Morris Graves Museum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Date: January 3, 2007

Contact: Jemima Harr jemima@humboldtarts.org (707) 442-0278 ext. 205

Exhibition Headline: Melissa Chandon Roadside Places

Exhibition Dates: April 7 through May May 27, 2007

Reception Date: First Saturday Night Arts Alive!, April 7, 6 to 9 p.m.

Museum Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

The Humboldt Arts Council in the Morris Graves Museum of Art is pleased to announce the upcoming exhibition of paintings by artist Melissa Chandon, entitled Roadside Places in the Floyd Bettiga Gallery. Melissa Chandon’s oil paintings are rendered with a passionate physical language that evokes a deep feeling of isolation and loneliness amidst the welcoming tradition of her subjects. The intentional use of negative space via shape and shadow create an aura of solitude and privacy to which the viewer is slowly drawn into the environment. Focusing on the vanishing icons of Americana, including road side attractions, historical agricultural equipment and beloved Volkswagen Buses, Chandon work encompasses the sentiment of these disappearing symbols one might pass on a lonely stretch of road.

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The Morris Graves Museum of Art, located at 636 F Street, Eureka is open to the public noon-5p.m., Wednesday through Sunday. Museum admission is by donation: $4 for adults, $1 for seniors age 55 and older; HAC Members and children age 12 and under are admitted free. Admission is always free for everyone during each First Saturday Arts Alive!, 6-9 p.m.

CATALOGUES
2007
2006

For all other needs please contact the artist by sending an email: melissachandon@hotmail.com