Past Exhibitions
Carol Galligan: In Search of the Tao
May 21 - July 11, 2010
This exhibition showcases the works of Lancaster-based artist Carol Galligan, renowned for her large-scale mixed media works. Galligan's scroll-like works focus on color and texture and are influenced by the Chinese philosophy of Daoism.
Opening reception: Friday, May 21, 5-7 p.m.
Artist's Talk: Saturday, June 12, 10:45 a.m., Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery
39th Annual Juried Art Exhibition
April 30 - May 9, 2010
The perennially popular Juried Art Exhibition features a diverse selection of paintings, sculpture, photography, ceramics and other media, created by local and regional artists.
Opening reception and awards ceremony: Friday, April 30, 5-7 p.m
Piranesi: The Grandeur of Ancient Rome
March 5- April 25, 2010
This splendid exhibition features over forty etchings by eighteenth-century Italian artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi. Many works in the exhibition are from the artist's Vedute di Roma (Views of Rome) series and demonstrate Piranesi's dramatic use of light and perspective. An etching from Piranesi's famous Carceri d'invenzione (Imaginary Prisons) series is also included. Piranesi: The Grandeur of Ancient Rome is a traveling exhibition organized by Blair-Murrah Exhibitions.
Opening reception: Friday, March 12, 5-7 p.m.
Lecture: "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
Carol Brown Goldberg: Aura and the Implicate Order
January 15 - February 21, 2010
This exhibition features a selection of abstract paintings by Washington-based artist Carol Brown Goldberg. Goldberg's works explore the relationship between color, shape, movement and space. Comprised of grids of colored circles, her large canvases draw the viewer in and move the eye through and beyond the rhythm of the receding circles. The broad spectrums of colors, executed in acrylic, are intensified by the pulverized glass that Goldberg adds to her pigments, creating an effect that she compares to the twinkling cosmos at night.
Opening reception: Friday, January 22, 5-7 p.m.
Lecture: "Mysical Physics: Carol Brown Goldberg's Paintings", Dr. Donald Kuspit, Distinguished Professor of Art History and Philosophy, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Monday, February 1, 7 p.m., Zimmerman Recital Hall
The Actor's Image: The Japan-Virginia Society Collection of Ukiyo-e Prints
October 23 - December 13, 2009
This exhibition includes fifty-five woodblock prints created in nineteenth-century Japan. Featuring Kabuki theater and its famous actors, these prints offer a rich array of compelling images that invite viewers into the lively world of Japanese art and theatre. The ukiyo-e prints in the exhibition were all created by artists of the Utagawa school, and date from 1820-1865. The Actor's Image is a traveling exhibition organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts .
Opening reception: Friday, October 23, 5-7 p.m.
Japanese Tea Ceremony: Drew Hanson, licensesd teacher of the Urasenke Tradition of Japanese tea, will present an authentic Japanese Tea Ceremony on Wednesday, October 28 at 5 p.m. in the Zimmerman Recital Hall of the Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery.
Lecture: "Making Pictures for the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Artists and Publishers", Dr. Julie Nelson Davis, Associate Professor of East Asian Art at the University of Pennsylvania, Wednesday, November 18, 5 p.m., Zimmerman Recital Hall.
N.C. Wyeth: Storyteller
August 28 - October 11, 2009
N.C. Wyeth: Storyteller features a select grouping of important paintings by Wyeth, including works executed in preparation for book and magazine illustrations, as well as independent easel paintings. One of the most successful illustrators of all time, Wyeth studied under the foremost illustrator Howard Pyle and is best known for his illustrations in the Saturday Evening Post and for his illustrations of the Scribner's Classics, such as Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and Robinson Crusoe.
Openng Reception: Friday, August 28, 5-7 p.m.
Artists' Panel: "Conversations on N.C. Wyeth", Rob Evans, Randall Exxon and Dan Massad will meet to discuss the work of N.C.Wyeth. Thursday, September 10, 5 p.m., Zimmerman Recital Hall
Lecture: "Landscapes by N.C., Andrew and Jamie Wyeth", Joyce Hill Stoner, Professor, Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art Conservation,Tuesday, September 29, 7 p.m., Zimmerman Recital Hall