The Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery
The Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery is recognized as one of the region's foremost spaces in which to experience the achievements of internationally renowned artists and art movements of yesterday and today. Housed in a former church in the medieval-revival style, the Gallery is host to five to six exhibitions a year, with loans from major national and regional art museums, dealers, and collectors. Shows cover a wide range, from medieval manuscripts to Renaissance prints, Pop Art, and installations, drawings and paintings by important contemporary artists and LVC faculty.
Exhibitions are made possible by the The Friends of the Gallery, the Gallery's membership group.
Current Exhibition:
Piranesi: The Grandeur of Ancient Rome
March 5 - April 25, 2010
This exhibition features a selection of etchings by eighteenth-century Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Piranesi's renderings of Rome and the city's ancient ruins were executed at the height of the Grand Tour, when Rome was an intellectual center and popular tourist destination. Many of the works in the exhibition are from his Views of Rome series and demonstrate the artist's dramatic use of light and perspective.The exhibition has been organized by Blair-Murrah exhibitions.
Opening Reception: Friday, March 12, 5-7 p.m.
Lecture: "To Protect and To Serve: Giovanni Battista Piranesi's Rome," Dr. Robin Thomas, Assistant Professor of Art History at The Pennsylvania State University. Monday, March 29, 5 p.m., Zimmerman Recital Hall. This lecture is free and open to the public.
Gallery Hours
Wednesday: 5-8 p.m.
Thursday-Friday: 1-4:30 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday: 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
and by appointment for tour groups.