It was a great example of the programs the museum is hoping to continue as they work with students to educate them in fine art, art restoration and art history research.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
South of Broadway (art of Alexander Kruse)
I attended a high school program tonight - a joint partnership between the Madison Museum and the Putnam County School System. (Can't tell you the last time I was in a high school auditorium). The museum loaned 15 (10 oil paintings and 5 etchings) works to the school by Alexander Kruse. The students did research into the artist and presented their findings in a short film by the PCHS art department. The school band played jazz music from his era - 1940s and 50s and the students dressed in era clothes to celebrate the opening night of the gallery exhibit. Their exhibition materials are being registered with the Huntington Library Museum in California that maintains the Kruse archives.
It was a great example of the programs the museum is hoping to continue as they work with students to educate them in fine art, art restoration and art history research.
It was a great example of the programs the museum is hoping to continue as they work with students to educate them in fine art, art restoration and art history research.
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The students did a phenomenal job of curating the exhibit and presenting the performing arts for the opening Gala. The vignettes that came from Kruse paintings were particularly enjoyable. The speakeasy vignette (not a Kruse subject as far as I know) was also quite convincing with the young man on the piano nailing the sound of a Brooklyn bar at the turn of last century.
ReplyDeleteSean Gallagher, Madison