DOSHI Gallery Talk: Art historian Selby M. Doughty will present “Here’s to the Ladies,” exploring the influence of the female muse on select major artists throughout history. Sponsored by the Susquehanna Art Museum, the lecture will be held at The State Museum on Sun., Oct. 23, at 2 p.m. and is free with museum admission.

JUNE:  THE STATE MUSEUM STORE HOURS
Offering an array of museum and Pennsylvania-related products, children’s items, and souvenirs, The State Museum Store will be open Wednesday through Sunday at the following times:  Wednesday – Friday, 10 am – 3 pm; Saturday, 11 am – 4 pm, and Sunday, 1 – 4 pm.

Voices of the Revolution
Memorial Hall

Artists are record keepers and interpreters of the times in which they live. More than half a century ago, the nation watched the events surrounding the Civil Rights Movement in the South with horror and hope. Voices of the Revolution is one artist’s effort to commemorate not only the suffering, fear and violence, but also the hope, brotherhood and courage of the Civil Rights Movement during the 1950s and 1960s. In 1967, Edith Jaffy Kaplan (1919-1995), using her considerable artistic talents, created powerful images of sharp color and jagged lines, indicative of violence, and pure color and tranquil lines referencing the innocent victims and hope of the Civil Rights Movement. 

These limited edition woodcuts are accompanied by poetry written by and about young people, along with important historical quotes and notes. Bayard Rustin, a key organizer of the 1963 Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. wrote the preface.

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THE FINE ART OF GIVING:
GIFTS OF ART TO THE STATE MUSEUM OF PENNSYLVANIA 1998-2008

A selection of 85 paintings, sculptures, photographs, prints, and crafts, selected from the more than 400 gifts of art received between 1998 and 2008, will be exhibited at The State Museum through June 2010. Donations of are reviewed and approved by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission’s Collections Committee and the Executive Director before acceptance into the permanent collection. Considerations include, but are not limited to: aesthetic and historic importance, relationship to Pennsylvania history, storage availability, physical condition, conservation cost, and/or anticipated future exhibition or educational use.

A tradition of giving by ordinary citizens, begun more than 150 years ago, has formed a collection of important Pennsylvania art. By 1850, donated paintings, prints and sculptures were being displayed in the then new State Capitol in Harrisburg. In 1905, when The State Museum was created, those early gifts of art became the core of the Museum’s art collection. Although The State Museum does not receive a state allocation for the purchase of fine art, today the collection includes 7000 works, dating from 1650 to the present.

The mission of the Art Collection at The State Museum of Pennsylvania is: to collect, interpret and preserve art, created by Pennsylvania artists, or artists who greatly influence the arts in Pennsylvania, or of which the subject has a direct connection to the State’s history and culture.

Through this exhibition, The State Museum gratefully recognizes the donors of the past decade, whose gifts will benefit generations to come.

A listing of the 400 gifts will be available on the web site, www.statemuseumpa.org, as well as images of art donated during the past decade, but not currently exhibited.

Located in the 1st Floor Gallery space