http://www.hmoa.org/ News and Events en mmlayne@hmoa.org Copyright 2013 2013-03-22T18:55:39+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/portfolio-2013 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/portfolio-2013#When:18:55:39Z Opening reception and awards ceremony take place at 2 p.m. April 20, 2013. Admission is free. This exhibit highlights the work of middle school and high school art students and their teachers from West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio.  Portfolio 2013 is generously funded by the Marshall University College of Fine Arts. Exhibitions 2013-03-22T18:55:39+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/studio-selections http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/studio-selections#When:18:54:11Z Opening reception takes place from 6 to 7 p.m. April 23, 2013. Admission is free. This exhibit showcases the work of participants in HMA's studio classes. Exhibitions 2013-03-22T18:54:11+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/pilgrim-cameo-glass-from-the-touma-collection http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/pilgrim-cameo-glass-from-the-touma-collection#When:18:51:30Z In 2011, Drs. Joseph B. and Omayma Touma donated 41 pieces of Pilgrim Cameo Glass to the Huntington Museum of Art. This gift came on the heels of another generous donation by the Toumas of 100 pieces of Pilgrim Cameo to Marshall University’s Drinko Library. That collection is currently on permanent view on the 2nd floor reading room.  The Toumas began collecting Pilgrim Cameo glass in the 1990s not only for its beauty but for the purpose of preserving the legacy of cameo glass production in the Huntington region, which became their adopted home in 1971. Pilgrim Glass Corporation was established in Ceredo, W.Va., in 1949 by Alfred Knobler, and it became known for its many rare colors of glass, especially cranberry. In 1987, Kelsey Murphy and Robert Bomkamp joined the company and soon began experimenting with the cameo glass technique. In the 14 remaining years of glass production at Pilgrim (the factory closed in 2001), Murphy and Bomkamp created hundreds of designs and pioneered a new tradition of “American Super Cameo.” Murphy and Bomkamp continue to design and produce cameo glass in their home studio. Cameo glass was first created in ancient Rome in the 1st century AD. Only 15 complete pieces of this ancient glass have survived. The technique was used in Islamic art in the 9th and 10th centuries, but was then lost until the early 18th century when the Chinese began to make opaque glass with carved designs in relief, known as “Peking glass.” By the late 18th century glass manufacturers in Germany, England, and later in France began perfecting the art of cameo glass. The technique involves casing one color over another, then carving (using hand-cutting tools, engraving wheels, acid or sand-blasting), which exposes the various layers of color beneath. Murphy and Bomkamp have cased as many as 12 layers of color on one vessel. The Toumas have been patrons of the Huntington Museum of Art for decades, best known for their donation of more than 400 works of Near Eastern Art to the Museum between the years 1991 and 2004. They also donated the funds to construct a gallery to display this collection and in 2010 financed a beautiful catalogue of the Touma Near Eastern Collection. After falling in love with Pilgrim cameo glass and amassing a collection, as before, they wished to share these beautiful objects with the public. A selection of the 41 Pilgrim Cameo glass pieces will be on view in the Museum’s Glass Gallery through November 17, 2013. This exhibit is sponsored by the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment; 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.   Exhibitions 2013-03-22T18:51:30+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/selected-reality-photographs-of-the-1970s http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/selected-reality-photographs-of-the-1970s#When:18:45:01Z The permanent collection of the Huntington Museum of Art contains a little more than 90 photographs ranging from an early daguerreotype from the 1850s to digital images from the 21st century. The acquisition of photography was not a focus for the Museum until the 1970s when a large number of photographs came into the collection through purchase awards from the Museum’s regional juried Exhibition 280; purchases with funds provided by the West Virginia Arts and Humanities; and through individual gifts. The photos selected for this exhibit date from the 1970s, a time of great experimentation in the medium. In these photographs one can see the same trends and artistic styles being explored in other areas of the fine arts such as painting and sculpture making their way into photography such as conceptualism, minimalism, abstraction, and magic realism.  Photography has been taken seriously as a fine art medium since the turn of the 20th century. However, in the 1970s it enjoyed widespread visibility in galleries and museum exhibitions. No longer was photography thought of as only a “documentary” medium, rather it became manipulated in all stages of creativity from conception, composition, and processing. And even though artists were still working with the limitations of film techniques (as opposed to today’s digital capabilities and Photoshop manipulations), artists could create and select the reality they wished to capture or present. This exhibit is sponsored by the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment; 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. Exhibitions 2013-03-22T18:45:01+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/a-sense-of-place-the-west-virginia-sesquicentennial-artist-invitational http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/a-sense-of-place-the-west-virginia-sesquicentennial-artist-invitational#When:18:39:59Z The opening event for this exhibit takes place at HMA from 6 to 8 p.m. June 22, 2013, with a short video about the artists by Brad Boston presented on the big screen in the Grace Rardin Doherty Auditorium followed by a Meet-the-Artists Reception. Admission is free. To celebrate West Virginia’s sesquicentennial, the Huntington Museum of Art has organized a small invitational exhibit. All of the 18 participating artists teach in West Virginia colleges and universities, affording them a unique viewpoint in that they work closely with West Virginia students from a variety of backgrounds and places within the state. This exhibit will present many artistic viewpoints  – not only in style (traditional vs. cutting edge contemporary) and chosen media (painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, video, etc.), but also in the amount of time the artist has spent in the state absorbing “a sense of place.”  Many of the invited artists were born, reared, and have always lived in West Virginia, however, some are recent (and not-so-recent) transplants from other states and other countries. We asked each invited artist to create a work in their preferred medium and in their unique personal style using “sense of place” as a broad guide, referring to this theme as an intensely personal response to the environment, both social and natural, which the individual experiences in daily life.  This sense can also refer to the individual’s perception of the whole state, and their feelings, attitudes, and influences living, working, and residing in West Virginia. It is another way for the Museum to support West Virginia artists, expand our visitors’ knowledge and familiarity of artists working within the state and it is a wonderful way for the Museum to celebrate the 150th anniversary of West Virginia’s statehood. Artists who will be participating are: Christian Benefiel, Shepherd University; James Biggs, Concord University; Andy Bloxham, West Virginia Wesleyan College; Jennifer Boggess, Fairmont State University; Liza Brenner, Glenville State College; Michael Doig, Davis & Elkins College; Molly S. Erlandson, West Virginia State University; Sonya Evanisko, Shepherd University; James Haizlett, West Liberty University; Hayson Harrison, Marshall University; Grant Johnson, Alderson-Broaddus College; Natalie Larsen, Marshall University; Peter Massing, Marshall University; Mark Tobin Moore, Concord University; Kenneth Morgan, Bethany College; Erika Osborne, West Virginia University; Dr. Reidun Ovrebo, West Virginia State University; and Michael Sherwin, West Virginia University. Jenine Culligan, organizing curator, will visit each artist’s studio, as will Education Assistant Brad Boston, who will create a travelogue of his journey, documenting his visit to studios, schools and towns throughout the state. This exhibit is sponsored by the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment; 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. This program is presented with support from the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts.   Exhibitions 2013-03-22T18:39:59+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/the-herald-dispatch-presents-looking-back-huntington-through-the-lens-of-le http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/the-herald-dispatch-presents-looking-back-huntington-through-the-lens-of-le#When:18:22:57Z Emmy Award-winning writer and documentary film maker John Witek will lead a Gallery Walk through this exhibit as part of the Fourth Tuesday Tour at 7:15 p.m. June 25, 2013. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served. Free Tuesdays at the Huntington Museum of Art are sponsored by AT&T. Levi Holley Stone (1898-1981), historical Huntington's "unknown" photographer, has at last been discovered. Local resident John Witek, who is an Emmy Award-winning writer, documentary film maker, and inveterate collector, purchased more than 1,000 negatives by Stone at a local flea market. At the time, Witek was unaware of Stone's photographs (as was just about everyone outside of Stone's family) and had no way of knowing that he had stumbled upon an undiscovered cache of unique images taken by a self-taught photographer with great vision. Witek began researching the life of Levi Holley Stone and included the following facts about that life in an article titled Forgotten Huntington: The Home Town Photos of L.H. Stone: "Like many of his generation, Stone was self-taught and self-reliant. He was a jack of all trades who was good with his hands. At different times he worked as a cement carrier, paper hanger, carpenter, theatrical property manager, electrician, and Teamster. He drove a truck for a power company, was a librarian for a WPA orchestra, and managed a dormitory at Marshall College. He was also a crackerjack baseball player, and he played guitar as well." Caught up in the amateur photography craze that began at the end of the 19th century with the invention of the Kodak camera, Stone, like most amateur photographers, took many pictures of family and friends. But, as Witek realized after enlarging Stone's small negatives, these were not your typical family photos. The photographer had a good eye and composed his shots artfully. As Witek wrote, "Stone was thinking like an artist before most people felt that photography could be an art." Many of Stone's images portray people and places encountered in Huntington from as early as 1912 and into the 1940s. These include shots of crowds during parades down Third Avenue, automobiles and gas stations, luncheonettes, pool halls, public monuments, vaudeville entertainers, movie theaters, and much more. They anticipate the generation of "street" and "documentary" photographers such as Robert Frank, Walker Evans, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, and Diane Arbus. They are not only interesting historically; many stand on their own as works of art. In 2011, John Witek introduced the work of Levi Holley Stone to staff at the Huntington Museum of Art. Soon the decision was made (with the blessing of Stone's descendants) to host an exhibit of 80 selected photographs. Local photographer Sholten Singer has scanned and/or digitally photographed the negatives, which will be printed by the Huntington Museum of Art. Local Historian James Casto and John Witek will identify places and people in the photographs. You may be able to shed some light on this too! We look forward to introducing the photographs of L.H. Stone to the Museum's audience. This exhibit is presented by The Herald-Dispatch; and sponsored by the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment; 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; In Memory of Charlotte and Albert Boos; In Memory of Mrs. Susie Bernev Fatzinger; and In Memory of Carney and Margaret M. Layne. Exhibitions 2013-03-22T18:22:57+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/vestige-of-a-tree http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/vestige-of-a-tree#When:18:15:23Z Join us at 7 p.m. May 28, 2013, for the Fourth Tuesday Tour for a guided tour of Vestige of a Tree and a walk on the nature trail. Admission is free. Refreshments will be served. Free Tuesdays at the Huntington Museum of Art are sponsored by AT&T. This group of disparate objects includes tools, boxes, items of personal adornment, walking sticks/canes, dolls, furniture, ritual masks, a musical instrument, firearms, and sculpture. All began life as a tree, then a piece of wood, then an object, and now a work on exhibit in a museum! All employ wood as the main material, and all have been manipulated by artists and craftsmen for their own use – aesthetic or otherwise.   An artist’s mind is a unique and wonderful thing. If you gave 30 artists a piece of wood, and tell them to go away and make something, each artist will create something completely different. The idea behind this exhibit is taking one material  – wood  – and exploring the diverse outcome of both necessity and creativity – exploring a readily available, organic material, its qualities, scale and possibilities by artists and craftsmen from around the world.  This exhibit is sponsored by The Katherine & Herman Pugh Exhibitions Endowment; 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.   Exhibitions 2013-03-22T18:15:23+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-robert-briscoe http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-robert-briscoe#When:19:17:58Z Public Presentation takes place at 7 p.m. May 23, 2013. Admission is free. Workshop Searching For Simplicity - Making the Quietest Pots with the Loudest Voices takes place 9 a.m.-4 p.m. May 24-26, 2013. Call (304) 529-2701 for workshop fee information. Robert Briscoe was born in Kansas City, Kansas, in 1947, and has worked as a studio potter since 1967. He apprenticed with functional potter James Vandergriff in Zarah, KS (1967-68) and later received a Bachelor of Science in economics from Kansas State University (1980). Briscoe was a founding member of the Upper St. Croix Valley Pottery Tour – now an annual destination for collectors nationwide – and remains one of the event’s principal organizers. He has received awards including a McKnight Artist Fellowship (2001 and 2007) and a grant from the Jerome Foundation (1987). Briscoe has lectured and conducted ceramics workshops across the country. His work has been featured in Ceramics Monthly, American Craft, and The Art of Contemporary Pottery. He is represented in public collections such as the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s Renwick Gallery (Washington, D.C.); the Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN); Arizona State University Art Museum (Tempe, AZ); and numerous private collections around the world. He lives and works on 31 acres of woods and fields in Harris, Minnesota. Preparing and serving food to family and friends remains one of the last true rituals in the modern age. For more than 40 years, Robert Briscoe’s functional pottery has explored the powerful link between maker and user by emphasizing the integral role that handmade ceramic objects play in savoring some of life’s richest experiences. Within this time-honored tradition, function is paramount and craft truly matters – and it is to these useful, “honest” ends that Briscoe aspires. His generously proportioned, wheel thrown stoneware pots reflect a quiet simplicity, their strength derived through nuance, subtle expression, and unhindered use. His ceramic forms are spare, often asymmetrical, with heavy textures and weighty bases. Rims and attachments such as lips, handles and knobs are substantially shaped with a rounded thickness that invites the viewer to sip from and cook in Briscoe’s works. Although uncomplicated by decoration, a muted palette of white, honey, rust and olive green ash glazes integrate form and surface and further enliven the work. The Walter Gropius Master Artists Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition as well as the Gropius Studios. The Museum is indebted to Roxanna Y. Booth’s son, Alex Booth, for his participation in the concept development of the Gropius Master Artists Workshops.   Exhibitions 2013-02-12T19:17:58+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-c.f.-payne http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-c.f.-payne#When:19:11:56Z Public Presentation takes place at 7 p.m. March 22, 2013. Admission is free. Workshop Step-by-Step Process for Effective Illustration takes place 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 22-24, 2013. Call (304) 529-2701 for workshop fee information. One of America’s foremost contemporary artist-illustrators, Chris “C.F.” Payne received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in 1976 and further honed his skills at the Illustrators Workshop in Tarrytown, N.Y. Payne began his freelance career in 1980 and is currently based in his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio, where he settled after sojourns to studios in Akron, Chicago and Dallas. Payne's illustrations have been featured on the covers of Readers Digest, Time Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The Atlantic Monthly, U.S. News and World Report, Sports Illustrated, Boys Life, MAD Magazine and der Spiegel. He has been commissioned to paint countless politicians, authors and entertainers, and has illustrated 10 children’s picture books, including The Remarkable Farkle McBride and Micawber, written by John Lithgow. Payne is a Professor of Illustration and Chair of Graduate Studies at the Columbus College of Art and Design. Over the course of his prolific career, Payne has received national recognition from distinguished organizations such as the Society of Illustrators, the Society of Publication Designers, Communication Arts, and publications such as Print Magazine, How Magazine and Illustration Magazine. His work garnered Gold and Silver awards from the Society of Illustrators of both New York and Los Angeles, and he received the Hamilton King Award – one of the industry’s most prestigious – from the Society of Illustrators of New York. Payne has exhibited work in the National Portrait Gallery (Washington, D.C.), the National Academy Museum (New York, N.Y.), the Norman Rockwell Museum (Stockbridge, MA), Cincinnati Art Museum (Cincinnati, OH) and numerous college and university galleries such as the Selby Gallery at the Ringling College of Art and Design (Sarasota, FL). Often compared to legendary illustrator Norman Rockwell (1894-1978), Payne’s wide-ranging ability enables him to cover a range of subjects in multiple markets, seriously as well as irreverently. Much of Payne’s commercial work depicts everyday life and references collective American experiences. Like Rockwell, he displays a keen emotional sensitivity conveyed through subtleties of gesture and expression. Although naturally inclined to humor and caricature, his highly realistic renditions make the exaggerations convincingly real. Despite the increasing role of digital technology in the field, Payne works with traditional media using time-honored drawing and painting techniques. His approach is unusual, though, as he applies layers of acrylic paint and Prismacolor pencil over an oil-based wash. While the wash is still wet, Payne begins establishing value and loosely articulating the figures by wiping away areas with a rag.  The initial oil underpainting gives the work a uniform tone and is sealed with photographer’s varnish before proceeding to successive layers. The Walter Gropius Master Artists Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition as well as the Gropius Studios. The Museum is indebted to Roxanna Y. Booth’s son, Alex Booth, for his participation in the concept development of the Gropius Master Artists Workshops.   Exhibitions 2013-02-12T19:11:56+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-tom-nakashima http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-tom-nakashima#When:19:08:45Z Public Presentation takes place at 7 p.m. April 4, 2013. Admission is free. Workshop Painting and a Philosophy of Life takes place 9 a.m.-4 p.m. April 5-7, 2013. Call (304) 529-2701 for workshop fee information. Internationally renowned painter and printmaker Tom Nakashima is the great-grandson of a samurai warrior and nephew of furniture legend George Nakashima. After three years of service in the 101st Airborne, Nakashima returned to his hometown of Dubuque, Iowa, where he received a bachelor’s degree from Loras College in 1965. He earned MA and MFA degrees from the University of Notre Dame in 1966 and 1967, respectively. His work has appeared in or been reviewed by hundreds of international publications including Art in America, New American Paintings, The Washington Post, The Paris Review, and Elle Magazine. Nakashima has received numerous awards and fellowships over the course of his impressive career, including a Mid-Atlantic/National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, an Award for the Visual Arts fromThe Southeast Center for Contemporary Art, and was a 2004 national recipient of the prestigious Joan Mitchell Award for Painters and Sculptors. Nakashima is a veteran of more than 30 solo exhibitions with work found in more than 50 permanent collections across the United States and Japan, including the National Museum of American Art (Washington, D.C.), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), and the Long Beach Museum of Art (Long Beach, CA). Nakashima is a professor emeritus of the Catholic University of America (Washington, D.C.) where he taught for more than 20 years, and most recently served as the William S. Morris Eminent Scholar in Art at Augusta State University (Augusta, GA) from 2003-2010. Nakashima, who was born to a Japanese-American father and an Irish-Canadian mother, draws from both Eastern and Western traditions to create monumental works of art that remind us of the metaphorical power of natural forms. He is heavily influenced by philosophy and theology and well-known for his deft use of allegory and symbolism in his work. Nakashima’s “treepile” paintings – gigantic piles of tangled, twisted tree trunks and limbs – address pressing environmental concerns such as deforestation and urban sprawl, as well as his personal observances on aging. These heroic works as well as their more intimate counterparts synthesize painting techniques with recycled paper collage elements to form a fusion of subtle color and texture. The Walter Gropius Master Artists Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition as well as the Gropius Studios. The Museum is indebted to Roxanna Y. Booth’s son, Alex Booth, for his participation in the concept development of the Gropius Master Artists Workshops. Exhibitions 2013-02-12T19:08:45+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-kate-bingaman-burt http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-kate-bingaman-burt#When:18:57:53Z Public Presentation takes place at 7 p.m. March 15, 2013. Admission is free. Workshop Zine Extravaganza takes place 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. March 15-17, 2013. Call (304) 529-2701 for workshop fee information. Kate Bingaman-Burt is an illustrator and educator who makes piles of work about consumerism and consumer culture. As an undergraduate, Bingaman-Burt double-majored in English and Studio Art at the College of the Ozarks (Point Lookout, Missouri) and received a bachelor’s degree in 2000. She earned an MFA from the University of Nebraska (Lincoln, Nebraska) in 2004, and is currently an Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Portland State University (Portland, Oregon). As an illustrator, Bingaman-Burt happily thinks and draws for other good people and companies. Her growing list of regional, national and international design clients includes VH1, Target, Girl Scouts of America, Hallmark and the Gap as well as locally loved institutions such the Museum of Contemporary Craft, Reading Frenzy and The Dill Pickle Club. She also actively exhibits her continuing research about consumption and human behavior in museums, galleries, storefronts and community spaces. Her first book, Obsessive Consumption: What Did You Buy Today?, was published by Princ­eton Architectural Press in 2010 and her second book, What Did I Buy Today?, will be released this spring. Since 2007, Bingaman-Burt’s work has been represented by Jen Bekman Gallery, New York City, NY. Bingaman-Burt is incredibly versatile as a visual artist, employing drawing, typography, painting, photography, crafts and graphic design in service to a central theme. She makes drawings, zines, dresses, photos and paper chains about personal consumerism, market economies, guilt, joy, excess, gifts, celebration, repetition and the community of these shared experiences. These works cheerfully and critically document ordinary and mass-produced objects such as Coke cans, Post-it notes, toilet bowl cleaner – miscellaneous items that we interact with but often do not think about. Other series investigate mix tapes, stolen goods, passwords and yard sale signs. On February 5, 2006, Bingaman-Burt began making drawings that document something she purchased that day – and the project is still ongoing … The Walter Gropius Master Artists Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition as well as the Gropius Studios. The Museum is indebted to Roxanna Y. Booth’s son, Alex Booth, for his participation in the concept development of the Gropius Master Artists Workshops. Exhibitions 2013-02-12T18:57:53+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/curators-choice-barrie-kaufman http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/curators-choice-barrie-kaufman#When:19:39:43Z A Gallery Walk with Barrie Kaufman takes place at 5:30 p.m. November 9, 2012, in conjunction with the opening for the exhibit Mr. Fitz, which marks HMA’s 60th Anniversary Celebration. A reception follows. Admission is free. Throughout her 35-year career of making art, Barrie Kaufman has never stopped experimenting with new techniques. Working primarily on paper, and in a series format, Kaufman explores her themes in a multitude of mediums. Her subjects are extremely personal and wide ranging. They find their way to the surface during quiet hours meditating and creating in her basement studio. Over the years, her subjects have included interpretations of stories learned while working with severely abused children during art therapy sessions; visual collaborations with the late poet Elaine Blue dealing with domestic violence, abuse, homelessness and poverty; examining gender roles with simplified dress-shapes inspired by actual 19th century dresses she researched in the collection of the West Virginia Culture Museum; and dream-like visions of nature influenced by the woods of West Virginia and Canada. Most recently, Kaufman has been creating environmental-themed works which explore the upset balance of fragile ecosystems by big industry’s use of the environment and how this affects all of Earth’s creatures. In these woodcuts and paintings spiritual symbols and iconic figures from various religions share the page with animals, foliage and industrial machinery. This exhibit will present a selection of works from the past with emphasis on new work created in the last year. A variety of print techniques including woodcuts, carborundum prints, and silk aquatints will be on view as well as oil stick on paper, encaustic, and other media. Barrie Kaufman has been involved with HMA for more than 30 years, participating in numerous Exhibition 280 exhibits, and receiving awards in 1990 and 2003. This will be the Museum’s fifth Curator’s Choice, a series of solo exhibitions, presenting the work of selected artists from West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. Curator’s Choice began in 2004. To date the series has presented solo exhibitions featuring the work of Robert Hutton (2004), Paula Clendenin (2006), Darryl Halbrooks (2008), and Charles Jupiter Hamilton (2010). Kaufman received a BA degree from Marietta College, an MA degree in Art Therapy from Wright State University, and an MA degree in Art from Marshall University.  She has been in private practice as an art therapist since 1986. She has taught Art at Mountaineer Montessori School since 1989 and maintains a teaching studio in Charleston. Kaufman has had solo exhibitions of her work in the United States, Canada and Stockholm, Sweden, at Sotheby’s, and her work has been in group exhibitions in Taipei, Taiwan, Canada and throughout the United States. Honors and awards include Taipei City Mayor’s Prize, 5th International Print Biennial, Pressé Papier, Visiting Artist Fellowship Trois Rivieres, Quebec, Canada, West Virginia Commission on the Arts, The Painted Bride, Philadelphia PA, Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, Kentucky Foundation for Women, the West Virginia Visual Arts Fellowship for Painting and Crafts, and many others.  Her work is in the permanent collections of the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan; Rutgers University, Rutgers, New Jersey; Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences; Collection of West Virginia State Museum, Charleston; Marshall University Graduate College; University of Charleston; and many others. This exhibit is sponsored by The Bell Law Firm, PLLC; Frank Baer II and Marion Baer; Barbie and Ray Dan; Kathie Giltinan; Dr. and Mrs. Steven Jubelirer; Judge Tod J. Kaufman; Mr. and Mrs. Anthony J. Majestro; Dr. Timothy Spears, DDS and Mimi Imbrogno Spears; Liz and Louis Weisberg; Katherine Forbes Wellford; Yarid's Inc. - Katherine & Tony Juker, Emilie & Chris Couch; The Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment; West Virginia Division of Culture and History; National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.   Exhibitions 2012-09-05T19:39:43+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/huntington-federal-savings-bank-presents-mr.-fitz1 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/huntington-federal-savings-bank-presents-mr.-fitz1#When:19:19:53Z Running through October 20, 2013, Huntington Federal Savings Bank Presents: Mr. Fitz: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Huntington Museum of Art marks 60 years of bringing art to the Tri-State community. This extended exhibition, which opened October 20, 2012, and took a small break from February 3-22, 2013, presents selected highlights from the more than 425 works donated by the late Herbert Fitzpatrick. It was Herbert Fitzpatrick along with other visionaries who in 1947 began discussing the idea of a cultural center or museum in Huntington. Mr. Fitzpatrick jumpstarted the project with the donation of 52 acres for a site to erect an art gallery to store his collection, as well as provide for an arboretum, bird sanctuary and nature trails. The Huntington Galleries (now known as the Huntington Museum of Art) opened in 1952. Fitzpatrick was an avid art collector and had a great eye for beauty in many guises. His tastes in art were wide-ranging, from British silver from the Georgian period, Near Eastern prayer rugs, fine European and American paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints, and Asian decorative arts. For the past two years the Museum’s Archivist/Librarian Chris Hatten has been researching Herbert Fitzpatrick and the early years of the Museum. Photographs, videos and ephemera from the Library archives and new material collected during his research will be on view in a portion of the gallery. A limited edition book about Herbert Fitzpatrick and the founding of the Museum written by Chris Hatten will accompany this exhibit. This exhibit is sponsored by Huntington Federal Savings Bank; Huddleston Bolen LLP, in Memory of Herbert Fitzpatrick; Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC, in loving memory of Norman K. Fenstermaker; Carl F. Frischkorn in Memory of Permele Francis Booth; Donald Egnor in Memory of Helen H. Crissey; In Memory of Major Henry Dourif; In Memory of Roberta S. Emerson, from her Loving Children; In Memory of Janet W. Ford from her Family; Camille M. Riley in Memory of John E. Jenkins, Jr.; Todd McCreight & Cathie Lutter and Matthew McCreight & Kathryn Greene-McCreight in memory of Betsy K. and Paul W. McCreight; Thomas F. Scott in Memory of Elizabeth T. Scott; Nada (Nico) and Barney Francis in Memory of Jack and Nada Steelman; Woody & Nancy Jane Van Zandt Bolton and Caroline Van Zandt Windsor in Memory of Virginia Kitchen and Richard K. Van Zandt; In Memory of Jeanne and Robert Wulfman; The Isabelle Gwynn & Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment; West Virginia Division of Culture and History; National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.   Exhibitions 2012-09-05T19:19:53+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/huntington-federal-savings-bank-presents-mr.-fitz http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/huntington-federal-savings-bank-presents-mr.-fitz#When:19:14:27Z This exhibit runs October 20, 2012-February 3, 2013 AND February 23-October 20, 2013. HMA’s 60th Anniversary Celebration begins with a Gallery Walk with Barrie Kaufman at 5:30 p.m. November 9, 2012, in conjunction with the opening for her exhibit Curator’s Choice. A reception follows. Admission is free. Opening October 20, Huntington Federal Savings Bank Presents: Mr. Fitz: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Huntington Museum of Art marks 60 years of bringing art to the Tri-State community. This extended exhibition presents selected highlights from the more than 425 works donated by the late Herbert Fitzpatrick. It was Herbert Fitzpatrick along with other visionaries who in 1947 began discussing the idea of a cultural center or museum in Huntington. Mr. Fitzpatrick jumpstarted the project with the donation of 52 acres for a site to erect an art gallery to store his collection, as well as provide for an arboretum, bird sanctuary and nature trails. The Huntington Galleries (now known as the Huntington Museum of Art) opened in 1952. Fitzpatrick was an avid art collector and had a great eye for beauty in many guises. His tastes in art were wide-ranging, from British silver from the Georgian period, Near Eastern prayer rugs, fine European and American paintings, sculpture, drawings and prints, and Asian decorative arts. For the past two years the Museum’s Archivist/Librarian Chris Hatten has been researching Herbert Fitzpatrick and the early years of the Museum. Photographs, videos and ephemera from the Library archives and new material collected during his research will be on view in a portion of the gallery. A limited edition book about Herbert Fitzpatrick and the founding of the Museum written by Chris Hatten will accompany this exhibit. This exhibit is sponsored by Huntington Federal Savings Bank; Huddleston Bolen LLP, in Memory of Herbert Fitzpatrick; Jenkins Fenstermaker, PLLC, in loving memory of Norman K. Fenstermaker; Carl F. Frischkorn in Memory of Permele Francis Booth; Donald Egnor in Memory of Helen H. Crissey; In Memory of Major Henry Dourif; In Memory of Roberta S. Emerson, from her Loving Children; In Memory of Janet W. Ford from her Family; Camille M. Riley in Memory of John E. Jenkins, Jr.; Todd McCreight & Cathie Lutter and Matthew McCreight & Kathryn Greene-McCreight in memory of Betsy K. and Paul W. McCreight; Thomas F. Scott in Memory of Elizabeth T. Scott; Nada (Nico) and Barney Francis in Memory of Jack and Nada Steelman; Woody & Nancy Jane Van Zandt Bolton and Caroline Van Zandt Windsor in Memory of Virginia Kitchen and Richard K. Van Zandt; In Memory of Jeanne and Robert Wulfman; The Isabelle Gwynn & Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment; West Virginia Division of Culture and History; National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.   Exhibitions 2012-09-05T19:14:27+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/selected-paintings-from-the-daywood-collection http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/selected-paintings-from-the-daywood-collection#When:18:45:03Z While many of the American impressionist works from The Daywood Collection are on view in Gallery Three in American Impressionism: Paintings from the Collection (on view through April 7, 2013), the Bridge Gallery will feature an additional selection of American and French paintings from The Daywood Collection, mostly landscapes, seascapes and portraits, the favored subjects of West Virginia natives Arthur Spencer (1887-1948) and Ruth Woods Dayton (1894-1978). Portraits include Robert Henri’s exuberantly painted work titled Kathleen, which captures a young Irish girl, from Achill Island; Charles Webster Hawthorne’s masterpiece titled The Widow, a somber, depiction of a grief-stricken woman clutching her infant; and Howard Somerville’s striking Joyce, a study in contrasts -- juxtaposing a fair-skinned beauty against a study in black. Landscapes include Les Bords de L’Eure, a prismatic-palette, impressionist painting by French artist Gustave Loiseau depicting a walk along a river in the Loire Valley, and Norwegian-born American artist Jonas Lie’s colorful and poetic view of Blue Heron Lake. John Sloan’s Gully at Low Tide shows a change from the artist’s usual gritty scenes of city life. Instead Sloan employs vigorous, textural brushstrokes influenced by his awareness of post-impressionist styles he saw at the 1913 Armory Show the year before this painting was executed. This exhibit is sponsored by the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment; 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. Exhibitions 2012-09-05T18:45:03+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/tracks-photography-and-the-railroad-from-the-george-eastman-house-collectio http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/tracks-photography-and-the-railroad-from-the-george-eastman-house-collectio#When:18:00:43Z Opening event takes place at 7 p.m. November 27, 2012, during the Fourth Tuesday Tour. There will be a guided tour of the exhibit and an appearance by author and local historian James E. Casto portraying Collis P. Huntington. A reception follows. Admission to this opening event is free. Free Tuesdays at the Huntington Museum of Art are sponsored by AT&T. In the early decades of the 19th century, two new inventions changed our understanding of space and time. The railroad made it possible for people to travel well beyond a day’s walk from their home, and the photograph permitted a kind of time travel that made detailed and exact memory possible, even beyond the grave. In the United States, both the railroad and the photograph were essential to the opening of the West and the development of national identity. A survey of images depicting railroads and images related to railroads from around the world, TRACKS: Photography and the Railroad from the George Eastman House Collection covers more than 160 years of photographic and railroad history. This exhibition will please a variety of audiences including historians, lovers of the American West, and train enthusiasts alike. The city of Huntington, founded by Collis P. Huntington as the Western terminus of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, is a natural fit for this traveling exhibition. Trains and the railroad still define the layout of the town and remain an important part of its identity and culture. In this group of images, the railroad appears as technological triumph, violator of nature, symbol, myth, and nostalgic evocation of a better, nobler past. TRACKS: Photography and the Railroad from the George Eastman House Collection includes works by Bisson Frères, William Henry Jackson, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Lewis W. Hine, Aaron Siskind, and others. This exhibition has been organized and is being circulated by George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, New York. This exhibit is generously sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History; National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts; The Isabelle Gwynn & Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment; The Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society; In Memory of Willis W. Cook; In Memory of Howard and Arthinia Ellis; In Memory of Jack and Miriam Glick; In Honor of Shelley and Tim Jackson and Brody Stewart; In Memory of Ronald C. Kyger; In Honor of Jacob Lewis, Director, Pace Prints, Chelsea New York Gallery; In Honor of Art Malcomb; In Memory of Michael L. Mansour; In Memory of Dwayne L. Payne; In Memory of Ms. Jeanne R. Poulter; In Memory of Richard O. Probst; In Honor of Mrs. Susan Shields; In Memory of Rev. Kenneth R. Stultz; and In Memory of Wilhelmine Woodyard. Exhibitions 2012-09-05T18:00:43+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/tri-state-arts-association http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/tri-state-arts-association#When:18:50:43Z Opening reception takes place from 2 to 4 p.m. September 9, 2012. The Tri-State Arts Association will present this biennial exhibition that promotes the work of artists living and working in West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio. Jurors for this year’s exhibition are Judi Parks, Cincinnati, Ohio, and Robert Wren Smith, Vienna, West Virginia. A variety of media will be represented, including painting, drawing, photography, ceramics, sculpture, glass, wood, textiles, and mixed-media.  The Tri-State Arts Association has been in existence since 1953. The association was formed “to encourage and promote a public interest in and understanding of all schools of art, and to create and develop a closer relationship between art and the community.” The Huntington Museum of Art has been showcasing work by members of the Tri-State Arts Association since 1959.  Exhibitions 2012-08-28T18:50:43+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-katherine-ross http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-katherine-ross#When:18:28:27Z Public Lecture: November 1, 2012, at 7 p.m. A reception follows. Admission is free. Workshop: Multiples, Ghosts and Clones: Mold Making for Ceramics takes place November 2-4, 2012, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For workshop fee information or to register, call (304) 529-2701. Renowned for her expertise in porcelain production, Katherine Ross uses ceramics as her primary medium to create site-specific installations and performances that explore obsolescence within cultural practices. In this exhibition, titled Ghost, she reflects upon the current state of the porcelain teacup and the mule as vestigial ghosts of their own histories. Porcelain teacups long held ritualistic use and conveyed status in elite society, although this has all but disappeared from contemporary culture with the introduction of plastic and disposable utilitarian ware. Likewise, the mule – one of the oldest manipulations of nature by man – was quickly rendered obsolete with the mass introduction of heavy equipment for farming, drayage and battle. Together, the porcelain teacup and the mule create a jumping off point for a more spontaneous, intuitive, and perhaps ridiculous studio production resulting in a sculptural installation that is a secondary image, or trace, of these fading icons. Katherine Ross received a B.A. in 1976 from the State University of New York at Fredonia, and an M.F.A. from Tulsa University in 1980. She has been a faculty member at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 1981, and is currently the Chair of the Ceramics Department. Her work has been featured in many national and international exhibitions and installations, in venues such as Jingdezhen National Ceramic Museum (Jingdezhen, China), Sanbao Ceramic Art Museum (Jingdezhen, China), The Centers for Disease Control Museum (Atlanta, GA), the Urban Institute for Contemporary Art (Grand Rapids, Mich.), and SOFA Chicago. Ross is the recipient of many awards and grants including the Chicago Artists International Program Travel Grant, Arts Midwest/NEA Grant, Indiana State Arts Commission Master Fellowship, and a Banff Center for the Arts Residency. She has also worked with several architects, including Michael Graves, on both commercial and residential architectural projects and restorations. The Walter Gropius Master Artists Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition as well as the Gropius Studios. The Museum is indebted to Roxanna Y. Booth’s son, Alex Booth, for his participation in the concept development of the Gropius Master Artists Workshops.   Exhibitions 2012-08-17T18:28:27+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-judy-pfaff http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-judy-pfaff#When:17:23:31Z Judy Pfaff will give her Walter Gropius Master Artist Public Presentation at 6 p.m. Saturday, June 16, 2012, during the opening reception for her exhibit, and Visiting Inspiration: Twenty Years of Gropius Artists and The Collection of Alex E. Booth, Jr. Admission to the opening reception is free. Internationally recognized for her complex, large-scale installations, Judy Pfaff pioneered installation art in the 1970s and remains one of the movement’s most influential artists, renowned for her ability to manipulate space. Balancing the intense planning of an engineer with the improvisational decision-making of an artist, Pfaff synthesizes sculpture, painting and architecture into dynamic new, site-specific environments. Although carefully organized in advance, these sprawling installations develop on-site through a working process that is highly intuitive and physical; the final composition grows organically within the space as she accumulates, subtracts and refines the elements. Over the course of her prolific career, Pfaff has worked with a wide and unusual range of everyday, organic and industrial materials, and incorporates many different media in her work. While known primarily as a sculptor, her paintings and prints are equally powerful and have a flowing, three-dimensional presence. According to Pfaff, her work thrives on the complexity of life and the fluidity of the creative process. Judy Pfaff was born in London in 1946 and settled in America at the age of 13. She received her B.F.A. from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, and her M.F.A. from Yale University, New Haven, Conn. Her innovative work has garnered wide acclaim from galleries and museums throughout the United States, Europe, and the Far East, and is found in such prestigious collections as the Detroit Institute of Art, Detroit, Mich.; The Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, N.Y.; and the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Penn. Pfaff has received many awards, including a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Award (2004); a Bessie Award (1984); and fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1983) and the National Endowment for the Arts (1986). She has had more than 100 major solo installations at such venues as Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison (2002); Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colo. (1994); St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri, (1989); and Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. (1982). She represented the United States in the 1998 Bienal de São Paulo. Pfaff is the Richard B. Fisher Professor in the Arts and Co-Chair of the Studio Arts Program at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., and currently lives and works in Kingston and Tivoli, N.Y. The Walter Gropius Master Artists Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition as well as the Gropius Studios. The Museum is indebted to Roxanna Y. Booth’s son, Alex Booth, for his participation in the concept development of the Gropius Master Artists Workshops. Exhibitions 2012-06-07T17:23:31+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-enrique-chagoya http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-enrique-chagoya#When:18:14:05Z Public Presentation: September 7, 2012, at 7 p.m. A reception follows. Admission is free. Workshop: September 7-9, 2012, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Call (304) 529-2701 for workshop fee information or to register for the workshop. Equal parts fine artist and cultural anthropologist, Enrique Chagoya creates incisive social critiques from the perspective of one who has lived on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Born in Mexico City in 1953, the San Francisco-based artist’s paintings, drawings and prints juxtapose secular, religious and popular symbols to explore the shifting definitions of cultural identity. Through a process he has termed “reverse anthropology,” Chagoya rewrites, redraws and collages playful and violent alternate histories that re-imagine the “official” histories written by the governing cultures or the military victors – primarily those of Europe and the United States – through the eyes of the defeated. Diverse visual materials mined from pre-Columbian mythology, Western religious iconography and American popular culture collide with ethnic stereotypes and ideological propaganda in satirical, contradictory, unexpected and sometimes controversial contexts. The result is a frenzied synthesis of both marginal and dominant viewpoints, often a non-linear narrative with many possible interpretations. Enrique Chagoya studied political economics at the Universidad Nacional Autonóma de México, Mexico City, Mexico, before moving to the United States in 1979. He received a B.F.A. in 1984 from the San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, Calif. In 1986 he completed an M.A., and in 1987 an M.F.A., both from the University of California, Berkeley. Chagoyais currently a Full Professor at Stanford University’s Department of Art and Art History specializing in painting, drawing and printmaking. He is represented in numerous public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, N.Y.; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y.; the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, N.Y.; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, Calif.; and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, Calif., among many others. He has been the recipient of many awards such as two NEA artist fellowships; a Tiffany Fellowship; an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; a President’s Award for Excellence from the San Francisco Art Institute; and a grant from Artadia, to mention a few. He is represented by Gallery Paule Anglim in San Francisco, Calif.; George Adams Gallery in New York, N.Y.; and Lisa Sette Gallery in Scottsdale, Ariz. His prints are published by Shark’s Ink, Lyons, Colo.; Segura Publishing, Pueblo, Ariz.; Trillium Press, Brisbaine, Calif.; Magnolia Editions, Oakland, Calif.; Electric Works, San Francisco, Calif.; ULAE, New York, N.Y.; and Smith Andersen Editions, Palo Alto, Calif. The Walter Gropius Master Artists Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition as well as the Gropius Studios. The Museum is indebted to Roxanna Y. Booth’s son, Alex Booth, for his participation in the concept development of the Gropius Master Artists Workshops. Exhibitions 2012-06-01T18:14:05+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-exhibit-warren-mackenzie-randy-johnston http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-exhibit-warren-mackenzie-randy-johnston#When:20:38:06Z Warren MacKenzie Background “Out of a kiln-load of hundreds of pots, only a few reach out strongly to the user. Out of this small number, even fewer will continue to engage the senses after daily use. These seem to tap a source beyond the personal and deal with universal experience.”  – Warren MacKenzie Internationally recognized as a true master of 20th Century ceramics, Warren MacKenzie has influenced and inspired ceramicists, young and old, for more than 50 years. His career embodies the changing role of the ceramic artist in society, from the emergence of the individual studio potter in the 1950s to the vibrant contemporary studio pottery movement. In his Stillwater, Minnesota, studio, MacKenzie works daily to create functional, wheel thrown glazed stoneware vessels – largely unadorned – that emphasize form, surface and the physical gestures of making. Within these works, the artist’s hand is evident, intangibly linking maker to user through a respectful balance of form and function. Mackenzie’s pursuit of the “honest”, functionally elegant pot is legendary, and is rooted in the traditions of his mentors: British potter, Bernard Leach; Japanese potter, Shoji Hamada; and Japanese aesthetician, Soetsu Yanagi, all leading proponents of the Japanese mingei (“art of the people”) philosophy. Mingei celebrates simplicity, subtlety and the humble beauty that arises from an object’s utility, but the precepts transcend aesthetics to become a way of life. As an educator, MacKenzie has imparted this unique fusion of art and life to countless students including Randy Johnston, Jeff Oestreich, Mark Pharis and Sandy Simon, to name only a few. From 1953-1990, MacKenzie taught ceramics at the University of Minnesota, chaired the Department of Studio Art from 1981-1985, and placed the university ceramics department – and the whole “Mingei-sota” region – on the map as a major American hub of ceramic activity. MacKenzie was born in 1924 in Kansas City, Missouri, and graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1947. From 1949-1952, MacKenzie and his first wife, Alix Kolesky, apprenticed with Bernard Leach (1887-1979) at his renowned pottery in St. Ives, Cornwall, England, and learned firsthand how to run a pottery studio. Through Leach, the young artists befriended Shoji Hamada (1894–1978), by then a master mingei potter, and Soetsu Yanagi (1889-1961). Upon their return, they established a pottery studio in Stillwater, Minnesota, and in 1953 MacKenzie began teaching ceramics at the University of Minnesota. Throughout his impressive career, MacKenzie has exhibited both nationally and internationally and conducted countless lectures and workshops throughout the country. Amongst numerous awards, MacKenzie was named a Regent’s Professor and a fellow of the International Academy of Ceramics in 1984 and was the first to receive the Minnesota Governor’s Award in Crafts in 1986. MacKenzie retired from teaching in 1990, but continues to make pots in his studio, exhibit and sell his work and lecture in America and abroad. In 1997 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Minnesota Crafts Council and a year later was honored with the Gold Medal from the American Crafts Council. His work is represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York; the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.; the National Folk Art Museum in Tokyo, Japan; the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England; the Contemporary American Crafts Museum in New York, NY; the Bernard Leach Study Collection in Bath, England; the Minnesota Museum of American Art in St. Paul, MN; the Weisman Art Museum and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, both in Minneapolis, MN.   Randy Johnston Background Randy Johnston has worked in ceramics in his Wisconsin studio for more than 40 years. Although firmly grounded in the functional vessel tradition, he is recognized internationally as a ceramic artist who has brought a fresh aesthetic to contemporary form. While building upon the Japanese mingei (“art of the people”) philosophies of his mentors, Johnston also experiments with new ideas and materials. His hallmark technique includes natural ash glaze firing with an emphasis on flashing, scorching, and vitrified ash deposits. The violent nature of this firing adds a level of unpredictability to the process, often imbuing the finished work with a raw, primal surface. He produces a wide variety of glazed wares as well, using his own versions of standard Japanese glazes. Johnston has made exploration an equally important part of his creative career. Fresh out of college in 1972, he built one of the earliest noborigama (climbing kilns) in the United States, and has achieved recognition for his many contributions to the development of wood kiln technology in this country. Johnston is currently a professor and department chair at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls, where he teaches ceramics and drawing. Johnston is the recipient of numerous awards including the Bush Artist Fellowship granted by the Bush Foundation in Minnesota and two Visual Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Johnston received his M.F.A. from Southern Illinois University and a B.F.A. in Studio Arts from the University of Minnesota, where he studied with Warren MacKenzie. He also studied in Japan at the pottery of Shimaoka Tatsuzo, who was a student of Shoji Hamada, internationally recognized for bringing Japanese ceramic techniques and philosophies to the West. Johnston has presented hundreds of lectures and guest artist presentations worldwide. His work is exhibited internationally and is represented in permanent collections such as the Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Minneapolis Art Institute, Minneapolis; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles; Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City; and numerous international, public and private collections. Exhibitions 2012-04-02T20:38:06+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-exhibit-tanja-softi http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-exhibit-tanja-softi#When:20:26:35Z A Bosnian of Muslim heritage, Tanja Softić grew up in Sarajevo where she received her undergraduate diploma in painting from the Academy of Fine Arts of the University of Sarajevo in 1988. While completing graduate studies in printmaking at Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Va., (M.F.A. 1992), the Bosnian War erupted in her homeland half a world away, permanently altering the course of her life. Displaced and unable to return, Softić forged ahead, an émigré artist in a new environment and culture: the United States. Softić’s works on paper explore the nature of memory, cultural identity, and national belonging experienced through the hybrid worldview of an immigrant. With a rich visual vocabulary that draws upon artistic, literary and scientific methods of inquiry, Softić creates intricately layered images full of iconography and association. Exquisitely rendered elements of landscape, microscopic life forms, architectural details and diagrams, obsolete geographical maps, astronomical charts, and anatomical fragments are combined to suggest a narrative that is deeply personal, yet easily adaptable to interpretation. Softić is a recipient of the Pollock-Krasner Grant, National Endowment for the Arts/ Southern Arts Federation Visual Artist Fellowship and Soros Foundation – Open Society Institute Exhibition Support Grant. Her work is included in numerous collections in the U.S. and abroad, among them New York Public Library, Library of Congress Print Department and New South Wales Gallery of Art in Sydney, Australia. She participated in the 12th International Print Triennial in Krakow, Poland, and won a First Prize at the 5th Kochi International Triennial Exhibition of Prints, Ino-cho Paper Museum, Kochi, Japan, in 2002. She completed print projects at Flying Horse Press, Tamarind Institute and Anderson Ranch’s Patton Printshop. She is currently Professor of Art and Chair of the Department of Art and Art History at the University of Richmond, Richmond, Va. The Walter Gropius Master Artists Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition as well as the Gropius Studios. The Museum is indebted to Roxanna Y. Booth’s son, Alex Booth, for his participation in the concept development of the Gropius Master Artists Workshops. Exhibitions 2012-04-02T20:26:35+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-exhibit-amy-cutler http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-exhibit-amy-cutler#When:20:20:05Z Amy Cutler is internationally recognized for her meticulously detailed narrative works of art – open-ended allegories that are at once whimsical, ominous and perplexing. Cutler’s gouache paintings, drawings and prints vividly depict a world populated by women, animals and hybrid-beings engaged in fantastic, dream-like activities. Cutler was born in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., in 1974. She studied at the Staatliche Hochschule fur Bildende Kunste, Stadelschule, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, from 1994-1995; received her BFA from The Cooper Union School of Art, New York, N.Y., in 1997; and continued her studies at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 1999. Having rapidly gained an international audience, Cutler’s work has been included in major exhibitions of contemporary art, including The Whitney Biennial in 2004 and Greater New York at PSI/MOMA in 2005. She has had solo exhibitions at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Mo.; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn.; and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Penn. Her paintings, drawings, and prints are included in the collections of the Hammer Museum at UCLA; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City, N.Y.; the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minn.; the Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Ind., and numerous private collections. Cutler is represented by Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, N.Y. The Walter Gropius Master Artists Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition as well as the Gropius Studios. The Museum is indebted to Roxanna Y. Booth’s son, Alex Booth, for his participation in the concept development of the Gropius Master Artists Workshops. Exhibitions 2012-04-02T20:20:05+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/doodle-4-google-wv-finalists-exhibition http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/doodle-4-google-wv-finalists-exhibition#When:20:26:56Z Opening Reception begins at 7 p.m. May 22, 2012. Admission is free. The 10 West Virginia Finalists in the Doodle 4 Google ™ competition will be on display at the Huntington Museum of Art during this exciting exhibit. Admission to HMA will be free throughout the run of this exhibit. Exhibitions 2012-03-06T20:26:56+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/classes-workshops-exhibition http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/classes-workshops-exhibition#When:20:21:00Z Opening reception takes place on May 15, 2012, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. During evening hours and on weekends, eager artists fill the HMA studios, honing their art-making skills and enjoying the camaraderie of fellow artists. Some of the classes that take place throughout the year are pottery, watercolor, figure drawing, photography, pastels and the use of Photoshop. Be sure to enjoy this exhibit of work by HMA’s studio artists. Exhibitions 2012-03-06T20:21:00+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/portfolio-2012 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/portfolio-2012#When:20:19:24Z Opening Reception and Awards Ceremony begin at 2 p.m. April 14, 2012 Portfolio 2012 is a must see!  This exhibit celebrates the work of middle school and high school art students (and their teachers) in the surrounding counties of Cabell, Wayne, Putnam, Lincoln, Mingo and Jackson in West Virginia, Lawrence in Ohio, and Boyd, Greenup and Carter in Kentucky. An awards ceremony takes place the opening day of the exhibit with a reception following. Portfolio is generously funded by the Marshall University College of Fine Arts.   Exhibitions 2012-03-06T20:19:24+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/the-collection-of-alex-e.-booth-jr http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/the-collection-of-alex-e.-booth-jr#When:20:15:57Z Opening reception takes place on June 16, 2012, with a 6 p.m. Public Presentation by Walter Gropius Master Artist Judy Pfaff followed by a reception. Admission to the opening reception is free. The Collection of Alex E. Booth, Jr. is striking in its breadth and variety, and comprises some of the most significant works in the Huntington Museum of Art’s permanent collection. Since 1964, and throughout his many years of involvement with the Huntington Museum of Art, Alex E. Booth, Jr. has made many generous gifts to this Museum, expanding its holdings in many areas. Mr. Booth’s art interests are wide ranging, from important American paintings by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, John Singer Sargent, and Edward Potthast; American abstract sculpture from the 1950s and 1960s, including a Harry Bertoia sound sculpture titled Wheat Field; a still life pastel by Georges Braque; a beautiful and important sketch by George Bellows titled Counted Out; important abstract expressionist works by Franz Kline and Robert Motherwell, as well as works that reflect his world travels. Alex E. Booth, Jr. headed the Museum’s board from 1971 to 1973 and chaired the Buildings Committee at the time of the 1970 Gropius addition. It was this Committee that selected the Architect’s Collaborative, headed by Walter Gropius, to design the Museum’s additional galleries and studios.  It is fitting that this collection is displayed concurrently and alongside works by artists who have visited the Museum as part of the Walter Gropius Master Artist Series, as that program has been partly conceived by Mr. Booth, and is funded through the generosity of the Estate of his Mother, Roxanna Y. Booth. In addition to the objects on display in the Daywood Gallery, visitors can find numerous sculptures from the Booth Collection on permanent display in the Museum’s Virginia Cavendish Sculpture Courtyard and throughout the Museum grounds. This exhibit is sponsored by The Herald-Dispatch, the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Exhibitions 2012-03-06T20:15:57+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/visiting-inspiration-twenty-years-of-gropius-artists http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/visiting-inspiration-twenty-years-of-gropius-artists#When:20:08:09Z Opening reception takes place on June 16, 2012, with a 6 p.m. Public Presentation by Walter Gropius Master Artist Judy Pfaff followed by a reception. Admission to the opening reception is free. Since 1992, the Huntington Museum has been the home to a brilliant and generous program which has enabled staff to select and bring a wide range of practicing artists known both nationally and internationally to Huntington. While here, each artist presents a hands-on or demonstration workshop available especially to artists of the Tri-State region. The workshops are accompanied by an eight-week exhibition of the artist’s work and a public lecture. In the past 20 years, 99 artists have visited the Museum, providing artists of this region the opportunity for observation, experimentation, constructive criticism,  and comradeship with other artists. The Walter Gropius Master Artist Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, a Huntington native, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition, as well at the Gropius Studios constructed in 1970. Alex E. Booth, Jr., Roxanna’s son, has advised and participated in the concept development of this series. Roughly 10 years ago, a decision was made by the Museum to acquire a representative work by each of the visiting Gropius artists, when possible. This exhibition presents works that have been acquired to date and celebrates 20 years of the Walter Gropius Master Artist Series. Works on view represent a variety of media and show the breadth of the workshops offered. In the past two decades, workshops have focused on ceramics, photography, painting, pastel, printmaking, hand-made paper, glass, textiles, fiber, mixed-media and large-scale indoor and outdoor installations.  The Museum continues to bring approximately six artists to Huntington each year and will continue to acquire representative works by these inspirational visiting artists. This exhibit is sponsored by The Herald-Dispatch, the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Exhibitions 2012-03-06T20:08:09+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/american-impressionism http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/american-impressionism#When:20:03:38Z The first group exhibit of works by the French Impressionists took place in Paris, France, in 1874. Ironically, few of the American artists who later became known as American Impressionists took much notice of these exhibits while studying art in Paris. It seems hard to believe that this now famous group of artists which includes Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Édouard Manet, Mary Cassatt, Berthe Morisot, Alfred Sisley, Camille Pissarro and Gustave Caillebotte exhibited together only eight times, until 1886, but their painting style had a marked influence on artists around the world – and on the history of art. Many young American artists traveled to Paris in the 1870s and 1880s, then the art capital of the world, to round out their American academic art studies, the majority at the Académie Julian. The first American Impressionist canvases painted in the United States by repatriated artists occurred in the late 1880s (with the exception of expatriate artists John Singer Sargent and Mary Cassatt who were creating impressionist paintings earlier), following a flurry of U.S. exhibits of French Impressionist works, and the interest of a number of prominent American collectors in acquiring works by Monet, Renoir, Pissarro, Manet, Sisley and others – thus validating the style in America.  American impressionist painters often combined academic training with the more radical impressionist techniques, selecting and focusing on one or more of the tenets of impressionism such as incorporating a broken brush work, prismatic light, atmospheric and/or climate effects on an object, observing, sketching and painting out-of-doors (en plein air), or the depiction of modern subject matter – especially leisure-time activities. The permanent collection of the Huntington Museum of Art holds a treasure trove of American Impressionist paintings. This exhibition will present these important and popular works painted by many of the best-known American impressionists including Childe Hassam, J. Alden Weir, Willard L. Metcalf, John H. Twachtman, Frank Benson, Edward Willis Redfield, W. Elmer Schofield, Arthur Meltzer, and many others. This exhibit is sponsored by The Katherine and Herman Pugh Exhibition Endowment, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.   Exhibitions 2012-03-06T20:03:38+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/modern-mexico-works-from-the-jule-collins-smith-museum-of-fine-art-auburn-u http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/modern-mexico-works-from-the-jule-collins-smith-museum-of-fine-art-auburn-u#When:19:58:59Z This selection of 40 prints and paintings, dating from 1900-2000, was selected from the collection of the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University, and will be traveling to Huntington as part of HMA’s continued collection sharing venture with regional and southern museums. The art of modern Mexico has its beginnings in the satiric black and white prints of José Guadalupe Posada (1852-1913), and two of his energetic prints accompany this show. His highly circulated graphic work brought a popular, anti-establishment message to the masses, and influenced successive generations of activist artists, especially during and following the first socialist revolution (1910-1920).   Among those influenced were “Los Tres Grandes” muralists, José Clemente Orozco, Diego Rivera, and David Alfaro Siqueiros, who in the 1930s began a lithographic revival, prompting a number of artists to begin examining, through printmaking, their pre-Hispanic roots as Mexicans, as well as issues of social justice and politics. All three are represented with powerful lithographs. One of the most active print collectives was the Taller de Grafica Popular (People’s Graphic Workshop), founded in 1937 in Mexico City and in existence through 1953. Seven prints from the suite titled Mexican People by member artists will be on view, as well as other works by members of the group.   Rufino Tamayo, Francisco Zuniga, and Francisco Corzas Chávez, who turned away from social commentary and concentrated on their individual styles are each represented by strong works. Prints and paintings by Alejandro Colunga, Francisco Toledo, Ismael Vargas and Jorge López Garcia, all younger Mexican artists, bring the viewer up to the 21st century. Also on view will be a selection of prints by a number of international artists who were drawn to the Mexican art scene, including Edith Bry, Leonora Carrington, and Jean Charlot.  This exhibit is sponsored by Macy’s, the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and West Virginia Commission on the Arts.   Exhibitions 2012-03-06T19:58:59+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/fine-arf http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/fine-arf#When:19:55:39Z To help celebrate Huntington’s win over 15 other cities vying for the $100,000 Pet Safe “Bark for Your Park Contest” and to help observe the opening of the park this summer, the Huntington Museum of Art will present an exhibition featuring images of dogs from HMA's permanent collection. The works on exhibit span five centuries, from the 16th through the 20th centuries, and portray the relationships between humans and their canine companions. Visitors will be able to view many different types of dogs rendered in a variety of media including oil paintings, watercolors, sculptures, prints, and decorative art objects. Each image will be accompanied by a famous quote about dogs. Artists with works featured in the exhibit include Alex Katz, Adele Lewis, Susannah F.Q. Nicholson, Levon West, Sir Frances Seymour Haden, Marguerite Kirmse, Casper Netscher, George Ford Morris, Marilyn Bendell, Marcel Vertes, Richard Lindner, T.A. Hay, Charley Kinney, Fairfield Porter, and Giovanni de’Bussi Cariani. Once the exhibit opens to the public, visitors to the Huntington Museum of Art's Facebook page will be able to upload a photo of their favorite dog to the site. This exhibit is sponsored by the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Exhibitions 2012-03-06T19:55:39+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/rugs-to-riches-treasured-textiles-from-the-permanent-collection http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/rugs-to-riches-treasured-textiles-from-the-permanent-collection#When:21:25:00Z In the almost 60 years of the Museum’s existence, a wide range of beautiful textiles have been given to the Museum by generous donors forming a substantial “collection within a collection.” Some of these works have become well known to our visitors over the years, including the Near Eastern Prayer rugs on view in the Touma Gallery, George Washington’s Cherry Tree quilt, and the large French Tapestry which depicts the goddess Diana returning from the hunt. However, these are just a few of the riches within the collection. Because of the fragile nature of textiles (they are highly susceptible to the fading effects of overexposure to light), many of these works rarely go on display. From Rugs to Riches: Treasured Textiles from the Permanent Collection displays a wide variety of textiles from all over the world including French tapestries; Near Eastern Prayer Rugs; American quilts, coverlets and hooked rugs; Chinese and Japanese robes; Native American beaded items; Pre-Columbian Peruvian weavings and bags; paisley shawls and tie-dyed fabric from India; and French and American bags from the 1920s. This exhibit is sponsored by The Herald-Dispatch, West Virginia Division of Culture and History; the West Virginia Commission on the Arts; and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibitions Endowment.   Exhibitions 2012-02-28T21:25:00+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/sources-and-influences-contemporary-clay-artists-mentors-and-students http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/sources-and-influences-contemporary-clay-artists-mentors-and-students#When:16:38:01Z Opening reception begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22, 2012, with Warren MacKenzie giving his Walter Gropius Master Artist Public Presentation followed by a reception. Admission to this opening reception is free. Walter Gropius Master Artist Randy Johnston will present a demonstration-only workshop at HMA during this exhibit on April 20-22. Call (304) 529-2701 for workshop fee information. Ceramic artist and teacher Kathleen Kneafsey has served as artist-in-residence at the Huntington Museum of Art for the past 10 years. She is responsible for selecting the country’s top ceramic artists to visit Huntington, WV, as part of the Walter Gropius Master Artist Workshop Series. Thanks to her ongoing efforts the museum’s small clay studio has grown, the workshop program has gained national stature, and HMA’s contemporary ceramics collection expands with each visiting artist. Kneafsey’s bold vision and commitment to ceramics education continues with Sources and Influences: Contemporary Clay Artists, Mentors and Students. Sources and Influences explores the connections, tangible and intangible, between mentors and students within the current studio ceramics community in the U.S., beginning with a single, representative work by each of the 22 clay artists who have participated in the Walter Gropius Master Artist Workshop Series. In keeping with the theme, each of the artists has selected two additional ceramists to display work alongside their own: an artist they consider their mentor, and another whom they have mentored. The exhibit will present a total of 66 works, both functional and sculptural. Three generations of potters are represented, from early vanguards of the studio pottery movement to those just beginning their career in clay. Professional give-and-take remains, as it always has, an important vehicle to transmit ideas concerning technique and aesthetic; however, among these ceramic artists, camaraderie often extends beyond direct instruction in the studio. Sources and Influences is rooted in the power of these relationships to shape not only a career, but a life – in clay. This exhibit is sponsored by The Herald-Dispatch, the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment, In Memory of Dr. Paul Ambrose, In Honor of Milton and Jane Herndon, In Memory of Mary Etta Hight, In Memory of James B. Hoey, In Honor of Helen and Bob Massullo, In Memory of See-More (English Bull Terrier 4/25/2005-11/9/2010), the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and the West Virginia Commission on the Arts. This program is 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. Exhibitions 2011-12-21T16:38:01+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/from-rugs-to-riches-treasured-textiles-from-the-permanent-collection http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/from-rugs-to-riches-treasured-textiles-from-the-permanent-collection#When:17:50:36Z Opening reception coincides with Holiday Open House from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, December 4, 2011, with demonstrations of spinning, weaving, knitting, and quilt piecing, in addition to music and dance performances, a visit from Santa Claus, refreshments, and much more. In the almost sixty years of the Museum’s existence, a wide range of beautiful textiles have been given to the Museum by generous donors forming a substantial “collection within a collection.” Some of these works have become well known to our visitors over the years, including the Near Eastern Prayer rugs on view in the Touma Gallery, George Washington’s Cherry Tree quilt, and the large French Tapestry which depicts the goddess Diana returning from the hunt. However, these are just a few of the riches within the collection. Because of the fragile nature of textiles (they are highly susceptible to the fading effects of overexposure to light), many of these works rarely go on display. From Rugs to Riches: Treasured Textiles from the Permanent Collection will display a wide variety of textiles from all over the world including French tapestries; Near Eastern Prayer Rugs; American quilts, coverlets and hooked rugs; Chinese robes; a Japanese kimono; Native American beaded items; Pre-Columbian Peruvian weavings and bags; paisley shawls and tie-dyed fabric from India and the Near East; and French and American beaded bags from the 1920s. The Museum was fortunate to have Jennifer Pisula as an intern during the summer. Jennifer is a graduate student at Rhode Island University studying Historic Textiles and Costume and was able to work with curatorial staff on the selection, display and conservation of many of the Museum’s textiles. We thank Jennifer for all of her assistance. This exhibit is sponsored by The Herald-Dispatch, West Virginia Division of Culture and History; the West Virginia Commission on the Arts; and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibitions Endowment. Exhibitions 2011-08-15T17:50:36+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/macys-presents-haiti-to-huntington-a-journey-of-color http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/macys-presents-haiti-to-huntington-a-journey-of-color#When:17:47:42Z Winslow Anderson first visited Haiti in 1951, and would return to the Island at least once a year for the next 40 years. Anderson was a ceramist and a painter, and from 1947-1953 he was the first designer at Blenko Glass Company, Milton, West Virginia, hired to design modern utilitarian vessels for factory production. Anderson had been trained as a potter at New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred (now Alfred University) and studied form, composition and color with the renowned abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann, whose principles were largely non-objective and cerebral. Anderson felt that Hofmann’s teachings “appeal to a painter in the same way a Bach fugue appeals to a musician.” We know from comments he wrote about his collection that when he first viewed Haitian paintings he “saw for the first time, fun and joy in paintings just as the musician would have fun in playing The Blue Danube or the Beer Barrel Polka as compared to a complicated fugue … During these years, I purchased many (Haitian) paintings – all chosen with my heart and not my head. Each one inspired me to ‘get to the easel’ and start to paint.” In thinking of these formative years in Anderson’s career (he was 30 years old when he began working for Blenko) one can’t help wonder if the Haitian paintings not only inspired his own easel paintings, but also influenced his color choices at Blenko. This exhibit will explore that idea of the bright, bold colors of Haiti finding credence with glass designed and produced in West Virginia. This exhibit is presented by Macy’s, with additional generous support from the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, the West Virginia Commission on the Arts, and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment.                     Exhibitions 2011-08-15T17:47:42+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/harvey-littleton-celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-glass-studio-movem http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/harvey-littleton-celebrating-the-50th-anniversary-of-the-glass-studio-movem#When:17:33:43Z The 50th anniversary of studio glass art in America is being observed in 2012. To celebrate this milestone and recognize talented artists, the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass (AACG), a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to further the development and appreciation of art made from glass, has initiated more than 100 glass demonstrations, lectures and exhibitions that will take place in museums, galleries and art centers across the country throughout 2012. The Huntington Museum of Art will participate in this celebration with a small exhibit in the Museum’s Glass Gallery of six early glass sculptures by Harvey Littleton from the Museum’s permanent collection. The American Studio Glass movement began with two glass workshops held at the Toledo Museum of Art in 1962. The workshops were taught by Harvey K. Littleton, who, along with scientist Dominick Labino, introduced a small furnace built for glassworking that made it possible for individual artists to work in independent studios. Glass programs were then established by Littleton at the University of Wisconsin, at the California College of the Arts by Marvin Lipofsky, and later at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), led by artist Dale Chihuly, to name but a few. To learn more about the observations of the 50th anniversary of studio glass art in America, visit http://contempglass.org/2012-celebration This exhibit is sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Commission on the Arts, and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment.     Exhibitions 2011-08-15T17:33:43+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/fifty-years-of-contemporary-prints-1960-2010 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/fifty-years-of-contemporary-prints-1960-2010#When:17:28:01Z Since 1960, each subsequent decade has brought technological advances and experimentation to the world of printmaking. Since the 1960s and 1970s, artists have had access to large printmaking centers and workshops employing master printers, large scale presses and papers, and the capability of combining non-traditional processes and materials. With that said, however, many artists still work alone, and execute and pull prints in their private studios. Artists have broadened their range of media, with painters and sculptors delving into the world of printmaking. Thus, today, already into the second decade of the 21st century, the possibilities of printmaking seem endless. This exhibition will explore prints from the past five decades and will present outstanding examples of work by well-known artists, including Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, Jim Dine, Helen Frankenthaler, Keith Haring, Chuck Close, Jennifer Bartlett, John Baldessari, Yvonne Jacquette, and Willie Cole, among others. This exhibit is sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Commission on the Arts, and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment. Exhibitions 2011-08-15T17:28:01+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/lenny-lyons-bruno-coal-camp-series-2000-2010 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/lenny-lyons-bruno-coal-camp-series-2000-2010#When:15:16:05Z Meet the artist at HMA’s Holiday Open House on December 4, 2011, from 1 to 4 p.m. Lenny Lyons Bruno was born in a West Virginia coal camp in 1947. The Coal Camp Series is a visual narrative of those early years. A self-taught artist, Lenny shares her memories in large paintings that incorporate a wide range of materials including quilts, photographs, ledgers and found objects often dating back to that era. Her sculpture follows the same theme, everyday objects reconfigured into iconoclastic forms that create a sense of nostalgia and wonder. While layered and complex, her paintings and sculpture have enormous emotional impact for the viewer, one that encourages a personal journey of discovery. This exhibit is sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Commission on the Arts, and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment.   Exhibitions 2011-08-15T15:16:05+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/mary-h.-j.-churchill-hodges-present-on-inland-waters-steamboats-and-the-ohi http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/mary-h.-j.-churchill-hodges-present-on-inland-waters-steamboats-and-the-ohi#When:15:59:57Z Opening reception begins at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011, with a 30-minute performance by Musical Arts Guild featuring a medley from “Showboat” and other boat-related songs. A gallery walk with exhibit co-curator Gerald W. "Jerry" Sutphin and a reception follow. Admission to the opening reception is free. This year – 2011 – marks the 200th anniversary of the first steamboat to successfully navigate the Ohio River and eventually travel down the Mississippi (then referred to as western waters) to New Orleans. This first steamboat, named “New Orleans” was owned by Robert Fulton and Robert Livingston and constructed by Nicholas Roosevelt, whose family joined him as the first steamboat passengers on inland rivers. This important journey changed the course of American history, for it was not only a daring adventure, but it opened up the continent for further exploration, and led to thousands of steamboats being built and operating on the rivers in America. Photographs and steamboat ephemera portraying the different types of steamboats which plied the Ohio River from Pittsburgh to Cincinnati for the past two hundred years, selected from the extensive collection of river/steamboat historian and co-curator of the exhibit Gerald W. "Jerry" Sutphin, will be the focus. Paintings, drawings and decorative arts either depicting steamboats, or associated with use on steamboats, from the collection of the Huntington Museum of Art, and other public and private collections will also be on view. The River Institute at Hanover College, Hanover, Indiana, is spearheading this year of celebrations. Mary H. and J. Churchill Hodges Present On Inland Waters: Steamboats on the Ohio River 1811-2011, which received generous additional support from the West Virginia Humanities Council; West Virginia Division of Culture and History; West Virginia Commission on the Arts; the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment; North Gate Business Park; Huntington District Waterways Association; Neal F. Harper; In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. John P. Boylin; In Memory of Thomas C. Bullington; In Memory of Frank Eugene Duba, Ph.D. 1967-2010; In Memory of Howard and Arthinia Ellis; In Memory of John E. Jenkins, Jr.; In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Glick; In Memory of Miriam Greenstein; In Memory of Edward H. Lafferre; In Memory of Sallie Mossman Manassah; In Memory of Mary M. Maphet; In Memory  of Wilhelmina Moore: Struggles Going Upstream; In Memory of Byron and Ruth Walling; and In Memory of Mrs. Harry (Betty) Wolfe, Jr.   Exhibitions 2011-08-04T15:59:57+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-mary-buchanan http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-mary-buchanan#When:19:31:39Z Exhibition: Vanishing Stories October 15 – December 11, 2011 Public Lecture: November 3, 2011, at 7 p.m. Workshop: Creating Narrative in the Contemporary Quilt takes place November 4 – 5, 2011             Although formally trained as a printmaker, Mary Buchanan began to explore quilt-making in 1996, intrigued by the process, history and tradition of the medium. She was subsequently awarded a 3 ½-year, grant-funded residency as part of the Dominion Therapy Program at Westminster Canterbury, Richmond, Va., designed to bring studio art experiences to seniors with memory impairments. The lasting impressions of this tenure continue to inform the content of her work.             Buchanan’s embroidered and quilted textiles function as visual metaphors for the disordered relationships of person, place, and time that accompany Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia. She uses both formal and conceptual elements to investigate these degenerative processes by layering, tearing, stitching, dyeing, cutting and repeating imagery, text, and pattern. Fragmented images of empty buildings, sitting rooms and antiquated objects drift into and out of focus. Within these complex compositions, foreground and background become interchangeable, simultaneously obscuring and revealing information to the viewer, evoking the shifting periods of clarity and disorientation associated with memory loss. Buchanan received her B.F.A., cum laude, in 1993 from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. She has exhibited her work in numerous juried and solo exhibitions, most recently at the Zig Zag Gallery, The Plains, Va., and has taught many textile workshops and classes. Buchanan currently resides and works in Richmond, Va., where she is earning a graduate degree in interdisciplinary studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. The Walter Gropius Master Artists Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition as well as the Gropius Studios. The Museum is indebted to Roxanna Y. Booth’s son, Alex Booth, for his participation in the concept development of the Gropius Master Artists Workshops. Exhibitions 2011-06-21T19:31:39+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-robert-kushner http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-robert-kushner#When:19:28:11Z Exhibition: August 20 – October 16, 2011 Public Lecture: September 15, 2011, at 7 p.m. Workshop: Conjuring Beauty takes place September 16 – 18, 2011 Considered a founder of the Pattern and Decoration movement of the early 1970s, Robert Kushner is arguably the most significant decorative artist working today. His large-scale, ornate, floral paintings are harmonic interplays of abstraction and representation – complex compositions layered with masterfully depicted flowering plants and organic material. The artist uses repetition and symmetry to structure his work, employing bold geometric forms, grids and patterns to balance the spontaneity of his expressive, often calligraphic brushwork. Metallic leaf is often applied using traditional Japanese and European gilding methods. Kushner’s paintings synthesize a wide variety of Eastern and Western source materials and techniques to form a rich, multilayered, highly finished work, reflective of Kushner’s pursuit of the “fully-resolved” art object. As an undergraduate, Kushner studied under famed art historian and critic Amy Goldin, whose expertise in the history of decoration proved significant to Kushner. During these formative years, Kushner became intrigued by works of art and design in which pattern was key: “carpets, textiles, and Islamic decoration – works that were extremely complex and required time and attention to decode”. Acting as his “intellectual guide”, Goldin persuaded the young artist to relocate to New York City in 1972. There he discovered many other young artists embracing a similar aesthetic response to the austerity of Minimalism. At this point, Kushner was making experimental decorative collages – refreshingly handmade and spontaneous – and costumed performance art while he worked as a textile conservator and collector of Oriental carpets. Kushner embarked on a pivotal trip to the Middle East in 1974. He visited centuries-old mosques, tombs, and gardens in Turkey, Iran, and Afghanistan, and viewed firsthand “the incredible works of genius which existed in almost any Muslim city”. There Kushner experienced an artistic epiphany and his attitude changed dramatically: “I was making decoration because you weren’t supposed to,” he said. Upon seeing these ancient structures covered with ornate mosaics, Kushner said he became aware of how intelligent and uplifting decoration can be. He rejected the idea that originality was the main ingredient of good art, vowing instead to work within tradition, using forms which have been used throughout history. A subsequent trip to Japan in 1985 marked the beginning of his long-standing involvement with East-Asian source material and surfaces including antique scrolls, screens and sliding doors. Born in Pasadena, Calif., in 1949, Kushner received a B.A. in visual arts with honors from the University of California at San Diego in 1971. He currently resides and works as a full-time studio artist in New York, N.Y. Kushner’s cross-cultural investigations have taken him around the world, exhibiting nationally and internationally at countless venues, such as the Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark; Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan; and the Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, Mass. Kushner’s work is also represented in numerous private and public collections including: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, N.Y.; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Penn.; and the Galleria degli Ufizzi, Florence, Italy. Kushner is represented by DC Moore Gallery in New York City. The Walter Gropius Master Artists Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition as well as the Gropius Studios. The Museum is indebted to Roxanna Y. Booth’s son, Alex Booth, for his participation in the concept development of the Gropius Master Artists Workshops. Exhibitions 2011-06-21T19:28:11+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-val-cushing http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-val-cushing#When:19:24:26Z Exhibition: August 27 – October 23, 2011 Public Lecture: September 8, 2011, at 7 p.m. Workshop: A Sixty Year Path in the Clay World takes place September 9-11, 2011 One of the nation’s foremost contemporary ceramic artists, Val Cushing creates functional pottery as well as sculptural ceramic vessels using forms, colors and textures inspired by nature. Unlike many of his peers in the ceramics community, Cushing has not rejected function in favor of purely sculptural concerns, deliberately choosing instead to work within the limitations imposed by such conventional formats as bowls, pitchers, and storage jars. Heavily influential as an artist and educator, Cushing’s techniques and philosophies continue to inform and shape the contemporary ceramics movement. Many of the matte and satin glazes used today are based on his original formulas. Born in Rochester, N.Y., in 1931, Val Cushing received a B.F.A. in 1952 and an M.F.A. in 1956 from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. After 41 years of teaching pottery and technical courses concerning clays, glazes and related subjects, he retired from Alfred in 1997 and was designated “professor emeritus”. Cushing was a founding member and former president of the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts, as well as a Fellow of the American Craft Council. Over the course of his impressive career, he received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship, a Fulbright grant for teaching and research, and has given more than 250 lectures, workshops and demonstrations around the world. Cushing’s pottery has been featured in more than 300 exhibitions and numerous one-person shows, and he is represented in many prestigious public and private collections. The Walter Gropius Master Artists Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum’s Gropius Addition as well as the Gropius Studios. The Museum is indebted to Roxanna Y. Booth’s son, Alex Booth, for his participation in the concept development of the Gropius Master Artists Workshops. Exhibitions 2011-06-21T19:24:26+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-sook-jin-jo http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-sook-jin-jo#When:15:38:35Z This exhibit features five works by Sook Jin Jo, including Chairs (2010); two large wall relief panels -- Untitled (2004) and Streets of India (2009); a video titled Crossroads (2008); and a site-specific installation titled Outside In. Jo provided this description of her site-specific installtion: "Outside In will be an exploration of connecting the space between the inside Switzer Gallery and the outside courtyard space beyond the wall in between by intertwining wood scraps, branches, and industrial refuse in random shapes and positions. During the process, we will also explore the relationship between art and architecture, construction and deconstruction, nature and man-made, structural stability and mystical energy." The Walter Gropius Master Artist Series is funded through the generosity of the Estate of Roxanna Y. Booth, who wished to assist in the development of an art education program in accordance with the proposals of Walter Gropius, who designed the Museum's Gropius Addition, as well as the Gropius Studios. Exhibitions 2011-04-14T15:38:35+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/classes-workshops-exhibit http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/classes-workshops-exhibit#When:20:46:50Z Reception takes place from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24. Evening hours and on weekends, eager artists fill the HMA studios, honing their art- making skills and enjoying the camaraderie of fellow artists. Some of the classes that take place throughout the year are pottery, watercolor, figure drawing, photography, pastels, and Photoshop. Be sure to enjoy this exhibit of work by HMA’s studio artists. Exhibitions 2011-03-01T20:46:50+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/portfolio-2011 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/portfolio-2011#When:20:45:27Z Reception and Awards Ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16, 2011.  Portfolio is an exciting exhibition that celebrates the work of middle school and high school art students from the Tri-State region. High school teachers submit only eight works from all of their students. Middle school teachers submit only four works. From more than 100 entries, awards are determined by a guest judge and then distributed to each winner.  This year’s judge is Marshall University professor of photography Danny Kaufmann.  Images of the 12 winning pieces are posted on HMA’s website.   Portfolio 2011is generously supported by Marshall University’s College of Fine Arts. Exhibitions 2011-03-01T20:45:27+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/master-prints-from-the-daywood-collection http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/master-prints-from-the-daywood-collection#When:20:43:02Z The prints in this exhibition are selected from the remarkable Daywood Collection, assembled from the 1920s through the early 1960s by Arthur S. and Ruth Woods Dayton, lifelong residents of West Virginia.  The Daywood Collection, rich in paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture and glass, was donated to the Huntington Museum of Art in 1967. The print collection contains works by renowned printmakers working mostly in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, both in the United States and Europe. Often the Daytons collected many prints by the same artist. The collection is rich in works by the American artists Kerr Eby, John Taylor Arms, Childe Hassam, Frank Benson, Levon West, Joseph Pennell and Stow Wengenroth, as well as the British artists Sir Francis Seymour Hayden, James Abbott McNeil Whistler, Sir David Young Cameron, and James McBey. A few examples by important old master artists such as Rembrandt van Rijn, and Jacques Callot are also part of the collection. The exhibition includes a variety of printmaking techniques, including etching, drypoint, aquatint, and lithography.   This exhibit is generously sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History,  West Virginia Commission on the Arts and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment. Exhibitions 2011-03-01T20:43:02+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/into-the-wood-from-the-permanent-collection http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/into-the-wood-from-the-permanent-collection#When:20:41:49Z Woodcut, the oldest technique used in printmaking, belongs to the family of prints known as relief prints. To make relief prints, the artist draws on a flat block of wood, then cuts or gouges away the area around the drawing, so that the lines and forms that are to be inked and printed remain raised. Only low pressure is required to make a print (unlike intaglio and planographic printing), and this can be done in three ways: stamping, rubbing, or under a weighted press. Woodblocks appeared in China during the 5th century, Japan during the 8th century, and in Europe during the 15th century. Once the techniques of engraving and etching were discovered, processes which allowed the artist to include greater detail, woodcuts became largely passé for many years. Toward the end of the 18th century, a metal engraver, Thomas Bewick, recognized the potential of wood engraving and brought it again to the forefront of artistic possibilities. He also developed the use of white line technique. The Japanese also developed the Ukiyo-e technique of color woodblock printing in 1765 which was a great influence on artists and printmakers all over the world, especially European and American artists working in the mid-to-late 19th century. This exhibition will feature approximately 70 prints from the Museum’s permanent collection, presenting a wide range of woodblock techniques and styles. Highlights include an early 17th century woodblock print by Flemish artist Christoffel Jegher, executed after a painting by Peter Paul Rubens, a series of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints by Utagawa Kunisada, woodcuts by Winslow Homer for Harper’s Weekly Magazine executed  during the Civil War,  wood engravings by Asa Cheffetz and Thomas Nason, a white line print by Blanche Lazzell, a portfolio of five wood engravings by Fritz Eichenberg commissioned for a special edition of Grimmelhausen’s The Adventures of Simplicissimus, and large scale woodcuts by John Buck and Louisa Chase, among many others. This exhibit is generously sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History,  West Virginia Commission on the Arts and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment. Exhibitions 2011-03-01T20:41:49+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/turning-wood-into-art-the-jane-and-arthur-mason-collection http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/turning-wood-into-art-the-jane-and-arthur-mason-collection#When:20:37:24Z Michelle Holzapfel, "Quercus," 1998. Red oak burl, 15 ½” x 12” x 11”. Collection of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina. Gift of Jane and Arthur Mason, 2006.88 Courtesy of the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina. Tour Management by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, Kansas City, Missouri. This exhibit was organized by the Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, North Carolina. Opening reception takes place from 1 to 4 p.m. April 10 with wood-turning and wood-carving demonstrations, and children’s activities. HMA tree identification trail tour with Dave Lavender takes place at 3 p.m. April 17. Turned-wood objects embody a provocative combination of the natural and the manmade. The dialogue between an artist and the wood on the lathe is a balancing act between precise control and the forces of chance, a collaboration of hand, machine, mind, and matter. Indeed, the allure of a turned-wood piece resonates from the intersection of the material’s inherent beauty and the turner’s mastery of technique, concept, and form. The field of woodturning has matured rapidly over the past two decades and has achieved an exciting level of quality, artistic expression, and technical innovation. Turning Wood Into Art showcases 65 objects from the Mint Museum of Craft + Design’s, Jane and Arthur Mason Collection, one of the world’s foremost collections of contemporary wood sculpture.  Turning Wood into Artis divided into five thematic areas related to the medium of wood:  Material Aesthetics, Process and Image, Storytelling, Design, and Tree Life.  Works by 40 artists from around the world will be showcased, including Stephen Hogbin, Po Shun Leong, and Hans Weissflög.  The collection encompasses the work of influential artists in the field such as James Prestini, Bob Stocksdale, Rude Osolnik, Edward Moulthrop, and Mel Lindquist, as well as the next generation of turners to emerge, such as David Ellsworth and Mark Lindquist. Together, they have played a strong role in shaping the international field of woodturning. The showing in Huntington is part of a two-and-a-half year national tour developed and managed by Smith Kramer Fine Art Services, an exhibition tour development company in Kansas City, Missouri. A beautiful, fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition, and will be available in the Museum Shop. This exhibit is generously sponsored by Anonymous; The Herald-Dispatch; The following members of the West Virginia Forestry Association: W.M. Cramer Lumber Company, The Jim C. Hamer Company, Laurel Creek Hardwoods, Inc., & Columbia West Virginia Corp.; John and Tully Kellner; In Memory of Antonio J. TriaTirona; In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Charles O. Sullivan; In Memory of Mary Etta Hight; In Memory of Marietta (Casey) Ball; In Memory of June Hopson Templeton; In Memory of J. Prichard Hicks; In Memory of Jesse Fox Perry; In Memory of Mr. James A. Tweel; In Memory of John L. Thomas, Sr.; In Memory of Charles H. Tucker; In Memory of Mary Eliner Morgan; In Memory of Lavelle T. Jones; West Virginia Division of Culture and History; West Virginia Commission on the Arts; and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment.   Exhibitions 2011-03-01T20:37:24+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/the-figure http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/the-figure#When:20:35:43Z This exhibition will highlight works on paper from the permanent collection created by artists who use the human figure as the primary or secondary subject in their work. The human figure has been portrayed and explored by artists throughout the history of art. This exhibit will span works from five centuries, beginning with depictions by 17th century old master printmakers such as Albrecht Durer, Hendrik Goltzius and Rembrandt van Rijn up through contemporary takes on the subject by Philip Pearlstein, Mel Ramos, Robert Longo, Keith Haring, and Leslie Dill. Included will be original drawings by Jean François Millet, Pablo Picasso, George Bellows, Peggy Bacon, Thomas Hart Benton, and Wade Schuman; watercolors by Winslow Homer, and Marie Laurencin; and prints by George Catlin, Thomas Rowlandson, Honore Daumier, James Abbott McNeil Whistler, Marc Chagall, Kathe Kollwitz, Henri Matisse, John Sloan, and many others. This exhibit is sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Commission on the Arts and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment. Exhibitions 2011-03-01T20:35:43+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/beautiful-obsolescence http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/beautiful-obsolescence#When:20:33:29Z In her book titled Evocative Objects: things we think with, writer and psychologist Sherry Turkle contends that “We think with the objects we love; we love the objects we think with.” Everyone uses objects. They can be useful or aesthetic, utilitarian, or a vain indulgence. Objects play a large role in our day-to-day lives. Sometimes we become emotionally attached to them, but often they become so familiar that we rarely contemplate our relationship with them unless they are lost to us. In today’s consumer-driven society the majority of the objects we treasure, and with which we surround ourselves, are not made to last a lifetime. The objects in this exhibition all come from the Museum’s permanent collection. Some were carried and used every day while some were precious, uniquely crafted, and rarely touched except on special occasions. All had an important purpose at one time, however, each has, for a variety of reasons, become unfashionable, or been replaced by a new invention. Often these objects became synonymous with a person’s identity and status: a time period, or a fashion trend. Unlike today’s “stuff” most of these objects were made by hand, became cherished items, and were passed down the family tree as heirlooms, or keepsakes of precious memories. Highlights of the exhibition include walking sticks, match safes, tea caddies, oil and kerosene lamps, sugar chests, mourning jewelry, chocolate pots, vinaigrettes, samplers, home spun cloth, rag and hooked rugs, and glass specialty items such as salt cellars, cup plates, celery vases, and spooners.  This exhibit is sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History,  West Virginia Commission on the Arts and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment. Exhibitions 2011-03-01T20:33:29+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/calder http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/calder#When:20:31:52Z This exhibition will feature works by Alexander Calder (1898-1976) from the University of Kentucky Art Museum and the Huntington Museum of Art. Featuring approximately 16 works, Calder will be explored through his mobiles, lithographs and large-scale “tapestry.” The University of Kentucky Art Museum is graciously lending 12 lithographs from the Our Unfinished Revolution portfolio, 1975, and a mobile titled The Star, executed in 1960. HMA will add the mobile from their collection titled Red G from 1963, a lithograph titled Pyramids, 1971, and a large-scale fiber wall hanging from 1975. Alexander Calder was known for his “larger-than-life personality” and is still one of the most beloved American artists of the 20th century. His small and large-scale works are instantly recognizable, accessible to multiple generations, and full of bright color and lyrical shapes. He was a master artist in both two and three dimensions, known for his prints, wire work and jewelry as well as his “mobiles” and “stabiles.” The Huntington Museum of Art is pleased to collaborate once again with the University of Kentucky Art Museum.  This exhibit is sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, West Virginia Commission on the Arts and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment. Exhibitions 2011-03-01T20:31:52+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/native-american-weavings-and-jewelry-from-the-kennedy-museum-of-art-ohio-un http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/native-american-weavings-and-jewelry-from-the-kennedy-museum-of-art-ohio-un#When:20:16:25Z Opening reception takes place from 2 to 4 p.m. July 17, 2011, with D.Y. Begay, whose work is featured in the exhibit, giving The Dr. Lawrence B. & Shirley Gang Memorial Lecture. Thanks to the generosity of Ohio University alumnus and museum namesake Edwin L. Kennedy, Ohio University possesses a unique and culturally significant collection of southwest Native American art. This collection, known as the Edwin L. and Ruth E. Kennedy Southwest Native American Collection, includes nearly 700 textiles and more than 2,400 jewelry items of predominantly Navajo, Hopi, and Zuni origin. HMA’s Senior Curator Jenine Culligan will work with the Kennedy Museum’s Curator Petra Kralickova and other staff to select 40 weavings and approximately 45 jewelry pieces to bring to Huntington for display. The collection includes both historic and contemporary weaving and jewelry pieces. Navajo weaving has a rich history encompassing more than 500 years. The Kennedy collection spans the three major periods of Navajo weaving from Classic and Late Classic wearing blankets, 1650-1865, through the Transitional period, 1865-1895, with some stunning Germantown pieces, to the Contemporary, 1895-1990. One of the most unique features of the Kennedy Museum’s collection is the largest single collection of Navajo sand painting textiles in existence. The collection includes the sand painting designs used in six traditional ceremonial healing practices:  the Beautyway, Waterway, Bead Chant, Great Star Chant, Hailway, and Coyoteway. Collection sharing allows museums with rich and expansive collections in one field, to bring artworks out of the vault for travel to wider audience. Exchanges have been planned between HMA and the University of Kentucky Art Museum, The Kennedy Museum, and the Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art at Auburn University. This exhibit is sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History,  West Virginia Commission on the Arts, and the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment. Exhibitions 2011-03-01T20:16:25+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/elaine-blue-the-performance http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/elaine-blue-the-performance#When:17:48:01Z On a recent studio visit, Elaine Blue working on a new painting depicting the earthquake in Haiti. Surrounding her were stacks of paintings, a few dealing with large-scale catastrophic events that affect all of our lives and create collective memories such as 9/11 and Katrina. Others depict social concerns such as child abuse and neglect, poverty, and homelessness. Elaine Blue knows these social problems and how they affect individual lives all too well. She draws on a diverse background which includes being a director of a local housing authority, and a child-care agency, an elementary school teacher, and working with the homeless. Many of her paintings are much more lighthearted. Pain, laughter, sorrow, joy and reflection are words that easily describe the intense emotions portrayed in her work. More than anything, Elaine Blue, Clarksburg native and Huntington resident, is an observer of life. She takes her observations, personal experiences, and private thoughts and uses them to create unique, expressive works of art. This has gone on since childhood. She uses her talents as therapy, and feels they are a gift from God. Blue states that “my goal as an artist is to connect with the viewer at a level where they can be part of the creative process.” Blue is also a well known poet, playwright, public speaker and founder and former director/producer of the Huntington Theatrical Ensemble. Her artwork has been exhibited in various states and shared in Africa. This exhibition is generously sponsored by Macy’s, Marshall University Division of Multicultural Affairs, Carolyn Bagby, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Exhibitions 2010-10-26T17:48:01+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/macys-presents-american-artists-of-color http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/macys-presents-american-artists-of-color#When:17:47:15Z We live in an age of hyphenated Americans, where even Appalachian-Americans are considered a minority by many colleges and universities. The United States’ diverse population is known as a “melting pot” or a “salad bowl.” Either way, the fact remains that it is a society made up of people from many countries, and made rich by influences from various cultures. This exhibition, drawn from the Museum’s permanent collection, presents works by African-American, Asian-American, and Hispanic-American artists either from or working in the United States. The exhibition will include paintings, prints and sculpture dating from the early years of the 20th century up to the present. Artists include Henry Ossawa Tanner, Yasuo Kunioshi, and Enrique Chagoya, among others. This exhibition is generously presented by Macy’s, with additional support from the Marshall University Division of Multicultural Affairs, West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Exhibitions 2010-10-26T17:47:15+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/red-river-the-narrative-works-of-edgar-tolson-carl-mckenzie-earnest-patton- http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/red-river-the-narrative-works-of-edgar-tolson-carl-mckenzie-earnest-patton-#When:17:45:34Z All four of the artists featured in this exhibition were born, raised, and lived their lives in an area roughly comprising the Red River watershed in Wolfe and Powell counties, Kentucky. Larry Hackley, Guest-Curator for this exhibit, and longtime, Kentucky-based folk art dealer and collector, wrote in the accompanying catalogue essay: “Red River was assembled to illustrate the connections, influences, styles, sources, and evolutions of the four major sculptors of the Campton School.” At least 10 carved wooden sculptures by each of the artists are showcased with the focus on multi-figural, narrative tableaus. Scenes from everyday life and stories from the Bible comprise most of the subject matter. Edgar Tolson (1904-1984) was one of the first folk artists from the region to receive national recognition in the late 1960s. A large number of his sculptures explore the theme of “The Fall of Man” and six of his Garden of Eden sculptures are on view. Carl McKenzie (1905-1998) was aware of Tolson’s carvings, and the notoriety they received, however, works by McKenzie differ in their carving style and surface treatment. One of his favorite subjects was Noah’s Ark. Earnest Patton (b. 1935), is a cousin of Edgar Tolson, and it was Edgar who taught him basic carving techniques. Although stylistic similarities are evident, Earnest employs a different assembly technique and pulls more of his subject matter from personal memories and family events. Donny Tolson (b. 1958), youngest son of Edgar Tolson, has witnessed and been more directly influenced by the influx of the outside world into Eastern Kentucky. His carving style is more precise and delicate when compared to the elder Tolson, and includes both religious subject matter and people from history and contemporary popular culture. This exhibit was organized by, and had its premiere at the Kentucky Folk Art Center in March 2010. It then traveled to the Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky, and then to Huntington. A fully illustrated catalogue accompanies the exhibition with works borrowed from both private collections and public institutions, including the Kentucky Folk Art Center, Morehead, Kentucky; Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft, Louisville, Kentucky; UK Healthcare, Lexington, Kentucky; and HMA. This exhibit is sponsored by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Exhibitions 2010-10-26T17:45:34+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/curators-choice-charles-jupiter-hamilton http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/curators-choice-charles-jupiter-hamilton#When:17:39:52Z To help further promote artists from Eastern Kentucky, Southern Ohio, and West Virginia, the Museum began a biennial series of exhibitions in 2004 called Curator’s Choice. To date the series has presented solo exhibitions featuring the work of Robert Hutton (2004), Paula Clendenin (2006), and Darryl Halbrooks (2008). For the upcoming Curator’s Choice in 2010, the Museum has selected Charles Jupiter Hamilton (American, b. 1948) of Charleston, West Virginia. Hamilton’s relationship with the Museum goes back to the late 1980s when he began submitting work to be included in the Museum’s Exhibition 280, a juried regional art exhibit. And, for a time during the early 1990s, Hamilton was engaged by the Museum to teach its rural outreach program called Museum Making Connections. Charles Jupiter Hamilton is best known for his energetic, highly expressive acrylic canvases, hand-built sculptures, carved and painted wall reliefs, and self-pulled wood block prints. His work meticulously fills empty space with dots, swirls, Greek-key and other design elements. A simplified analysis would describe his style as a cross between psychedelic art of the 1960s and the work of indigenous tribal art such as that of aboriginal peoples of Australia. In fact, his worked has been referred to as “new world primitivism.” His sculptures often incorporate colorful marbles and other found materials. Each work is narrative to a degree, and often autobiographical. His art often includes interesting perspectives, including bird’s-eye views that compress a wide area of territory into a single image, whether it is a room full of people, a baseball diamond, or an entire town. This unique perspective is the first clue that one is seeing the world filtered through the eyes of a visionary artist. His website conveniently sums up his work with the following: “His art seduces the viewers, encouraging them to search past the work’s surface, beyond the intricacy of the design, to reveal images within images: animated figures, crooked visions of the world, snakes, fish and his trademark, dogs and demons; it’s a teeming spectacle. It’s the “Big Idea” that goes straight to the nervous system.” Some of Hamilton’s many influences include: growing up on a small dairy farm with a Hungarian mother, brother and strong-headed sisters; his travels and service as a Gunner’s Mate Petty Officer with the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; studying art history and painting at UNC-Chapel Hill; painting and traveling in Mexico, Central America, India and the United States; and his thirty plus years at home among the “wildlife” of West Virginia. His art has been exhibited and collected across the United States, including Charleston, Boston, New York, Tampa, Miami, San Diego, Raleigh, Los Angeles, Savannah, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Chicago. It adorns offices, museums and homes around the world, and has been used for album covers and books of poetry. This exhibition is generously sponsored by Anonymous; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baer, II; Ellen Cappellanti; Dolores (Dee) Cook In Memory of Willis W. Cook; Ann and Roger Day; Rebecca Frischkorn; David A. Glick In Memory of Jack & Miriam Glick; In Honor of Mr. & Mrs. Douglas R. Hardman; Lexa and Lawrence Lewis In Honor of Jacob Lewis, Director of Pace Prints Art Gallery in Chelsea, N.Y.; Callen McJunkin Gallery; Harvey Peyton; Stewart’s Original Hot Dogs In Memory of Mr. & Mrs. Harry C. Mandt; John & Pat Strickland In Honor of Pat Strickland; Jennifer Wheeler In Honor of Ann Finley Wheeler; West Virginia Division of Culture and History, and West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Exhibitions 2010-10-26T17:39:52+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/water-color-works-from-the-permanent-collection http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/water-color-works-from-the-permanent-collection#When:16:56:40Z The medium of watercolor has been used by artists in various ways since prehistoric times, and has included everything from cave paintings, illuminated manuscripts, preliminary sketches for oil paintings, and hand-colored engravings. However it wasn’t until the late 18th century that the medium of watercolor was accepted as an independent, mature, painting medium. The late Georgian and Victorian periods witnessed an international love affair with watercolors, especially in England and France, and especially with the paintings by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851). Watercolor painting became popular in the United States in the mid-19th century, and The American Society of Painters in Watercolor (now the American Watercolor Society) was established in 1866. Winslow Homer, who had a natural, innate talent for this difficult media, was one of America’s earliest proponents of the medium. He began using watercolor on a regular basis in 1873 during a summer in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The impact of these paintings was revolutionary, and soon watercolors were used, often exclusively, by artists throughout the 20th century. This exhibition will present watercolors from the Museum’s Permanent Collection with works by masters of the medium including Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, and Charles Burchfield, among many others. This exhibition is generously sponsored by the Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibitions Endowment Fund; John and Patty Anderson In Honor of Margret Anderson; In Honor of Charles J. Clausen; In Honor of James A. and Patricia B. Shope; West Virginia Division of Culture and History and the West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Exhibitions 2010-10-26T16:56:40+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/the-daywood-collection http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/the-daywood-collection#When:16:55:35Z Between the years 1916 and 1965, Philippi, West Virginia, natives Arthur Spencer (1887-1948) and Ruth Woods Dayton (1894-1978) carefully selected a superb collection of American and European paintings, sculpture and decorative arts. They bought what they liked and what they could afford. They purchased works from art galleries, auctions, prestigious exhibitions such as the Carnegie International, and purchased works directly from the studios of artists whom they admired – both in the United States and abroad. They were well read on the history of art, especially 19th and 20th century American artists, sharing a penchant for landscapes. The strength of their collection lies in academically trained artists working in the various schools of realism and American impressionism. They also had a penchant for small bronzes, especially by women artists working in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Arthur Dayton died suddenly in 1948. After much renovation, Ruth Dayton decided to turn a ramshackle building on the property adjacent to their home in Lewisburg, West Virginia, into a museum. She called it The Daywood Gallery, combining Arthur’s surname (Dayton) and her maiden name (Woods), and enjoyed sharing their works with the public. The collection continued to grow through purchases and donations, and the museum was in operation from 1951 into 1966. The following year The Daywood Collection was donated to the Huntington Museum of Art. Exhibitions 2010-10-26T16:55:35+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-alleghany-meadows http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-alleghany-meadows#When:16:51:43Z Alleghany Meadows is a studio potter in Carbondale, Colorado, where he maintains an active studio, co-owns Harvey/Meadows Gallery, Artstream Nomadic Gallery and Studio for Arts and Works. He received his M.F.A. from Alfred University, apprenticed with Takashi Nakazato, Karatsu, Japan, received a Watson Foundation Fellowship for field study of potters in Nepal, and was an artist in residence at Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Alleghany has presented lectures and workshops nationally and internationally, including at Penland, Anderson Ranch, Haystack, Arrowmont, and Good Hope, Jamaica. He exhibits nationally. Exhibitions 2010-10-26T16:51:43+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-jon-yamashiro http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-jon-yamashiro#When:15:14:39Z Much of the impetus for Yamashiro’s work comes from personal history, family situations, and cultural memories. In 2007, Yamashiro began photographing what remains of the World War II Japanese Internment camps in America. This exhibition presents 25 works from this series taken during family visits to 10 camp sites. They depict what remains; monuments or open spaces where the camps once stood. By incorporating his own children into some of these photographs, places Yamashiro refers to as “haunted landscapes, where people were held because of their inherited looks” he tries to address identity and race in contemporary America. Another series began in 2007 which he refers to as “Imagination Portraits” use children (his own, and others), to deal with the concept of reality in today’s high-tech world. Yamashiro believes that “Technology has greatly affected all aspects of the world we live in but the questions children have remain the same … I am fascinated by the spaces between believable reality, imagination and child’s play.” Examples from this series will also be on view. Jon Masuo Yamashiro was born the oldest son and raised as a third generation Okinawan American in the “cultural pastiche” of Honolulu, Hawaii. He traveled from the islands to study at Washington University in St. Louis and received his BFA in 1985, then went on to earn an MFA in photography from Indiana University in 1991. Since the fall of 1993, he has had the privilege of teaching photography to college students at Miami University. Jon lives in Liberty, Indiana with his wife Jennifer and their daughter, Lydia, and son, Luke. Last year he was the recipient of Miami University’s Alumni Association Effective Educator Award. Exhibitions 2010-09-29T15:14:39+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-catherine-lecleire http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/walter-gropius-master-artist-series-presents-catherine-lecleire#When:15:06:20Z Catherine LeCleire creates artist books that combine her passion for both printmaking and bookbinding. She uses the book as both an art form and a receptacle of ideas. The artist book differs from a traditional book because there is absolute freedom in the selection of materials, sizes and shapes. LeCleire considers some of her content as narrative paper quilts that document the experience and fold into a formal book format or box structure. Her Middle Eastern heritage is intertwined throughout her work. Fragments of letters, maps, family photos, genealogy, as well as found objects are part of her visual vocabulary. The elements of size, scale, reflection, and surprise are intrinsic to her structures. “Women of War” is depicted in both a large and small format and reflects the neglect of women in all wars. The series “Memory” is a tribute to her mother’s 15-year battle with Alzheimer’s disease which destroyed her body and mind. A number of her works look at the human body and investigate the idea of a box as a vessel or container for organs. All of LeCleire’s books invite the viewer to participate, communicate and experience the work. LeCleire received her B.F.A. in printmaking, and her M.A.E. in art education with a concentration in printmaking from Philadelphia College of Art (University of the Arts), Philadelphia, Penn. She went on to receive her M.F.A. in fine arts from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, with a concentration in printmaking. She currently teaches printmaking and book art techniques at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., and Montclair State University, Montclair, N.J. She has shown nationally and internationally and her work is in several major collections, such as the Baku Museum of Art, Azerbaijan; Hunterdon Museum of Art, New Jersey; Lafayette College, Pennsylvania; and William Paterson University, New Jersey. She has also bound books for David Salle, Joan Mitchell, Octavio Paz, Richard Tuttle, James Brown and others. In 2008, LeCleire was the first artist to be awarded a residency through the Adolph Konrad Endowment from the Printmaking Center of New Jersey. Exhibitions 2010-09-29T15:06:20+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/the-dorothy-and-herbert-vogel-collection-fifty-works-for-fifty-states http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/the-dorothy-and-herbert-vogel-collection-fifty-works-for-fifty-states#When:14:28:51Z The documentary film about the Vogels titled Herb and Dorothy will be shown on October 24, 2010, at 2 p.m. in HMA’s Grace Rardin Doherty Auditorium. In 2008, the Huntington Museum of Art was selected to receive a gift of 50 works of art from New York collectors Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, with the help of the National Gallery of Art, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The gifts are part of a national gifts program titled The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, which has distributed 2,500 works from the Vogels’ collection of contemporary art throughout the nation, with 50 works going to a selected art institution in each of the 50 states. This will be the first time the 50 works donated to the Huntington Museum of Art will be exhibited. The best-known aspects of the Vogel Collection are minimal and conceptual art, but the works donated to HMA also explore numerous directions of the post-minimalist period, including works of a figurative and expressionist nature. The Vogel Collection has become characterized as unique among collections of contemporary art, both for the character and breadth of the objects and for the individuals who created it. Herbert Vogel (b. 1922), spent most of his working life as an employee of the United States Postal Service, and Dorothy Vogel (b. 1935), was a reference librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library. Setting their collecting priorities above those of personal comfort, the couple used Dorothy’s salary to cover the expenses of daily life and devoted Herbert’s salary to the acquisition of contemporary art. They spent their free time attending art openings, and getting to know young artists whose work interested them. Usually they purchased work directly from the artists themselves, and continued to follow the careers of artists they supported. Their one bedroom apartment became legendary; so full of art it was close to becoming uninhabitable for lack of space. A documentary film titled Herb and Dorothy was made by first time filmmaker Megumi Sasaki in 2008. The film tells the extraordinary story of these “collecting visionaries” who were able to build an art collection with very modest means, which is today worth millions of dollars. Many of the artists they supported and befriended went on to become world-renowned, including Sol Lewitt, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Richard Tuttle, Chuck Close, Robert and Sylvia Mangold, Lynda Benglis, Pat Steir, Robert Barry, Lucio Pozzi, and Lawrence Weiner. Exhibitions 2010-09-29T14:28:51+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/recent-acquisitions-gifts-bequests-and-purchases-2005-2009 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/recent-acquisitions-gifts-bequests-and-purchases-2005-2009#When:14:21:12Z In the past five years, more than 400 works have been donated to or purchased by the Huntington Museum of Art. The works come from private collections, art galleries, and artist studios – all come with a desire to be shared with the Museum’s visitors. This exhibition will present highlights from these recent acquisitions and include works from ancient to contemporary in a wide range of materials and styles. This group includes two small ancient Egyptian bronze figures; old master prints; works by 20th century masters of Haitian art; Asian ceramics; American and European decorative arts, paintings, works on paper; folk art; glass; video; works by visiting Gropius workshop artists; and artists of this region. Exhibitions 2010-09-29T14:21:12+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/curiosity-and-wonder-the-collection-of-dr-marion-c-korstanje http://www.hmoa.org/exhibition/curiosity-and-wonder-the-collection-of-dr-marion-c-korstanje#When:18:34:19Z Lecture by Joel Oppenheimer from Joel Oppenheimer Gallery in Chicago takes place at 2 p.m. Sunday, August 1, 2010. This event is sponsored by HMA’s Fitzpatrick Society. Born in 1930, Dr. Marion C. Korstanje was the son of immigrants who came to the United States from the Netherlands to establish a bulb and flower business in Sybene, Ohio. He lived his life as a true renaissance man and became a noted ophthalmologist in Huntington, practicing for more than 40 years. He spoke many languages, loved reading, nature, travel and art, especially Asian ceramics, natural history and old master prints. Beginning with the age of exploration in the 14th-17th centuries which took adventurers to uncharted territories, many new plant and bird species were also “discovered” and studied, especially by naturalist artists from Germany, the Netherlands, France, Great Britain, and the United States. Dr. Korstanje’s interest in, and decision to collect natural history prints is so logical it seems almost providential; combining his love of both art and science. He was a kindred spirit to, and shared many traits with the men and women who followed their passion in observing, classifying, and visually documenting these exotic new species. He was also a true philanthropist, and took great satisfaction in sharing his passion for art with others. He was an active and dedicated HMA board member for 12 years, and a knowledgeable member of the Museum’s Collections Committee. Plate 13, from Hortus Floridus, 1614: L. Anemone coccineo; L. Anemone tenuifolia violaceo; I.G. Anemone princess sangui Crispyn van de Passe (Dutch, 1597 – 1670) Hand-colored copper plate engraving Gift of Dr. Marion C. Korstanje, 1999.1.31 This exhibition will present a selection of works from the more than 250 donated to the Museum’s permanent collection by Dr. Korstanje between the years 1969 and his death in 2007. On view will be works by the top artists working in the field of botanical and bird prints, including Mark Catesby, John Gould, John James Audubon, Alexander Wilson, Crispyn van de Passe, Pierre Joseph Redoute, and many others. It will also include Asian ceramics, and his small but choice collection of old master prints which he began just prior to his sudden passing. This exhibit is generously sponsored by The Huntington Museum of Art Fitzpatrick Society; The Katherine & Herman Pugh Exhibitions Endowment; W. Bart Andrews In Honor of Doris Andrews; Anonymous; Warren and Judith Dumke In Memory of Anne Csernica; Dr. and Mrs. Michael Fiery; In Honor of Katherine Gleaton; Janina Michael In Memory of Adam Johnson; Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. LoCascio; Mrs. Ruth I. Morris In Memory of Charles B. Morris, Jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Leon K. Oxley; Tully S. Roisman, M.D.; Dr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Scott.; and West Virginia Division of Culture and History and West Virginia Commission on the Arts. Exhibitions 2010-09-09T18:34:19+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/pitter-patter-art-must-be-accompanied-by-parent-or-caregiver http://www.hmoa.org/class/pitter-patter-art-must-be-accompanied-by-parent-or-caregiver#When:14:56:39Z THIS CLASS IS FULL. WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS CLASS. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.   Ages 18 months – Pre-K Pitter Patter Art takes place from 9 to 10:15 a.m. July 8-12. Prepare yourselves for some fun! Through tactile experiences and sensory art materials kids (and adults) will explore shape, texture and color together.  Classes 2013-03-20T14:56:39+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/nature-camp-week-21 http://www.hmoa.org/class/nature-camp-week-21#When:14:54:25Z THIS CAMP IS FULL. WE ARE SORRY THAT WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS CAMP. Let your child’s curiosity for nature and the environment blossom.  Morning activities will include exploration of the Museum’s trails.  Afternoon activities will focus on projects integrating nature with art and technology. Using the Arts & Bots kits, in partnership with The June Harless Center, campers will create a nature-inspired robot. Grades 3 - 6. Classes 2013-03-20T14:54:25+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/nature-camp-week-1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/nature-camp-week-1#When:14:47:08Z Let your child’s curiosity for nature and the environment blossom.  Morning activities will include exploration of the Museum’s trails.  Afternoon activities will focus on projects integrating nature with art and technology. Using the Arts & Bots kits, in partnership with The June Harless Center, campers will create a nature-inspired robot. Grades 3 - 6. Classes 2013-03-20T14:47:08+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/middle-school-high-school-clay-workshop-week-1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/middle-school-high-school-clay-workshop-week-1#When:14:37:09Z THIS CAMP IS FULL. WE ARE SORRY THAT WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS CAMP.     THIS CAMP IS FULL. WE ARE SORRY THAT WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS CAMP. Let's get messy! During this workshop, participants will get creative using their imaginations, centuries-old techniques, and MUD!!! Students will incorporate a wide variety of techniques including hand-building, wheel throwing, surface design and firing techniques. By using these methods, participants will take an exciting journey that will unfold personal interpretations of clay through sculpture, jewelry, functional forms and more. (2 weeks, must attend both weeks), grades 6-12. June 17th - June 21st June 24th - June 28th Classes 2013-03-20T14:37:09+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-4-5-week-2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-4-5-week-2#When:14:34:11Z Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp.  Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making.  Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity. Classes 2013-03-20T14:34:11+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-4-5-week-1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-4-5-week-1#When:14:34:11Z Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp.  Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making.  Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity. Classes 2013-03-20T14:34:11+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-2-3-week-2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-2-3-week-2#When:14:33:07Z THIS CAMP IS FULL. WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS CAMP. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp.  Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making.  Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity. Classes 2013-03-20T14:33:07+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-2-3-week-1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-2-3-week-1#When:14:31:07Z Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp.  Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making.  Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity. Classes 2013-03-20T14:31:07+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-k-1-week-2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-k-1-week-2#When:14:30:30Z THIS CAMP IS FULL. WE ARE SORRY THAT WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS CAMP. Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp.  Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making.  Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity. (Child must have completed kindergarten before camp) Classes 2013-03-20T14:30:30+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-k-1-week-1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-k-1-week-1#When:14:25:56Z THIS CAMP IS FULL. WE ARE SORRY WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS FOR THIS CAMP. Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp.  Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making.  Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity. (Child must have completed kindergarten before camp) Classes 2013-03-20T14:25:56+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/learning-to-draw http://www.hmoa.org/class/learning-to-draw#When:16:50:19Z This class is for elementary-aged students who love art or have a natural talent they want to foster. This six-week course focuses on drawing, but also includes activities in other media. Each week students will focus on different drawing fundamentals. Participants should bring one original drawing to the first class. Classes 2013-01-03T16:50:19+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/clay-for-kids http://www.hmoa.org/class/clay-for-kids#When:16:49:44Z What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than elbow-deep in clay! This class is designed just for kids, 3rd grade through middle school, to give them the full clay studio experience. Students will learn all the methods of hand building, as well as how to throw on the potter’s wheel. All of the colored slips and glazes will be at their disposal to make their fantastic creations complete. If your children have ever expressed an interest in making things with clay, then this is the class for them! Classes 2013-01-03T16:49:44+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/homeschool-art-class http://www.hmoa.org/class/homeschool-art-class#When:16:48:14Z THIS CLASS IS FULL. WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE. In this six-session class titled “Journey Through Art,” students will take a trip through various media, from printmaking and painting to ceramics and photography. While learning about these methods of art-making and creating their own works of art, the students will document their experience and their creations through photographs. The class will culminate with a digital display of their “journey through art”. Classes 2013-01-03T16:48:14+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intermediate-advanced-photographic-techniques3 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intermediate-advanced-photographic-techniques3#When:16:40:04Z This class offers a quick review of camera operations and camera controls will enable participants to explore the use of filters for color and black & white – including how to make filters. Working with and without shadows and reflections will be explored, as well as use of studio lighting and posing techniques. And, of course, being able to see and get the photo you want! Classes 2013-01-03T16:40:04+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/basic-photographic-techniques4 http://www.hmoa.org/class/basic-photographic-techniques4#When:16:38:38Z Learn how to use the new camera you just got as a gift! This intensive workshop will cover a broad range of valuable information for photographers: how to use your equipment; composition/lighting/presentation and traditional darkroom/digital darkroom/macro photo. Also included will be brief lectures and off-site field trips. Participants can use either 35mm or digital cameras. Classes 2013-01-03T16:38:38+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intermediate-photoshop http://www.hmoa.org/class/intermediate-photoshop#When:16:36:28Z Intermediate Photoshop will build upon the basic techniques learned in the Intro to Photoshop class to begin editing images non-destructively. In this class the benefits of layers, layer masks, and other advanced features will be introduced to improve image editing. This class will also give you the skills needed to create original works using the impressive features of Adobe Photoshop. Classes 2013-01-03T16:36:28+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intro-to-photoshop2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intro-to-photoshop2#When:16:35:19Z Students will learn the basics of beginning digital photography and digital editing. Students will learn new ways to look at photographs and begin to think more creatively about taking their own photographs. They will also learn new editing techniques through programs such as Adobe Photoshop. Classes 2013-01-03T16:35:19+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/advanced-wednesday-watercolor http://www.hmoa.org/class/advanced-wednesday-watercolor#When:16:31:15Z Advanced watercolorists will have the opportunity to work in an arts environment with like-minded colleagues, exploring new and innovative techniques. Participants provide their own materials. Materials list will be handed out in the first class session. Class size limited to 15 participants. Classes 2013-01-03T16:31:15+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/creative-still-life http://www.hmoa.org/class/creative-still-life#When:16:30:07Z Participants will explore new and unconventional ways of looking at still life. Everyone will experiment with varieties of materials and processes to discover one’s own unique creativity. Materials for the first class will be provided. Classes 2013-01-03T16:30:07+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/painting-organic-forms http://www.hmoa.org/class/painting-organic-forms#When:16:28:00Z "Painting Organic Forms" is a course exploring representational and abstract painting of botanical flora sourced from the museum conservatory. Students will use acrylic paint to create dynamic compositions, explore color relationships, and eventually produce finished paintings of various organic forms. All levels welcome. Classes 2013-01-03T16:28:00+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/figure-drawing2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/figure-drawing2#When:16:23:02Z In this class you will enjoy the many benefits of drawing the figure. Drawing from the figure keeps an artist’s hand agile and eye alert. Familiarity with proportion, anatomy, and expression enhances an artist’s perception and skills. All levels are welcome in this class. Classes 2013-01-03T16:23:02+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hand-building-and-wheel-throwing-for-adults5 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hand-building-and-wheel-throwing-for-adults5#When:16:19:21Z Participants are exposed to a wide variety of methods used to create both functional as well as sculptural ceramic pieces. All levels are welcome. Intermediate and more advanced students will learn new techniques and improve skills through the use of the potter’s wheel, extruder, slab roller and various hand building methods. Surface decoration and glazing techniques will also be explored, as well as firing experience in the new gas soda kiln. Classes 2013-01-03T16:19:21+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/homeschool-art-class-exploring-the-hidden-museum http://www.hmoa.org/class/homeschool-art-class-exploring-the-hidden-museum#When:18:29:20Z Students will get a behind-the-scenes look at what goes on at the Museum.  How do you display an exhibition? Where do you keep all of the art?  Who takes care of the plants in the conservatory?  Why does the Museum have a library?  How does the Museum keep the lights on?  How can someone volunteer at the museum?  All of these questions and many more will be answered in this exciting trip through some of the back doors of the Museum.  Equipped with sketch books for drawing and observations, students will learn about different careers within the Museum and will speak with various Museum employees. Throughout the entire class, all of the artwork seen by the students in the Museum will be discussed, just like a hands-on art history lesson. Students will also take ideas from works of art that they have studied inside the Museum out to the studio for some inspired art-making using a wide array of materials.     Classes 2012-08-01T18:29:20+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-night-clay-and-printmaking2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-night-clay-and-printmaking2#When:18:24:17Z Open Studio welcomes artists to work on their own, utilizing the museum’s facilities, equipment and open studio space.   If you are interested in pottery then Studio 4 is the place for you with potter’s wheels, a slab roller, an extruder, glazing materials and more.  If you are interested in printmaking then you will want to be in Studio 5 with the printing press.  And if you want to just make art in the company of fellow artists, then come along, join in and share the space. Participants may attend any or all Wednesday(s). Check in with artist in residence, Kathleen Kneafsey when you arrive. Fees will be collected each night of attendance.  Since this is an open studio, not a class, there is no instruction or pre-registration.  Open Studio in not recommended for beginners. Classes 2012-08-01T18:24:17+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intermediate-advanced-photographic-techniques2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intermediate-advanced-photographic-techniques2#When:18:17:36Z   Hold onto your hat – this class will be full of valuable learning.  A quick review of camera operations and camera controls will enable participants to explore the use of filters for color and black & white – including how to make filters. Working with and without shadows and reflections will be explored, as well as use of studio lighting and posing techniques.  And of course, being able to see and get the photo you want! Classes 2012-08-01T18:17:36+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/basic-photographic-techniques3 http://www.hmoa.org/class/basic-photographic-techniques3#When:18:16:31Z   This intensive workshop will cover a broad range of valuable information for photographers: how to use your equipment, composition/lighting/presentation, traditional darkroom/digital darkroom and macro photography. Also included will be brief lectures and off-site field trips. Participants can use either 35mm or digital cameras.  Classes 2012-08-01T18:16:31+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intro-to-photoshop1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intro-to-photoshop1#When:18:14:27Z   In this class students will learn the basics of beginning digital photography and digital editing. Students will learn new ways to look at photographs and begin to think more creatively about taking their own photographs as well as learning new editing techniques through programs like Adobe Photoshop. This class is designed for all skill levels including those who have no experience and those who would like to further their knowledge of digital photography and editing.         Classes 2012-08-01T18:14:27+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/thursday-watercolor2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/thursday-watercolor2#When:18:13:22Z   Using step-by-step methods, beginning participants will learn new techniques and methods to develop their skills.  Advanced watercolorists will have the opportunity to work in an arts environment with like-minded colleagues.  Participants provide their own materials.  Materials list will be handed out in the first class session.  Class size limited to 15 participants. Classes 2012-08-01T18:13:22+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/wednesday-watercolor2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/wednesday-watercolor2#When:18:11:17Z   Using step-by-step methods, beginning participants will learn new techniques and methods to develop their skills.  Advanced watercolorists will have the opportunity to work in an arts environment with like-minded colleagues.  Participants provide their own materials.  Materials list will be handed out in the first class session.  Class size limited to 15 participants. Classes 2012-08-01T18:11:17+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/figure-drawing1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/figure-drawing1#When:17:36:54Z   In this class you will enjoy the many benefits of figure drawing. Drawing from the figure keeps an artist’s hand and eye agile and alert. Familiarity with proportion, anatomy, and expression enhances an artist’s perception and skills. All levels are welcome. Cost includes model fee. Classes 2012-08-01T17:36:54+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hand-building-and-wheel-throwing-for-adults4 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hand-building-and-wheel-throwing-for-adults4#When:17:13:24Z Participants are exposed to a wide variety of methods for creating both functional as well as sculptural ceramic pieces. All levels are welcome. Intermediate and more advanced students will learn new techniques and improve skills through the use of the potter’s wheel, extruder, slab roller and various hand building methods.  Surface decoration and glazing techniques will also be explored, along with experience firing in the new gas soda kiln. Classes 2012-08-01T17:13:24+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/nature-camp-week-2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/nature-camp-week-2#When:20:12:23Z This camp is full. We cannot accept any additional registrations for this camp. We are sorry for any inconvenience. Let your child’s curiosity for nature and the environment blossom. Campers will explore the Museum’s trails and creeks to observe the plants and animals native to this region. These discoveries, combined with hands-on lab activities, will provide campers with a lifelong appreciation for our local outdoors. Grades 3 - 6. Classes 2012-03-13T20:12:23+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-2#When:20:09:01Z We are sorry but we cannot accept any additional registrations for this camp. Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp. Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making. Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity. Campers will be divided into age appropriate groups.   Classes 2012-03-13T20:09:01+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/pitter-patter-art1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/pitter-patter-art1#When:17:44:59Z Pitter Patter Art (must be accompanied by parent or caregiver) Ages 18 months – Pre k Sensory art materials and interactive multimedia based art allow exploration of shape, texture and color while creating memories together. Lapsit stories and games will begin each class and daily theme. PITTER PATTER ART IS FULL AND WE ARE SORRY THAT WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS. Classes 2012-03-12T17:44:59+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/nature-camp http://www.hmoa.org/class/nature-camp#When:17:43:03Z Let your child’s curiosity for nature and the environment blossom. Campers will explore the Museum’s trails and creeks to observe the plants and animals native to this region. These discoveries, combined with hands-on lab activities, will provide campers with a lifelong appreciation for our local outdoors. Grades 3 - 6. Classes 2012-03-12T17:43:03+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/middle-school-high-school-clay-camp1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/middle-school-high-school-clay-camp1#When:17:39:52Z THIS CAMP IS FULL. WE ARE SORRY THAT WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANY ADDITIONAL REGISTRATIONS. Let’s get messy! During this workshop we will get our hands dirty using our imaginations, centuries old techniques, and MUD!!! Since clay can be the most versatile and fundamentally diverse medium to explore, we will incorporate a wide variety of techniques including hand-building, wheel throwing, surface design and firing techniques. By using these methods we will take an exciting journey that will unfold personal interpretations of clay through sculpture, jewelry, functional forms and more. (Must attend both weeks), grades 6-12 Classes 2012-03-12T17:39:52+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp#When:17:33:26Z We are sorry but we cannot accept any additional registrations for this camp. Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp. Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making. Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity. Campers will be divided into age appropriate groups. Classes 2012-03-12T17:33:26+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/lets-paint-ages-8-12 http://www.hmoa.org/class/lets-paint-ages-8-12#When:19:57:03Z Splashing colors and swishing brushes is just the beginning in this painting class. Kids will explore a variety of painting methods and techniques in watercolor, tempera and acrylic paints, completing exciting works of art by the end of the class. Classes 2012-01-13T19:57:03+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/homeschool-art-class-lets-draw http://www.hmoa.org/class/homeschool-art-class-lets-draw#When:19:51:07Z Students will explore charcoal, pencil, ink, pastels and other drawing materials as they become familiar with a variety of techniques. Concepts such as proportion, perspective, and shading will be taught as we work our way around the Museum, both inside and out, to find our inspiration. We will touch on everything from landscapes and architecture to faces and the figure in this fun-filled class. Classes 2012-01-13T19:51:07+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-night-clay-and-printmaking1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-night-clay-and-printmaking1#When:19:46:11Z Open Studio welcomes artists to work on their own, utilizing the museum’s facilities, equipment and open studio space. If you are interested in pottery then Studio 4 is the place for you with potter’s wheels, a slab roller, an extruder, glazing materials and more. If you are interested in printmaking then you will want to be in Studio 5 with the printing press. And if you want to just make art in the company of fellow artists, then come along, join in and share the space. Class is $10 per session. Pre-registration is not required. Classes 2012-01-13T19:46:11+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intermediate-advanced-photographic-techniques1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intermediate-advanced-photographic-techniques1#When:19:44:17Z This class will be full of valuable learning. A quick review of camera operations and camera controls will enable participants to explore the use of filters for color and black & white – including how to make filters. Working with and without shadows and reflections will be explored, as well as use of studio lighting and posing techniques. And, of course, being able to see and get the photo you want! Classes 2012-01-13T19:44:17+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/basic-photographic-techniques2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/basic-photographic-techniques2#When:19:42:24Z This intensive workshop will cover a broad range of valuable information for photographers: how to use your equipment, composition/lighting/presentation, traditional darkroom/digital darkroom and macro photography. Also included will be brief lectures and off-site field trips. Participants can use either 35 mm or digital cameras. Classes 2012-01-13T19:42:24+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intro-to-photoshop http://www.hmoa.org/class/intro-to-photoshop#When:19:40:29Z In this class students will learn the basics of beginning digital photography and digital editing. Students will learn new ways to look at photographs and begin to think more creatively about taking their own photographs as well as learning new editing techniques through programs such as Adobe Photoshop. This class is designed for all skill levels including those who have no experience and those who would like to further their knowledge of digital photography and editing. Classes 2012-01-13T19:40:29+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/thursday-watercolor1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/thursday-watercolor1#When:19:36:33Z Using step-by-step methods, beginning participants will learn new techniques and methods to develop their skills. Advanced watercolorists will have the opportunity to work in an arts environment with like-minded colleagues. Participants provide their own materials. Materials list will be handed out in the first class session. Class size limited to 15 participants. Classes 2012-01-13T19:36:33+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/wednesday-watercolor1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/wednesday-watercolor1#When:19:29:43Z Using step-by-step methods, beginning participants will learn new techniques and methods to develop their skills. Advanced watercolorists will have the opportunity to work in an arts environment with like-minded colleagues. Participants provide their own materials. Materials list will be handed out in the first class session. Class size limited to 15 participants. Classes 2012-01-13T19:29:43+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/illustrating-the-exotic-contemporary-botanical-drawing1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/illustrating-the-exotic-contemporary-botanical-drawing1#When:19:25:44Z This drawing class will focus on illustrating various exotic plants from HMA’s C. Fred Edwards Conservatory. Class participants will begin by observing and sketching organic plant forms and then move on to creating an array of unique and contemporary botanical illustrations. Traditional drawing techniques will be introduced and skills will be developed and channeled into creating realistic anatomical plant drawings. Eventually, students will also learn how to incorporate mood and expression into their work to create abstraction of the botanical form. Classes 2012-01-13T19:25:44+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/figure-drawing http://www.hmoa.org/class/figure-drawing#When:19:22:48Z In this class you will enjoy the many benefits of figure drawing. Drawing from the figure keeps an artist’s hand and eye agile and alert. Familiarity with proportion, anatomy, and expression enhances an artist’s perception and skills. All levels are welcome. Cost includes model fee. Classes 2012-01-13T19:22:48+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hand-building-and-wheel-throwing-for-adults3 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hand-building-and-wheel-throwing-for-adults3#When:21:41:52Z Participants are exposed to a wide variety of methods for creating both functional as well as sculptural ceramic pieces. All levels are welcome. Intermediate and more advanced students will learn new techniques and improve skills through the use of the potter's wheel, extruder, slab roller and various hand building methods. Surface decoration and glazing techniques will also be explored, along with experience firing in the new gas soda kiln. Classes 2012-01-12T21:41:52+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hooray-for-the-holidays1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hooray-for-the-holidays1#When:14:47:27Z $40 (pair) Members; $60 (pair) Non-Members Bring your favorite person and create together great things for the holidays! Open for ages 5 through 105, participants will hand build with clay everything from Christmas ornaments to menorahs just in time for all of your holiday festivities! This class is limited to 18 participants. Classes 2011-08-01T14:47:27+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/lets-play-in-the-mud-home-school-art-at-the-museum http://www.hmoa.org/class/lets-play-in-the-mud-home-school-art-at-the-museum#When:14:46:55Z Learn everything you ever wanted to know about clay in this fun-filled class. Students will learn lots of techniques, from handbuilding to throwing on the potter’s wheel. Everyone will get familiar with equipment around the studio and how it works, such as the extruder and slab roller. Different types of clay will be used, and surface decoration will be another fun part of this clay extravaganza. Students will participate in several different firing techniques to learn all of the steps to becoming a great clay artist. Classes 2011-08-01T14:46:55+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/drawing-for-kids-ages-8-12 http://www.hmoa.org/class/drawing-for-kids-ages-8-12#When:14:43:36Z Charcoal, pencil, colored pencil, pastels and more!  Kids will learn to draw using all of these materials. Taking walks on the Museum trails and visiting the museum’s sub-tropical conservatory will give kids the opportunity to experiment with lines, colors, shapes and textures. Bring your imagination and expect to draw great pictures. All materials provided. Classes 2011-08-01T14:43:36+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-night-clay-and-printmaking http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-night-clay-and-printmaking#When:14:42:43Z Open Studio welcomes artists to work on their own, utilizing the museum’s facilities, equipment and open studio space. If you are interested in pottery then Studio 4 is the place for you with potter’s wheels, a slab roller, an extruder, glazing materials and more. If you are interested in printmaking then you will want to be in Studio 5 with the printing press. And if you want to just make art in the company of fellow artists, then come along, join in and share the space. Participants may attend any or all Wednesday(s). Check in with artist in residence, Kathleen Kneafsey when you arrive. Fees will be collected each night of attendance. Since this is an open studio, not a class, there is no instruction or pre-registration. Open Studio in not recommended for beginners. Classes 2011-08-01T14:42:43+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/intermediate-advanced-photographic-techniques http://www.hmoa.org/class/intermediate-advanced-photographic-techniques#When:14:39:50Z Hold onto your hat – this class will be full of valuable learning. A quick review of camera operations and camera controls will enable participants to explore the use of filters for color and black & white – including how to make filters. Working with and without shadows and reflections will be explored, as well as use of studio lighting and posing techniques. And of course, being able to see and get the photo you want! Classes 2011-08-01T14:39:50+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/basic-photographic-techniques1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/basic-photographic-techniques1#When:14:38:55Z This intensive workshop will cover a broad range of valuable information for photographers: How to use your equipment; composition/lighting/presentation and traditional darkroom/digital darkroom/macro photo. Also included will be brief lectures and off-site field trips. Participants can use either 35mm or digital cameras. Classes 2011-08-01T14:38:55+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/thursday-watercolor http://www.hmoa.org/class/thursday-watercolor#When:14:20:01Z Using step-by-step methods, beginning participants will learn new techniques and methods to enhance their skills. Advanced watercolorists will have the opportunity to work in an arts environment with like-minded colleagues. Participants provide their own materials. Materials list will be handed out in the first class session. Class size limited to 15 participants. Classes 2011-08-01T14:20:01+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/wednesday-watercolor http://www.hmoa.org/class/wednesday-watercolor#When:14:18:06Z Using step-by-step methods, beginning participants will learn new techniques and methods to enhance their skills. Advanced watercolorists will have the opportunity to work in an arts environment with like-minded colleagues. Participants provide their own materials. Materials list will be handed out in the first class session. Class size limited to 15 participants. Classes 2011-08-01T14:18:06+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/illustrating-the-exotic-contemporary-botanical-drawing http://www.hmoa.org/class/illustrating-the-exotic-contemporary-botanical-drawing#When:14:16:03Z Illustrating the Exotic: Contemporary Botanical Drawing is a drawing class focused on illustrating various exotic plant species resident to the Conservatory at the Huntington Museum of Art. This class will begin by observing and sketching organic plant forms. Students will create an array of unique and contemporary botanical illustrations. Traditional drawing techniques will be introduced and skills will be developed and channeled into creating realistic anatomical plant drawings. Eventually, students will also learn how to incorporate mood and expression into their work to create abstraction of the botanical form. Classes 2011-08-01T14:16:03+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/portraiture-in-pastel1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/portraiture-in-pastel1#When:14:13:16Z Includes model fee During this drawing class, participants will gain proficiency with pastels and portraiture. Four class sessions will be spent drawing from a photograph and four class sessions will be spent drawing from a live model. Both processes offer different skill development, thus providing a comprehensive experience in working with pastels to draw portraits. Classes 2011-08-01T14:13:16+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-figure-drawing http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-figure-drawing#When:14:08:22Z Includes Model Fee In Open Studio Figure Study you will enjoy the benefits of working with a live model. Bring whatever materials you prefer. Since this is an open studio there will be no instruction. A monitor will be present for oversight.     Classes 2011-08-01T14:08:22+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/felt-making http://www.hmoa.org/class/felt-making#When:14:07:26Z During this one-day workshop, participants will turn wool into felt- by hand - using soap and hot water. Expect to leave with wool beads and/or a scarf. (materials fee included) Classes 2011-08-01T14:07:26+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/plate-o-matic-image-transfer-clay-making-surface-design2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/plate-o-matic-image-transfer-clay-making-surface-design2#When:13:49:33Z What is Plate-O-Matic? It is a fun process of making ceramic plates and shallow bowls that is quick and easy - without battling the potter’s wheel. After making lots of plates and bowls on the first night, you will have inviting surfaces for exploring different decorating processes and techniques. Underglaze colors – which are bright and exciting – will be used for decorating your plates and bowls. This class is fun for all ages. Classes 2011-08-01T13:49:33+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hand-building-and-wheel-throwing-for-adults2 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hand-building-and-wheel-throwing-for-adults2#When:18:39:30Z Participants are exposed to a wide variety of methods used to create both functional as well as sculptural ceramic pieces. All levels are welcome. Intermediate and more advanced students will learn new techniques and improve skills through the use of the potter’s wheel, extruder, slab roller and various hand building methods.  Surface decoration and glazing techniques will also be explored, as well as firing experience in the new gas soda kiln. Classes 2011-07-28T18:39:30+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/pitter-patter-art http://www.hmoa.org/class/pitter-patter-art#When:16:03:02Z Sensory art materials and interactive multimedia based art allow exploration of shape, texture and color while creating memories together. Lapsit stories and games will begin each class and daily theme. (Suitable for ages 18 months - pre K. Child must be accompanied by caregiver) THIS CLASS IS FULL. Classes 2011-03-29T16:03:02+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/nature-camp-week-1-3rd-6th-grades http://www.hmoa.org/class/nature-camp-week-1-3rd-6th-grades#When:16:01:14Z Let your child’s curiosity for nature and the environment blossom.  Campers will explore the Museum’s trails and creeks to observe the plants and animals native to this region. These discoveries, combined with hands-on lab activities, will provide campers with a lifelong appreciation for our local outdoors. THIS CAMP IS FULL. Classes 2011-03-29T16:01:14+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/nature-camp-week-2-3rd-6th-grades http://www.hmoa.org/class/nature-camp-week-2-3rd-6th-grades#When:16:01:07Z Let your child’s curiosity for nature and the environment blossom.  Campers will explore the Museum’s trails and creeks to observe the plants and animals native to this region. These discoveries, combined with hands-on lab activities, will provide campers with a lifelong appreciation for our local outdoors. Classes 2011-03-29T16:01:07+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/theater-camp-2nd-5th-grades http://www.hmoa.org/class/theater-camp-2nd-5th-grades#When:15:59:21Z Campers will be immersed in the creative world of theatrics.  Actor/Playwright Jonathan Joy will lead students in theatre activities that emphasize the tools of the actor: imagination, cooperation, concentration, body, voice and expression. Performance opportunities abound! All students will write, direct and perform in their own plays.  Students will also develop hands-on experiences with behind-the-scene activities such as lighting, sound, scenery and props. They will market their plays with poster designs and press releases. On the last day of each camp, a performance of selected works will be open to the public. THIS CAMP IS FULL. Classes 2011-03-29T15:59:21+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/theater-camp-2nd-5th-grades1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/theater-camp-2nd-5th-grades1#When:15:59:00Z Campers will be immersed in the creative world of theatrics.  Actor/Playwright Jonathan Joy will lead students in theatre activities that emphasize the tools of the actor: imagination, cooperation, concentration, body, voice and expression. Performance opportunities abound! All students will write, direct and perform in their own plays.  Students will also develop hands-on experiences with behind-the-scene activities such as lighting, sound, scenery and props. They will market their plays with poster designs and press releases. On the last day of each camp, a performance of selected works will be open to the public. Classes 2011-03-29T15:59:00+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/middle-school-high-school-clay-camp http://www.hmoa.org/class/middle-school-high-school-clay-camp#When:15:58:04Z Let’s get messy!  During this workshop we will get our hands dirty using our imaginations, centuries old techniques, and MUD!!! Since clay can be the most versatile and fundamentally diverse medium to explore, we will incorporate a wide variety of techniques including hand-building, wheel throwing, surface design and firing techniques. By using these methods we will take an exciting journey that will unfold personal interpretations of clay through sculpture, jewelry, functional forms and more. Classes 2011-03-29T15:58:04+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-1-4th-5th-grades1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-1-4th-5th-grades1#When:19:55:15Z Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp.  Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making.  Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity.  Classes 2011-03-28T19:55:15+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-1-4th-5th-grades http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-1-4th-5th-grades#When:19:55:00Z Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp.  Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making.  Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity. THIS CAMP IS FULL. Classes 2011-03-28T19:55:00+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-1-2nd-3rd-grades http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-1-2nd-3rd-grades#When:19:53:27Z Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp.  Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making.  Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity. THIS CAMP IS FULL. Classes 2011-03-28T19:53:27+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-1-2nd-3rd-grades1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-1-2nd-3rd-grades1#When:19:53:19Z Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp.  Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making.  Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity.  Classes 2011-03-28T19:53:19+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-1-k-1st-grades1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-1-k-1st-grades1#When:19:32:27Z Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp.  Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making.  Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity. THIS CAMP IS FULL. Classes 2011-03-28T19:32:27+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-1-k-1st-grades http://www.hmoa.org/class/art-camp-week-1-k-1st-grades#When:19:32:15Z Children’s imaginations will soar and self-expression will abound during art camp.  Under the direction of qualified and experienced teachers, campers will be inspired and challenged with their art making.  Painting, drawing, clay and more will enlighten hearts and spark creativity. THIS CAMP IS FULL. Classes 2011-03-28T19:32:15+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/portraiture-in-pastel http://www.hmoa.org/class/portraiture-in-pastel#When:20:46:52Z During this drawing class students will gain proficiency with pastels and portraiture.  Four class sessions will be spent drawing from a photograph and four class sessions will be spent drawing from a live model.  Both processes offer different skill development, thus providing a comprehensive experience in working with pastels to draw portraits. Classes 2011-01-07T20:46:52+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/the-who-what-how-and-why-of-art.-homeschool-art-class-homeschool-art-at-the http://www.hmoa.org/class/the-who-what-how-and-why-of-art.-homeschool-art-class-homeschool-art-at-the#When:20:37:15Z Did you ever see a work of art and wonder, “Who did that?” or “Why?”?  Students will explore those questions and come up with answers as they create their own works of art using the same methods and materials as famous artists.  Fun will be had by all as we follow in the footsteps of some of the masters of art to create our own masterpieces. Classes 2011-01-07T20:37:15+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/photoshop-basics http://www.hmoa.org/class/photoshop-basics#When:20:35:29Z Class participants will learn to manipulate digital photographs or artwork with the fun features of Photoshop CS5.  In this basic level class, students will learn how to layer, puppet warp, photo edit and create you own realistic digital paintings. Classes 2011-01-07T20:35:29+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/plate-o-matic-image-transfer-clay-making-surface-design1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/plate-o-matic-image-transfer-clay-making-surface-design1#When:20:32:02Z During this class you will experience a variety of surface decoration techniques on clay. Even if you have never worked with clay, you can expect to create beautiful plates, colorful bowls, imaginative wall decorations, and more. Some of the techniques you will learn are: transfer tracing, stenciling, wax resist design and sticker-resist methods. The use of slips and underglaze will give you bright and colorful surface design. Classes 2011-01-07T20:32:02+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-night1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-night1#When:20:28:46Z  Open Studio enables artists to work on their own, making great things with clay!  Spend the evening working on the potter's wheel, hand building or extruding and enjoy good conversation with other clay enthusiasts.    Since this is an open studio, not a class, there is no instruction or pre-registration.  Participants may attend any night/nights they desire.  Fees will be collected each night of attendance.  Open Studio is not recommended for beginners.  Beginners should consider attending Hand Building & Wheel Throwing for Adults on Monday evenings. Classes 2011-01-07T20:28:46+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hand-building-and-wheel-throwing-for-adults1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hand-building-and-wheel-throwing-for-adults1#When:20:26:43Z Participants are exposed to a wide variety of methods used to create both functional as well as sculptural ceramic pieces. All levels are welcome. Intermediate and more advanced students will learn new techniques and improve skills through the use of the potter’s wheel, extruder and various hand building methods.  Surface decoration and glazing techniques will also be explored. Classes 2011-01-07T20:26:43+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/basic-intermediate-photographic-techniques http://www.hmoa.org/class/basic-intermediate-photographic-techniques#When:20:19:58Z This intensive workshop will cover a broad range of valuable information for photographers: how to use your equipment; composition/lighting/presentation and traditional darkroom/digital darkroom/macro photo.  Also included will be brief lectures and off-site field trips.  Participants can use either 35 mm or digital cameras. Classes 2011-01-07T20:19:58+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/watercolor1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/watercolor1#When:20:14:13Z Using step-by-step methods, beginning participants will learn new techniques and methods to enhance their skills.  Advanced watercolorists will have the opportunity to work in an arts environment with like-minded colleagues.  Participants provide their own materials.  Materials list will be handed out in the first class session.  Class size limited to 15 participants. Classes 2011-01-07T20:14:13+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-figure-study1 http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-figure-study1#When:19:08:01Z In Open Studio Figure Study you will enjoy the benefits of working with a live model. Bring whatever materials you prefer. Since this is an open studio, there will be no instruction. A monitor will be present for oversight. Classes 2011-01-07T19:08:01+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/basic-photographic-techniques http://www.hmoa.org/class/basic-photographic-techniques#When:18:21:42Z This intensive workshop will cover a broad range of valuable information for photographers: how to use your equipment; composition/lighting/presentation and traditional darkroom/digital darkroom/macro photo. Also included will be brief lectures and off-site field trips. Participants can use either 35 mm or digital cameras. Classes 2010-09-28T18:21:42+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hand-building-and-wheel-throwing-for-adults http://www.hmoa.org/class/hand-building-and-wheel-throwing-for-adults#When:18:20:53Z Participants are exposed to a wide variety of methods used to create both functional as well as sculptural ceramic pieces. All levels are welcome. Intermediate and more advanced students will learn new techniques and improve skills through the use of the potter’s wheel, extruder and various hand building methods. Surface decoration and glazing techniques will also be explored. Kathleen has been teaching extensively at the Huntington Museum of Art and is the Artist in Residence. She earned her BFA from Clemson University and her MFA in ceramics from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Kathleen’s work has been included in many art publications, and has been exhibited widely. Classes 2010-09-28T18:20:53+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-night http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-night#When:18:15:13Z Open Studio enables artists to work on their own, making great things with clay! Spend the evening working on the potter's wheel, hand building or extruding and enjoy good conversation with other clay enthusiasts. Since this is an open studio, not a class, there is not instruction or pre-registration. Participants may attend any night/nights they desire. Fees will be collected each night of attendance. Open Studio is not recommended for beginners. Beginners should consider attending Hand Building & Wheel Throwing for Adults on Monday evenings. Classes 2010-09-28T18:15:13+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/plate-o-matic-image-transfer-clay-making-surface-design http://www.hmoa.org/class/plate-o-matic-image-transfer-clay-making-surface-design#When:18:14:23Z Come and experience the Plate-O-Matic process and image transfers on clay. During this class, we will learn the Plate-O-Matic process, a process simple enough for anyone, even those who have never worked with clay. With it we create beautiful plates, bowls, wall decorations, and many other things. Along with the Plate-O-Matic, we will be exploring different surface-decoration techniques, including the tracing transfer, using stencils, wax resist designing, and sticker resist methods. We will be using slips and underglazes to decorate your work. This will give you bright fantastic colors that will definitely stand out. Classes 2010-09-28T18:14:23+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/still-life-in-pastel http://www.hmoa.org/class/still-life-in-pastel#When:18:11:59Z Students will learn how to utilize composition, proportions, creative coloring, and layering in pastel. In the eight sessions, students will practice with a variety of subjects: fruit, vases, flowers, etc. Classes 2010-09-28T18:11:59+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/hooray-for-the-holidays http://www.hmoa.org/class/hooray-for-the-holidays#When:18:09:32Z Bring your favorite person and create great things for the holidays together! Open for ages 5 through 105, participants will hand build with clay everything from Christmas ornaments to menorahs just in time for all of your holiday festivities! This class is limited to 18 participants. Classes 2010-09-28T18:09:32+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/what-makes-it-art-home-school-art-at-the-museum http://www.hmoa.org/class/what-makes-it-art-home-school-art-at-the-museum#When:18:06:26Z Students will explore the elements and principles of design to create works of art. Through painting, sculpture and many other media, the participants will discover color, texture, pattern and all of the wonderful things that go into making art. Examples of the elements and principles of design will also be presented through examples within the Museum’s collection, giving the students the opportunity to see it both in the studio through their own creation and on display in the Museum. Classes 2010-09-28T18:06:26+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/watercolor http://www.hmoa.org/class/watercolor#When:20:50:20Z Using step-by-step methods, beginning participants will learn new techniques and methods to enhance their skills. Advanced watercolorists will have the opportunity to work in an arts environment with like-minded colleagues. Participants provide their own materials. Materials list will be handed out in the first class session. Class size limited to 15 participants. Classes 2010-09-22T20:50:20+00:00 http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-figure-study http://www.hmoa.org/class/open-studio-figure-study#When:20:42:01Z In Open Studio Figure Study you will enjoy the benefits of working with a live model. Bring whatever materials you prefer. Since this is an open studio, there will be no instruction. A monitor will be present. Classes 2010-09-22T20:42:01+00:00