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MOVERS & MAKERS: DORIS ULMANN'S PORTRAIT OF THE CRAFT REVIVAL IN APPALACHIA is an exhibition designed to provide background into the craft revival, its roots and extended branches. Allen Eaton, author of Handicrafts of the Southern Highlands is one of the leaders pictured along with Katherine Pettit, William Frost, Olive Dame Campbell and more. Exhibition opens July 2003 at the History Museum of Western Virginia. A catalog will be available at the 2003 Smithsonian Folklife Festival. Tour dates through 2005. |
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BY HAMMER AND HAND: CONTEMPORARY REPOUSSÉ
Repoussé is a technique in which a two-dimensional sheet of metal is hammered repeatedly into a three-dimensional form. Because repoussé is so time-consuming, only a handful of artists use this technique in the US today. This national exhibition will attempt to define the extent of such work and provide historical background, technical information, and educational materials. Tour begins at the William King Regional Art Center in late 2003. Tour dates available through 2005.
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A CENTURY OF CONTRIBUTION: CHRISTIANSBURG INSTITUTE AND EDUCATIONAL CHANGE IN VIRGINIA details the 100-year history of a model African American educational institution which was housed in fourteen buildings on a landscaped 185-acre campus in southwest Virginia. The exhibition has traveled to museums throughout Virginia and to historically black colleges and to the National Civil Rights Museum. Tour extended through 2005.
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ARCADIAN MONUMENTS: FADING IMAGES OF RURAL AMERICA
The buildings pictured in this exhibition are modest, yet important to our understanding of history and provide a sense of identity. Each is paired with a single word to encourage contemplation of their collective meaning. Thirty framed photographs, in addition to explanatory text, make up the exhibition. The exhibition is being circulated by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts statewide services in cooperation with Curatorial InSight. Available through 2005.
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