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The
Addison opened to the public
for the first time on May 17, 1931 and will be celebrating its
75th birthday throughout the next year. Our new newsletter and
website will be keeping you up to date on all future 75th
Anniversary events!
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Director's
Message |
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Welcome to the
first issue of the Addison Gallery’s E-Newsletter. This
newsletter will help us communicate with our friends in a more
timely manner and provide you with some behind-the-scenes
stories connecting you more closely with our great programs.
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Exhibitions:
Season of the Child |
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During the 19th
century, itinerant portrait painters, also known as limners,
traveled throughout the northeastern United
States in search of
commissions. Children were the most frequent subjects with
parents commissioning the artists to paint a record of the
family’s hope for the future or memorialize a child who had
died. With little formal training, the artists had a set of
templates for poses and backgrounds and their modest skills
made faces often seem more generic than individual. Children
were sometimes depicted with a favorite toy or pet. Boys were
often equipped with whips and tools and girls posed with dolls
and flowers. |
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Artists-In-Residence:
Finding Connections Between
Home
and City |
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 For
photographer Oscar Palacio, a walk in the neighborhood is
filled with wonderful possibilities. In the simple fence or
puddle of water that most of us would pass without noticing,
Oscar sees unique beauty. Through his lens, he captures these
subtle, often overlooked details of life and brings to them a
profound appreciation.
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Curator's
Choice: Hidden Signals of Good Things
to
Come |
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 Mid-nineteenth
century paintings that today seem to capture simple American
pleasures and pursuits were often charged with meaning.
Sometimes the embedded message was political or social, while
other times it was a moral lesson, identifying particular
virtues, establishing myths and types, and playing out hopes
and dreams for the American experience.
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Donor
Profile: John and Sally Van
Doren |
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 Gallery-owner John
Van Doren (PA 1980) and his wife Sally (PA 1980) have been
generous donors to the Addison Gallery’s collection, most
recently gifting a Robert Rauschenberg photograph entitled
Japan.
We spoke with John about his gift and his commitment to the
Addison Gallery.
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Calendar
at a Glance |
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 Click below to
see the latest list of exhibitions and upcoming events coming
to the Addison Gallery.
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