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Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Shorts The twelfth annual art auction benefitting the Doshi Center for Contemporary Art, Central Pennsylvania’s only nonprofit gallery devoted exclusively to contemporary art, will be held Saturday, February 15, 1992, at the his­toric Harrisburg Transporta­tion Center. Dozens of works by outstanding regional artists will be showcased. To obtain additional information, write: Doshi Center for...
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Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Shorts An exhibition of nearly one hundred works of art by Jose­phine W. Pennypacker (1872-1962), daughter of Gov. Samuel W. Pennypacker (1843-1916), will be on view from Saturday, May 30 [1992], through May 1993 at Pennypacker Mills, the family’s residence in Montgomery County. For additional information, write: Pennypacker Mills, 5 Halde­man Rd., Schwenksville, PA 19473; or telephone (215)...
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Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Shorts “Martin Puryear,” an exhibi­tion representing a major mid­-career retrospective of the American sculptor, will remain on view through Sunday, January 3, 1993, at the Phila­delphia Museum of Art. The exhibit surveys Puryear’s work to the present, focusing on forty of his relief and three­-dimensional pieces. Puryear’s contribution to contemporary sculpture is his synthesis...
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Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Shorts Doylestown’s Mercer Mu­seum, a concrete castle built by Henry Chapman Mercer and containing more than fifty thousand objects and artifacts, will be the site of a reading and discussion program, “Women, Work and Family,” on Tuesdays, March 2, 16, 30, 1993. Conducted by Nancy C. Culleton, the programs will begin at 7 P. M. For more information, write: Mercer Museum, Bucks County...
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Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Shorts An exhibition honoring John Amos Comenius on the four hundredth anniversary of his birth, “Father of Modern Education,” will remain on view at the Moravian Histori­cal Society through October 11 [1992]. Through photographs of actual schools, the exhibition illustrates that his ideas are still used in teaching to this day. Additional information is available by writing: Moravian...
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Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Shorts The distinctively decorated furniture of Soap Hollow in Somerset County (see “Makers’ Marks and a Master’s Touch” by Edna V. Brendlinger and Robert B. Myers in the winter 1986 edition) is on view at the Southern Alleghenies Mu­seum of Art, Loretto, from Saturday, March 27, through Monday, May 31, 1993. Soap Hollow furniture, made during the second half of the nine­teenth...
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Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Shorts Fort Hunter Day, a celebra­tion of autumn, will be hosted on Sunday, September 19 [1993], from 10 A. M. to 5 P. M. by Fort Hunter Mansion and Park. The event, free and open to the public, will feature crafts show and demonstrations, carriage rides, period entertainment, and numerous activities designed especially for children. Also featured throughout the day will be demonstrations of...
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Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Shorts The descendants of natural­ist John Bartram and members of the John Bartram Associa­tion will celebrate the centennials of the association and the family reunion during the weekend of June 25-27 [1993]. The event will feature tours of Historic Bartram’s Garden, speakers, bus tours, and a gala picnic on the grounds to commemorate the family’s first reunion in 1893. To obtain...
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Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Shorts Opening Saturday, October 30 [1993], at the Philadelphia Museum of Art is an exhibi­tion of one hundred and twenty-five old master drawings selected from both public and private collections in the United States and Europe, many of which have never before been exhibited in this country. Entitled “Visions of Antiquity: Neoclassical Figure Drawings,” the exhibition features works by a...
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Posted by on Nov 26, 2013 in | Comments Off on Shorts The seventeenth annual Conference on Black History will be conducted by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission on Friday and Saturday, May 13-14, 1994, in Erie. The theme of this year’s event is “African Americans at Work in Pennsyl­vania.” For additional information, write: 1994 Conference on Black History, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, P. O. Box...
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