Sightlines

September 28 – December 31, 2012 in the Maslow Galleries

Sightlines is a contemporary art quilt installation in which fourteen artists were invited to create an installation of artworks featuring a sightline linking all the artwork in the exhibit. Each artist chose her own themes and created five to eight artworks, including four 8×8″ linking pieces, covering a ten foot wide space. Perhaps the required continuous line provided provocation, both conscious and unconscious, to the artists to focus on the interaction of time, personal history, and memory. The artists explore themes such as consumerism, contemplation, randomness, emotion, triumph, tragedy, and making connections. The exhibit is on loan from SAQA (Studio Art Quilt Association) and marks the second time that the Everhart Museum has worked with this group of artists. Financial assistance for this exhibit iss provided by Gertrude Hawk Chocolates, Inc.

The Blood is the Life: Vampires in Art & Nature

February 1 – July 2, 2013 in the Maslow Galleries

Exclusive to the Everhart Museum, The Blood is the Life features a multi-disciplinary exploration of vampires in our world, in fact and fiction, and how blood and bloodsucking creatures impact today’s popular culture and societal mindset. These “monsters” have become a popular facet in today’s culture and media, and reflect various social issues that artists use to interpret the social  tensions for humanity, including disease, ostracism, and the occult. In a nod to the Everhart Museum’s science collection, the exhibit will highlight haematophagy and vampire creatures that have long been present in nature, especially small mammals and insects that get their food by sucking the plasma of other animals, as well as explore the development and history of medicine, blood diseases and hematology. The Blood is the Life will also include the art of blood and the vampire in literature, film, and contemporary art, including ancient legends of vampires and mythical creatures, as well as the techniques used to prevent vampirism in the dead.

Sidewalk Surfing: The Art & Culture of Skateboarding

August 3 – December 30, 2013 in the Maslow Galleries

Exclusive to the Everhart Museum, Sidewalk Surfing is a multi-disciplinary exhibition highlighting the multicultural roots of skateboarding in the United States, as well as the popular culture of the sport today. Skateboarding has its roots in the ancient sport of surfing, found in Polynesia and ancient Peru, and developed on the West Coast when surfers were looking to use their skills on dry land, but quickly spread around the country and today is often linked to youth culture and sport. The Everhart Museum will present artifacts and artwork that reflect the cultural importance of skateboarding, as well as design, technology, demographics, contemporary art, and social impact of the sport on society.