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Please join us this Friday evening,
August 20 from 6-8 p.m.
at the opening reception of
Representations:
Susan Doster and Students
Saturday, August 21 from 11:30 a.m.
Green Practices in Interior Design
Sustainability and green interior design practices are important issues in interior design today. Please join us for an engaging and educational lecture on the subject by Hillary Fulton, Rhonda Kline and Dala Al-Fuwaires from the Purdue University Department of Interior Design. Saturday, August 21, 11:30 a.m. in the Mickey Shook Community Room on the first floor of the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette. Please RSVP to glenda@glmart.org or (765) 742-1128, ext. 102 so we are sure to have enough chairs! The lecture is free for Art Museum Members. A donation of $10 is suggested for non-members.
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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