Honoring Our Past Masters: The Golden Age of Cleveland Art, 1900-1945, The most ambitious showing of Cleveland masterworks in nearly thirty years; opening reception and concert with Cleveland Orchestra members and friends.
Cleveland History Center | Western Reserve Historical Society in partnership with the Department of Art History and Art, College of Arts and Sciences, CWRU, and Cleveland Arts Prize present: Honoring Our Past Masters: The Golden Age of Cleveland Art, 1900-1945.
Please join us at the opening reception for a concert with Cleveland Orchestra members Isabel Trautwein (CAP 2012), Alicia Koelz, and Katherine Bormann (violins) Tanya Ell (cello), Robert Woolfrey (Clarinet) with Eric Wong (viola, Cavani Quartet) and Yann Chemali (cello) in Music for Strings and Clarinet by five of Cleveland’s Past Master Composers. Two of which studied with Dvořák: Charlie Rychlik, whose soulful Duet for Violin & Viola kicks off the concert, traded English lessons in preparation for what became the Czech master’s historic sojourn in America. J. S. Zamecnik, went on to become the most sought-after composer of silent film music.
The most ambitious showing of Cleveland masterworks in nearly thirty years, this exhibition will spotlight the achievement of Cleveland’s most remarkable artists from this period, some internationally famous, some still relatively unknown. Curator & Art Historian, Henry Adams will give a special introduction to the exhibit following the concert.
Tickets are required for the concert only, $50 online or at the door.
The exhibition is free and open to the public for the opening reception. Afterwards, entrance to the exhibition will require the entrance fee to Cleveland History Center.
Email: ejesson@clevelandartsprize.org
2021/12/04 - 2021/12/04
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Curator and art historian Henry Adams will headline the concert with a special introduction to the Exhibition and the Hay-McKinney Mansion ~ decorated for the holidays ~ will be open for self guided tours throughout the afternoon.
The Exhibition runs from December 4 – April 4, 2022 and is open to the public. Tickets are required for the concert only. Light refreshments will be served.
Cleveland Arts Prize Past Masters Project is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
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