Friday, February 23, 2024
Last stop on this particular trip for Tyler Arboretum membership reciprocal museums in Lancaster, PA.
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Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsmen (est 1944 in response to Eleanor Roosevelt's recommendation to find ways to transfer wartime skills to peacetime work |
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68" cherry bench using pitchforks |
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Polymer clay eggs |
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Modular origami cupcakes |
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100% wool knitted hats, gloves, and scarves |
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Fraktur calligraphy |
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Ukelele |
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Fabric and marbled paper covered box |
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Cattle Drive (by Bruce Garrabrandt, who has a large collection of pun-ny drawings with many published in books |
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Bead design necklace |
Visions from the World of Ron Ettelman:
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The Lesson (2015) has collage additions to an old photo, and uses piano keys in the frame |
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It's Time to Wake Up (2020 collage) |
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Tracking the Orb at Twin Peaks (2014) uses piano parts |
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Catalytic Conversion of St Sebastian (2010); there are cocktail toothpicks piercing the branches, plus piano and auto parts |
Rising Artist Spotlight: Aubrey Maurer and Callie Morton:
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Elkhorn (2022, by Aubrey Maurer) |
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At Ease (2022, by Callie Morton) |
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Self Portrait (2018, by Thomas Murphy Tymon); the artist graduated from Rhode Island School of Design, but returned to his hometown of Lancaster and had his first art exhibit at the Demuth Museum; the Rising Artist Spotlight Gallery is dedicated to him |
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John Wise Monument on the art museum grounds honors the pioneer aeronaut who made 462 hot air balloon ascensions from 1835-1879; however, his last trip ended up in Lake Michigan where he lies today |
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Demuth Tobacco Shop (1770) was open in February on select dates, since the Demuth Museum itself has been enclosed for installation of reinterpreted galleries |
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This is the oldest tobacco shop in the country, founded by Christopher Demuth, and has its original woodwork and cabinetry |
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The great great grandson of the founder was Charles Demuth, a painter of watercolors and developer of the Precisionist style; this work is Buildings, Abstraction, Lancaster (1931) |
Charles Demuth lived his final years in the building next to the tobacco shop, which is the Demuth Museum.
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Pipes, pipe tobacco, and cigarettes |
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More cabinets and shelving |
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Display of small pipes with cases |
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Lancaster County Courthouse (1852-1855, by Samuel Sloane, with additions in 1896-1898 and 1926-1927) |
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Conjuring Giants Mural (2020, by Ada Serrano) |
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Soldiers and Sailors Monument (1874, by Lewis Haldy in Gothic Revival style) |
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Statue (2022, by Chad Fisher) of Henry Norwood "Barney" Ewell, who grew up in Lancaster and began running to strengthen his left leg that was effected by polio; at Pennsylvania State University he became the "fastest man in the world" by breaking the record for the 50-yard dash at 5 seconds; Olympic dreams were cancelled in 1940 and 1944, yet Barney qualified for the 1948 Olympics - winning silver in the 100 m and 200 m dashes, and gold in the 4x100 m relay |
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Silent Symphony (2015, by Lyman Whitaker) with spinning "whirligigs" |