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EOH Hosts Three New Exhibitions

Fri, Feb 18, 2011

EOH Hosts Three New Exhibitions

The Earlville Opera House Arts Center opens three new exhibits next week. There is a reception for the artists Saturday, Feb. 26 from noon to 3 p.m.

The exhibits will run through April 2.

In the East Gallery, Thea Augustina Eck’s installation Unbound: To hope till Hope creates explores connections between art and history, in particular the Shackleton Expedition story. 

“My work responds to 18th - early 20th century Arctic and Antarctic exploration narratives," said Eck. "These northern and southern landscapes exist as fact and memoir, fiction and reverie. Scouring archives and other accounts fuses my historic imagination with the emotional weight of chronicled artifacts and individuals buried then uncovered. The collaboration between the source and its subsequent result suggests that the historical foundation is as central as the musings of the imagination.” 

Eck has an M.F.A from the University of Michigan and a B.F.A. from Alfred University.

EOH also hosts its 18th annual KidsArt Exhibit in the West Gallery. The multi-media show features work from nine local elementary schools. Over 250 local children will have their work displayed.

Earlville artist Elizabeth Olsen’s photographs (in photo) are on exhibit in the Arts Café Gallery. The title of her exhibit is Let Them Be: A Celebration of Childhood. 

“In regard to art, the process of creating is always joyful for children," Olsen said. "They are masters of the sublimely simple, and thus, become the perfect inspiration to combat doubt, expectation, and complexity in the adult world.” 

Olsen will also present a free workshop co-sponsored by the Earlville Free Library on March 5 titled Seeing Myself in Art. 

The EOH galleries are free admission and open Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday, noon to 3 p.m.  Visit www.earlvilleoperahouse.com or call 691-3550 for more information.

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