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Tradition Continues—For the past 12 years, NYC artist Diane Krukowski has changed colors at the Saratoga Race Course in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. A jockey statue that stands in the center of the paddock is painted the colors worn by the winning jockey immediately after the Travers Stakes race. Shane Sellers (blue/yellow) recently rode Unshaded to victory.
New Addition Celebrated—A formal ribbon-cutting ceremony and public reception highlighted the much-anticipated opening of the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park's new 65,000 sq. ft. building expansion in Grand Rapids, MI. The new sculpture galleries' inaugural exhibition features "Richard Hunt: American Visionary," along with a new display of botanical work by Chicago artist Winifred Godfrey, through January 3.
Grant for Restoration—A $1 million grant has been given by Target Stores to fund a contemporary art program at Madison Square Park in New York City. Installation artist Tony Oursler's "Influence Machine" will kick off a three-year plan as he projects ghostly images onto artificial smoke, trees and paths during evening hours from Oct. 19 to 31.
Statues Planned—The Hyannis, MA, Chamber of Commerce has commissioned sculptor Daniel Lewis to create a bronze statue of President John F. Kennedy and his son. The $300,000 statue will depict father and son as adults walking along a beach and is targeted for completion in fall 2001.
Guide Available—ARTREACH, Inc., has announced the publication of "Access the Arts, etc A Guide for People with Disabilities." Residents of and visitors to Philadelphia will find info on the physical and programmatic accessibility of over 75 venues (including museums). For further info, call 215-951-0316 or go to www.art-reach.org.
Exhibitions:
Santa Fe, NM Georgia O'Keeffe Museum "O'Keeffe on Paper" features 55 works on paper in charcoal, pastel, and watercolor in celebration of the publication of Georgia O'Keeffe: Cataloge Raisonnè, by Barbara Buhler Lynes. Through Oct. 29.
New York City The Frick Collection "A Brush with Nature: The Gere Collection of Landscape Oil Sketches" features approximately 60 plein-air sketches created by eighteenth- and nineteenth-century artists such as Bertin, Boldini, Corot, Degas, and Giroux. Through Nov. 12. Travels to Memphis, TN.
Austin, TX Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art at U. of Texas "The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler from the Collection of Steven Block" features more than 80 works and represents oeuvre in lithography. "Whistler as an Etcher: His Work and His Followers" rounds out the portrait of Whistler as a printmaker. Through Oct. 22.
Oakland, CA Oakland Museum of California "Secret World of the Forbidden City: Splendors from China's Imperial Place" includes a selection of precious objects from the Palace Museum in Beijing. Oct. 14 through Jan. 24.
October Birthdays:
1 Larry Poons
10 Antoine Watteau
17 Childe Hassam
28 Andrea della Robbia
31 Jan Vermeer
Copyright ARTtalk Vol. 10 No. 12 -- October 2000