We’re having a memorial service for my father-in-law, so I wanted to retrieve a piece I had in the Springfield Art Museum’s member’s show. The piece is called “The Relatives Came” and I thought the relatives and friends coming to the service might want to see it. The member’s show runs through December 28, so I didn’t just leave space on the wall. I replaced the original piece with a piece called “Family Soccer Game” which you can see on the lower left corner. It’s one of my favorite pieces.
If you go to the museum there’s a very interesting show called ‘Unearthing: Searching through Strata” by artist Anita Cooke. She was a potter in New Orleans until her studio was buried in mud after Hurricane Katrina. Digging through the wreckage she unearthed her aunt’s 1950s sewing machine and started pushing her art in a new direction.
She paints canvasses, tears them apart, and then stitches them together into intricate constructions. I’m posting two images of one called Night Sky Network made of painted canvas, thread and metal pins mounted on wood boards. You really need to see this and the other works in this show in person.
Springfield Museum of Art
107 Cliff Park Rd
Springfield, OH 45504
Springfield, OH 45504
(937) 325-4673
Hours:
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 9 AM–5 PM |
| Thursday | 9 AM–5 PM |
| Friday | 9 AM–5 PM |
| Saturday | 9 AM–5 PM |
| Sunday | 12:30–4:30 PM |
