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WINTER 2013 In this issue: From the Director • p2
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Events Calendar • p4
Museum & Friends Gift Shop Monday
Christmas at Hillside • p5
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ARTrageous II • p6
Tuesday
10am–5pm
Wednesday
10am–5pm
Thursday
10am–7pm
Friday
10am–5pm
Classes • p8
Saturday
10am–5pm
Members • p10
Sunday
12pm–5pm*
New to the Collection • p7
Honoring military service with art
(gift shop closes at 4:30pm) *October 26–January 11 only
Contributions • p11
Jackson Civic Art Association, ongoing
Museum Exhibit Hallway
The gallery highlights clocks and walking sticks from the collection of Allen Spiess Jr. and Native American art and artifacts from the collection of Andy Walz.
Now – May 2014
Never Enough Time Clock Gallery
Predator & Prey Now – May 2014
The Andrews Gallery of Wildlife Art
Clothing and accessories from the Museum’s collection, dating from the 1880s to 1920.
Lasting Impressions: Fashionistas of the Impressionist Era Now – January 4, 2014
Pyron Gallery
ARTrageous II: Cedric Henry & Byron Reed January 18 – March 15, 2014
From the Reading Public Museum in Reading Pennsylvania, this exhibit features 55 pieces, including landscape, portrait and still life paintings.
American Impressionism: The Lure of the Artists’ Colony Now – January 11, 2014
Emmet Gallery
American military portraits and memorials from the collection of James and Barbara Zuleski.
Pride and Patriotism January 22, 2014 – May 10, 2014
From the Reading Public Museum in Reading Pennsylvania, this exhibit features 55 pieces, including landscape, portrait and still life paintings.
American Impressionism: The Lure of the Artists’ Colony Now – January 11, 2014
Hurst Gallery
Exhibitions
Pride & Patriotism: American Military Portraits and Memorials For centuries, the pride of military service has motivated servicemen and women to record and honor that time with a portrait or memorial. At first the portraits were limited to officers who had the means to purchase an oil painting. With the advent of the photograph in the 20th century, all ranks of the uniformed military could afford an image. By World War II, most of those serving left a legacy image of some kind.
State militia infantry major, ca 1885
ranging from the Revolutionary War to the Cold War of the 1970s. The majority of the artwork is from the Spanish-American War through Pride & Patriotism opens in the World War II.
Most of the exhibit portraits represent ordinary soldiers and sailors, and Hurst gallery on January 22 and The exhibit will were created by continues through May 10. be a salute to the artists with varying veterans of the degrees of talent. Second World The collection War, and is sure to impress veterans has been assembled from various and civilians alike with the pride locations over a period of time and and patriotism of the veteran as offers images and memorial prints
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special thanks for event support to