Art of the American West
September 26, 2017
September 30, 2017 through January 7, 2018
Museum Member Preview Friday, September 29, 5 - 7 p.m.; Lightcatcher Building
Museum Members are invited to join together for the opening of this exhibition, on loan to the Museum for the first time from the Tacoma Art Museum. Enjoy lihjt appetizers, wine, and live music.
Presenting 75 artworks on loan from the Tacoma Art Museum, Art of the American West is unrivaled in its scope of western American art in the Pacific Northwest. The collection includes prominent nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists who influenced views of the American West, including Maynard Dixon, Robert Henri, Henry Inman, Paul Kane, John Nieto, Georgia O’Keeffe, Charles M. Russell, and Bill Schenck.
Art of the American West: Highlights of the Haub Family Collection from the Tacoma Art Museum was organized by Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Wash. This exhibition is supported by Mary Summerfield & Mike O’Neal, Patti & Frank Imhof, Sue Lobland, the Whatcom Museum Advocates, the Whatcom Museum Foundation, and the City of Bellingham.
DOCENT TOURS: Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, 1:30 pm, beginning September 30, Lightcatcher building, 250 Flora St. Tours last one hour and are included with admission/members free.
MUSEUM ADVOCATES: LECTURE WITH FAITH BROWER, HAUB CURATOR OF WESTERN AMERICAN ART AT TACOMA ART MUSEUM: Thursday, October 12, noon - 1pm, Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St., FREE!
Image credit: Robert Lougheed (Canadian-American, 1910-1982); Alberta Morning, date unknown; Oil on Masonite, 10 x 20 in. Tacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Gift of Erivan and Helga Haub
Museum Member Preview Friday, September 29, 5 - 7 p.m.; Lightcatcher Building
Museum Members are invited to join together for the opening of this exhibition, on loan to the Museum for the first time from the Tacoma Art Museum. Enjoy lihjt appetizers, wine, and live music.
Presenting 75 artworks on loan from the Tacoma Art Museum, Art of the American West is unrivaled in its scope of western American art in the Pacific Northwest. The collection includes prominent nineteenth- and twentieth-century artists who influenced views of the American West, including Maynard Dixon, Robert Henri, Henry Inman, Paul Kane, John Nieto, Georgia O’Keeffe, Charles M. Russell, and Bill Schenck.
Art of the American West: Highlights of the Haub Family Collection from the Tacoma Art Museum was organized by Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, Wash. This exhibition is supported by Mary Summerfield & Mike O’Neal, Patti & Frank Imhof, Sue Lobland, the Whatcom Museum Advocates, the Whatcom Museum Foundation, and the City of Bellingham.
DOCENT TOURS: Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, 1:30 pm, beginning September 30, Lightcatcher building, 250 Flora St. Tours last one hour and are included with admission/members free.
MUSEUM ADVOCATES: LECTURE WITH FAITH BROWER, HAUB CURATOR OF WESTERN AMERICAN ART AT TACOMA ART MUSEUM: Thursday, October 12, noon - 1pm, Old City Hall, 121 Prospect St., FREE!
Image credit: Robert Lougheed (Canadian-American, 1910-1982); Alberta Morning, date unknown; Oil on Masonite, 10 x 20 in. Tacoma Art Museum, Haub Family Collection, Gift of Erivan and Helga Haub
