Erie Art Museum Opens Art from the Dr.Gertrude A. Barber National Institute
Erie, PA, July 10, 2008 --(PR.com)-- The Erie Art Museum opens Art from the Dr. Gertrude A. Barber National Institute in the Erie Art Museum’s Annex Gallery, 423 State Street on Friday July 11, 2008 thru October 4, 2008. A public opening reception is scheduled for Gallery Night on Friday, Aug. 22, 2008 from 6-10 p.m.
About the Exhibit
The Dr. Gertrude A. Barber National Institute is a well-known part of the Erie landscape and one of the regions largest employers servicing people with developmental disabilities such as autism. The Institute’s art program director Frank Fecko an artist himself, has introduced art to many clients as a serious and flexible means of expression.
Fecko, an advocate of individual expression, expects none the less of his clients, only contributing his own creativity in creating adaptations that allow disabled clients to overcome their apparent limitations and express themselves to the fullest. The Institute encourages its clients to work on a larger canvas, which can be easier and consequently creates larger pieces that have a greater impact.
One of the more dramatic ideas that Fecko and staff introduced to clients was wheelchair painting, allowing individuals who felt limited in the artistic world the ability to create art with their wheels using a canvas set up on the floor, Jackson Pollack style, with a palette of colors also on the floor around the perimeter. This action painting results in individual art works that can be graceful, dynamic, subtle, or densely textured, depending on the artist’s expression.
This exhibition is sponsored by Hamot Medical Center.
About the Erie Art Museum
The Erie Art Museum anchors downtown Erie’s cultural and economic revitalization, occupying a group of restored mid-19th century commercial buildings, including an outstanding 1839 Greek Revival Bank. It maintains an ambitious program of 15 to 18 changing exhibitions annually, embracing a wide range of subjects, both historical and contemporary and including folk art, contemporary craft, multi-disciplinary installations, community-based work, as well at traditional media.
The Erie Art Museum also holds a collection of over 6,000 objects, which includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan painting, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.
The Museum offers a wide range of education programs and artists’ services including interdisciplinary and interactive school tours and a wide variety of classes for the community. Performing arts are showcased in the 24-year-old Contemporary Music Series, which represents national and international performers of serious music with an emphasis on composer/performers, and a popular annual two-day Blues & Jazz festival.
The Erie Art Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 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.
For additional information on the Erie Art Museum, visit online at http://www.erieartmuseum.org/ or call (814) 459-5477
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About the Exhibit
The Dr. Gertrude A. Barber National Institute is a well-known part of the Erie landscape and one of the regions largest employers servicing people with developmental disabilities such as autism. The Institute’s art program director Frank Fecko an artist himself, has introduced art to many clients as a serious and flexible means of expression.
Fecko, an advocate of individual expression, expects none the less of his clients, only contributing his own creativity in creating adaptations that allow disabled clients to overcome their apparent limitations and express themselves to the fullest. The Institute encourages its clients to work on a larger canvas, which can be easier and consequently creates larger pieces that have a greater impact.
One of the more dramatic ideas that Fecko and staff introduced to clients was wheelchair painting, allowing individuals who felt limited in the artistic world the ability to create art with their wheels using a canvas set up on the floor, Jackson Pollack style, with a palette of colors also on the floor around the perimeter. This action painting results in individual art works that can be graceful, dynamic, subtle, or densely textured, depending on the artist’s expression.
This exhibition is sponsored by Hamot Medical Center.
About the Erie Art Museum
The Erie Art Museum anchors downtown Erie’s cultural and economic revitalization, occupying a group of restored mid-19th century commercial buildings, including an outstanding 1839 Greek Revival Bank. It maintains an ambitious program of 15 to 18 changing exhibitions annually, embracing a wide range of subjects, both historical and contemporary and including folk art, contemporary craft, multi-disciplinary installations, community-based work, as well at traditional media.
The Erie Art Museum also holds a collection of over 6,000 objects, which includes significant works in American ceramics, Tibetan painting, Indian bronzes, contemporary baskets, and a variety of other categories.
The Museum offers a wide range of education programs and artists’ services including interdisciplinary and interactive school tours and a wide variety of classes for the community. Performing arts are showcased in the 24-year-old Contemporary Music Series, which represents national and international performers of serious music with an emphasis on composer/performers, and a popular annual two-day Blues & Jazz festival.
The Erie Art Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 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.
For additional information on the Erie Art Museum, visit online at http://www.erieartmuseum.org/ or call (814) 459-5477
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