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March Exhibits
March 5 - April 3
Opening Reception: Friday, March 4, 5-8pm

The American Hooked Rug: From a private collection The American Hooked Rug exhibition, in the von Hess Gallery, will feature selections of hooked rugs from a private collection. The hooked rug is described as having originated in rural New England during the late 18th Century and took root in Colonial America. It attained immense popularity and is still today recognized as specialty of American craft. The hooked rug has remained a favored object well into our own day, providing the opportunity for American to surround their lives with intimate testaments of their living past. Blue Cat Hooked rug, c. 1880 40”x 30.5”

Botanical Works: Benjamin Long Botanical Works, an exhibit of oil and mixed media paintings by Philadelphia artist Benjamin Long, will be on display in the 2nd floor Hartman Gallery. Long depicts plants, most often predatory plants such as pitcher plants and cacti, in large scale and in the romantic style of early botanical illustrations. Long accentuates his paintings by affixing subsidiary images, on metal or wood, to the larger panels and he also embellishes some of his pieces with gold leaf and decorative images. Benjamin Long Siren Oil, acrylic, brass and wood 36” x 18”

Marco Polo's Travels: Recent paintings by Nora Sturges Nora Sturges, Baltimore Maryland, uses oils and acrylics in a series of paintings on Marco Polo’s Travels that will be featured in the Armstrong Gallery. Several years ago Sturges became intrigued with the novel Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino on Marco Polo’s travels. Using this narrative as a point of inspiration her paintings are intriguing and mysterious stories that incorporate 21st Century images. Nora Sturges Monkeys with stolen purses Oil and acrylic on panel, 2000 13”x 8.5”