Exhibit at Erie Art Museum Reflects Basic Truths About Art
Erie, PA, January 17, 2009 --(PR.com)-- Frank Novel is a natural artist and visitors to the Erie Art Museum Frame Shop Gallery, 423 State Street, from January 23 through April 18, 2009 will experience firsthand how Novel uses art to engage the world. A free public reception is schedule for Gallery Night on Friday, March 6, 2009 from
7-10 p.m.
Making art is a daily activity for Novel, and over the past decades he has filled dozens of sketchbooks with detailed drawings. In many ways, his experience reflects basic truths about art.
Novel has been a Stairways Behavioral Health client for many years. The arts, in particular ink drawing, have helped him to cope and recover from all that life has to offer. He is a constant fixture at the Stairways Behavioral Health Center for Arts and Humanities where his humor and art are treasured.
Says Novel, “I have drawn almost every day for as long as I can remember. Drawing makes me feel safe and happy. As a kid, it was both my way to fit in and escape. I watch TV and people. I listen to music and read books. They all inspire my art and give me ideas.”
“Not all people think of themselves as artists, but art-making is a basic human activity,” said Erie Art Museum Director John Vanco. “Art is the way we react to what is happening around us. As communication, art also becomes the way that we affect the world.”
Novel is not concerned with the romantic vision of the artist as someone apart, someone special – he just draws.
“Frank is not someone who spends a lot of time talking, in fact, the best way to engage him in a conversation is to ask to see his current sketchbook, which he always carries,” said Vanco. “Through his sketches one can see a record of his musings. They are not usually a direct comment on current politics or his personal life, but they are fabulous drawings that give us a peek into Frank’s creative and intuitive world.”
The exhibit features over 20 of his notebooks, the first time they have been shown to the public.
About the Erie Art Museum
The mission of the Erie Art Museum is to maintain an institution of excellence dedicated to the advancement and promotion of the visual arts by developing and maintaining a quality art collection, encouraging art in all its forms, by fostering lifelong art learning and by building community among artists, art students and the public.
The Erie Art Museum offers an ambitious, year-round schedule of exhibits, performances, classes, workshops, lectures and more. The Erie Art Museum holds a $10 million permanent collection of 6,000 cultural objects that includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan paintings, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.
The Erie Art Museum is located a 411 State Street in downtown Erie, Pa. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Admission is Free for members, Free on Wednesdays, $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students and $2 for children under 12. One-year memberships to the Erie Art Museum are $15 for students and senior citizens, $35 for individuals, and $65 for families. Guided group tours for adults or students are available for all major exhibitions.
For additional information on the Erie Art Museum, call (814) 459-5477 or visit online at www.erieartmuseum.org.
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7-10 p.m.
Making art is a daily activity for Novel, and over the past decades he has filled dozens of sketchbooks with detailed drawings. In many ways, his experience reflects basic truths about art.
Novel has been a Stairways Behavioral Health client for many years. The arts, in particular ink drawing, have helped him to cope and recover from all that life has to offer. He is a constant fixture at the Stairways Behavioral Health Center for Arts and Humanities where his humor and art are treasured.
Says Novel, “I have drawn almost every day for as long as I can remember. Drawing makes me feel safe and happy. As a kid, it was both my way to fit in and escape. I watch TV and people. I listen to music and read books. They all inspire my art and give me ideas.”
“Not all people think of themselves as artists, but art-making is a basic human activity,” said Erie Art Museum Director John Vanco. “Art is the way we react to what is happening around us. As communication, art also becomes the way that we affect the world.”
Novel is not concerned with the romantic vision of the artist as someone apart, someone special – he just draws.
“Frank is not someone who spends a lot of time talking, in fact, the best way to engage him in a conversation is to ask to see his current sketchbook, which he always carries,” said Vanco. “Through his sketches one can see a record of his musings. They are not usually a direct comment on current politics or his personal life, but they are fabulous drawings that give us a peek into Frank’s creative and intuitive world.”
The exhibit features over 20 of his notebooks, the first time they have been shown to the public.
About the Erie Art Museum
The mission of the Erie Art Museum is to maintain an institution of excellence dedicated to the advancement and promotion of the visual arts by developing and maintaining a quality art collection, encouraging art in all its forms, by fostering lifelong art learning and by building community among artists, art students and the public.
The Erie Art Museum offers an ambitious, year-round schedule of exhibits, performances, classes, workshops, lectures and more. The Erie Art Museum holds a $10 million permanent collection of 6,000 cultural objects that includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan paintings, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.
The Erie Art Museum is located a 411 State Street in downtown Erie, Pa. Gallery hours are Tuesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Admission is Free for members, Free on Wednesdays, $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students and $2 for children under 12. One-year memberships to the Erie Art Museum are $15 for students and senior citizens, $35 for individuals, and $65 for families. Guided group tours for adults or students are available for all major exhibitions.
For additional information on the Erie Art Museum, call (814) 459-5477 or visit online at www.erieartmuseum.org.
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