Summer exhibitions at WCU Fine Arts Museum
August 1 – September 18
New Gifts: Selections from the Collection of Dr. Perry Kelly
School of Art and Design Professor Emeritus Dr. Perry Kelly has made a significant gift of art to the Fine Art Museum from his personal collection. The exhibition features a selection of Dr. Kelly’s gift of 50 works in a variety of media by former art faculty and art students, visiting artists from the region and nation such as Toshiko Takaezu and Sam Adler.
George Masa (1881-1933): A Photographic Vision of the Great Smoky Mountains
In celebration of the Great Smoky National Park 75th Anniversary, the exhibit features photographs, field notes, of George Masa, Japanese-American who explored the mountains of Western North Carolina as friend of Horace Kephart and advocate for preservation and the National Forest designation in 1934. Masa materials are provided by the Hunter Library Special Collections at Western.
Dean and Nancy Cramer Lettenstrom: Delicate Balance – Painting and Drawing
Recently relocating from the Upper Midwest to Asheville, the Lettenstrom’s have distinguished exhibition and teaching careers. Dean’s painting has focused on simple yet provocative imagery of found object collage and abstraction that offers a powerful visual statement referencing the fragile human condition. Nancy’s mixed media drawings on hand made paper conjure compelling and highly personal responses to the nature via figuration drawings of animals that are offer remembrance of our connections to that beautiful, ferocious and tender natural world.
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