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It’s About Time: Clocks from the Permanent Collection Mantel Garniture, ca. 1875-1880 Unknown French maker for Tiffany & Co., New York, New York (active 1837 – present) Stone, marble, gilt-bronze, metal, glass. Clock: 18-1/2 x 21 x 7-3/4 in. Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Museum Purchase, 2000.21.1-4   March 8 - September 8, 2008 During the nineteenth century, clocks were a stylish symbol of a busy and productive household as well as central ornamental features. The elaborately decorated clocks in the Museum’s collection are a testimony to their importance as status symbols as well as timekeepers. » It’s About Time: Clocks from the Permanent Collection Home and Away: Exploring Photography in the Fine and Decorative Arts from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Jeffrey C. Becton (American, born 1947) Open Door, 2001-07, Digital montage, 24 x 36 in., Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Jerrold Scoutt, Jr. 2007.7 March 29 - July 6, 2008 Home and Away features works that illustrate a range of photographic processes beginning with the earliest photographs: daguerreotypes and tintypes from the 1850s, through contemporary works. Central to the exhibition is Open Door, a digital montage by Jeffrey C. Becton, which utilizes a modern technological photographic process to produce its image. » Home and Away: Exploring Photography in the Fine and Decorative Arts from the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Childe Hassam, Washington Arch, Spring (ca. 1893), The Phillips Collection. Bus Trip George Eastman House and The Memorial Art Gallery Thursday, June 5, 2008 Departs MWPAI at 7:15 am $55 MWPAI members $65 general public Register by May 29. The trip includes a guided tour of the George Eastman House Mansion and two exhibitions at the Memorial Art Gallery. In Pursuit of Light and Leisure: Impressionist Masterpieces from the Permanent Collection features 25 paintings and works on paper from the Memorial Art Gallery’s permanent collection by Impressionist masters Edgar Degas, Claude Monet and Mary Cassatt, and other artists of the period who influenced and were influenced by the Impressionist movement. American Impressionism: Paintings from The Phillips Collection will highlight 54 paintings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the “golden age” of American Impressionism. This is the first time in nearly 25 years that these treasured works have been assembled for special viewing outside of Washington, D.C. Lunch at the Memorial Art Gallery’s Cutler restaurant is included, and free time until departure at 4:30 p.m. Bus Trip George Eastman House and The Memorial Art Gallery Registration Form for June 5 Register by May 29   61st Exhibition of Central New York Artists Sarah McCoubrey We the Sovereign People, 2005 oil on panel, 16” x 15”   April 5 - July 13, 2008 This 61st edition of the lively and popular exhibition series features works of art in all media by artists living within a 100-mile radius of Utica. The jurors for the exhibition are Thomas Piché, Jr., Director of the Gibson Gallery, SUNY-Potsdam, and artist Marion Wilson. » 61st Exhibition of Central New York Artists Discover the Museum Collection With First Friday Shorts Join us monthly on the first Friday for a short (15 minute) talk about an artwork in the permanent collection. Free and open to the public. » Discover the Museum Collection With First Friday Shorts The Art and Life of James E. Freeman 1808-1884 an American Painter in Italy James E. Freeman (1808-84), Costume Picture, 1857. Oil on canvas, 59 x 45 in. Private collection. September 12, 2009 - January 17, 2010 The exhibition, The Art and Life of James E. Freeman, 1808-1884: an American Painter in Italy, will open at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art September 12, 2009. This first-ever retrospective on the fancy pictures and portraiture of James E. Freeman, organized by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, will remain on view through January 17, 2010, and then travel to at least two other American museums during 2010. » The Art and Life of James E. Freeman 1808-1884 an American Painter in Italy