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Exhibits

 

Whimsical Works: The Playful Delights of Charles & Ray Eames
Arthur Ross Gallery
Through September 11

An image of The Toy and the House of Cards. The designs demonstrate the Eames’ playful approach to serious things and their serious approach to playful things.

 

 

From Above: Images of a Storied Land
Penn Museum

Through October 2


footpath
ballcourt
Intaglio with Circular Footpath, a photograph by Adriel Heisey, 65” x 53”, Plomosa Mountains, Arizona.Photo courtesy of Adriel Heisey.
Reconstructed Ballcourt in Sage, 1997. 30" x 39". Wupatki National Monument, Arizona. Photo courtesy of Adriel Heisey.

 

 

Dancing on Embners
Kelly Writers House Gallery
Through October 7


dancing
Nestinarka by Georgi Zaikov, oil on canvas, 2005. On view at the Kelly Writers House in the exhibit Dancing on Embers: Cultural Heritage in Contemporary Bulgarian Art.

 

 

Fairy Tale Rail: From Cottages to Castles
Morris Arboretum
Through October 10

cottage

See the Woodcutter’s Cottage from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves at the Morris Arboretum in this year’s summer garden railway exhibit, Fairy Tale Rail: From Cottages to Castles. Other scale-model buildings included in this exhibit are replicas of the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, Hedgehog’s House from Beatrix Potter’s Tales of Peter Rabbit, and Grandmother’s Cottage from Little Red Riding Hood, all constructed using natural materials. Acorns, moss, bark and twigs form the exterior décor of this magical display, which is set on about 1/8 of an acre.

 

 

Exhibits at the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library


finlay

 

(Classical) landscape, n. a stand of concepts by Ian Hamilton Finlay with Kathleen Lindsley, Little Sparta: Wild Hawthorn Press, 1966, folded card. Shown in the exhibit From Book to Garden and Back: Works of Ian Hamilton Finlay at the Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Through December 17.
bookarts
Book Arts from UArts: Selections from the University of the Arts MFA Program in Book Arts/Printmaking 1989-2005. On display in Kamin Gallery, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library (first floor). Through October 6.

 

 

 

Mapping the Pacific Coast: Coronado to Lewis and Clark
Arthur Ross Gallery

Through January 9


pacific Features early maps and prints, dating from 1544 to 1801, that illustrate the discovers that led up to commission of the Lewis and Clark expedition. Above, Maris Pacific by Abraham Ortelius, 1589.

 

 

Morris Arboretum Exhibits


West Field, one of the works from a new exhibit, Water, Trees and Sky: Uncommon Views of the Arboretum. The exhibit will run through September 4.

Tree Peonies, by Phoebe Shih, is on display at the Morris Arboretum in the exhibit Plants for All Reasons. Featured are landscape paintings by students from the studio class of Phoebe Shih. Paintings will be on display through February 19.
tree peonies

african violets
African Violet, by Betty McLaughlin, is on display at the Morris Arboretum in the exhibit Plants for All Reasons. Featured are landscape paintings by students from the studio class of Phoebe Shih. Paintings will be on display through February 19.

 

 

 

A Wonderful Life: A Daughter's Tribute to a Family of Educators
Lobby, GSE

Ongoing

Pennsylvania Daughter

Pennsylvania Daughter by
Joan Myerson. Digital "painting" of the artist's mother as Penn student

Visit the artist's website for more images

 

 



 
  Almanac, Vol. 52, No. 2, September 6, 2005

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