A Legacy of Excellence

Legacy of Excellence: Artistic Achievements of Older Pennsylvanians opens on Sunday, December 14, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. at the Susquehanna Art Museum and will be on display through February 29, 2004. The reception on January 11, 2004 is free and open to the public.

Legacy of Excellence is a celebration of lives well lived and art well made. The exhibition will feature Pennsylvania artists who, while in their 80's, are still working, still curious, and still discovering. The works on display will include photography, watercolor, oil painting, and sculptures crafted of plexi, wood and ceramic.

Curated by Patricia Murray and Clyde McGeary, the exhibition will feature 30 to 40 works by artists including Thaddeus Mosley, Michael Lasuchine, Charles LeClair, Aaronel de Roy Gruber and Evelyn Keyser. The curators and artists will offer comments concerning the development of the exhibition during the opening.

The opening will also feature a screening of the video Legacy of Excellence that has been produced and developed by WITF. This video features interview with the artists and showcases them at work in their studios.

Support for Legacy of Excellence has been provided by: The Heinz Endowments, Wachovia, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Pennsylvania Humanities Council, The Greater Harrisburg Foundation, Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Country Meadows Retirement Communities, Messiah Village, Delta Dental and The Neiman Group.