August 27, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Sarah Boehme, Director
409.886.ARTS (2787)
Stark Museum Closing Blooms Exhibition on September 4
ORANGE, Texas, August 27 – Art and flower lovers will have a few more days to see the Stark Museum of Art’s special exhibition Blooms: Floral Art in the Stark Collections, before it closes September 4, 2010.
Blooms focuses on the flower as an inspiration for the visual arts in printed rare books, decorative arts and twentieth-century still life paintings. The exhibition includes an educational area for children and families with interactive learning elements such as a matching game, reading area and flower drawing station.
“This will be the last opportunity to see together the Stark Museum’s important collection of Joseph Henry Sharp’s floral paintings. Sharp’s work has gained attention through a new publication, In Poetic Silence: The Floral Paintings of Joseph Henry Sharp by Thomas Minckler, which explores Sharp’s artistry and includes many reproductions from the Stark collection,” said Sarah E. Boehme, Director.
When Blooms ends, the Museum will close its Gallery 5 for remodeling. “We are planning some upgrades to the Museum including new lighting. Our intention is to proceed by working in one gallery at a time, so that four galleries remain open and our major masterworks are always on view. In the near future, we will install some small exhibits, but Blooms will be the last major special exhibition until the remodeling is concluded,” explained Boehme.
Located at 712 Green Avenue in Orange, Texas, the Stark Museum of Art is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Admission is free. Group tours are available by appointment. For more information call 409.886.ARTS (2787) or visit www.starkmuseum.org. Henry Sharp (1859-1953)
Joseph Henry Sharpe (1859-1953)
Zinnias and Morning-Glory
Oil on canvas, 25 x 30 inches
Stark Museum of Art, Orange, Texas, 31.25.16
About the Stark Museum of Art
The Stark Museum of Art focuses on the stunning land, the dramatic people and the diverse wildlife of the American West. Paintings, sculpture and prints interpret the West from nineteenth century frontier artists to the twentieth century artistic colonies in New Mexico. Artists include John James Audubon, Frederic Remington, Charles Marion Russell, and Georgia O’Keeffe.
The Museum also features a significant collection of American Indian objects, including baskets, pottery, clothing and weavings. Other permanent collections in the Museum include the complete porcelain American Bird Series by Dorothy Doughty and the only complete series of The United States in Crystal, a collection of crystal urns produced by Steuben Glass to depict the 50 states and the Union.
The Stark Museum of Art is a program of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, a private operating foundation, whose other programs include the Frances Ann Lutcher Theater for the Performing Arts, Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center, and The W.H. Stark House.