Archive > June 2009

Fantastic Dinner

Monday evening, Ann Albano, executive director of the Cleveland Sculpture Center, was in Terre Haute to finalize the jurying of the 65th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition.  She had done the preliminary work long distance, but came this week to see the submissions she accepted in person and decide awards.  It’s an exciting and eclectic [...]

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J.R. Cox’s White Cloud Included in Iowa and Pennsylvannia Exhibitions

John Rogers Cox
White Cloud
1943
Oil and acrylic on canvas
37 x 45 ½ inches
Swope Art Museum Collection, 2000.07
John Rogers Cox (1915-1990), a Terre Haute artist and the first director of the Swope Art Museum, portrayed the Midwest through a fantastical lens focused on the minutia of the American landscape. Often called a magical realist, Cox was interested [...]

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New Member of Swope Board of Managers Named

The Swope Board of Managers, from left: Tom Francis, Kathy Brentlinger and Rick Shagley.  Courtesy of Samantha McGranahan of The Roxy Studio. A larger version of the photo is available upon request.

At the April Joint Board Meeting of the Swope Art Museum’s Board of Managers and Board of Overseers, Rick Shagley, secretary of the Board [...]

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