Maryhill
Museum of Art
News
Release
April 3,
2008
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Contact: Leslie Wetherell
35 Maryhill Museum
Drive
Goldendale, WA
98620
509-773-3733
leslie@maryhillmuseum.org
Maryhill
Museum of Art Annual
Outdoor Sculpture Invitational May 10 - October 31
Exhibition features large-scale
works by seven noted Northwest artists
GOLDENDALE, Washington --- Maryhill Museum of Art will present its annual
Outdoor Sculpture Invitational May 10 - October 31, 2008. The exhibition
features large-scale works in a variety of media by Northwest artists Gregory
Glynn, Stuart Jacobson, Alisa Looney, David Miller, Dennis Peacock, Mylan
Rakich and Tom Urban. Exhibiting artists and Maryhill's curator of exhibits,
Lee Musgrave, will lead an exhibit walk on Saturday, May 17 at 4 p.m. as part
of the museum's Members' Day festivities. Admission to the museum's sculpture
garden is free.
The museum inaugurated
the Outdoor
Sculpture Invitational in 1996 to complement its extensive collection of
Auguste Rodin sculptures and to give Northwest artists an opportunity to create
and exhibit large-scale works. Lee Musgrave, the museum's curator of
exhibits, says "We strongly believe in encouraging the continued
development of contemporary Northwest sculpture.
The dramatic views and
rugged landscape of
the Columbia River Gorge provide a unique setting to experience these
sculptures, which this year range from the figurative to abstract, distinctly
reflecting each artists' sensibility and influences.
Artist Alisa Looney of
Portland says "I draw from years of
experimental dance, the place where I find my greatest moments of free
expression." Her process starts by creating drawings of live dancers, which she
then transforms into three dimensional paper forms, and finally, into
large-scale metal sculptures.
Gregory Glynn lives on
Bainbridge Island, Washington
and draws inspiration from forces of nature to create organic looking abstract
sculptures which, he says, "evoke a sense of a world in flux and reveal a
potency that dwells in living forms."
A golden cloud and a
shaft of red light
are what David Miller of Eugene,
Oregon says motivated his
travertine stone sculpture. Despite its weight of almost one ton, the piece
appears light and billowy. Stuart Jacobson of McMinnville, Oregon
also works in stone. Trained in landscape design, Jacobson says he enjoys the
resistance and physical challenge of working with stone. "I was inspired by the
Moai sculptures of Easter Island and try to
give my sculptures a timeless quality, fusing primitive with modern
aesthetics."
At 16 feet high,
Quarter Banker by Dennis Peacock, is the tallest
sculpture in the
exhibit. Peacock, who resides in Shelton,
Washington, says "Poetry, subject
to my own interpretation and context, works as an initial catalyst." Peacock's
characteristic forms - abstract, linear, elongated and graceful - also
reference the artist's enduring childhood memory of a large ship beached on the
Oregon
coast.
In addition to works
in the 2008 Outdoor
Sculpture Invitational, visitors to Maryhill can also see sculptures from the
museum's collections that are on permanent display: on the grounds -- works by
Brad Cloepfil, Tom Herrera, Mel Katz, Heath Krieger, Jill Torberson, Julian
Voss-Andreae, Jeff Weitzel and Leon White, and in the museum -- Auguste Rodin.
RELATED
EVENT:
Members' Day
at Maryhill - May 17, 2008
Discover Maryhill all
over again on this
day honoring the museum, its founders, members and friends. A number of
events suitable for visitors all ages are planned throughout the day,
including:
Drive the
historic Maryhill Loops Road
11:00 a.m. - 2:00
p.m.
In honor of Sam Hill,
the museum is
opening the historic Maryhill Loops Road for automobile traffic and invites
visitors to experience the grandeur of this scenic drive. Maryhill Loops Road. Free!
All About
Landscapes
1:00 p.m. - 4:00
p.m.
Come be inspired by
Percy Manser's
landscapes of the Gorge as well as other traditional and contemporary images of
the natural world. Then create your own landscape using oil pastels. The museum
educator and volunteers will be on hand to guide you.
Manser and
Dolph -- Mid-Columbian Men of
Art
2:00 p.m.
Delight in this
program, developed by
scholar Jim Tindall and actor Tom Pencheon, which touches on the relationship
between Percy Manser and Clifford Dolph, director of Maryhill Museum of Art
from 1938 to 1970.
Outdoor
Sculpture Invitational
Garden Walk
4:00 p.m.
Celebrate the opening
of the Outdoor
Sculpture Invitational with a garden walk featuring participating artists and
curator Lee Musgrave.
Experience
the Enchantment: About Maryhill
Museum of Art. Perched on a stunning
5,000-acre site
overlooking the scenic Columbia River Gorge, Maryhill Museum of Art contains a
world-class collection of artwork that ranges from early 20th century European
works to Native American objects. This award-winning museum, founded by
Northwest entrepreneur and visionary Sam Hill, opened to the public in
1940. Outside the museum is an Outdoor
Sculpture Garden,
Lewis and Clark interpretive panels and a life-sized replica of Stonehenge.
The museum is open
daily from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m., March 15 to November 15. Admission fees are $7 for adults, $6 for seniors
and $2 for children age 6-16. Maryhill is located off Highway 97, 12 miles
south of Goldendale, Washington. Drive times to the museum are 2
hours from Portland/Vancouver, 3.5 hours from Bend,
4 hours from Seattle, and 1.5 hours from Yakima. Visit www.maryhillmuseum.org for more
information.
Photography Quarter Banker by Dennis
Peacock
exhibited in the 2008 Outdoor Sculpture Invitational.
For a 300 dpi
resolution photo click here.
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