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A celebration of folk art: Several programs complement exhibit

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Programs planned to complement "Made in Pennsylvania: A Folk Art Tradition," at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art, are:

June 22 -- 7 to 8:30 p.m., opening reception, reservations appreciated at 724-837-1500, ext. 33.

July 7 -- Noon to 4 p.m., Artist Demonstration. Marta Urban, Pennsylvania German fraktur artist, will assist children with a hands-on activity and demonstrate the traditional techniques she uses to create her one-of-a-kind frakturs. Urban was included on Early American Life's Top 100 American Folk Artists list for the last three years. Her work will be available for purchase in the museum shop. Light Refreshments will be served.

July 19 -- 7 p.m., Gallery Tour, "Fraktur and Furniture," led by exhibition guest curators R. David Brocklebank and Charles Muller, and museum curator Barbara Jones. Brocklebank has been researching fraktur for more than 35 years. Muller is author of "Soap Hollow: The Furniture and its Makers ."

August 16 -- 7 p.m., Gallery Tour, "Stoneware and Textiles," led by exhibition guest curators Frank Swala and Harley N. Trice. Swala is an avid collector of antiques who specializes in western Pennsylvania stoneware, tanware, textiles, and country furniture. Trice, a Westmoreland Board of Trustees member, is an authority on textiles.

September 13 -- 7 p.m., lecture, "Currents of Change." Jason T. Busch, Curator of Decorative Arts at Carnegie Museum of Art, talks about an exhibition he co-organized, "Currents of Change: Art and Life along the Mississippi River: 1850--1861," which traces the artistic history of the Mississippi River region during a time of unprecedented economic and technological change. Mr. Busch earned his B.A. in American Studies from Miami University and his M.A. in Early American Culture from the Winterthur Program in Early American Culture, University of Delaware.

September 14 -- 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., "Folk Art Symposium," featuring scholarly discussions by well-known specialists in Pennsylvania folk art. Admission, registration required at 724/837-1500 ext. 33.

Unless otherwise noted, events are free with museum admission -- a $5 suggested donation for adults, free to children under 12 and students. The museum is at 221 North Main Street, Greensburg. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday and until 9 p.m. Thursday; open 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 4. For information, call 724/837-1500 ext. 27 or visit
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