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Art Museum of Greater Lafayette
August 20 - October 16
Please join us for the opening on August 20
from 6-8 pm in the Mickey Shook Gallery.
Representations: Susan Doster
and her Students
Susan Doster teaches Plein Air, Figure and Portrait Painting and Portrait and Figure Sculpture at the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette. The Art Museum is happy to have this opportunity to highlight the accomplishments of Susan and the artists that study with her.
Please Join us on
Friday, September 10 from 6-8 pm
for
a closing reception for our
summer exhibitions
Gallery Talk at 7pm
Laurette McCarthy, Ph.D.
Curator, "Covering" America
May 21 - September 11:
"Covering" America
in the 1950's and early 1960's:
The Saturday Evening Post
Magazine
The Saturday Evening Post, America’s oldest magazine, has continued its proud publication history to the present day with periodicals that inspire, inform, and entertain people in households across the United States as it has for generations.
In the 1950s and early 1960s, millions of American gazed at The Saturday Evening Post from the privacy of their homes and saw themselves reflected in the art that graced its covers. During this period, The Post, commissioned America’s foremost illustrators to create images for their magazine, among them: Norman Rockwell, John Clymer, Stevan Dohanos, John Falter, George Hughes, Amos Sewell, Richard Sargent, Mead Schaeffer, and Thorton Utz.
How and where Americans lived and played was news and The Saturday Evening Post cover artists captured The American Dream. Among the recurring themes seen in these covers are: Suburbia: Home, Children, and Family Pets; Holidays and Events; Church and Prayer and Travel, Vacations, and the Great Outdoors.
In this exhibition, viewers, young and old alike, can decide which news story is their personal favorite; the covers of The Saturday Evening Post captured the heart and soul of America and remains a treasure chest of history---an exhibition of all ages.
This exciting and amusing invitational exhibition is being curated by the always creative Linda Vanderkolk, who designed the 1992 “Family Farm Objects” figures from farm implement parts for Lafayette’s Farmers Market. Resourceful artists have been adept at re-using and transforming found materials for centuries. In this Green-thinking installation, 2 and 3-D figures, have been created by over 30 regional artists using recyclable materials to heighten our awareness of the importance of using our resources wisely.
Generously sponsored by
Evonik Degussa Corporation, Tippecanoe Labs and
Hoosier Recycling and Packaging SystemsMedia Sponor: WBAA
Public Radio from Purdue
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