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	<title>Beyond the Exhibition &#187; Collections</title>
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		<title>Leroy Lamis Obituary</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:55:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Petrulis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[antoine Pevsner]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Leroy Lamis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nam Gabo]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Lippold]]></category>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Swope Exhibition, Still Life: Quiet Revelation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 20:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Lee Whisenhunt</dc:creator>
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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.  While [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Encounters with two paintings and a conservator</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 16:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Petrulis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tempera painting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thomas Hart Benton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zoltan Sepeshy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first thing I used to think of when I heard the word tempera was that powdered paint we used in elementary school.
Of course I didn’t know then that tempera (paint using a binder of protein such as egg or milk) can be traced back to ancient Egyptian culture, or that it was the predominant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SWOPE ART MUSEUM ANNOUNCES  NEW AWARD AND INAUGURAL RECIPIENT</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:05:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Lee Whisenhunt</dc:creator>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>attributed to Ralph Blackelock</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:48:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Petrulis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art 101 blog	attributed to Blakelock
I was all set to talk about the romantic landscape and the dubious use of bitumen with paint by artists of the 19th century. But this painting has another fascinating story related to its attribution. Have you ever wondered why a work of art is listed as “attributed to” rather than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>companion looking</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 20:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Petrulis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[american Impressionism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hoosier Painter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[viewing art]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[William Edouard Scott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is common to think of visiting an art museum as a solitary activity. And it can be conducive to quiet contemplation. However, as I found out a couple of days ago, viewing art with a group can focus your attention on things you might overlook on your own. For this months American Art 101 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>no favorites?</title>
		<link>http://www.swope.org/sammyblog/2009/no-favorites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Petrulis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often get the question- &#8220;What is  your favorite work in the collection?&#8221; or people ask me to make a value judgment on a work. It is awkward and I usually come up with a lame and boring answer like &#8220;I love all my children equally.&#8221; It would be disingenuous to say I am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twin Cities Museums</title>
		<link>http://www.swope.org/sammyblog/2009/twin-cities-museums/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:32:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Lee Whisenhunt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Severin Roesen]]></category>

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From Saturday until Wednesday, I was in the Twin Cities at the Association of Midwest Museum annual conference held in St. Paul, MN.  I met a lot of people, got several new ideas from other institutions and had a wonderful time exploring the various museums around the area.  Some highlights:

I spent most of Saturday afternoon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fantastic Dinner</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 12:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Lee Whisenhunt</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Wabash Valley]]></category>

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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&#8217;s an exciting and eclectic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J.R. Cox&#8217;s White Cloud Included in Iowa and Pennsylvannia Exhibitions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Lee Whisenhunt</dc:creator>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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