MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS "LIBERTIES WITH LIBERTY: THE CHANGING OF AN AMERICAN SYMBOL"[2/25-5/18/86]. Sponsor: The Xerox Foundation. Curator: Nancy Jo Fox. Text, Liberties with Liberty, by NancyJo Fox, published by Museum in association with E.P. Dutton, 1986. Winter 1986 Clarion features, "Liberties with Liberty: The Changing of an American Symbol': by Nancy Jo Fox. Exhibit features 85 objects highlighting the changing image of the personification of Liberty. Funded by The Xerox Corporation, 500 poster sets published and sent to all 50 state governors' offices, and 188 embassies and consulates worldwide. Exhibition travels to The Pavilion at LTV Center, Dallas, TX in cooperation with Dallas Historical Society[6/15-7/20/86], Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago,IL [8/12-11/2/86], Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL[11/23/86-1/25/87], Detroit Historical Museum,Detroit, MI[2/10-4/26/87], Craft and Folk Art Museum,Los Angeles, CA [6/1-7/26/87]. "OFF THE WALLS: EXCEPTIONAL QUILTS FROM PRIVATE NEW YORK CITY COLLECTIONS"[5/27-6/27/86]. Curator: Elizabeth V. Warren. Guest Curator: Cynthia V.A. Schaffner. Final presentation in Museum's 55th St. gallery features quilts never before shown publicly as well as a group of Mifflin County,PA,Amish "make-do" pin cushions from the collection of Willa and Joseph Rosenberg.
Xerox's Bette Kucklick with Director Robert Bishop at the opening of "Liberties with Liberty"
Schecter Lee
SATELLITE/TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS 'AMERICAN FOLK ART: EXPRESSIONS OF A NEW SPIRIT" at the Columbus Art Museum, Columbus, OH [2/9-4/6/86], Fort Wcvne Museum ofArt, Fort Wayne, IN [5/11-7/20/86], Musee de la Civilization La Vieux Bart, Quebec, Canada [9/7-11/9/86], Koffler Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canaca [12/9/86-1/30/87]. "EARL CUNNINGHAM: HIS CAREFREE AMERICAN WORLD"from the Michael and Marilyn Mennen° Collection, at NYU's 80 Washington Square East Galleries. Sponsors: Museum, NYU and The Center for American Art. Curator: Henry Niemann. Exhibit features 60 oils by Earl Cunningham, a 20th century folk artist and antiques dealer who settled in St. Augustine, FL. A gala preview is hosted by the US Senator from FL, Paula Hawkins, Metropolitan Opera star, Roberta Peters, and Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mennello. Following NY presentation, exhibition begins tour. "MUFFLED VOICES: FOLK ARTISTS IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICA"at PaineWebber Art Gallery, NYC[5/27-9/14/86]. Sponsor: PaineWebber Group,Inc. Curator: Didi Barrett. Catalogue, Muffled Voices: Folk Artists in Contemporary America, by Didi Barrett, published by Museum,1986. Ground breaking exhibition focusing on the work of 28 selftaught 20th century folk artists who produced the bulk of their work after WWII. "YOUNG AMERICA:A FOLK ART HISTORY" at IBM Gallery of Science and Art, NYC[9/30-11/15/86]. Sponsor:IBM Corporation. Exhibit conceived and organized by Jean Lipman. Curator: Elizabeth V Warren.Associate Curator: Mary Ann Demos. Text, Young America/A Folk Art History, by Jean Lipman, Elizabeth V Warren and Robert Bishop, published by Hudson Hills Press, 1986. Fall Clarion features "The Search For Young America: by Mary Ann Demos. Landmark exhibition presenting folk artists' views of the history of US from the Revolution to end of WWI.Show travels to Tucson Museum ofArt, Tucson,AZ[1/24/87-3/15/87], Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, Dearborn, MI[4/6/87-9/13/87]; Mint Museum ofArt, Charlotte, NC[10/5/87-1/3/88]; and Terra Museum ofAmercan Art, Chicago, IL [2/15/88-4/24/88]. Museum offers lecture series at IBM Gallery Auditorium, made possible by grant from New York State Council for the Humanities. More than 250 attend lecture series. Foreign Lady Waving American igg by Jon Serl from "Muffled Voices:" PaineWebber's Donald Marron with carousel collector Charlotte Dinger
"CATCH A BRASS RING: CAROUSEL ART FROM THE CHARLOTTE DINGER COLLECTION"at the PaineWebber Art Gallery, NYC [11/24/86-3/28/87]. Sponsor: PaineWebber Group, Inc. Curator: Charlotte Dinger. Text, Art ofthe Carousel, by Charlotte Dinger, published by Carousel Art, Green Village, NJ, 1987. Exhibit features 40 animals and related sculpture in The Country Fair style — portable horses and farm animals; The Philadelphia style — elegant and richly decorated; and The Coney Island style — flamboyant and flashy. Show travels. "DIFFERENT DRUMMERS:A SELECTION FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF MUSEUM OF AMERICAN FOLK ART" at Olympia and York's Park Avenue Atrium Gallery [12/1/86-1/23/87]. Sponsor: Olympia and York. Curator: Ludwig Dame. Checklist accompanies exhibition of74 paintings and sculpture, highlighting "outsider art" and "idiosyncratic creations" by unknown folk artists of the 19th and 20th centuries.
1986 Trudeau Studio
Tinsmith Pushing a Grinding Wheel from "Young America"
RESTAURANT EXHIBMONS Exhibits at Vista International Hotels'American Harvest Restaurants in NY and Washington. D.C.include: "Liberties with Liberty" posters; whirligigs and weathervanes and redware. At American Festival Cafe, curator William C. Ketchum,Jr. exhibits Native American basketry and pottery; chalkware, vvooden folk sculpture and scherenschnitte; and folk art from private collections. Winter 1989
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