This year the Museum received 320 submissions from 115 artists. The juror, Janie Welker, was tasked with paring this down to around 65 objects. Below is a list of the selected artworks and artists. Congratulations to everyone who was accepted, and those who were not accepted are encouraged to submit again next year. Artist, [...]
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Leroy Lamis Obituary
Leroy Lamis, 84, died Thursday August 19th 2010 in Austin, TX. Mr. Lamis was a sculptor and long-time professor of Art at Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Indiana. His Plexiglas sculptures, known for their geometric elegance, were exhibited throughout the United States and Europe and are in the collections of leading museums and private [...]
New Swope Exhibition, Still Life: Quiet Revelation
Varaldo Cariani, Bowl of Zinnias, 1962 A new exhibition of still life paintings from the Swope Art Museum collection has opened at the Museum and is on view through August 20, 2010. Still Life: Quiet Revelation features over twenty-five paintings from the late nineteenth-century to the present illustrating many different perspectives on the still life. [...]
66th Annual Wabash Valley Juried Exhibition
This year, as we transition to a purely digital entry process, I am pleased to report that the Museum received 255 submissions from 88 Wabash Area artists. Our juror, Dr. Gregory Gilbert of Knox College, was tasked with paring that group down to 50 (or so) accepted works; a task he tackled with great enthusiasm! [...]
The Swope’s Student 43rd Annual Student Art Exhibition
The 43rd Annual Student Art Exhibition, made possible by Old National Bank, runs from April 10 through May 15, 2010. The public reception will be Saturday April 17 from 1 to 3 p.m. with the High school award presentation at 2 p.m. It was May 1967 when the first Student Art Exhibition opened at the [...]
SWOPE ART MUSEUM ANNOUNCES NEW AWARD AND INAUGURAL RECIPIENT
In March of 2009, the Swope Art Museum and Terre Haute community lost an ardent supporter and tireless cultural advocate, Marilyn Wheeler Pendergast. Among her numerous awards, accomplishments and affiliations, Mrs. Pendergast was the President of the Swope’s Board of Managers for thirty years, leading the volunteer board established by the will of Sheldon Swope [...]