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Summer Adult/Educator Workshops at SAM!
Low and no cost programs to offer Act 48 credits for teachers
The Susquehanna Art Museum is pleased to announce two exciting educator workshops starting June 2008. SAM’s workshops provide a forum for self-exploration and expose participants to exciting ideas that will energize classroom curriculum. Workshops revolve around the Museum’s summer exhibition Treasures from the Attic: Unseen Collections of the Capital Region.
Creating Memorable Moments: An Art to Go! Training Session will be offered on Tuesday, June 17, 2008 and again on Wednesday, July 30, 2008 from 10am-12pm. This free workshop serves as an introduction to SAM’s innovative and inexpensive arts resource program, Art to Go! Participants will have an opportunity to explore portfolios related to the Museum’s current exhibit, Treasures from the Attic: Unseen Treasures of the Capital Region, and take part in ‘mock’ learning sessions. Workshop is limited to 15 participants.
A workshop called Creating Memory Collages will be offered on Saturday, August 16, 2008, from 10am-3pm. This workshop uses SAM’s summer exhibit for inspiration as participants explore ideas to create a memory collage. Scrapbook enthusiasts will especially enjoy this workshop! Cost for SAM members: $25; non-members: $40.
Workshops are taught by PA certified art educators, and Act 48 hours will be awarded. For more information, please refer to the registration materials. To register, please contact the Museum’s Education department at 717-233-8668 x 7, or by email at wsweigart@sqart.org. Class size is limited, so register early!
Treasures from the Attic: Unseen Collections of the Capital Region runs from May 22 through September 21 in the Museum’s Main Galleries. This collaborative exhibition explores the unseen wealth in the permanent collections of regional institutions. The Susquehanna Art Museum has borrowed from prominent art and historical organizations across five counties including the Historical Society of Dauphin County the Perry County Council of the Arts, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, the National Civil War Museum, the Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College, The Trout Gallery at Dickinson College, the Cumberland County Historical Society, and the Hershey Museum. Romare Bearden, Jacob Eichholtz, Stephen Etnier, Thomas Moran, Red Grooms, Jacob Lawrence, Robert Rauschenberg and Gustave Courbet are a few of the artists to be featured in the exhibition.
Susquehanna Art Museum to host CARTOON ACADEMY and Hold Youth Art Classes
All programs for kids aged 3 - teens are registering now
The Susquehanna Art Museum is pleased to host the eighth year of The Cartoon Academy’s summer animation camps, from June 21-28, 2008. The academy will be taught by, Fred Miles, owner of the animation studio, The Cartoon Tycoon. The Cartoon Tycoon produces 2-D and 3-D animation for national clients such as MTV, ABC Sports, The Discovery Channel, ESPN and NBA Entertainment.
Miles will offer two separate camps. A week long one for high school students from June 23-27 and two half day camps for middle school students on June 21 and 28. Students in the high school camp will learn and improve skills such as life drawing, character design, stronger character poses, storyboards, layouts and perspective. The middle school camps will have an emphasis on drawing cartoon characters and experiment with animation using flip books and stop motion exercises. Students will be able to work alongside professional animators during camp and get a feel for the animation process.
The Susquehanna Art Museum also offers summer youth art classes that explore drawing, painting, sculpture, art history, and art appreciation and provide a quality art education experience where students have the unique opportunity to learn from original works of art in a Museum setting. Look for exciting classes such as ‘Trash to Treasure: Found Object Sculptures’, ‘Making Mona Modern: The Mona Lisa’, ‘Rembrandts & Rainbows’ preschool art workshops, our weeklong ‘Ideas & Explorations’, and much more. Classes are available for kids ages 3-12 and begin Monday, June 9, 2008.
There will be an open house for all of SAM’s summer art programs for participants and parents to visit the facility and meet the instructors on Thursday, May 29, 2008 from 6-7:30pm. Please reservations are requested and may be made by calling (717) 233-8668 ext 7.
Class registration for all summer programs is open now and forms are available here or by calling (717) 233-8668 ext 7. Register early, as space for the workshops and classes is limited.
THE DŌSHI GALLERY PRESENTS CHROMATOLOGY BY MICHAEL PITTARI
Pittari on exhibit from May 8 to June 15, 2008
The DŌSHI Gallery at the Susquehanna Art Museum is proud to present Chromatology, an exhibition of paintings by Michael Pittari. His solo exhibition will run in the Museum's DŌSHI Gallery from May 8 to June 15, 2008. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, May 8th from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Admission for the evening is free and open to the public.
Michael Pittari, a native of Reading, Pennsylvania, is an assistant professor of art at Lebanon Valley College in Annville, Pennsylvania. Pittari addresses intellectual issues through abstraction. He communicates to the viewer through color, shape and scale. The process is as much a part of his work as the acrylic paintings that he creates.
Pittari received his B.F.A. in Drawing from the University of Florida in 1989 and his M.F.A. in Painting and Drawing from the University of Tennessee in 1995. Pittari has had solo exhibitions in Pennsylvania, Georgia and Tennessee. He has participated in numerous group exhibitions, including Art of the State at The State Museum of Pennsylvania in 2005. His awards include a faculty research grant from Lebanon Valley College, a Nominee for Emerging Artist Award from the Forward Arts Foundation, a Murphy Award for Painting from the University of Tennessee and a Ewing Graduate Scholarship from the University of Tennessee.
Pittari's exhibition will be on display while the Museum's main galleries change exhibitions. Celebrate DOSHI, an exhibit commemorating thirty-seven years of the DŌSHI Gallery’s rich history will be featured in the main gallery until May 11, 2008. Carol Faill, former Director of the Phillips Museum at Franklin and Marshall College, guest curated the exhibit.
On May 22, 2008, the Susquehanna Art Museum will open Treasures from the Attic: Unseen Collections of the Capital Region. This main-gallery exhibition will explore the unseen wealth in permanent collections of regional institutions. The Susquehanna Art Museum borrowed from the Historical Society of Dauphin County, the Perry County Council of the Arts, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, the National Civil War Museum, the Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin and Marshall College, The Trout Gallery at Dickinson College, the Cumberland County Historical Society and the Hershey Museum. Romare Bearden, Jacob Eichholtz, Stephen Etnier, Thomas Moran, Red Grooms, Jacob Lawrence, Robert Rauschenberg and Gustave Courbet are a few of the artists to be featured in this exhibition.
The DŌSHI Center for Contemporary Art, founded by Maya Schock in Harrisburg in 1972, was incorporated into the operations of the Susquehanna Art Museum in 1997. In spirit with the mission of the original DŌSHI Center (named for a Japanese word meaning “brotherhood”), the DŌSHI Gallery provides a venue for emerging and established Pennsylvania artists to exhibit their work, explore new ideas, and develop a dialogue with the Museum and the community.
Susquehanna Art Museum showcases unseen art treasures
Treasures from the Attic on exhibit from May 22- September 21, 2008
From May 22 to September 21, 2008, the Susquehanna Art Museum will feature an exhibition entitled Treasures from the Attic: Unseen Collections of the Capital Region. This exhibition will explore the unseen wealth in the permanent collections of regional institutions. The Susquehanna Art Museum has borrowed from prominent art and historical organizations across five counties. These include the Historical Society of Dauphin County the Perry County Council of the Arts, The State Museum of Pennsylvania, the National Civil War Museum, the Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College, The Trout Gallery at Dickinson College, the Cumberland County Historical Society, the Hershey Museum and others.
Treasures from the Attic will showcase a collection of works removed from the public eye for decades and, in some cases, centuries. The variety of pieces ranges from a 1775 scenic view of Harrisburg to creations by modern masters from Europe and the United States. Romare Bearden, Jacob Eichholtz, Stephen Etnier, Thomas Moran, Red Grooms, Jacob Lawrence, Robert Rauschenberg and Gustave Courbet are a few of the artists to be featured in the exhibition. The exhibit will provide information about the intriguing history of the loaning institution and collections.
One example of the region’s treasures is Gustav Courbet’s painting, La Cascade d’Hauteville, 1876, on loan to the Museum from the Perry County Council for the Arts – gift of Mary Landis. The painting traveled across continents and through a turbulent local and world history to finally arrive in Newport, Pennsylvania. To the Museum’s knowledge, this painting has never been exhibited in the United States. Gustav Courbet is the subject of a retrospective exhibition currently featured at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
Treasures from the Attic offers a unique opportunity to discover the hidden treasures of our regional institutions. In bringing these pieces to the public, the Susquehanna Art Museum continues to celebrate Central Pennsylvania’s cultural resources. An opening reception for the exhibit will be held on May 22, 2008 from 5-7PM. The reception is free and open to the public.
This exhibition is sponsored in part by a grant from Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development and State Rep. Ronald Buxton.
The DŌSHI Gallery Presents Us and Them, Works by Ryan Gilmartin
Gilmartin's paintings to be on exhibit from April 3 – May 4, 2008
The DŌSHI Gallery at the Susquehanna Art Museum is excited to feature Us and Them, an exhibition of paintings by Hershey artist Ryan Gilmartin. His solo exhibition will run in the DŌSHI Gallery from April 3 to May 4, 2008. An artist reception will be held on Thursday, April 3rd from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Admission to the reception is free and open to the public.
Mr. Gilmartin received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Colorado State University and has exhibited extensively in Colorado. Past awards include Best of Show from the Colorado Arts Educators Association and the 2003 Arts Alive Fellowship. He served as the CSU Undergraduate Representative for the Third Front Range Student Exhibit, which was sponsored by the Denver Art Museum. His previous exhibition venues include the Tri Lakes Art Center, Curfman Gallery, Improv Contemporary Art and the University of Colorado.
DŌSHI Gallery - Call for Entries
The Susquehanna Art Museum’s DOSHI Gallery is seeking entries for a show of members’ works of art. The exhibition will be held in the Whitaker Center from May 2 – June 27, 2008. Membership is required for submission. Details here...
Susquehanna Art Museum Announces VanGo! 2008-2009 Exhibit
The Susquehanna Art Museum is pleased to announce that the exhibition Earth, Wind, Fire & Water: Science in Art will be featured on its award-winning VanGo! Museum on Wheels for the 2008-09 school year. Earth, Wind, Fire & Water will examine commonalities between artist and scientist, and show how each approach their work in a similar way. By examining the connection of art and science, students will increase their appreciation of the natural world, and develop skills in critical analysis that will serve them well in future learning. Get the details...
Susquehanna Art Museum Awarded Two Grants
Funds will continue FREE admission and support exhibitions in 2008
The Susquehanna Art Museum received two grants this month in support of its 2008 programs and exhibitions.
The Susquehanna Art Museum is proud to announce that with an additional grant from the Wachovia Foundation, the Museum will extend free admission to its galleries through September 2008. This admissions policy began in January of 2007 as part of the Museum’s “Open Doors” program. The Museum hopes that with the “Open Doors” program all members of the Capital Region’s community will be able to experience the rich cultural resources of the Museum.
The Museum also received continued funding from the McCormick Family Foundation to support its 2008 Main Gallery exhibitions. The Museum will host three Main Gallery exhibitions in 2008. A schedule of exhibitions is as follows:
Celebrate DOSHI
January 10 – May 11, 2008
Celebrate DOSHI explores the history of the DOSHI gallery and central Pennsylvania’s contemporary artists. Guest curator Carol Faill, Director of the Phillips Museum of Art at Franklin & Marshall College, follows the gallery’s founder, Maya Schock and her connections with the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia through the influences of Schock on the contemporary artists in the region today.
Treasures from the Attic
May 22 – September 21, 2008 (rescheduled from fall 2007)
The Susquehanna Art Museum will feature the unseen treasures and permanent collections of other regional non-profit organizations in the exhibition Treasures from the Attic. Pulling pieces from The State Museum, the Historical Societies of Dauphin and Cumberland Counties, The Hershey Museum, The Civil War Museum, and the Perry County Council of the Arts, the Susquehanna Art Museum has amassed an unprecedented collection of works removed from the public eye for decades, and in some cases, centuries.
Masters in Contemporary Art: Works from the Frederick R. Weisman
Foundation (tentative - working title)
October 2, 2008 – April 12, 2009
The Susquehanna Art Museum will feature a blockbuster exhibition of works from the world-renowned collection of the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation, Los Angeles California. The exhibition will be curated by Billie Miram Weisman and culled from the Foundation’s collection.
In 2008, the Museum’s DOSHI gallery will feature nine exhibitions of established and emerging Pennsylvania artists.
SUSQUEHANNA ART MUSEUM TO EXHIBIT CELEBRATE DOSHI
Exhibition to run from January 10 – May 11, 2008
From January 10 to May 11, 2008, the Susquehanna Art Museum will present Celebrate DOSHI, an exhibit celebrating 35 years of DOSHI artists and their creations. This exhibition will not only celebrate Central Pennsylvania’s own art history, but it will also help educate the community about its rich past. An opening reception will be held on January 10, 2008 from 5-7 PM. Admission to the opening is FREE and open to the public.
Carol Faill, former Director of the Phillips Museum at Franklin and Marshall College, will guest curate the exhibit. Faill served as Director of DOSHI from 1978-1981.
Founded by Maya Schock in 1972, the DOSHI is a non-profit gallery whose mission is to exhibit contemporary art of the highest quality by regional established artists and to encourage emerging artists. In fact, the word “DOSHI” translates from Japanese as “fellowship,” or “brotherhood.” This exhibit will include artists that studied with Schock and have been influenced by her. Such artists include Mary Hochendoner, Terrie Bowie, Gene Suchma, Bruce Samuelson and Dan Miller.
The mission of DOSHI continues today at the Susquehanna Art Museum. The gallery hosts up to eight solo shows and three juried exhibitions per year. Calls for Entries are posted below. The DOSHI Gallery will feature a juried exhibition of local artists to run concurrent with Celebrate DOSHI in the main gallery.
Free Artist Seminars
Whitaker Center Visual Arts Advisory Committee is offering four free seminars in an effort to aid in the success and promotion of Central PA artists and those working within the arts. The seminars will provide access to professionals from various industries and organizations who will supply information, resources, answer questions, and exchange ideas. Whitaker Center Visual Arts Advisory Committee is comprised of five local arts organizations including The Art Association of Harrisburg, Art Center School and Galleries in Mechanicsburg, Jump Street, Susquehanna Art Museum, and Whitaker Center. It is through the joint efforts of these groups that the free seminars were developed and made possible.
Registration is free! Get the details here...
Note to all teachers
ACT 48 credits are available by attending any or all of the seminars and
filling out the ACT 48 form provided. Please call Deborah Peters, Exhibits
Manager at Whitaker Center, for details, (717) 221-8201 ext. 1022.
Susquehanna Art Museum Invites Artists to Open Studio Night
The Susquehanna Art Museum’s Open Studio takes place the first Thursday evening of each month beginning at 6:30 p.m. Open Studio provides artists an opportunity to bring current works or slides to the Susquehanna Art Museum’s DOSHI Gallery for discussion and informal critique. Discussion items include artists’ supplies and suppliers, marketing techniques, opportunities for study and exhibition, and emerging trends in art.
Open Studio is part of the Museum’s desire to offer a place of fellowship for local contemporary artists.