Annenberg has been an important measure
of his greatness . He continues to serve his country and his community with extraordinary zeal and
commitment. I acknowledge , with profound thanks, his recent gift to the Pennsylvania Academy in
full recognition of the trust that it implies , " Goodyear said.
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AuInenberg, foundation chairman and founder, is a publisher, philanthropist and premier
collector of European art. Her served as Ambassador to the Court of St. James's from 1969 to
1974. His wife, Leonore, was a member of the Pennsylvania Academy's board of trustees from
1976 to 1986.
The AuInenberg Foundation was incorporated in 1989. Its president, Mary Ann Meyers,
noted that the foundation is pleased to be able to provide support for "the nation's oldest art museum
and art school in light of the Academy's continuing contribution to the arts in America as a
distinguished educational institution."
Funds raised through the Third Century Fund
will be used
for the renovation of museum
spaces for staff and care of artworks and the payment of all costs associated with the acquisition and
renovation of the 1301 Cherry St. building.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was founded in 1805. The museum collects and
exhibits the work of American artists. The school, which offers both certificate and master of fine
arts degree programs, has educated some of the nation's finest artists including Thomas Eakins,
Mary Cassatt, Henry O. Tanner, Robert Henri and David Lynch.
For information on the Third Century Fund, please call the Development Office
at (215) 972-7643.
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUM IS FEATURING AN
EXHIBITION OF "LEGENDARY" PROPORTIONS OF ART THAT TELLS TALES . CALL 972-7600
FOR DETAILS .
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ENTER A STORYBOOK WORLD OF MAGICAL MYTHS AND TIMELESS TALES .
THE
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUM IS FEATURING AN EXHIBITION
ABOUT STORIES IN ART .
FIFTY PAINTINGS THAT TELL FIFTY STORIES .
LOVE, WAR,
RELIGION AND HISTORY COME TO LIFEIN PAINTINGS CREATED A HUNDRED YEARS AGO .
ONLY AT THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUM. FOR DETAILS,
CALL 972-7600.
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A FLEET OF FIGHTING SHIPS, PILGRIMS IN PROGRESS, A SERENE SPHINX, A KNIGHT IN
SHINING ARMOR.
THEY'RE ALL PART OF AN EXHIBITION AT THE PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS MUSEUM . IT'S CALLED "TELLING TALES: 19TH CENTURY
NARRATIVE PAINTING" AND IT FEATURES FIFTY PAINTINGS THAT TELL FIFTY COLORFUL
STORIES. ENTER A STORYBOOK WORLD OF MAGICAL MYTHS AND TIMELESS TALES AS
YOU GAZE UP AT WORKS BY BENJAMIN WEST, MARY CASSATT, DANIEL RIDGWAY KNIGHT
AND OTHERS.
THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY IS LOCATED AT 118 N. BROAD ST., IN
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THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS IS TURNING 186, AND YOU'RE
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WHAT'S NINE FEET HIGH, PLAYS GUITAR AND DRAWS FUNNY PICTURES? A STILTWALKER, A MUSICIAN AND A CARICATURIST -- ALL APPEARING AT THE
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ARE YOU FREE THE WEEK OF JUNE 20TH TO THE 23RD? IF SO, YOU'RE INVITED TO
A SURPRISE PARTY FOR SOMEONE WHO'S TURNING 186 YEARS OLD -- IT'S THE
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STREETS FOR STILT-WALKERS, MUSICIANS, CARICATURISTS AND LOADS OF
FUN-FILLED ACTIVITIES -- ALL FOR FREE -- TO HONOR ONE OF PHILADELPHIA'S
LIVING LEGENDS -- THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS . SO BRING
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SEN. HEINZ HONORED, $500,000 ANNENBERG
FOUNDATION GIFT ANNOUNCED AT PENNSYLVANIA
ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS JUNE 20 DINNER
PHILADELPHIA -- On June 20, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts celebrated its
186th ai'1niversary during the Founders' Day Dinner, held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Philadelphia.
At 9 p.m., following dinner, Frank H. Goodyear Jr., president of the Pennsyvlania Academy,
presented the 1991 Founders' Day Medal in mememoriam to the Hon. H. John Heinz III, an avid
art collector and supporter of the arts who died April 4, 1991. During his remarks, Goodyear said
that "The Pennsylvania Academy has lost an advocate, the world has lost a leader and I have lost
a friend . "
Immediately after the medal presentation, Harold A. Sorgenti, chairman of the Pennsylvania
Academy's board of trustees, announced a $500,000 gift from the Annenberg Foundation. The gift
raises the Pennsylvania Academy's Third Century Fund campaign total to $11 million toward its goal
of $15.2 million.
"Walter Annenberg continually reaffirms his commitment to improving the quality of life for
his fellow Americans .
We are indebted to him and his foundation for their commitment and
generosity, and are deeply honored to receive this gift," said Sorgenti.
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Walter H. Annenberg is a publisher, philanthropist and premier collector of European art.
He served as Ambassador to the Court of St. James's from 1969 to 1974. His wife, Leonore, served
on the Pennsylvania Academy's board of trustees from 1976 to 1986.
Sorgenti also reported on the progress of the Third Century Fund and how it will position the
Pennsylvania Academy for the future.
The campaign's goals include the renovation of museum
spaces for staff and care of artworks, the payment of all costs associated with the acquisition and
renovation of the 1301 Cherry St. building, and the purchase of land for eventual construction of a
new museum wing.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is America's oldest art
museum and art school.
The museum collects and exhibits the work of American artists.
The
school, which offers both certificate and master of fine arts degree programs, has educated some of
the nation's finest artists including Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, Henry O. Tanner, Robert Henri
and David Lynch.
For information on the Third Century Fund, please call the Development Office at
(215) 972-7643.
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PHILADELPHIA -- The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum will open its doors
for free on June 20,21,22 and 23 as part of "Free For All Week" in celebration of the Pennsylvania
Academy's 186th birthday. Music, caricatures, a high-stepping stilt-walker, a mayoral candidate and
more are all part of this "priceless" event. "Free For All Week" provides the opportunity to see the
museum's new exhibitions and have an "artful" adventure at America's oldest art museum .. . for free!
Exhibitions on view are "Telling Tales: 19th-Century Narrative Painting from the Collection
of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts , "; an exhibition of 50 paintings exploring stories in
art; "On Table Top and Wall: The Art of the American Still Life , " which surveys the development
of still-life styles ; and "S .A. Bachman/David Graham/Diane Neumaier, " a photography show
providing witty and provocative comments on contemporary attitudes and stereotypes. During "Free
For All Week," family memberships will be offered at a special discount of $40 ($10 off the regular
price).
Festivities for "Free For All Week" include:
June 20
10:30 a.m. 12:30 ~p . m.
"Character Caricature Day" - Strike a silly pose as a caricaturist sketches your
portrait for free .
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June 21
1:30 p.m.
"Mister Rendell's Neighborhood" - Juice and cookies will be served as mayoral
candidate Ed Rendell tells his favorite childhood stories in conjunction with the
exhibit "Telling Tales: 19th-Century Narrative Painting. " In the museum's galleries
at Broad and Cherry Sts.
June 22
10 a.m. 1 p.m.
"The Storyteller's Stomp Band" - Dance to the sounds of Brendan Reilly and friends
as they fill the museum with smooth samba tunes.
10:30 a.m. 1 p.m.
"Reaching New Heights." A stilt-walker will be on hand (and on-foot) to celebrate
as the Pennsylvania Academy "grows" another year older.
1 - 4 p.m.
"Strummin' & Singin' with Saul Brody." See why Saul Brody has been called "a
seasoned spinner of songs, tales and tunes" as he entertains and engages his
audience with songs and stories.
June 23
12 - 2 p.m.
"Thomas Eakins Dixie Trio" - Come and hear All-American dixieland music at an
All-American art museum.
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the work of American artists. The museum is located at 118 N. Broad St. (Broad and Cherry Sts.),
in Philadelphia. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS TO
CELEBRATE 186TH ANNIVERSARY, HONOR MEMORY OF
SEN. JOHN HEINZ AT 1991 FOUNDERS' DAY DINNER
PHILADELPHIA -- On June 20, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will celebrate
its 186th anniversary and honor the memory of the late Sen. H. John Heinz III at its 1991 Founders '
Day Dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel located at One Logan Square in Philadelphia.
The black-tie event will begin with a reception at 6:30 p.m. At 7:30 p.m., Hon. W. Wilson
Goode will proclaim June 20 as "Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts" day . Dinner will follow
the proclamation.
With his wife, Teresa, Sen. John Heinz was an-avid art collector and supporter of the arts .
He will be presented with the 1991 Founders' Day Medal posthumously for his significant
contributions to American art.
"Sen. Heinz was deeply committed to the arts in this country. His death was not only a
tragic loss for all Americans, but a great loss for those involved with arts and culture. We are
privileged to be able to honor his memory with the Founders' Day Medal and to continue our shared
mission of promoting the arts and educating the American people about their artistic heritage," said
Frank H. Goodyear Jr. , president of the Pennsylvania Academy .
The Founders' Day Medal was commissioned and donated by The Franklin Mint and its
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owners , Lynda and Stewart Resnick. Mrs . Resnick is a trustee of the Pennsylvania Academy.
The Founders' Day Dinner will also provide the opportunity for Harold A. Sorgenti,
chairman of the Pennsylvania Academy's board of trustees, to report on the progress of the
institution's "Third Century Fund" capital campaign. To date, the campaign has raised $10.5 million
toward its $15 million goal. Funds will be used for 1) renovation of museum spaces , 2) payment
of all costs associated with the purchase and renovation of the 1301 Cherry St. building, and 3) the
eventual construction of a new museum wing.
Serving as chairs for the Founders' Day Dinner are: Mr. and Mrs . Thomas Dolan IV, Mr.
and Mrs. Caleb L. Fowler, Mr. and Mrs . Samuel M .V. Hamilton, Dr. and Mrs. Henry A. Jordan,
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Klein, Mr. and Mrs . Allen J . Model, Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Resnick, Mr.
and Mrs. George M . Ross, Mr. and Mrs . Harold A. Sorgenti, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley C. Tuttleman
and Mr. and Mrs . J . Roffe Wike.
Honorary chairs include: Mrs . Walter H. Annenberg, Stephen Greene, Hon. and Mrs .
Thomas H. Kean , Mr. and Mrs. Martin
Meyersort ,~r.
and Mrs. Bertram L. O'Neill , FrederickR.
Weisman, John Ashbery, Mr. and Mrs . Red Grooms , David Lynch , Maestro and Mrs. Riccardo
Muti , Grover Washington Jr. , Adele Chatfield-Taylor, Bernard Cohen, Roger de Grey , Nell
Fernandez, Yves Michaud, Ran Shechori , Jocelyn Stevens, Hon. and Mrs. Robert P . Casey , Hon.
Thomas M . Foglietta, Hon . and Mrs. Vincent J . Furno, Hon. and Mrs. W. Wilson Goode , Hon. and
Mrs. Arlen Spector and Hon. and Mrs. Dick Thornburgh .
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is the nation's oldest art
school and art museum.
For tickets to the Founders' Day Dinner, please call the Pennsylvania
Academy's Development Office at (215) 972-7643 .
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FAMILY DAYS AND FREE FOR ALL WEEK ARE FULL
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PHILADELPHIA -- June is the month for tall tales, true stories, classic myths and more at
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum. Add a dose of master storytellers and an
exhibition of "mythic" proportions and the result is a program of "legendary" dimensions.
Family day events on June 15 and 29 offer the chance to explore stories in art and the art
of storytelling from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Costumed interpreters and hands-on activities based
on works in "Telling Tales : 19th-Century Narrative Painting from the Collection of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts" will draw visitors into a storybook world of people, places and ideas.
The cost for each day is $2 per person with regular museum admission. (The museum is free from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays.)
A "Free For All Week," June 20 to 23, provides the opportunity to see "Telling Tales" for
free when the museum celebrates its 186th birthday with music, balloons, storytelling and free
museum admission.
"Telling Tales: 19th-Century Narrative Painting from the Collection of the Pennsylvania
Academy of the Fine Arts," on view June 13, 1991 through April 19, 1992, explores art that tells
stories.
Fifty paintings bring together diverse times and places in stories of love , war, death,
religion and history . The stories are based on a myriad of sources, including classical mythology,
the Bible, Shakespeare, European literature, American history and everyday life.
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Here's a schedule of storytelling events at the museum:
June 15
Throughout
the day:
"The Art of Stories, the Stories in Art." In the tradition of the itinerant African
bard, the renowned master storyteller Temujin enchants with his booming voice,
oral sound effects and talking drum. His participatory stories begin at 11:30 a.m.,
12:45 p.m. and 2 p.m.
* Historyteller Jack Briggs, dressed as a Civil War soldier, shares his collection of
artifacts and stories inspired by "gift books," which were exchanged in the
19th-Century as tokens of affection. Children create a Father's Day gift book of
their own.
* Costumed interpreters and live-animal demonstrations bring stories to
life and
illuminate tales told by the paintings in the galleries. Ongoing short children's films
depict myths, legend and lore from cultures around the world.
June 20, 21,
22,23
"Free For All Week." The museum opens its doors for free in celebration of the
Pennsylvania Academy's 186th birthday. Dixieland music, storytellers, free
balloons and ongoing festivities are scheduled throughout the week. Family
memberships to the museum, normally $40, are offered for $30 this week.
June 29
"Once Upon a Time ... " Storytelling is timeless, ages old yet always new. Master
storyteller Ed Stivender adds magical new twists to traditional stories at 12:30, 1: 15
and 2 p.m.
Throughout
the day:
* Using his guitar, tin whistle and jaw harp, folklorist Sandy Lewis delights
audiences of all ages with songs and stories inspired by works on view in
the "Telling Tales" exhibition. Selections will include Native American lore, ghost
stories and tales of love, work and everyday life in 19th-Century America.
* Children and their families
can create their own "living paintings" with backdrops
and props. Costumed interpreters, hands-on activities and short children's films
transport visitors to faraway lands and the realm of make-believe.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum is located at 118 N. Broad St. in Philadelphia.
Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission
is $5; $3 seniors; $2 students, free for children under five. For information, call (215) 972-7600.
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JUDY PFAFF PREMIERS LARGE-SCALE SCULPTURES
AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA -- New York sculptor Judy Pfaff will premier several recent large-scale
sculptures in the main galleries of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum from June
28 through Aug. 11, 1991. "Judy Pfaff: New Work" is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Academy's
Morris Gallery in collaboration with Philadelphia's Fabric Workshop, a non-profit organization
dedicated to experimental fabric design and printing. The Fabric Workshop is hosting a companion
exhibition of Pfaffs work from June 28 through Sept. 28, 1991.
A reception, free and open to the public, will be held at the museum on June 27 from 5 to
7 p.m.
Pfaff will talk about her work at the museum on Sept. 19 at 5:30 p.m.
Immediately
following the talk at the museum, The Fabric Workshop will host a 6:30 p.m. reception for the artist
at 1100 Vine St. The talk is free with museum admission of $5; $3 seniors; $2 full-time students .
Invited to create new work at The Fabric Workshop, Pfaff began to reflect about fabric's
inherent nature and its visual definition as a woven structure; these exhibitions are the product of her
investigations . For example, she "deconstructed" household scouring pads into knitted copper and
stainless steel fabric and then welded , wove and tied them together with such found objects as
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umbrella forms , a metal chair and tin cans.
Other components, hand woven by The Fabric
Workshop staff, are colorful and transparent, allowing viewers to both peer through them and to
focus on their own structure.
"Judy Pfaff is a responsive and inventive spirit for whom found objects exert a strong
influence on the forms she constructs. A master alchemist, she transformed such diverse sources
as third world handwork and modern technology into unified, dynamic constructions," observed
Judith Stein, the museum's curator of 20th-century art and the Morris Gallery.
Born in London in 1946, Pfaff obtained a B.F.A. degree from Washington University in St.
Louis and an M.F.A. degree from the Yale University School of Art. She received a National
Endowment for the Arts grant in 1979, a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1983 and a Bessie Award for
Set Design in 1984. Pfaff has exhibited in three Whitney Museum of American Art biennials, at the
Museum of Modern Art and the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, America's oldest art museum, is
located at 118 N. Broad St. in Philadelphia. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5
p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please call (215) 972-7600.
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POST-MODERNIST PERSPECTIVES: THREE PHOTOGRAPHERS
REVEAL CONTEMPORARY ATTITUDES AND STEREOTYPES
PHILADELPHIA -- The exhibition "S.A. Bachman/David Graham/Diane Neumaier" surveys
three ph otographers and their diverse post-modernist perspectives. While they share an interest in
large-sclle color images and ironic humor, they manipulate their medium to vastly different ends.
From June 14 through Aug. 11, 1991, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum
will present the work of Bachman, Graham and Neumaier in the Morris Gallery, a gallery devoted
to contemporary art. A reception, free and open to the public, will be held June 13 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The following gallery talks by the photographers will complement the show: S.A. Bachman and
Diane Neumaier on June 14 at noon; David Graham on June 28 at noon. These talks are free with
museum admission of $5; $3 for seniors; $2 for full-time students.
"S.A. Bachman's large-format images of scavenged text and photographs reexamine
traditional family roles; David Graham's arch sense of humor infuses his vivid portraits; Diane
Neumaier's installation wittily makes visible the representation and objectification of women in
various masterworks in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection," said Judith Stein, curator of
the Morris Gallery.
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S.A. Bachman's mUlti-panel photographs combine phrases of invented text with images from
magazine clippings and film stills.
She examines conventional female roles within the family
structure using pictures from the 1950s of women alone or interacting with others. The exhibition
will feature 10 works, each approximately 30 x 70 inches in size.
Bachman, who lives in
Philadelphia, earned an M.F.A. from Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
A May 26, 1991 New York Times Magazine article stated that "For David Graham, America
begins where the interstate ends." Graham, of Richboro, Pa., has traveled American highways and
byways photographing peculiar landmarks, people and quirky expressions of the American spirit.
Approximately six works by Graham, who has an M.F.A. degree from Tyler School of Art, will be
included in the exhibition.
In her photographic series, "Metropolitan Tits," Diane Neumaier photographs paintings in
the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to document the biases inherent in the depiction
of women in art from the 14th century to the present. With a deadpan wit, Neumaier sets out "to
critique patriarchal art history by scrutinizing its obsession with human female breasts." On view
in this exhibition will be one series consisting of 38 individual photographs.
A Philadelphian,
Neumaier is on the faculty of the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. She has an
M .F.A. degree in photography from the University of Washington in Seattle.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, America's oldest art museum, is
located at 118 N. Broad St. in Philadelphia. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a. m. to
5 p.m., and Sunday , 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Admission is $5; $3 seniors; $2 students. For more
information, please call (215) 972-7600.
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KNIGHT FOUNDATION AWARDS $150,000 TO
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA -- Knight Foundation has donated $150,000 to the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts, America's oldest art museum and art school, announced Frank H. Goodyear Jr.,
president of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
The Knight Foundation gift will be used for education initiatives as part of the Pennsylvania
Academy's ongoing commitment to serve a broader
publi~.
The contribution to the Pennsylvania
Academy's "Third Century Fund" brings the campaign total to $10,262,000 toward its goal of $15
million.
The campaign is designed to prepare the institution for the year 2005, when the
Pennsylvania Academy celebrates its 200th anniversary . Campaign funds have been designated for
purchasing and renovating the school facility at 1301 Cherry St., increasing student scholarship
funds, renovating the museum facilities and acquiring land for the eventual expansion of the museum,
so that the museum will be able to serve a larger public.
"The Knight Foundation gift is an important expression of faith in the future of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts," said Goodyear. "We are deeply grateful for the continuing
and generous support of Knight Foundation in helping us to realize our goal to serve a broader
community through museum and school education activities and outreach programs."
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was founded in 1805 as an art school and art
museum. Over the years, many of the nation's most important artists has studied, taught or
exhibited their work at the institution including Charles Willson Peale, Mary Cassatt, Thomas
Eakins , Red Grooms and David Lynch. The school educates over 800 full- and part-time students
annually. The museum houses one of the nation's premier collections of 18th- and 19th-century
American art.
Established in 1950 by John S. Knight and James L. Knight, Knight Foundation is one of the
nation's largest private foundations.
The foundation supports worthy causes in cities where the
Knights were involved in publishtng newspapers. In making the grants, the foundation seeks to
enhance the quality of life in those communities and encourage educational, cultural, economic,
social and civic improvements. The foundation also makes selected national grants in journalism,
higher education and the field of arts and culture.
For more information about the "Third Century -Fund," please call the Development Office
at (215) 972-7643.
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*PHOTO OPPORTUNITY*
ART THROUGH THE AGES
Students "hang it up" for 90th
Annual Student Exhibition, oldest running student art show in America
PHILADELHPIA -- On May 10 from 5 to 8 p.m., nearly 2000 art fans will salute the
diversity and creativity of today's up-and-coming student artists during the preview opening of the
"90th Annual Student Exhibition" at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, one of the nation's
premier art institutions . The reception is free and open to the public.
More than 1000 works of art -- from realistic scenes of city life to colorful abstract wall
sculptures -- by third- and fourth-year students at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts School
will be on view in the exhibition.
Most of the works are for sale.
Last year, a record-setting
$140,000 of art sold during the run of the show. (Proceeds from sales go directly to the students.)
The Pennslvania Academy of the Fine Arts School, founded in 1805, offers a four-year
certificate program and two-year master of fine arts program in painting, sculpting and printmaking.
Among the school's notable alumni are Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, Henry O. Tanner, Robert
Henri, John Sloan and John Marin.
The exhibition runs through June 2 at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum,
located at 118 N. Broad St. (Broad and Cherry Sts.) in Philadelphia. Hours are Tuesday through
Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, please call
(215) 972-7600.
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ANNUAL STUDENT EXHIBITION MARKS ITS 90TH YEAR
AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
PHILADELPHIA -- From May 10 through June 2, the "Annual Student Exhibition" will
feature over 1000 works of art by 90 third- and fourth-year students enrolled in the School of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, America's oldest art school. The exhibition, now in its
90th year, will be on view in the main galleries of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Museum located at 118 N. Broad St. (Broad and Cherry Sts.) in Philadelphia.
The climactic event of the school year, the "Annual Student Exhibition" launches art careers
and gives serious collectors the opportunity to see the best work Pennsylvania Academy students
have to offer. The Women's Committee Preview Party on May 8 from 5 to 8:30 p.m. provides the
public's first opportunity to purchase the artwork. Admission to the party ranges from $50 to $150;
invitations are available by calling the Women's Committee at (215) 972-7639. The sale continues
through the run of the show. Prices for works range from $50 to several thousand dollars, with
profits going directly to the student-artists.
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The exhibition also highlights work by students selected by the faculty for prestigious awards
and travel scholarships totaling more than $80,000 and recognizing outstanding work in all media.
The Cresson and Ware Memorial Travel Scholarships, for example, provide funds for up to three
months of European travel for as many as eight students.
The School of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, is located in
historic studios designed by Frank Furness and George Hewitt at 118 N. Broad St., and in a ninestory facility at 1301 Cherry St. The school offers a four-year certificate program and two-year
master of fine arts degree program, both studio-based with concentrations in painting, sculpting and
printmaking. Among the school's notable alumni are painters Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, Henry
O. Tanner, Robert Henri, John Sloan and John Marin, and sculptors William Rush, A. Milne
Calder, A. S. Calder and Wharton Esherick.
The "90th Annual Student Exhibition" can be seen from May 10 through June 2 at the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, 118 N. Broad St., in Philadelphia. Hours are
Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5; $3
seniors; $2 students; free to children under five. Admission is free on Saturday from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m.
For more information, please call (215) 972-7600.
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AN ARTFUL APPROACH TO STORYTELLING
Exhibition at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
will explore stories in art
PHILADELPHIA -- From June 13 , 1991 through April 19, 1992, the Pennsylvania Academy
of the Fine Arts will prove that a picture is worth a thousand words. The exhibition "Telling Tales:
19th-Century Narrative Painting from the Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts"
will tell 50 different stories through 50 works of painting and sculpture.
"'Telling Tales' will demonstrate the richness and depth of the Pennsylvania Academy's
holdings of historical, literary and genre paintings, one of the most comprehensive collections to be
found in any museum of American art," said Linda Bantel, the Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the
Museum. The exhibition, the second of three highlighting the Pennsylvania Academy's collection
and its impact on American art history, is being made possible by the National Endowment for the
Arts and the William Penn Foundation.
Susan Danly, curator at the Pennsylvania Academy , has organized the show and authored the
accompanying catalog. "One of the goals of this exhibition is use the collection to examine narrative
art, a long-neglected aesthetic tradition," Danly said.
In the 19th century, American artists drew inspiration from traditional sources such as
the Bible, Shakespeare, classical antiquity and European history. Narrative art was venerated for
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its instructional as well as aesthetic content. Pictures that told stories were expected to shape the
character and refine the intellect of those who saw them. Such works, often large in scale, attracted
tremendous crowds. Benjamin West's dramatic "Death on the Pale Horse," for example, was in
such demand that the Pennsylvania Academy mortgaged its building to buy it in 1836.
"Telling Tales" will be organized around three different types of stories: 1) traditional stories
from the Bible, Shakespeare, classical myths and European history, 2) stories documenting American
history and everyday life and 3) stories created in the artist's imagination.
Traditional literary sources and historical events provided the subject matter for European
artists schooled at the Royal Academy in London, who deemed narrative art superior to portraits,
landscapes and still lifes. The exhibition's first section will consist of 13 paintings that reflect this
belief, including Denis A. Volozon's "Homer's Reciting His Poems in the City of Argos," Mary
Cassatt's "Bacchante," George Willoughby Maynard's "Sappho," Christian Schussele's "King
Solomon and the Iron Worker," Charles R. Leslie's "The Murder of Rutland by Lord Clifford" and
William Emlen Cresson's "Falstaff," among others.
Nineteenth-century American artists used the same subject matter and style as their European
counterparts. While European audiences were familiar with many of the scenes depicted, American
audiences were not.
Around the middle of the century, American artists began concentrating on
more familiar American subjects, helping to forge a national identity. The second section of the
exhibition will consist of scenes drawn from American history and contemporary life and will include
Peter Rothermel's "De Soto Raising the Cross on the Banks of the Mississippi," Michele Felice
Corne's "The Landing of the Pilgrims," Thomas Birch's "Perry's Victory on Lake Erie,"
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James Hamilton's "Old Ironsides," George H. Comegys' "The Ghost Story," William Sidney
Mount's "The Painter's Triumph," James G. Clonney's "Militia Training" and others.
The Industrial Revolution of the late 19th century afforded Americans the wealth and leisure
time for international travel. Art patrons frequented the annual exhibitions of the Paris Salons,
where idealized versions of European life and history predominated. American painters submitting
to these annual exhibitions turned out paintings loosely related to European themes but drawn heavily
from their own imaginations. They created fantasy worlds filled with elaborate costumes and elegant
architectural settings. Audiences were encouraged to invent story lines based on their own reactions
to the image.
Included in the third section will be such gilded-age fantasies as William Merritt
Chase's "'Keying Up,' The Court Jester," Thomas Hovenden's "The Favorite Falcon," Daniel
Ridgway Knight's "Hailing the Ferry," Anna Elizabeth Klumpke's "In the Wash-House," Edwin
Lord Weeks' "The Three Beggars of Cordova" and others.
The exhibition was organized by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and will be
circulated nationally by The American Federation of Arts.
It is a project of ART ACCESS, a
program of The American Federation of Arts, with major support from the Lila Wallace-Readers
Digest Fund. The six-venue national tour is scheduled to begin in January 1993.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805, collects and exhibits the work
of American artists. The museum is located at Broad and Cherry Sts., in Philadelphia. Admission
is $5; $3 seniors; $2 full-time students. Free to children under five. Free on Saturday from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Call for hours . For more information, call (215) 972-7600.
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ONLY TWO WEEKS LEFT TO SEE EXHIBITS
ON FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT AND AMERICAN IMPRESSIONISM
PHILADELPHIA -- More than 70 decorative designs by America's greatest architect and
over 50 American Impressionist paintings will soon be leaving the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine
Arts Museum. April 14 is the last day to catch Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural
Heritage and Light, Air and Color: American Impressionist Paintings from the Collection of the
Pennsylvania Academy. Both exhibitions will be traveling nationally.
Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage features 73 works, including
furniture, art-glass windows and drawings, and examines issues concerning the preservation of
Wright's works. This is the first major Philadelphia showing of Wright's decorative designs.
Light. Air and Color explores the rise of American Impressionsim and features 56 paintings,
including works by Cecilia Beaux, Childe Hassam, John Twachtman, Theodore Robinson and others.
The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum is located at Broad and Cherry Sts.,
in Philadelphia. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to
5 p.m. Admission is $5; $3 seniors; $2 students; free to children under five . The museum is free
on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information, please call (215) 972-7600.
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Title:
"Telling Tales: 19th-Century Narrative Painting from the Collection of the
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts"
Where:
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum
Broad and Cherry Sts ., Philadelphia, PA
When:
June 13, 1991 through April 19, 1992
Curator:
Susan Danly , curator, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Funders:
National Endowment for the Arts , William Penn Foundation,
American Federation of Arts
Catalog:
Softcover; 96 pages with 53 images, 35 in color. Authored by Susan Danly.
Co-published by the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the American
Federation of Arts. Available July 1, 1991.
Itinerary:
Dates and venues forthcoming.
Description:
Stories of love, war, death, religion and history will be explored in this exhibition
of narrative art from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' collection.
American artists in the 19th century drew inspiration from traditional sources such
as the Bible, Shakespeare and the classics as well as events from European and
American history. The paintings and works of sculpture they produced were seen as
both beautiful and instructive. Audiences flocked to these canvases seeking to be
entertained and enlightened by the stories they .told. The 50 works in this exhibition
reveal the purpose and characteristics of 19th-century narrative art in America as well
as the cultural tastes and aspirations of the society that produced them. Additionally,
they demonstrate the richness and depth of the Pennsylvania Academy's holdings of
historical, literary and genre paintings, one of the most comprehensive collections to
be found in any museum of American art. Included will be William Sydney Mount's
"The Painter's Triumph," Elihu Vedder's "The Sphinx, Egypt," Thomas Birch's
"Perry's Victory on Lake Erie," William Emlen Cresson's "Falstaff," Thomas
Hovenden's "The Favorite Falcon" and Peter Frederick Rothermel's "De Soto Raising
the Cross on the Banks of the Mississippi," among many others.
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TRANSCEND THE TRADITIONAL BOUNDARIES OF
ARCHITECTURE AND MUSIC
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PHILADELPHIA -- Minimal and spacious are two words that describe the
designs of architect Frank Lloyd Wright as well as the music of electronic
composer Alvin Lucier.
Solid structures will meet sound waves on March 22
",hen Lucier leads the music ensemble Relache for an "Imaginar y Landscapes"
concert to be held in conjunction "'ith the exhibition "Frank Lloyd Wright:
Preserving an Architectural Heritage" at the Museum of the Pennsylvania
Academ y of the Fine Arts.
The museum will open at 7 p.m. so that guests can view the Wright
exhibition of more than 70 decorative designs, which include furniture,
art-glass windows and drawings.
mus eum's Hamilton auditorium.
The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the
Tickets are $15.
Wri ght and Lucier both focus on the integrated environment
Wright
ensuring that his buildings and their contents worked together as a unified
\,holej Lucier using specific sites and spaces almost as "instruments."
A New York Times critic once described one of Lucier's works as a
"shimmering, luminous sound mass that can be quite mesmerizing."
For the
Imaginary Landscapes concert, he will perform "Philadelphia Memory Space" and
"Amplifier and Reflector 1," among others.
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This will be the final Imaginary Landscapes concert, a three-performance
collaborative series between Relache and the Pennsylvania Academy that
combined the visual arts and new music.
The series has been funded in part by
the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the Pennsylvania Historical and
Museum Commission.
The Museum cf the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805,
is dedicated to collecting and exhibiting the work of American artists.
Relache, formed in 1977, presents music of the late 20th century with an
emphasis on works employing innovative performance techniques and state-ofthe-art audio-acoustical technologies.
The Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at
Broad and Cherry Sts., in Philadelphia.
For tickets, call the Innovation Arts
Box Office at (215) 963-0345.
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ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS TO SHOW
WOODCUTS OF ALUMNUS vlHARTON ESHERICK
PHILADELPHIA -- Ivharton Esherick I s love of literature, \wod and graceful
des i gn are reflected in his 63 woodcuts that will go on view March 28 at the
School of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
"\vharton Esherick:
Nas ter of the Ivoodcut" is drawn from the collection of Nathan and Rose
Rubinson of Merion, Pa., long-time friends of the artist who own the largest
private collection of his work.
The exhibition will run through April 21 in
the School Gallery, located at 1301 Cherry St., in Phila delphia.
A reception, free and open to the public, will be held on April 7 from 2
to 5 p.m. at the School Gallery.
In addition to lending works for the exhibition, the Rubinsons have
donated the Esherick portfolio "Song of the Broad Axe" to the school and have
established The Wharton Esherick Memorial Woodcut Prize to be given annually
to an outstanding student artist.
Through their friendship with Orit Hofshi, a 1990 graduate of the School
of the Pennsylvania Academy, the couple learned that among the more than 50
prizes awarded to Pennsylvania Academy students each year, only one recognized
woodcutting excellence.
They decided to honor Esherick and support young
artists by establishing the prize, donating the portfolio and sponsoring this
exhibition.
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Wharton Esherick
"A show of this nature is of great value to developing artists because
it demonstrates the depth of one person's involvement in a very direct
" sal'd Fre d erlc
'k 0 s borne, d ean
'
me d lum,
0f
th e sc h 00 1 •
"The Rubl' nsons' gl' ft of
a portfolio means that this opportunity will last far beyond the exhibition."
"Wharton Esherick: Master of the Woodcut" will consist of woodcuts
inspired by two I"alt Whitman poems, "The Song of the Broad Axe" and "As I
Watched the Plowman Ploughing"; 16 woodcuts from "The Song of Solomon"; 11
Ivoodcut s from "Tristram and Iseult" and 24 individual lvoodcuts from the years
1924 to 1933.
Esherick (1887-1970) was born into a wealthy Philadelphia family.
He
t ook an ea rly interest in art and studied painting at the Philadelphia School
of Industrial Art and the School of the Pennsylvania Academy.
He moved to a
fa rmh ouse in Paoli and built a studio there, which today functions as the
non-pr of i t Ivharton Esherick Museum.
i ll ustr a t or.
He began hi s career as a painter and book
\vishing to make his paintings mo re s aleabl e , he s t a rted carvin g
fr ames t o complement the textures, colors an d s ubjects of his canvases.
Wood
bec ame hi s f a vorite medium for a variet y of proj e cts including woodcut prints,
scu l pture , fuiniture and other interi or des igns .
The Rubinsons have been art collect or s fo r 50 yea r s .
Their home is
fil l ed Ivith more than 60 pieces of cust om- des i gned Esheri ck objects, which the
a rtist cr af t ed f or them during their IS- yea r f r iend sh i p.
Natha n Ru binson, who
owne d an d op erated Rubinson's Department Stor e i n New Holla nd , Pa ., for nearl y
60 year s , is a foundin g board member of the Wha r ton Esherick Museum, a fellow
of the Phi l a de lphia Nuseum of Art, a fo un ding member of t he Nati onal Mus eum of
Ame rica n Jewi s h History and currentl y a board mem be r of the New York Hol oca ust
~Iemori a l
Commis s ion-Museum of JeIVish Her itage.
He also served on the
Penn sy l vania Co uncil on the Arts during the Sheap administrati on.
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50 STUDIO ART CLASSES , Ivl0NTH IN MEXICO HIGHLIGHT
SUMMER PROGRA1vl AT ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
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PHILADELPHIA -- " Summer in
~1exico"
and more than 50 evening and Saturday
studio- art classes are now forming for the June 13 through Aug. 1 semester
through the School of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts' Summer and
Evening Programs.
For beginning or advanced students looking to immerse themselves in
another culture, the school is offe ring "Summer in Mexico," a popular
month- long painting and drawing program held at the Instituto Allende in San
Miguel de Allende, Mexico.
Included among the facult y is Elizabeth Osborn e ,
a t eac her at the School of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, who
will offer instruction in landscape and still life painting.
The program
runs from June 24 through July 19.
St udio-art classes offered at the school include portrait painting,
wa tercolor, woodcarving and construction, printmaking, etching and woodcut.
Courses providing practical and theoretical foundations in painting material
and techniques, color in painting and media on paper will also be offered.
All classes are taught by faculty at the School of the Pennsylvania Academ y
of the Fine Arts.
Evening sessions run from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.; day sessions
from 9 a .m. to 12 noon or 1 to 4 p.m.; and Saturday sessions from 9 a.m.
to 12 noon.
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The school will als o hold a series of co ncentrated one-week co urse s from
June 3 to Jun e 7 in fi gure composition, city landscape, abs trac t concepts
and figure in still li fe, among others .
Classes are held in th e historic Pennsylvania Academy building at Broad
and Cherry Sts . and at the school build ing at 1301 Cherr y St., in
Philadelphia.
Classes a re open to the general public and can be taken on a
credit or non-credit basis.
They ran ge in price from $90 to $225.
The registration deadline for the summer session is June 7.
To obtain a
catalog, please call the Evening and Summer Pr og rams Office at
(215) 972-7632.
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The School of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in
1805, is America's oldest art school. Notable a lumni include painters
George Caleb Bingham, Thomas Eakins and Mary Cassatt, sculptor A. Milne
Cal der and filmmaker David Lynch.
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MUSEUM CELEBRATES THE CHAIR ON MARCH 9
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PHILADELPHIA -- Frank Lloyd Wright had a flair for the chair.
To celebrate
his remarkable designs for this all-important piece of furniture, the Museum of
the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts presents a "chair fair" of sorts on
March 9.
Build your own chair, watch a craftsman create one, or take a seat in
one of four reproductions of the Wright-designed chairs on view in the
exhibition "Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage."
Here's a schedule of events:
11 a.m. - 12 noon
"Who's Been Sitting in My Chair" Children ages 5 to 12 and
their families build the best seats in the house with
paint, paper and glue and create fantasy stories about the
chairs. Anne Martin, museum educator, leads this
program. Admission is $2 and includes materials.
12 noon - 1 p.m.
"The Craft of Wright's Chairs" features Michael
Podmaniczky, an associate furniture conservator at the
Winterthur Museum, who demonstrates how to build a
Frank Lloyd Wright chair. Admission is free.
Ongoing
Have a seat! The museum is featuring four reproduction
Frank Lloyd Wright-designed chairs for you to stretch
out in and get in the "Wright" mood. There are also more
than 20 chairs on view in the exhibition for visitors to
see, including tall dining chairs, chairs with straightboard backs, three-legged chairs, barrel chairs and
"origami" chairs.
The Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at Broad
and Cherry Sts., in Philadelphia. For more information, please call (215)
972-7600.
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ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS PRESIDENT TO TEACH COURSE
ON HUSEUMS AT UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Philade lphia
Pennsylvania
~rtLADELPHIA -- Frank H. Goodyear Jr., president of the Pennsylvania
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Aca demy of the Fine Arts, will teach the course "Surviving the 1990's: A
Primer fo r Am erican Huseums" as part of the Winter/Spring Special Programs at
the Un i ve rsity of Pennsylvania .
Top ics for the course in c lude "Huseum Governance: The Board of Trustees
and the Staff," "Collections Hanagement Policies," "Huseurn Education: A New
Imper ative ," "Fina nc es and Fund Rai sing" and "Critical Issues and Ne\"
Initi a t ives ."
The class will be held on Tuesdays, Harch 19 through April 30, from 6:30
to 8 : 30 p . m. at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
$95 per person.
The cost is
To register, call the Special Programs department of the
University of Pennsylvania at (215) 898-6479.
Before becoming president of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in
1983 , Goodyear \"as a cura tor at the museum and later, museum director.
He is
a gr aduate of Yale University and the University of Delaware's Winterthur
Pr og r am .
He has organized numerous exhibitions, including "Contemporary
American Rea lism s ince 1960," which, with the accompanying catalog he
au thored, is rega rded by art historians as a virtual textbook on contemporary
Ame rican re a lism.
He serves on the boards of the Pennsylvania Council on the
Arts, the Fairmount Park Art Association, Philadelphia's Conservation Center
fo r Art and Historic Artifa cts and the Yale University Art Gallery.
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PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS
INAUGURATES MASTER OF FINE ARTS DEGREE
PHILADELPHIA -- A new master of fine arts degree program (MFA) at the
School of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was announced today by
Frederick S. Osborne, dean of the school.
The MFA degree is the most advanced
education degree available in the visual arts.
Applications are being
accepted now for the program, which begins this fall.
By offering an MFA degree in painting, sculpture and printmaking, the
Penns ylvania Academy is taking an initiative that meets the contemporary needs
of developing artists while remaining true to the school's essential mission,
which is to provide a studio-based fine arts education.
The MFA degree is an integral component of the school's efforts to
positi on itself for the next century.
Over the past five years, the school
ha s: 1) increased yearly enrollment by more than 50 percent; 2) increased
st udio space by 30 percent with the acquisition of a school building at 1301
Cherry St.; 3) increased the endowment for scholarship support from $1.6
million to $3.5 million; and, 4) diversified the student population with more
minority and foreign students.
"This program will provide students of unusual promise with an intense,
c ritical environment in which to grow.
It demands the simultaneous
de velopme nt of their self-knowledge, their craft and the content of their
a rt," sai d Os born e .
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The fac ult y f or the graduate program are a renowned group of experienced
i nd i vi dua l s , recognized for their achievement as teachers and artists.
They
i nc l ude Ir ving Petlin, Yvonne Jacquette, Sidney Goodman and Bruce Samuelson.
Establishing the program involved several years of extensive planning and
research.
The process culminated in the fall of 1988 when an evaluation team,
chaired by John S. Slorp, president of Minneapolis College of Art and Desi gn,
and presidents and deans from nationally prominent art schools appointed by
Penns ylvania's Department of Education, issued a report that endorsed the
program.
The report stated tha t the school "has realistically assessed its
resources, abilities and needs and has appropriately determined that it should
assume its place in the advancement of higher education of visual artists that
would be formall y recognized in the granting of an MFA degree."
The
Department of Education granted approval for the program last year.
"We reco gnized the opportunity to move the institution forward.
degree will reinforce the existing certificate program.
The MFA
The institution will
benefit f r om off e ring an academic degree," said Frank H. Goodyear, Jr.,
pr esi de nt of the Penns ylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Like the school's existing four-yea r certificate program, the two-yea r MFA
pr og r am will be studio-based.
The program will begin this fall with a cla ss
of 20 students; a maximum enrollment of 40 students is anticipated within
thre e yea rs.
(In recent years, the school has received over 1000 inquiries
ab out a n MFA degr ee from artists in America, Europe and South America.)
The
primar y ex perience is centered on each individual's own studio activity, whi ch
is s upp orted with a ri gorous drawing requirement and academic seminars.
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The School of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, founded in 1805,
is the nation's oldest art school.
Many of America's most important artists,
includin g Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, John Marin, Robert Henri and David
Lynch, have studied at the Pennsylvania Academy.
A bachelor of fine arts
degree is offered in cooperation with the University of Pennsylvania or the
University of the Arts.
Application deadline for the 1991 graduate program is March 31, 1991.
more information, please call (215) 972-7625.
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OPPORTUNITY
Feb. 8 preview reception to celebrate decorative
works of America's greatest architect
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PHILADELPHIA -- He's been described as America's greatest architect.
Flamboyant.
Controversial.
Brilliant.
On Feb . 8, from 4:30 to 8 p.m., over 700 Frank Lloyd Wright fans will
c elebrat e the genius of this American architect during the press preview and
opening reception of "Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural
Heritage" at the Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Broad
and Cherry Sts.
This is the first major Philadelphia exhibition of Wright's
decorati ve works.
The exhibition features over 70 designs, including furniture, art-glass
windows, drawings -- even dinnerware.
Guests will have a chance to stretch
out in Wright-designed chairs (there are four chairs for visitors to sit in),
mingle among multi-colored windows and awe at Wright's angled tables.
The exhibition opens to the public on Feb. 9 and will be on view through
April 14, 1991.
For more information, please call (215) 972-7600.
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EXCITEMENT BUILDS FOR FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT BALL
PHI LADELPHIA -- On Feb. 5, the Women's Committee of the Pennsy lvania
Academy of the Fine Arts announced The Wright Stuff, a gala fund-rai si ng ball
t o be held March 2 to benefit the Pennsylvania Academy's school and museum.
The announcement was made at a reception for the Women's Committee an d
supporters hosted by CIGNA Corporation and held at CIGNA's quarters a t the top
of One Liberty Place.
In at t endance \Vere Mrs. Darrell L. DeMoss and Mrs. Horton H. Kligerman,
bot h of Phi ladelphia, who are co-chairs of The Wright Stuff ball*; Hrs. Thomas
Dolan I V, of Chestnut Hill, president of the Women's Committee; and Hr. Robert
Ven turi, pri nc ipal in the Philadelphia architec tural firm of Venturi, Scott
Br o\Vn and As sociates.
Hr. Venturi and his \Vife, arc hitect Denise Scott Bro\Vn,
of Phila del phia, are t he ba ll's honorar y chairper sons.
The r ecept io n fea tured a pre vie\·. of seve1"21 i tems to be included in the
ball's silen t auction.
Ball-goers may bid on such items as a hot-air balloon
ride for t\Vo \Vith Mr. Frank H. Goodyear Jr., pr e s i den t of the Pennsylvania
Academy, and Hrs. Goodyear; four days at the Ft3uk Ll oyd Wright-designed
Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Resort in Phoenix; a lu gga ge ensemble fro m Pierre
Deux; a Bill Scott gouache/watercolor from Han ge l Gall ery; Lionel Kid die
Ci~y's Lincoln Logs (Wright's son John created t he t o: i n the 1920s); and
other gifts, dinners and hotel packages.
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c o~ mi ttee
members.
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The Wright Stuff reception
The Wright Stuff Committee
Mrs. Darrell L. DeMoss (co-chair)
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Mrs. Morton M. Kligerman (co-chair)
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Mrs. Thomas Dolan IV (president, Women's Committee)
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Mrs. Richard M. Armstrong
West Chester, PA 19380
Mrs. John B. Bartlett
Wyndmoor, PA 19118
Mrs. Robert O. Betts Jr.
Upper Darby, PA 19082
Mrs. Ernest L. Biddle Jr.
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Mrs. H. Peter Borie
Haverford, PA 19041
Martha Walton Bright
Haverford, PA 19041
Mrs. Robert T. Brooks
Haverford, PA 19041
Mrs. Edward B. Clay Jr.
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Mrs. Joseph J. Connolly
Haverford, PA 19041
Dr. W. Stephen Croddy
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Mrs. Edward C. Driscoll
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Mrs. Edward S. Ellers
Radnor, PA 19087
Mrs. John S. Estey
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Dr. Gary S. Fisher
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Mrs. Albury N. Fleitas
Haverford, PA 19041
Mrs. Richard J. Fox
Narberth, PA 19072
Mrs. Armin C. Frank
Philadel phi a , PA 19118
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Mrs. John Thurber Mof fe tt
Gulph Mills, PA 19428
Susan A. Nelson
Haverford, PA 19041
Mrs. Robert O'Connor
Phil2delphia, PA 19103
Mrs. Richard W. Palmer
Haverford, PA 19041
Mrs. Meyer P. Potamkin
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Mrs. Jeremy A. Rosenau
Huntingdon Valley, PA 19006
Mrs. Herbert F. Schiffer
West Chester, PA 19380
Mrs. Frank S. Schwarz
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Mrs. Samuel R. Shipley III
Strafford, PA 19087
Mrs. Edwin S. Sheffield
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Mrs. Robert Simonin
Philadelphia, PA 19118
Mrs. Anthony Stuempfig
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Mrs. David Swope II
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
Dr. Maria Traub
Philadelphia, PA
19103
Mrs. Richard J. Walsh
Philadelphia, PA 1911 8
Mrs. Cortright Wetherill Jr.
Malvern, PA 19355
Mrs. Ben Wolf
Gladwyne, PA 19035
Mrs. Gabrielle Zomber
Devon, PA . 19333
Teri Ceraso, liaison, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Jacqueline Cotter, Women's Committee coordinat or
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FREE MUSEUM ADMISSION FOR MILITARY FAMILIES
PHILADELPHIA -- The Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy _of tbe Fine Arts
is opening its doors for free to families with military personnel serving in
the
ersian Gulf war.
Individuals will be required to show proper military
identification . .
Linda Bantel, the Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Museum, joined Frank
H. Goodyear Jr., president of the PennsylvaniB Academy, --in noting "we are
pleased to be able to extend a small measure of support to our servicemen and
women's families in this time of conflict."
The museum is currently featuring "Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an
Architectural Heritage," an exhibition of 73 Wright-designed decorative works
including furniture, art-glass windows and drawings.
The Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, America's
oldest art museum, is located at Broad and Cherry Sts., in Philadelphia.
Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to
5 p.m.
Regular admission is $5; $3 seniors; $2 students; free to members and
children under five.
For more ·-information, pi ease call (215) 972-7600.
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FRANK LLOYD l,lRIGHT EXHIBITION IS A FAMILY AFFAIR
PHILADELPHIA -- Frank Lloyd Wright started training to be the world's
greatest architect when he was a child.
He played with blocks in various
shapes, lat er declaring that "the maple-woo d blocks ... are all in my fingers to
th is day ."
In recognition of Hri ght's precociousness and the appeal his
desi gns ha ve fo r children of today, the Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of
the Fine Arts 'ifill hold four pro grams for children and families in conjunction
with the exhi bition "Frank Lloyd Hright: Preserving an Architectural Herita ge,
Decorati ve Designs from The Domino's Pizza Collection," on view from Feb. 9
through Ap r i l 14, 1991.
Family programs will run on Saturdays from March 2 to 23 from 11 a.m. to
no on .
They combine gallery exploration with hands-on activities and are
desi gned for children ages 5 to 12 and their parents.
per son, which includes materials.
Admission is $2 per
Pre-registration is not required.
For more
in f or mation, please call (215) 972-7600.
March 2
11 a . m. to noon
"The House that Frank Lloyd Wright Didn't Build." Search
for the geometric shapes in Frank Lloyd Wright's desi gns.
In the studios, design a nd build yo ur own structures out of
cardboard and woo den blocks resemblin g the ones Hri ght
played with as a child.
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Frank Lloyd Wright family programs
Ma rc h 9
11 a . m. to noon
"Who's Been Sitting in My Chair." Make yourself
comfortable in models of chairs designed by Frank Lloyd
Wri ght. Experience their look and feel, their character
and spirit. Create a chair for yourself out of cardboard
and wire and then write an imaginary story about its life.
March 16
11 a.m. t o noon
"Details, Details, Details: Discover Frank Lloyd Wright."
Meet Rachel and Michael Schade, professional Philadelphia
architects, and Ellen Freedman, associate director of
education at the Foundation for Architecture, who will lead
you to a new appreciation for the scope of Wright's
talents.
March 23
11 a.m. to noon
"A Clear Story." Look at the parade of colors and shapes
that Frank Llo yd Wright used in the windows he designed for
the children of Avery Coonley in Riverside, Ill. Work with
colorful paper to create your own translucent windows.
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The exhibition "Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural
Heritage " is on view from Feb. 9 through April 14, 1991. In addition to the
famil y pr og rams and gallery demonstrations, the exhibition will be
complemented by pro grams for educators, lectures, performances, a film series
and a one-d ay symposium, "Wri ght Here in the Delaware Valley."
The Museum of the Penns ylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at
Broad and Cherr y Sts., in Philadelphia. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday,
10 a.m. t o 5 p. m. , and Sunday , 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5; $3 for
senior s ; $2 for students. For more information, call (215) 972-7600.
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PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
(215) 972-7642
(10 seconds)
SEE THE FURNITURE, ART-GLASS WINDOWS AND DRAWINGS OF AMERICA'S GREATEST
ARCHITECT, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
FEBRUARY 9TH TO APRIL 14TH.
ONLY AT THE
MUSEVl'I OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEHY OF THE FINE ARTS.
(20 seconds)
SEE THE FIRST MAJOR EXHIBITION OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S DESIGNS IN
PHILADELPHIA.
OVER 70 WORKS, INCLUDING FURNITURE, ART-GLASS WINDOWS AND
DRAIVINGS, WILL BE ON VIElv FROH FEBRUARY 9TH TO APRIL 14TH.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS.
ONLY AT THE MUSEUM
FOR HORE DETAILS, CALL (215)
972-7600.
(30 seconds)
THE
~ruSEUM
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS HAS DESIGNS ON
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
OF IT.
WINDO\vS.
AND FROM FEBRUARY 9TH THROUGH APRIL 14TH YOU CAN BE PART
STRETCH OUT IN A WRIGHT-DESIGNED CHAIR.
MINGLE AMONG MULTI-COLORED
AWE AT ANGLED TABLES IN THE FIRST MAJOR EXHIBITION OF FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT'S DESIGNS IN PHILADELPHIA.
OVER 70 WORKS, INCLUDING FURNITURE,
ART-GLASS lVINDOIvS AND DRAWINGS WILL BE ON VIEW.
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS.
ONLY AT THE MUSEUM OF THE
FOR DETAILS, CALL (215) 972-7600.
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WILL YOU HAVE A SEAT? Frank Lloyd Wright exhibition
features chairs you can sit in
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seat.
If you're a fan of America's greatest architect, have a
Ter ri Brown of Pennsauken, NJ, did just .that at a recent visit to the
Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.
Brown is stretching out
in a Frank Lloyd Wri ght-designed chair, one of four reproduction chairs for
visi t or s to test out, on view in "Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an
Architectural Heritage."
The exhibition features 73 works of furniture,
art- glass windows and drawings.
The exhibition runs through April 14, 1991 at the Museum, located at
Broad and Cherry Sts., in Philadelphia.
Hours are Tuesday through Saturday,
10 a .m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(215) 972-7600.
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BUILDING BLOCKS AND FAMILY FUN
Program at museum has the "Wright" idea
PHILADELPHIA -- On March 2 from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, approximately 50
children (a ges 5-12) and their families will build cardboard and block houses
in the gall eri es of the Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
after an up- c lo se look at the work of America's greatest architect, Frank
Llo yd \Ilri ght .
"The Ho use that Frank Lloyd IVright Didn't Build" is the first of four
famil y progr ams being held in conjunction with the museum's current
exhi biti on , "Frank Llo yd IVright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage."
This
maj or showi ng of Wri ght's decorative designs features 73 works, including
furn itu r e , art-glass windows and drawings.
The exhibition runs through April
14, 1991.
Wri ght started training to be the world's greatest architect when he was
a child, pl a ying with blocks in various shapes and later declaring that "the
mapl e- \liood blocks ... are all in my fingers to this day."
Additional family
progr ams designed to inspire budding architects will be held March 9, 16 and
23 f rom 11 a.m. to 12 noon.
Admission is $2 per person.
The Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at
Br oad and Cherr y Sts., in Philadelphia.
For more information, please call
( 215) 972-7 60 0.
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Press Preview
Friday, Feb. 8, 1991
4:30 - 8 p.m.
Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage,
Decorative Designs from the Domino's Pizza Collection
Feb. 9 - April 14, 1991
Members of the press are invited to a press preview and
opening reception for the first major showing of this
architect's decorative designs in Philadelphia. David A.
Hanks, curator of the exhibition, will be present at the
press preview.
Frank Lloyd Wright considered the designs for furniture,
windows and other decorative elements to be essential to
his architectural plans.
On view in this exhibition are 73
works, including chairs, tables, art-glass windows,
textiles, lighting fixtures and drawings.
The exhibition
also examines the issues concerning the preservation of
Wright's works both inside and outside of the environment
for which they were specifically designed.
The exhibition was organized by the Smithsonian Traveling
Exhibition Service in cooperation with the Domino's Center
for Architecture and Design, Ann Arbor, Mich. The national
tour has been made possible by a generous grant from
Domino's Pizza Inc. In Philadelphia, the exhibition has
been supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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"TOWARDS AN ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE" ART HISTORY COURSE
HIGHLIGHTS LIFE AND WORK OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
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PHILADELPHIA -- The Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
will present a six- part slide/lecture series entitled "Frank Lloyd Wright:
Towards an Organic Architecture" on Tuesdays from Feb. 12 through March 19
from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
The course, held in conjunction with the exhibition
"Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage," will explore
Wright's artistic genius and enigmatic personality, placing the objects on
exhibition into the larger context of the architect's life and work.
Five different Wright authorities will teach the course.
the entire series is $45; $8 for any single lecture.
The cost for
To register, send a
check, payable to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, to the evening
programs office.
Please write "Organic Architecture" on your check.
You may
also register using VISA or MasterCard by calling (215) 972-7608.
Listed below are the course's meeting dates, topics and speakers.
Feb. 12
5:30 to
6:30 p.m.
Museum staff conduct a guided tour of "Frank Lloyd Wright:
Preserving an Architectural Heritage." The exhibition consists
of more than 70 pieces of furniture, art-glass windows, fabric
and other decorative elements that I'Jright designed to complement
specific buildings.
Feb. 19
5:30 to
6:30 p.m.
"The Place of the 'Lesser Arts' in Frank Lloyd Wright's Organic
Architecture" by Ward M. Stanley, professor of architectural and
design history at the University of the Arts. Stanley discusses
Wright's concept of organic architecture and its ties to the
Arts and Crafts Movement, an English social and aesthetic
movement in the latter half of the 19th century.
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Feb. 26
5:30 to
6:30 p.m.
"The Origins of Frank Lloyd Wright's Mythmaking" by Robert
Twombly, professor of history at the City College of New York
and author of two books on Wright. Beginning in the 1920s
Wright saturated his autobiographical writings with the notion
that despite insurmountable odds and endless opposition he
managed to become the world's greatest architect. Twombly
explores the circumstances under which Wright came to assume
this "persecuted genius" persona.
March 5
5:30 to
6:30 p.m.
"The Polarities of Paradise in the Works of Frank Lloyd Wright"
by Richard Wesley, adjunct associate professor of architecture
at the University of Pennsylvania. Wesley talks about Wright's
buildings as paradigms of paradise: how both the Garden of Eden
and the futuristic utopia are manifest in his architectural
designs.
March 12
5:30 to
6:30 p.m.
"The Frank Lloyd Wright I Knew" by architect Edgar Tafel, a
member of the Taliesin Fellowship for nine years and author of
Years with Frank Lloyd Wright: Apprentice to Genius. Tafel
gives a personal account of his apprenticeship to Wright and ·
talks about some of the master's structures, particularly
Fallingwater and the S.C. Johnson (Johnson Wax) administration
building, both of which Tafel worked on with Wright.
March 19
5:30 to
6:30 p.m.
"Architecture and Design from Furness to Wright" by James
O'Gorman, professor of American Art at Wellesley College. As a
young architectural graduate, Louis Sullivan apprenticed himself
to the renowned architect Frank Furness; in turn, Sullivan
served as mentor to a young Frank Lloyd Wright. o'Gorman
examines the themes and principles that were passed down from
one man to the next and how these motifs thread through the work
of three great American architects.
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The exhibition "Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural
Heritage" is on view from Feb. 9 through April 14, 1991. In addition to the
art history course, the exhibition will be complemented by gallery
demonstrations, family programs, programs for educators, lectures,
performances, a film series and a one-day symposium, "Wright Here in the
Delaware Valley."
The Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at
Broad and Cherry Sts., in Philadelphia. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5; $3 for
seniors; $2 for students. For more information, call (215) 972-7600.
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"A DESIGN IN DREAMS" FILMS SERIES EXPLORES
THE WORLD OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT
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PHILADELPHIA -- To understand the artistic genius of architect Frank
Lloyd Wright and the impact he had on other artists of the early 20th century,
the Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts will present "A Design
in Dreams" film series in conjunction with the exhibition "Frank Lloyd Wright:
Preserving an Architectural Heritage."
In the 1920s and '30s, art directors in the film industry drew
inspiration from Wright and other modernists, and were particularly influenced
by the modernist use of space, light and form.
This film series includes
documentaries on architects and feature films that reflect the architecture of
the period.
All films will be held at 3 p.m. at the museum, located at Broad and
Cherry Sts., in Philadelphia.
seniors; $2 students.
March 3
3 p.m.
Films are free with museum admission of $5; $3
For more information, call (215) 972-7600.
"Frank Lloyd Wright" (1958, b/w, 28 mins., NBC documentary).
Wright displays the agile wit and eloquence that made him one of
the most colorful personalities of his time as he discusses his
theories of functional architecture and analyzes contemporary
styles, tracing them back to Greek and Asiatic origins; and "An
Eames Celebration: Several Worlds of Charles and Ray Eames"
(1975, 90 mins., color, directed by Perry Miller Adato).
Charles and Ray Eames, husband and wife, architect and artist,
together designed houses, furniture amd exhibitions for museums
and world's fairs. This film looks at the house designed by
Charles with standard industrial parts and the couple's early
experiments with plywood and photography. Charles also
discusses his reaction to Frank Lloyd Wright, his exposure to
Bauhaus ideas and his collaborations with Finnish architect Eero
Saarinen.
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March 10
3 p.m.
"Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater" (1973, 23 mins., color,
directed by Anne Zane Shanks). Visit the building commonly
known as Fallingwater in this film narrated by E.G. Marshall.
Wright designed the cantilevered structure that sits above a
stream near Pittsburgh as a summer home for department store
owner Edgar Kauffmann in 1936. With its organic exchange of
natural and man-made spaces, it epitomizes Wright's principle of
designing a house to conform to and be shaped by its site; and
"Men Must Fight" (1933, 72 mins., b/w, directed by Edgar
Selwyn). Vast interiors and spiraling stairways create the set
for this film depicting how the wealthy and socially prominent
were swept up in the frenzy of an imminent world war. Stars
Diane Wynyard and Louis Stone and" features the art direction of
Cedric Gibbons.
March 17
3 p.m.
"Grand Hotel" (1932, 113 mins., b/w, directed by Edmund
Goulding). This film details the intertwining of lives at a
plush Berlin hotel. Greta Garbo portrays an illustrious Russian
ballerina who falls in love with a noble thief played by John
Barrymore. Also stars Joan Crawford, Lionel Barrymore and
Wallace Beery.
March 24
3 p.m.
"Taliesin West" (1951, 11 mins., color, produced by James
Davis). Frank Lloyd Wright discusses his theories concerning
the relationship between modern architecture and nature using
his own home, Taliesin West, as an example; and "The
Fountainhead" (1949, 112 mins., b/w, directed by King Vidor).
Gary Cooper portrays Howard Roark, an avant-garde architect who
destroys his own buildings if they fail to meet his idealized
conceptions. Based on the novel by Ayn Rand, this film stars
Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey and Henry Hull.
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Heritage," on view from Feb. 9 through April 14, 1991, includes 73 pieces of
furniture, art-glass windows, dinnerware, lighting fixtures and other
decorative works. In addition to the film series, the exhibition will be
complemented by art history courses, gallery demonstrations, programs for
families, programs for educators, lectures, performances and a one-day
symposium, "Wright Here in the Delaware Valley."
The Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at
Broad and Cherr y Sts., in Philadelphia. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5; $3 for
seniors; $2 for students. For more information, call (215) 972-7600.
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FACULTY TO EXHIBIT WORKS AT PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY
OF THE FINE ARTS' SCHOOL GALLERY
PH ILADELPHIA -- Faculty members of the School of the Pennsylvania
Academy of th e Fine Arts Hill put their own work on view in "Faculty
Exhi bi tio n -- Then and NOH" at the Scho ol Gallery, 1301 Cherry St., from J an.
25 th r ou gh Fe b. 23.
An openin g reception will be held J an. 25 fr om 5 to
7 p. m. in t he School Gallery.
The reception is free and open to the public.
The exhi bition will feature two works from each participating faculty
member: one from their student days and one created recently as a way to see
how th e i r a rt has chan ged and developed over the years.
a rti s t wi l l accompan y his or her work.
A photograph of ea ch
Among those included will be Jimmy
Leuders , To ny Visco , Liz Osborne, Tony Rosati and Pat Traub.
Consisting of
app r oxi ma t el y 30 multi-media pieces, the show is the second of tHO "Then and
Now " ex hi bitions in the School Ga ller y.
The School Gallery exhibits works associated with the students, facult y
a nd a l umni of t he school.
Most of the works on exhibit are for sale.
a r e Tuesday through Sa tur da y from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hours
Admission is free.
The School of the Pennsyl vania Aca demy, founded in 1805, is America 's
ol des t a rt s choo l.
It offers a four-year certificat e program in paintin g ,
s culpt ure a nd print mak ing.
Among i ts nota ble alumni are Thomas Eakins, Ma r y
Cassa t t and Davi d Lync h .
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RECENT WORKS BY PHILIP GOVEDARE SHOW INFLUENCE OF ITALY
?:ILADELPHIA -- Approximately ei ght paintings by Phila delphia artist
Philip Govedare will be exhibited in the Museum of the Pennsylvania Acad emy of
the Fine Art s ' contemporary arts gallery, the Morris Gallery, from Jan. 18
thr ough Ma r ch 17, 1991.
"Philip Govedare: Rece nt \vo r k" consists of paintings begun durin g the
artist's teaching experience in Rome from 1988 to 1990.
Govedare, an
assistant pr ofessor of painting at Temple University's Tyler School of Art,
went ab r oad as part of the university's "Temple Abroad" program.
A mee t-the- a rtist reception will be held in the Morris Galler y on Jan.
24 from 5 to 7 p.m.
The reception is free a nd open to the public.
Goveda r e will be he ld on Ma rch 1 from noon to 1 p.m.
A talk by
The talk is free with
museum admiss ion of $5; $3 seniors; $2 students.
Govedare ' s large abstract paintings are richly luminous and tactile.
Although methodically cons truct ed , they maintain a sense of spontaneity and
im pr ovisa ti on .
Accordin g to Goved are, his painting style became more fluid
a nd atmospheric because of his Rome experience.
He was greatly influenced by
the Med it e rranean colors a nd li ght, especially how the light affected building
surfaces .
Whereas Goveda r e previously es chewed figurative elements, his new
paintings bala nce abst r act shapes wi th vag uely r ep r esenta ti ona l fo r ms .
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"Phil ip Go vedare's paintings do not refer specifically to a Roman place
or time , r athe r to an atmosphere and its legacy in memory," said Judith E.
Stein, cu r a t or of the Morris Gallery.
Goved a re earned his master of fine arts degree from the Tyler School of
Art and his bachelor of fine arts degree at the San Francisco Art Institute.
He received a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts grant in visual arts in 1988.
His work has been exhibited at the CAVA Gallery, the Levy Gallery for the Arts
and the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia as well as at the
Carnegie Mellon Art Gallery in Pittsburgh and the Johnstown Art Museum in
Johnstown, Pa.
The Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is located at
Broad and Cherr y Sts., in Phila delphia.
Hours are Tuesday through Saturday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunda y, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
seniors; $2 for students.
Admission is $5; $3 for
Free to members and children under five.
information, please call (215) 972-7600.
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SEE THE FURNITURE, ART-GLASS WINDOWS AND DRAWINGS OF AMERICA'S GREATEST
ARCHITECT, FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
FEBRUARY 9TH TO APRIL 14TH.
ONLY AT THE
MUSEUM OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS.
(20 seconds)
SEE THE FIRST MAJOR EXHIBITION OF FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT'S DESIGNS IN
PHILADELPHIA.
OVER 70 WORKS, INCLUDING FURNITURE, ART-GLASS WINDOWS AND
DRAWINGS, WILL BE ON VIEW FROM FEBRUARY 9TH TO APRIL 14TH.
OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS.
ONLY AT THE MUSEUM
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THE MUSEUM OF THE PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS HAS DESIGNS ON
FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT.
OF IT.
WINDOWS.
AND FROM FEBRUARY 9TH THROUGH APRIL 14TH YOU CAN BE PART
STRETCH OUT IN A IVRIGHT-DESIGNED CHAIR.
MINGLE AMONG MULTI- COLORED
AWE AT ANGLED TABLES IN THE FIRST MAJOR EXHIBITION OF FRANK LLOYD
WRIGHT'S DESIGNS IN PHILADELPHIA.
OVER 70 WORKS, INCLUDING FURNITURE,
ART-GLASS WINDOWS AND DRAWINGS WILL BE ON VIEW.
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE ARTS.
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