Mark your calendar now for these special museum attractions on schedule for 2010-2011.
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences
1 Clay Square (Interstate 64, Exit 100, Leon Sullivan Way, Charleston), hands-on science exhibits, changing art exhibits and ElectricSky Theater in the center's Avampato Discovery Museum; permanent science exhibits Health Royale (health), Gizmo Factory (physics, mechanics) and Milton Gardner's Earth City (earth sciences); giant-screen films and planetarium shows; science demonstrations daily, Wee Wednesdays story time for preschoolers at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. story time for preschoolers.
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday; admission, adults, $7; children, teachers and senior citizens, $5.50; ElectricSky Theater events extra. Call 561-3570 or visit www.theclaycenter.org.
Through Oct. 10: "Art, Nature and the American City, 1840-1955: Selections from the Spanierman Gallery": Exhibit includes 90 paintings and drawings, representing major American art movements over a 115-year period.
Through Nov. 14: "Urban and Rural Landscapes from the Permanent Collection." Exhibit includes favorites such as Stuart Davis's "Consumer Coal Company" and Barry Vance's "Triptych West Virginia," as well as rarely exhibited pieces from the museum's 200 landscapes and cityscapes.
Oct. 30-Jan. 23: "Geometric, Staccato and Lyrical: The Sculpture of Albert Paley." Paley is the sculptor of "Hallelujah," the 64-foot-tall piece in front of the Clay Center. The exhibit will include drawings, photographs, prints and sculptural maquettes of his most site-specific works.
Feb. 12-May 6: "Art: 50 Years of Exploration: The traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institute is a look at the impact space exploration has had on artists, including Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol and Annie Leibovitz. Seventy-four works from the illustrative to the abstract are shown.
Jan. 5-April 3: "Art or Science? From the Permanent Collection": Works in the exhibition reference many scientific fields. Themes are op art, cubism, the theory of relativity and physics and metaphysics.
Jan. 5-April 3: "New Acquisitions." Twelve paintings from the 19th and early 20th century, given by the estate of Mary Price Ratrie to the Clay Center, include pieces by John Singer Sargent, Grant Wood, Martin Johnson Heade and Jean Baptiste Camille Corot.
Huntington Museum of Art
2033 McCoy Road, Huntington. Permanent exhibits include history of firearms; factory glass and art glass from Ohio Valley and beyond; English portraits and English silver; Touma Near Eastern Gallery and its Damascus Room; Edwards Conservatory and its rotating exhibits of tropical gardens; permanent collection includes paintings by Braque, Renoir, Eugene Boudin, Childe Hassam, Franz Kline, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Maurice Prendergast, Robert Henri, an oil crayon drawing by Picasso, art glass by Toots Zynsky, Dale Chihuly, Paul Stankard, and a mobile by Alexander Calder.
Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday; $5 per person, $18 per family. Free on Tuesdays, free for school groups. Call 529-2701 or visit www.hmoa.org.
Through Sept. 26: Photographs by Walter Gropius Master Artist Jon Yamashiro. A public presentation will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 26.
Through Oct. 17 "Curiosity and Wonder: The Collection of Dr. Marion C. Korstanje": Selection of works including botanical and bird prints, Asian ceramics and old master prints.
Oct. 2-Dec. 5: Books and boxes by Walter Gropius Master Artist Catherine LeCleire. Public presentation at 7 p.m. Oct. 8.
Sept. 25-Nov. 21: Functional earthenware by Walter Gropius Master Artist Ron Meyers.
Jan. 15-March 13: Pottery by Walter Gropius Master Artist Alleghany Meadows of Carbondale, Colo.
Through Nov. 28: "The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States": Contemporary works from the New York collectors. A documentary film about the couple will be show at 2 p.m. Oct. 24.
Mark your calendar now for these special museum attractions on schedule for 2010-2011.
Clay Center for the Arts & Sciences
1 Clay Square (Interstate 64, Exit 100, Leon Sullivan Way, Charleston), hands-on science exhibits, changing art exhibits and ElectricSky Theater in the center's Avampato Discovery Museum; permanent science exhibits Health Royale (health), Gizmo Factory (physics, mechanics) and Milton Gardner's Earth City (earth sciences); giant-screen films and planetarium shows; science demonstrations daily, Wee Wednesdays story time for preschoolers at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. story time for preschoolers.
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday; admission, adults, $7; children, teachers and senior citizens, $5.50; ElectricSky Theater events extra. Call 561-3570 or visit www.theclaycenter.org.
Through Oct. 10: "Art, Nature and the American City, 1840-1955: Selections from the Spanierman Gallery": Exhibit includes 90 paintings and drawings, representing major American art movements over a 115-year period.
Through Nov. 14: "Urban and Rural Landscapes from the Permanent Collection." Exhibit includes favorites such as Stuart Davis's "Consumer Coal Company" and Barry Vance's "Triptych West Virginia," as well as rarely exhibited pieces from the museum's 200 landscapes and cityscapes.
Oct. 30-Jan. 23: "Geometric, Staccato and Lyrical: The Sculpture of Albert Paley." Paley is the sculptor of "Hallelujah," the 64-foot-tall piece in front of the Clay Center. The exhibit will include drawings, photographs, prints and sculptural maquettes of his most site-specific works.
Feb. 12-May 6: "Art: 50 Years of Exploration: The traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institute is a look at the impact space exploration has had on artists, including Norman Rockwell, Andy Warhol and Annie Leibovitz. Seventy-four works from the illustrative to the abstract are shown.
Jan. 5-April 3: "Art or Science? From the Permanent Collection": Works in the exhibition reference many scientific fields. Themes are op art, cubism, the theory of relativity and physics and metaphysics.
Jan. 5-April 3: "New Acquisitions." Twelve paintings from the 19th and early 20th century, given by the estate of Mary Price Ratrie to the Clay Center, include pieces by John Singer Sargent, Grant Wood, Martin Johnson Heade and Jean Baptiste Camille Corot.
Huntington Museum of Art
2033 McCoy Road, Huntington. Permanent exhibits include history of firearms; factory glass and art glass from Ohio Valley and beyond; English portraits and English silver; Touma Near Eastern Gallery and its Damascus Room; Edwards Conservatory and its rotating exhibits of tropical gardens; permanent collection includes paintings by Braque, Renoir, Eugene Boudin, Childe Hassam, Franz Kline, Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Maurice Prendergast, Robert Henri, an oil crayon drawing by Picasso, art glass by Toots Zynsky, Dale Chihuly, Paul Stankard, and a mobile by Alexander Calder.
Hours: 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, noon-5 p.m. Sunday; $5 per person, $18 per family. Free on Tuesdays, free for school groups. Call 529-2701 or visit www.hmoa.org.
Through Sept. 26: Photographs by Walter Gropius Master Artist Jon Yamashiro. A public presentation will be at 7 p.m. Sept. 26.
Through Oct. 17 "Curiosity and Wonder: The Collection of Dr. Marion C. Korstanje": Selection of works including botanical and bird prints, Asian ceramics and old master prints.
Oct. 2-Dec. 5: Books and boxes by Walter Gropius Master Artist Catherine LeCleire. Public presentation at 7 p.m. Oct. 8.
Sept. 25-Nov. 21: Functional earthenware by Walter Gropius Master Artist Ron Meyers.
Jan. 15-March 13: Pottery by Walter Gropius Master Artist Alleghany Meadows of Carbondale, Colo.
Through Nov. 28: "The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States": Contemporary works from the New York collectors. A documentary film about the couple will be show at 2 p.m. Oct. 24.
Through Nov. 28: "Recent Acquisitions: Gifts, Bequests, and Purchases 2005-2009": Highlights from 200 pieces donated or purchased in past five years.
Through Oct. 3: The Tri-States Arts Association: Variety of media in the juried, biennial exhibition by artists from West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky.
Dec. 11-March 6: The Daywood Collection: Selection from the collection of American and European paintings, sculpture and decorative arts.
Dec. 4-Feb. 20: "Water+Color: Works from the Permanent Collection." Exhibit will include paintings by Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper and Charleston Burchfield.
Oct. 16-Jan. 2: "Curator's Choice: Charles Jupiter Hamilton": Solo exhibit of the Charleston artist's highly expressive acrylic canvases, hand-built sculpture, painted wall reliefs, and self-pulled wood block prints.
Nov. 5-Feb. 21: "Red River: The Narrative Works of Edgar Tolson, Carl McKenzie, Earnest Patton and Donny Tolson": At least 10 wood sculptures by four artists from Kentucky's Wolfe and Powell counties.
Jan. 15-April 10: "Macy's Presents American Artists of Color": Paintings, prints and sculpture from early 20th century to present by Americans of African, Asian and Hispanic descent. Works include those by Enrique Chagoya, Yasuo Kunioshi and Henry Ossawa Tanner.
West Virginia State Museum and The Culture Center
Capitol Complex venue showcases state's artistic, cultural and historic heritage. The State Museum, telling the story of the state's history, is open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Monday. Free admission. Call 304-558-0220 or visit wvstatemus...@wvculture.org.
The Culture Center houses the West Virginia State Archives and displays the state's art and history in changing small exhibits adjacent to the Great Hall. The Culture Center also offers family programs and tours of the state Capitol. Tours are given every 30 minutes 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Culture Center hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon-5:30 p.m. Sunday. Call 558-0162 or visit www.wvculture.org.
Chief Logan State Park
Museum in the Park: Chief Logan State Park, W.Va. 10, Logan, regional cultural center with changing art and history exhibits and permanent historical exhibit "Dehue ... A Special Place." Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday to Saturday, 1-6 p.m. Winter holiday hours are 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and 1-8 p.m. Sunday. Free. Call 304-792-7229 or visit www.wvculture.org.
Parkersburg Art Center
725 Market St., Parkersburg, in addition to special exhibits, selections from the permanent collection go on display from time to time. Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, $2. Call 485-3859 or visit parkersburgartcenter.org.
University of Charleston
2300 MacCorkle Ave. S.E. West Virginia Women Artist Collection in Erma Byrd Gallery, rotating exhibits in Frankenberger Art Gallery, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Free admission. To schedule a special tour or to reserve the galleries for a function, call Treasa Russell at 304-357-4804.
Youth Museum of Southern West Virginia
New River Park, Beckley, beside the Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. daily, April 1-Nov. 1; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, Nov. 2-March 31; admission to museum, its Mountain Homestead, the coal mine and its coal camp, adults, $20; senior citizens, $15; children, $12; everything but the mine is $10. Call 304-256-1747 or visit www.beckleymine.com.
Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse
300 Virginia St. E., rotating art exhibits, ground floor and mezzanine lobbies. Hours: 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday, free. Call 304-347-3086.
