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The Huntington Museum of Art will highlight the Bill of Rights by Paul M. Levy exhibit as part of its 4th Tuesday Tour Event on September 24, 2024, from 6 to 8 p.m.The free event will include a stepping performance by Sisters on the Rise; Regina Jones artwork available for purchase; food by Mammus’ Kitchen and Catering; an informational table from The League of Women Voters; and an example of a voting machine courtesy of the West Virginia Secretary of State.
“Our free Fourth Tuesday Tour event on September 24 will highlight a timely exhibit and offer entertainment, food, and important information about voting,” said HMA Director of Education Cindy Dearborn.
HMA presents a guided tour; guest speaker; or other event on the fourth Tuesday of each month. The Bill of Rights by Paul M. Levy exhibit continues on view through Nov. 3, 2024.
“The 15 silkscreen prints in Bill of Rights are a graphic statement of Levy’s personal convictions as an artist and an engaged citizen,” said John Farley, HMA Senior Curator/Exhibition Designer. “With fresh perspective and clever manipulation of the formal elements of the American flag, he calls attention to the importance of each amendment in this founding document – though two amendments, the first and the fifth, inspired more than one design. Last exhibited as a group in 2008, these prints were given to the Museum by The Huntington Publishing Company in 1975.”
Artist and educator Paul M. Levy was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1944. Levy earned a BA in industrial design from the University of Cincinnati in 1968 and an MFA in printmaking and sculpture from Ohio University in 1973. He worked for design firms in Ohio, New York, and California from 1964-1971 and taught at the University of Cincinnati and Ohio University from 1971-1973.
Levy came of age during a particularly tumultuous and transformational time in American history. His popular print series titled Bill of Rights, created from 1970-1974, was sparked by American politics in the era of the Vietnam War (1955-1975). He also observed attempts by all sides in this divisive conflict to harness the symbolism of the American flag for political purposes.
The following individuals and businesses have presented individual works in this exhibit: Freedom Gun and Pawn; Glazer Saad Anderson L.C.; The Herald-Dispatch; Bert and Lori Thabet Ketchum; Holly Smith Mount; Sarah Walling; Jennifer Wheeler In Memory of Rabbi David Wucher and In Honor of the Congregation of B’Nai Shalom; and Steve Williams.
This exhibit is presented with support from the City of Huntington Mayor’s Council for the Arts.
This exhibit is presented with support from The Isabelle Gwynn and Robert Daine Exhibition Endowment.
This program is presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History, and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.
For more information on exhibits at the Huntington Museum of Art, visit hmoa.org or call (304) 529-2701. HMA is fully accessible.
West Virginia residents may obtain a summary of the registration and financial documents from the Secretary of State, State Capitol, Charleston, WV 25305. Registration does not imply endorsement.
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2033 McCoy Rd, Huntington, WV, United States, West Virginia 25701