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State Museum Opens
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Erie
Canal Art Exhibition on April 28
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Albany,
NY – April 2018 / Newsmaker Alert / The New
York State Museum will open Art
of the Erie Canal on April 28. On display through September 23,
2018, this companion exhibition to the State Museum’s current Enterprising
Waters: New York’s Erie Canal looks at the art inspired by the canal
and the opportunities it afforded artists, both trained and untrained,
working in a variety of media, such as paintings, photographs, sketchbooks,
ceramics, and beadwork.
A selection
of 60 works comes from the collections of the New York State Museum, the
Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, and other cultural institutions and private
lenders from across the state. The Erie Canal, the foremost engineering
marvel of the 19th century, sparked the imagination of artists in America
and abroad. These works represent just a small sample of the wealth of
Erie Canal art made over the course of its first 150 years.
The
Museum will host a public opening for Art of the Erie Canal (www.nysm.nysed.gov/exhibitions/erie-canal-art)
on Saturday, April 28. The program includes a reception with light refreshments
at 1:00 p.m. A guided tour of the exhibition begins at 2:00 p.m., followed
by a Question and Answer session with the curators. Photos of select artwork
from the exhibition are available here: www.nysm.nysed.gov/about/press/kits/art-erie-canal.
The
State Museum is a program of the New York State Education Department’s
Office of Cultural Education. Located at 222 Madison Avenue in Albany,
the Museum is open Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It
is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. Admission is
free. Further information about programs and events can be obtained by
calling 518-474-5877 or visiting the Museum website, www.nysm.nysed.gov.
Media
Contact:
Emily
DeSantis
518-474-1201
Public
Affairs Assistant Commissioner
NYS
Education Department |