Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Harrisburg, PA (3/11/2020)

Wednesday, March 11, 2020 (continued)
From Reading we continued to Harrisburg, PA, home of the Tyler Arboretum reciprocal partner Susquehanna Art Museum.
The Susquehanna Art Museum (2015) is located in a former
Keystone Trust Company Building (c 1924, by
Simons, Brittain & English) plus a new addition
The Main Gallery exhibition was "Many Visions, Many Versions: Art from Indigenous Communities in India" that we hurried through while they prepared for an evening concert. We were able to visit this museum today because it was open later on Wednesdays.
Dilli/Delhi (2010, by Manisha Jha)
Dilli extreme detail
Another exhibition was "Separate and Unequaled: Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Negro League."
The Outfield (2001, by Philip Dewey) portraying
members of the 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords team:
Sam Bankhead, James Bell, and Jimmy Crutchfield (KSS)
A couple Cleveland tie-ins.
Big Luke: Luke Easter (2020, by Philip Dewey)
Luke Easter detail (KSS)
Luke Easter detail (KSS)
Larry Doby (2004, by Dane Tilghman), who was
the second black player in the Major Baseball League
and the first in the American League (KSS)
The Three Graces of Indianapolis: Mamie Johnson,
Toni Stone, and Connie Morgan
(2020, by Paul Kuhrman),
who are composed like The Three Graces by Raphael
The Lobby Gallery exhibition was "Flashpoints: Material / Intent/ Fused."
Obscurely. Relevant (2018, by Jane Nodine) (KSS)
Umm, the artist appreciates the malleability and aesthetic qualities of
beeswax, and is inspired by elements in nature that show the
passage of time and a record of aging (KSS)
Keeping Tabs (2019, by Daniella Woolf) (KSS)
Tamiko in the former bank vault (KSS)
Bank vault door inside the vault
Next: National Civil War Museum.

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