THE SOCIETY OF
MAR-APR 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS Exhibits............................1 New Programs............2, 3 Bluegrass Concert..........4 Garden Club...................5 King Library....................6 Bolshoi Ballet..................7 Winston Churchill..........8 Watermedia Workshop..9 Donors.......................10-15 Library Restoration......16 Corporate Donors........16
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Last Chance to Experience “A Shared Legacy: Folk Art In America” Exhibition closes March 26th “A Shared Legacy: Folk Art in America” offers a stunning presentation of American folk art made primarily in rural areas of New England, the Midwest, and the South between 1800 and 1920. More than 60 works of art, including still-life, landscape, allegorical, and portrait paintings, commercial and highly personal sculpture, and notable examples of art from the German-American community are on display. Collectively the objects exemplify the breadth of American creative expression by individuals who did not always adhere to the academic models that established artistic taste in urban centers of the East Coast. Upon the exhibition debut at the American Folk Art Museum (NY) The New York Times said the objects “evoke a world and a way of life that modernity has eclipsed, and yet they feel as fresh and lively as anything you might desire in the art of today.” “A Shared Legacy” tells the story of the extraordinary work created by self-taught or minimally trained artists who produced objects during a period of enormous political, social, and cultural change in the United States.
Attributed to John Scholl American (born Germany), 1827–1916 “The Wedding of the Turtle Doves,” 1907–15 White pine, wire and paint Over the past 20 years, Barbara L. Gordon has assembled a broad-reaching collection of American 27 x 24 x 17 in. paintings, sculpture, furniture and related decorative Made in Germania, Pennsylvania Courtesy of the Barbara L. Gordon arts of the highest quality. It is fundamental to Collection
recognize that the three most prominent portrait artists – Phillips, Brewster and Peck – are represented in the Gordon Collection by exceptional paintings, and outstanding examples of every area in the rich folk tradition are on display. The appreciation of this superb collection provides a path to seeing the importance of folk traditions and their important conversation with academic art.
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The exhibition is drawn from the Barbara L. Gordon Collection and is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia.
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Jf you go… The exhibition is on display at The Society of the Four Arts through March 26, 2017. Admission is $5. No charge for Four Arts members and children 15 and under. Call 561-655-7226 or visit www.fourarts.org for more information. 1