NEWS RELEASES
May 14, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART TO WELCOME THORNEY LIEBERMAN
FOR EXHIBIT, LECTURE, AND THREE-DAY WORKSHOPThe Huntington Museum of Art will welcome Thorney Lieberman for an exhibit, lecture and three-day workshop.
Lieberman will speak about his work at 7 p.m. Friday, May 30, 2008, in HMA’s Grace Rardin Doherty Auditorium. Admission is free. A reception follows.
Lieberman will facilitate a three-day workshop titled “Several Arguments with Photography” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 30 through June 1, 2008. The workshop will look at ways to see beyond subject matter in photography in addition to traditional issues such as composition, framing, quality, and the use of light. Call (304) 529-2701 for information on workshop fees.
An exhibition of Lieberman’s work goes on view May 17 and continues through August 3, 2008, at HMA.
Since earning a B.A. from Bard College in 1968, Lieberman’s focus has expanded from mere subject matter to include the complexities of photography and its relation to issues of time, space, and scale. His work has ranged from representational and conceptual pieces in the 1970s, to scenes from New York City in the 1980s and Colorado landscapes in the 1990s, to his recent focus on Native Americans in the new millennium, and his current project to capture the reality of the lives of West Virginia coal miners. His exhibition at the Huntington Museum of Art will serve as a retrospective of Lieberman’s career.
Lieberman's work has been shown several times at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, The Brooklyn Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, as well as the Bibilothèque Nationale in Paris. During the 1970s and ’80s, Lieberman photographed architecture professionally, working for many notable firms including I.M. Pei and Partners. In 1990, Abbeville Press published a compilation of some of his New York scenes in the book, Manhattan Lightscape. His work is held in collections internationally.
For more information on events at HMA, call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible.
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May 13, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
ALLIED ARTISTS OF WEST VIRGINIA TO BRING
BIENNIAL JURIED EXHIBITION TO HUNTINGTONFor the first time, Allied Artists of West Virginia, Inc., will bring its biennial juried exhibition to the Huntington Museum of Art. The Allied Artists of West Virginia 66th Juried Exhibition will run from May 24 through June 22, 2008, at HMA.
With more than 200 members, Allied Artists of West Virginia, Inc., is a non-profit, educational and cultural association whose mission is to encourage, nurture and present the work of West Virginia artists to the community.
Andrew Johnson, Associate Professor of Art, Carnegie Melon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is the juror for this year’s exhibition. He chose 30 works for the show.
Awards totaling $4,000 will be given, including $1,000 Best of Show, $500 Awards of Excellence in two-dimensional and three-dimensional categories, and Purchase and Merit Awards as selected from the actual works. The Awards reception will take place at the Huntington Museum of Art on Saturday, May 24, beginning at 1 p.m., with Johnson on hand to answer questions about the exhibit. Admission to the opening reception is free.
This program is being presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.
For more information on events at HMA, call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible.
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May 13, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
STUDENTS SELECTED TO PERFORM IN RECITAL
ON MAY 17, 2008, AT HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ARTA student recital takes place at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2008, at the Huntington Museum of Art’s Grace Rardin Doherty Auditorium. Admission is free.
Members of the West Virginia Music Teachers Association have selected students to participate in the recital at HMA. Students participating include Olivia Hay, Jo Beth Kuhn, Victoria Hutchison, Matthew Patrick, Brittany McKee, Michael Petrany,
Carole Ann Bradley, Ron Nguyen, William Zhang, Isaac Sheets, Jacob Kilver, and Kayla Robison.Works by Beethoven, Debussy, Chopin, Vivaldi, Bach, Haydn, and others are on the program.
For more information on events at HMA, call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible.
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May 2, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART TO WELCOME PHILIP YENAWINE
FOR DR. LAWRENCE B. & SHIRLEY GANG MEMORIAL LECTURE
The Huntington Museum of Art presents The Dr. Lawrence B. and Shirley Gang Memorial Lecture at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 3, 2008. Philip Yenawine will speak. Admission is free. A reception follows.
Yenawine is co-founding director of Visual Understanding in Education and was the Director of Education at the Museum of Modern Art from 1983 to 1993. Yenawine’s lecture also serves as the keynote address for the Regional Docent Symposium taking place Saturday, May 3, at HMA.
For more information on events at HMA, call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible.
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April 30, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART TO WELCOME ED EBERLE
FOR EXHIBIT, LECTURE, AND THREE-DAY WORKSHOPThe Huntington Museum of Art will welcome Ed Eberle for an exhibit, lecture and three-day workshop in May.
Eberle will speak about his work at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 1, 2008, in HMA’s Grace Rardin Doherty Auditorium. Admission is free.
Eberle will facilitate a three-day workshop titled “The Process is Everything” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 2-4, 2008. This ceramics workshop is participatory. Call (304) 529-2701 for information on workshop fees.
An exhibition of Eberle’s work remains on view at HMA through May 11.
Eberle earned his MFA from Alfred University in 1972 and taught at the Philadelphia College of Art at Carnegie-Mellon University for 14 years. In 1985 the studio in the Millvale section of Pittsburgh was established where Eberle continues to work as a studio artist in ceramics and drawing. He has had one-man exhibitions in New York, Chicago, and Pittsburgh and his work is in museum collections in Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Boston, Philadelphia, Kansas City, and Canberra, Australia.
For more information on events at HMA, call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible.
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April 22, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART TO WELCOME ART WERGER
FOR EXHIBIT, LECTURE, AND THREE-DAY WORKSHOPThe Huntington Museum of Art will welcome Art Werger for an exhibit, lecture and three-day workshop in April.
Werger will speak about his work at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 24, 2008, in HMA’s Grace Rardin Doherty Auditorium. Admission is free.
Werger will facilitate a three-day workshop titled “Scratching the Surface” from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 25-27, 2008. The workshop is an introduction to intaglio printing through various methods of drypoint. Call (304) 529-2701 for information on workshop fees.
An exhibition of Werger’s work remains on view at HMA through June 15.
Growing up in New Jersey, Werger’s intaglio prints focus on scenes from his childhood. His etchings and mezzotints focus on the tension between the individual and his or her environment.
Born in 1955, Werger received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1978 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1982. Chairman of Fine Arts at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, for 18 years, Werger is currently a Professor of Printmaking and Director of Foundations at the University of Ohio in Athens. Represented by such galleries as S.E. Feinman Fine Arts in New York and Davidson Gallery in Seattle, Werger has exhibited internationally and has works in several collections including the Boston Public Library, the Brooklyn Museum, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.
For more information on events at HMA, call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible.
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April 16, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
“TEA AND ROSES” EVENT SCHEDULED FOR MAY 4, 2008, AS FUND-RAISER FOR THE HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART
“Tea and Roses” is a fund-raiser planned for 1 p.m. Sunday, May 4, 2008, at the Huntington Museum of Art. Guests will be treated to refreshments and tea donated by The Scrumptious Company and Sarah Cresap, owner of Ferguson Tea Room.
Those who purchase tickets at $25 each will receive a free copy of “The Gallery Gourmet at HMA” cookbook and a 20 percent discount on non-consignment items purchased that afternoon in HMA’s Museum Shop.
Seating for the event is limited to 100 people. To purchase tickets or for more information, call (304) 529-2701. Money raised from the event will benefit the Huntington Museum of Art’s Facilities Campaign, which will provide money needed for building improvements and repairs.
HMA is fully accessible.
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April 15, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS
FOR PORTFOLIO 2008 STUDENT ART EXHIBITION
The Huntington Museum of Art has announced the names of the award-winning students who entered Portfolio 2008, an exhibit of artwork by middle-school and high-school students from West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. The exhibit runs at HMA through May 11.
Student award winners were recognized during an opening reception attended by more than 200 people on April 12. During the reception, Brent Patterson, juror and Marshall University assistant professor of art, presented a critique of the show.
High school recognition awards went to Devon Kruel of South Point High School, Hannah Pilcher of St. Joseph Catholic High School, Courtney Cook of South Point High School, and Brogan Walters of St. Joseph Catholic High School.
High School excellence awards went to Kim Evans of South Point High School, Lorin Michki of Huntington High School, Shannon Brumfield of Spring Valley High School, and Justin Robertson of Wayne High School.
Middle School recognition awards went to Rikki Cornett of Wurtland Middle School, Schelli Linz of St. Joseph Catholic Middle School, Emma Hampton of Russell Middle School, and Emily Hayes of Winfield Middle School.
High schools participating in Portfolio 2008 include Hannan, Huntington, Paul G. Blazer, Ravenswood, St. Joseph Catholic, South Point, Spring Valley, Symmes Valley, and Wayne.
Middle schools participating in Portfolio 2008 include Beverly Hills, Russell, St. Joseph Catholic, Winfield, and Wurtland.
Portfolio 2008 is presented at HMA in partnership with the Marshall University College of Fine Arts.
HMA hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. General admission is $5 per person or $18 for a family of four or more. Admission is free on Tuesdays and to Museum Members and school tours. For more information, call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible.
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April 8, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
PORTFOLIO 2008 STUDENT ART EXHIBITION OPENS
WITH RECEPTION APRIL 12 AT HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART
Highlighting more than 100 pieces of artwork by middle and high school students from West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio, the Portfolio 2008 student art exhibition honors the young artists during a public reception at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 12, 2008, at the Huntington Museum of Art. Admission to the opening reception is free.
Student award winners will be recognized during the opening reception and Brent Patterson, juror and Marshall University assistant professor of art, will present a critique of the show. A reception follows.
The exhibition runs through May 11.
Participating high schools include Hannan, Huntington, Paul G. Blazer, Ravenswood, St. Joseph, South Point, Spring Valley, Symmes Valley, and Wayne.
Participating middle schools include Beverly Hills, Russell, St. Joseph, Winfield, and Wurtland.
Portfolio 2008 is presented at HMA in partnership with the Marshall University College of Fine Arts.
HMA hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. General admission is $5 per person or $18 for a family of four or more. Admission is free on Tuesdays and to Museum Members and school tours. For more information, call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible.
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Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
CABELL COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS TO HOST PERENNIALS EXCHANGE
AT HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART PARKING LOT ON SATURDAY, APRIL 19The Cabell County Master Gardeners will host a perennials exchange from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, April 19, 2008, in the front parking lot at the Huntington Museum of Art.
The perennials exchange, which has the motto of “Bring One, Get One,” is open to everyone interesting in trading perennials. Members of the Cabell County Master Gardeners will also be available to answer various gardening questions.
In case of inclement weather, the perennials exchange will take place in HMA’s Walter Brown Studio 5 located behind the museum building.
Also, HMA’s Landscape Committee hosts a “Cleanup Day at the Museum” on Saturday, April 19, from 9 a.m. to noon. Volunteers who would like to help members of HMA’s Landscape Committee and staff members straighten up the Museum grounds are welcome. In case of rain, Cleanup Day will be rescheduled.
For more information on events at HMA, visit www.hmoa.org or call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible.
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March 31, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
AMERICAN SPIRIT: THE A.G. EDWARDS/WACHOVIA SECURITIES COLLECTION
BEGINS THREE-MONTH RUN AT HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART IN APRILMore than 50 works of art make up American Spirit: The A.G. Edwards/Wachovia Securities Collection, anexhibit that runs from April 12 through July 13, 2008, at the Huntington Museum of Art.
A special opening reception for the exhibit begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13, 2008, featuring music by The 1937 Flood and refreshments. At 3:30 p.m. that afternoon, the Musical Arts Guild will present “We the People,” a concert of patriotic music and song in HMA’s Grace Rardin Doherty Auditorium. Admission on opening day is free.
This exhibition captures the “American Spirit” with prints, posters, and photographs from the mid-19th century to the end of the 20th century. Each artwork addresses what it is that makes us uniquely American. Themes of the exhibit include issues of western expansion in the 19th century, small town life, urban life, recreational pastimes, industry, the immigrant experience, our national icons, women’s rights, and wartime propaganda.
Artists featured in the exhibit include Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, George Catlin, Howard Chandler Christy, and Edward Penfield.
This exhibition is sponsored by the Huntington Office of A.G. Edwards. A.G. Edwards is a division of Wachovia Securities, LLC. Additional support for this exhibition comes from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Champion Publishing, Inc./The Herald-Dispatch, the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, and The Earl and Nancy Heiner Donor Advised Fund of the Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Inc.
For more information on this exhibit or other events at HMA, call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible and is nationally accredited by the American Association of Museums.
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March 18, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
TO SERVE AS NATURE DOCENTS ON HMA’S TRAILSThe Huntington Museum of Art is seeking volunteers who are interested in serving as tour guides on HMA’s nature trails. Nature Docent Training Sessions will take place at 1 p.m. on Tuesdays in April and May.
Anyone who is older than 18 and interesting in volunteering as a nature docent is encouraged to attend the training sessions. April sessions include Cynthia Ellis, a retired Putnam County teacher, discussing ornithology; Dr. Mike Beck, HMA’s Conservatory Director, giving a tour of the conservatory; Jim Boggess, retired from Cabell County Schools, discussing wildflowers; and biologist Doug Woods discussing the history of Native Americans in the Tri-State Region.
May sessions include a wildflower discussion with Helen Gibbins; and a field trip to Carter Caves.
For additional information on programs at the Huntington Museum of Art, call (304) 529-2701. The Huntington Museum of Art facility, which is fully accessible, is accredited by the American Association of Museums.
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March 12, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
OPEN DOOR MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN TO RAISE $325,000
CONTINUES AT HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART
The 2008 Open Door Membership Campaign, with the goal of raising $325,000, continues at the Huntington Museum of Art.
Tom Lightner is Chairman of the 2008 Open Door Membership Campaign and Scott Sheets is Co-Chairman.
The $325,000 goal of HMA’s annual appeal represents nearly 15 percent of the Museum’s annual operating budget, which is the money needed to keep HMA’s doors open and operate the Museum.
As of March 12, HMA had surpassed $100,000 in contributions to the 2008 Open Door Membership Campaign. The deadline for the campaign is June 30.
For more information about the 2008 Open Door Membership Campaign, contact Sandra Stone, Annual Appeals and Events Administrator, at (304) 529-2701, Ext. 37.
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February 14, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART’S TRAILS IMPROVEMENT PROJECT
TO BEGIN ITS THIRD AND FINAL PHASE ON FEBRUARY 18, 2008The Huntington Museum of Art is announcing the commencement of the third and final phase of its Trails Improvement Project. The first two phases were completed over past summers with the aid of AmeriCorps and other volunteers.
The third phase entails more substantial upgrades to the existing trails such as bridge replacements and improvements as well as increasing run-off control and safety factors. It will also involve moving the existing trailhead and completely redeveloping it.
The new trailhead will be located close to the McCoy Road entrance to the Museum and will involve a sensory butterfly garden, a quarter-mile long, accessible, sensory trail funded in part by the Teubert Foundation for the Blind and a new primitive trail connecting to the existing trails. The new garden will be named the Steelman Butterfly Garden in honor and memory of the family of Nada Steelman, a longtime volunteer, docent and supporter of the Museum, who is now deceased. The new primitive trail will be named the Dr. Raymond L. Busbee Connector. Dr. Busbee has been involved for many years as a volunteer for the Museum trails system.
The Steelman Butterfly Garden and the accessible, sensory trail are designed as a holistic mind/body experience for the visually and physically impaired. Upon completion the Museum trails will provide a safe, accessible natural environment for hikers, nature lovers, health enthusiasts, students and teachers and those with visual and physical impairments.
“The Museum has a strategic imperative to offer services and experiences to the entire population and we are especially pleased to be able to provide the accessible portions of this project to the public,” said Margaret Mary Layne, HMA Executive Director. “Plans for the Trails Improvement Project have been years in the making under the direction of Senator Bob Plymale, Chairman of the Museum’s Board Trails Committee, and the funding we have received is restricted for this specific purpose.”
HMA’s trails will be closed for these renovations by Hager Construction, which was awarded the bid on the project, starting Feb. 18, 2008. The existing trails will reopen as soon as the work on that section is completed. It is anticipated that the remaining work will be completed in May 2008.
This project includes funding from the Federal Highway Administration’s Recreational Trails Program administered by the West Virginia Department of Transportation, Division of Highways. Other support comes from the Teubert Foundation for the Blind, the Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Alcon Manufacturing, LTD, the Mansbach Foundation, the American Foundation for the Blind, In Memory of Othel Rogers by Mrs. Rose Marie Riter, Mrs. Nada Steelman, and the Estate of Lucile Martin. The Museum wishes to extend its heartfelt gratitude to all sponsors for this project. For more information on the nature trail systems at HMA, please call (304) 529-2701.
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February 11, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
BLUETRANE TO PERFORM ON FEBRUARY 24
AT HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ARTIn honor of Black History Month, Bluetrane will present a jazz concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 24, at the Huntington Museum of Art’s Grace Rardin Doherty Auditorium as part of the ongoing Music at the Museum series. Admission to the concert is free.
Bluetrane’s personnel include the following Marshall University faculty members: Saxophonist Ed Bingham, Director of Jazz Studies; Trumpeter Martin Saunders, Director of Combos; Mike Stroeher, Teacher of Trombone and Music Education; Sean Parsons, Teacher of Jazz Piano and instructor of improvisation, history and theory; Mark Zanter, Bass and guitar, head of Theory and Composition at Marshall; and Steve Hall, Teacher of Percussion and director of the Percussion Ensemble and the African Drumming and Dance ensemble.
The program on February 24 will feature compositions from Bluetrane’s first CD “Things I’ve Herd” (contemporary pieces written and arranged by group members) and standard tunes from the “American Songbook.”The Music at the Museum Series was founded in 2000 by the efforts of the Huntington Museum of Art, Janet Ensign Bromley, and the Marshall University Department of Music.
For more information on events at HMA, visit www.hmoa.org or call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible.
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January 29, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
“AMERICAN MUSICAL IMPRESSIONISM” PERFORMANCE
SCHEDULED FOR FEB. 10, 2008, AT HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ARTAn “American Musical Impressionism” Performance with Dr. Vicki Stroeher of Marshall University, will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 10, in the Huntington Museum of Art’s Grace Rardin Doherty Auditorium. Admission is free.
Dr. Stroeher is Assistant Professor of Music History & Theory at MU and Coordinator of the Music History & Literature area. She will lead the audience during a musical presentation on “American Musical Impressionism” in conjunction with HMA’s showing of Painting the Beautiful: American Impressionist Paintings from the James Michener Museum of Art.
Dr. Stroeher’s presentation will be punctuated with recorded musical examples and live music by her MU colleagues. Dr. Stroeher earned her Ph.D. in Musicology with secondary specialization in theory from the University of North Texas in 1994. Dr. Stroeher is currently the Allegheny Chapter representative to the American Musicological Society Council. From 2005 to 2007 she served as its president.
At the heart of the issue of American Musical Impressionism is whether it is truly an American style, having been cultivated by composers who had turned toward Europe for their model. This lecture presentation will explore how musical Impressionism manifested itself in America and how it was received by the audiences of its day, searching for an answer to the question of how a style borrowed from Europe becomes American.
Painting the Beautiful: American Impressionist Paintings from the Michener Art Museum Collection features works by Edward Redfield, John Folinsbee and George Sotter, among other Pennsylvania Impressionist painters, and continues at HMA through March 16, 2008.
This exhibit is generously sponsored by the West Virginia Commission on the Arts, Cabell Huntington Hospital, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Exhibits USA, Richardson’s Printing Corporation, Huntington Mall Complex, and The Earl and Nancy Heiner Donor Advised Fund of the Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Inc. This exhibit is a program of Exhibits USA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance and The National Endowment for the Arts. An exhibition organized by the James A. Michener Art Museum and toured by Exhibits USA.HMA is fully accessible.
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January 29, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
THE HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART
TAKING REGISTRATIONS FOR CLASSESRegistration is under way for several classes being offered this spring at the Huntington Museum of Art. To register for a class, please contact Brad Boston at (304) 529-2701, Ext. 21. HMA is fully accessible.
Here is the class schedule:
Figurative Sculpture
Tuesdays, March 11- May 13 (10 sessions)
Instructor: Carter Seaton
7-9 p.m.
Studio 4
$100 Members; $120 Non-MembersIntroduction to Mold Making and Casting
Wednesdays, March 19- May 7 (8 sessions)
Instructor: Mark Earnhart
6:30-9 p.m.
Studio 2
$110 Members (materials fee included); $135 Non-Members (materials fee included)Watercolor
Wednesdays, March 19 – May 7 (8 sessions)
10 a.m.- 1 p.m.
Instructor: Lisa Walden
Studio 2
$120 Members; $150 Non-MembersWatercolor
Thursdays, March 20 –May 8 (8 sessions)
7-10 p.m.
Instructor: Lisa Walden
Studio 2
$120 Members; $150 Non-MembersIntroduction to Printmaking
Wednesdays, February 20 – April 9 (8 sessions)
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Instructor: Andrea Anderson
Studio 5
$85 Members; $110 Non MembersTraditional Darkroom Photography & Experimentation
Wednesdays, January 30 – March 19 (8 sessions)
Instructor: Larry Rees
6:30-8:30 p.m.
Studio 3
$90 Members; $110 Non-MembersBeading Tips and Finishing Techniques
Saturdays, February 23-March 15 (4 sessions)
Instructor: Susan Shields
10 a.m.- Noon
Studio 2
$55 Members; $75 Non-Members
Additional $15 supply feeFigure Drawing
Mondays, February 18 – April 7 (8 sessions)
6-9 p.m.
Instructor: Andrea Anderson
Studio 1
$110 Members; $130 Non-Members
Includes Model FeeHand Building and Wheel Throwing for Adults
Mondays, January 14 –March 31 (12 sessions)
6-8 p.m.
Instructor: Kathleen Kneafsey
Studio 4
$125 Members; $150 Non-MembersOpen Studio Night
Wednesdays, January 16- April 2 (12 sessions)
6-8 p.m.
Monitor: Kathleen Kneafsey
Studio 4
$10 Per Evening
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January 17, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
PAINTING THE BEAUTIFUL: AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTINGS
FROM THE MICHENER ART MUSEUM COLLECTION TO BEGIN
RUN AT HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ART ON JANUARY 27, 2008The Huntington Museum of Art will host 25 American Impressionist paintings from the James A. Michener Art Museum beginning Jan. 27 and continuing through March 16, 2008.
Painting the Beautiful: American Impressionist Paintings from the Michener Art Museum Collection features works by Daniel Garber, Edward Redfield, John Folinsbee and George Sotter, among other Pennsylvania Impressionist painters.
An opening presentation by Brian H. Peterson, senior curator of the James A. Michener Art Museum, begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 27, during a combined opening for this exhibit and Blenko: West Virginia’s Gift to the World. A reception follows.
Painting the Beautiful: American Impressionist Paintings from the Michener Art Museum Collection originates from the James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Thanks to a recent major gift of 60 works from a prominent collector, the Michener holds the world’s most extensive public collection of Pennsylvania Impressionist paintings. The artworks are accompanied by the major publication Pennsylvania Impressionism, co-published by the Michener Museum and the University of Pennsylvania Press. The book is edited and principally authored by the curator, Brian H. Peterson, who has more than 20 years of experience as a curator, critic, artist, and arts administrator in the Philadelphia area.
This exhibit is generously sponsored by the West Virginia Commission on the Arts, Cabell Huntington Hospital, St. Mary’s Medical Center, Exhibits USA, Richardson’s Printing Corporation, Huntington Mall Complex, and The Earl and Nancy Heiner Donor Advised Fund of the Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Inc. This exhibit is a program of Exhibits USA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance and The National Endowment for the Arts.An exhibition organized by the James A. Michener Art Museum and toured by Exhibits USA.
HMA is fully accessible.
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January 17, 2008
Contact: John Gillispie, (304) 529-2701, Ext. 17
BLENKO: WEST VIRGINIA’S GIFT TO THE WORLD
COMES TO HUNTINGTON MUSEUM OF ARTIn memory of glass designer Winslow G. Anderson, more than 100 pieces of Blenko glass go on display on Jan. 27 at the Huntington Museum of Art in an exhibit titled Blenko: West Virginia’s Gift to the World.
A combined opening reception for this exhibit and Painting the Beautiful: American Impressionist Paintings from the Michener Art Museum Collection begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27. A reception follows and a door prize of a Blenko vase valued at $2,500 and donated by Richard Blenko will be given away to someone in attendance.
Blenko: West Virginia’s Gift to the World continues on view at HMA through May 4, 2008. Organized by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, Blenko: West Virginia’s Gift to the World features glass from the collections of the West Virginia State Museum, the Huntington Museum of Art, the Blenko Factory collection, and private collections. This exhibit is traveling around the state and has already been to the Cultural Center in Charleston.
Fourth generation owner, Richard Blenko, along with Charles Morris, Director of Collections and Exhibitions at the West Virginia State Museum, curated the exhibit by selecting museum pieces for the exhibition so as to represent significant periods in the company’s history. The works range from the 1930s to the current day and include almost 20 pieces by designer Winslow Anderson, who worked at Blenko from 1947 to 1953. Other pieces include a tangerine vase by designer Joel Philip Myers, ruby glass for the Washington Cathedral, several West Virginia Statehood bowls, a Ronald Reagan Inaugural dinner vase and the Country Music Association annual award for which Blenko is the sole producer.
West Virginia Commissioner of Culture and History Randall Reid-Smith conceived the idea of traveling the exhibition to various venues throughout the state. “Blenko is one of the last remaining major glass producers so we want to honor their magnificent contribution,” he said.
Support for presenting Blenko: West Virginia’s Gift to the World at the Huntington Museum of Art comes from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History/West Virginia Commission on the Arts, Cabell Huntington Hospital, Glass Club of Huntington, the Huntington Mall Complex, an Anonymous Donor, Susann Apgar, Carolyn Bagby, Jim & Kim Becker, Rick & Marty Blenko, Steve & Nancy Canterbury, Ann Conjura & Rodger Blake, Jack Bourdelais, Ken Devlin & Jackie Hersman, Betsy Gerber, Lisa & Michael Krasnow, Bob & Poochie Myers, Dan & Kathy O’Hanlon, Rick Pulcrano, The Purple Moon, Dave Revell & Lynda Holup, Dr. John A. Sazy, John Walden, and The Earl and Nancy Heiner Donor Advised Fund of the Foundation for the Tri-State Community, Inc.
HMA is fully accessible.
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