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4 Through the Eye of the Needle – Fabric of Survival

7 Painting Indiana III: Heritage of Place

8 21st Annual Working Together

9 Amy Musia: Capital Projects

9 57th Mid-States Art Exhibition

10 Suzanne Scherer and Pavel Ouporov Workshop

10 Les Miley Retrospective

11 Jean-Jacques du Plessis New Directions

12 On Nature’s Terms: The Wilderness Paintings of Thomas Paquette

14 Bottled & Kegged: A Toast to Evansville’s Breweries

15 Historic Photographs Donated to Evansville Museum

16 Transportation Day

16 From Grain to Glass

24 Early Summer 2014 Education Classes

26 Volunteer Opportunities

26 Super Saturday

26 EMTRAC Express 2014

AFFiLiAtED29 Guild’s 5K Run/Walk

30 Contemporaries’ Brew Ha Ha

30 Guild’s Back to the Museum

18 Eat Well, Play Well

19 Koch Immersive Theater Shows

21 Family Movie Nights

21 Film Screening: Bat Conservation

21 Chemistry Day

22 Laser Light Shows

2014-2015 BoARD oF tRUStEESoFFicERSSharon Reed Walker, PresidentWilliam Bartelt, President-ElectPeggy DeWig, TreasurerGeorge Day, Secretary

Mary McNamee Bower, Interim DirectorJohn Streetman, Director Emeritus

contRiBUtoRSMary McNamee Bower, Interim Director & Virginia G. Schroeder Curator of CollectionsMadalyn Bradley, Marketing InternA. C. Braun, President, Evansville Museum ContemporariesAllison Gregory, Marketing InternKaman Hillenburg, Staff AssistantThomas Lonnberg, Curator of HistoryMitch Luman, Dorothy & George Eykamp Science DirectorKaren Malone, Ruby C. Strickland Curator of EducationJoycelyn Todisco, Project Manager Begley Art SourceCindy Warren, Past President, Evansville Museum Docent AssociationSusan Washburn, Director of Development

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tRUStEESErik Arneberg • Jeanne Amsler • Tim Black • A.C. Braun Rich D’Amour • John Engelbrecht • Dr. Brandon Field Cindy Fine • John Friend • Jake Fulcher • Betsy Hopkins Bill Kennedy • R. Steven Krohn • Cheryl Marshall Elaine McCarthy • Michelle Mercer • Carrie Mogavero Ashley Murray • Alice Nugent • John Nugent George Rehnquist • Lynn Rochon • Jennifer Roll Matt Rowe • Tay Ruthenburg • Martha Ryan P. Cullen Stanley • Pat Vaughan Theby • Deb Vannatter Cindy Warren • Jonathan Weinzapfel • Jamie Wicks Andrew Wilson • Tom Witten • Marianna Wright Sherry Wright • Rick Zeiher

HonoRARy LiFEtiME tRUStEESBill Beard • Gayle Begley Rita Eykamp • Virginia Schroeder

ADviSoRy coUnciLCarol Abrams • Dr. Darrel Bigham • Jeff Bosse Tom Bryan • Lisa Collins • H. Lee Cooper • Calvin Dentino James Dodd • Rita Eykamp • Jon Goldman M. Susan Hardwick • David Keller • Donald Korb R. Steven Krohn, Chair • Rosemary O’Daniel John Schultz • Patrick Shoulders • Ted C. Ziemer, Jr. Robert Zimmermann

on tHE covER Road to KRasniK, Esther Nisenthal Krinitz, textile

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leTTer from The InTerIm DIreCTor

Midway through an exciting year for the Evansville Museum, I invite you to explore the pages of your summer / fall members’ magazine to learn about the wide array of exhibitions, programs, Koch Immersive Theater presentations, classes and special events coming to the Museum.

From the 21st Annual Working Together competition, presented in cooperation with the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana and Painting Indiana III: Heritage of Place to Bottled and Kegged: A Toast to Evansville’s Breweries, our summer exhibitions offer the very best of Indiana art and tell the story of a vital facet of our city’s heritage.

This summer and fall the Tri-State community will have the unique opportunity to attend films, concerts, art workshops, and lectures focusing on the Holocaust and World War II. Coordinated by CYPRESS (Committee to Promote Respect in Schools), this exceptional collaboration of many of Evansville’s leading cultural and education institutions has been developed to complement the Museum’s two exhibitions Legacies of World War II and Through the Eye of the Needle – Fabric of Survival.

Join us as we celebrate the talents of artists Les Miley, Jean-Jacques du Plessis, Thomas Paquette, Amy Musia, Suzanne Scherer and Pavel Ouporov; learn about healthy living in the Evansville Convention & Visitors Bureau Center for History and Science exhibition Eat Well, Play Well; and experience family fun at Transportation Day, Chemistry Day and Kids & Grandparents Day.

From laser light shows to Super Saturdays, the Evansville Museum and our affiliated organizations of the Contemporaries, Docents and Guild have a dynamic schedule of events planned for the coming months.

Thank you to all our members for your generosity. Feeling a real sense of excitement in the community for our renovated and expanded facility, our Board of Trustees and staff continue to work to fulfill the Museum’s mission to enrich lives through preservation, exploration, enlightenment and amazement. Please visit often and enjoy!

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Esther nisenthal Krinitz (1927-2007) used fabric arts to tell her story of surviving the Holocaust in Poland. The nationally touring exhibition of her work, tHRoUGH tHE EYE oF tHE nEEdLE – FaBRiC oF sURViVaL will be presented in the Old Gallery from September 7 – november 30.

In 1942, 15-year-old Krinitz and her 13-year-old sister left their family and ran away when the Jews of their village were ordered by the Nazis to report to a nearby train station. The sisters evaded the Gestapo for two years by pretending to be part of a Catholic farm family.

In 1977 at the age of 50, Krinitz began creating works of fabric

art to tell her story of survival. Trained as a dressmaker but with no formal education in art, she created 36 remarkable fabric pictures with strong, vivid images and folk art realism. She meticulously stitched the narrative of her story beneath each picture.

The textiles reveal an incongruity between the beauty of the pastoral landscape and the violence, terror and betrayal the sisters experienced on their journey. Although Krinitz created her art for her family, her daughters Bernice Steinhardt and Helene McQuade believed her art deserved to be seen by a wider audience.

They established a non-profit educational organization to create a traveling exhibition of their mother’s art.

Working with CYPRESS (Committee to Promote Respect in Schools), community partners from the Evansville-Vanderburgh Public Library, Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Public Education Foundation, Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, Temple Adath B’nai Israel, University of Evansville, University of Southern Indiana, and WNIN have joined the Museum in developing educational and cultural programming focusing on World War II and the Holocaust.

Presented in partnership with cyPRESS, tHE SHAvitZ FoUnDAtion, tHE JEWiSH coMMUnity coUnciL,BiLL & LiSA MULLER, RoSEMARy o’DAniEL, and BARBARA tRocKMAn

textile Exhibition Documents Heroic Journey

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On Friday, october 17, at 1 p.m. in the Evansville Museum’s Old Gallery, Jon Kay, Director of Traditional Arts Indiana, will present a program on “Memory, Art and Aging” that specifically looks at folk art as a strategy of successful aging. Kay, an assistant research scholar in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, was named the 2013-2014 Archie Green Fellow at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress and is a consulting curator at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures in Bloomington, Indiana.

Kay will address the importance of life review and art-making to

the successful aging process in the lives of seniors. The program will include a presentation of case studies from his years of working with senior folk artists. He will share his observations about how and why seniors make and use art and its impact on their daily lives. From colorful walking sticks and quilts to paintings and hooked rugs, seniors make art to reflect upon their lives, record their memories, and to share their stories with others. Kay will probe these three distinct aspects of art making and explore what we can learn from them. Seniors are encouraged to bring examples of their art projects to show and share at this gathering.

Memory, Art and Aging topic of Program From Director of traditional Arts indiana

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In conjunction with the program, the exhibition Tell People the Story: The Art of Gustav Potthoff will be on view. The exhibition shares the life and work of Gustav Potthoff, a memory painter who paints to remember his fellow prisoners of war, who, as captives of the Japanese, were forced to build the Burma Thailand Railway during World War II. Concerned that more than 16,000 people who died constructing the bridge over the River Kwai and the Hellfire Pass will be forgotten, the artist paints to tell their story and to make peace with his wartime memories.

Art and Remembrance Founders Bernice Steinhardt and Helene McQuade to Share Reflections on their Mother’s ArtOn Sunday, September 14, 2014 at 2:00 pm in the Old Gallery, the founders of Art and Remembrance, an arts and education non-profit based in Maryland, will present a program in conjunction with the exhibition Through the Eye of the Needle – Fabric of Survival.

Art and Remembrance brings the work and story of Holocaust survivor and fabric artist Esther nisenthal Krinitz to a wider audience. The founders wanted to maximize the educational potential of her art and unique story and promote the use of art and personal memoir as tools for promoting healing and awareness.

Art and Remembrance was founded by Krinitz’s daughters, Bernice Steinhardt and Helene McQuade. Steinhardt and McQuade grew up with the stories of

Margaret McMullan will Discuss Holocaust Research through the Lens of her own Family Members

Margaret McMullan is the author of six award-winning adult and young adult novels including In My Mother’s House, a Pen/Faulkner nominee and Sources of Light, which was nominated for the National Book Award. Margaret has received a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in literature and a Fulbright grant to research and teach at the University of Pécs in Pécs, Hungary. She is the National Author Winner of the Eugene and Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award and she currently holds the Melvin Peterson Endowed Chair in Creative Writing and Literature at the University of Evansville. Recently, she edited Every Father’s Daughter, an anthology of essays about fathers by daughters with an introduction by Phillip Lopate, due out in spring 2015. Her novel-in-stories Aftermath Lounge is also due in spring 2015.

Author and University of Evansville professor Margaret McMullan will talk about her search for a forgotten family member, Richárd Engel de Jánosi. De Jánosi died at Mauthausen Concentration Camp in Mauthausen, Austria. On Sunday, october 26 at 2 p.m., McMullan will discuss the journey that led her to Israel, Hungary, and finally to Mauthausen.

In the course of her research, McMullan was able to piece together the life of her great uncle de Jánosi, one of 4,000 Hungarian Jews who were taken to concentration camps and murdered during the last months of World War II. Sixty-four years later, McMullan returned to Pécs, Hungary, with her own family to learn about de Jánosi’s life so that he might be properly remembered.

Margaret wrote about the Engel de Jánosi family in her forthcoming memoir, Where The Angels Lived. APRiL 27 – JULy 6

Evansville Museum of Arts, History & ScienceLegacies of World War II Exhibition

SAtURDAy, JUnE 14, 12:30 PMShrinersfest on the Evansville RiverfrontD-Day Re-enactment - By LST 325, Freedom Heritage Museum, IN Military Museum

SUnDAy, JUnE 29, 2 PM Evansville Museum of Arts, History & ScienceSpeaker: Dr. James MacLeod, professor of history, University of Evansville, “To You From Failing Hands We Throw the Torch; American Memorials and Cemeteries of the Two World Wars”

FRiDAy, AUGUSt, 22 8 AM – 3 PMEvansville Museum of Arts, History & Science “Echoes and Reflections” Holocaust Education Workshop for EducatorsCoordinated by CYPRESS

MonDAy, SEPtEMBER 1, 9 PM Wnin PBS (channel 9)Documentary: through the Eye of the needle

SEPtEMBER 7 – novEMBER 30Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science Through the Eye of the Needle – Fabric of Survival Exhibition

SUnDAy, SEPtEMBER 7, 3 PM Wnin PBS (channel 9)Film: Escape From a nazi death Camp

MonDAy, SEPtEMBER 8, 9 PM Wnin PBS (channel 9)Film: Escape From a nazi death Camp

SAtURDAy, SEPtEMBER 13, (tiME tBD) Arts council of Southwestern indianaHeART and Story Workshop SAtURDAy, SEPtEMBER 13, 6 PM Evansville Museum of Arts, History & ScienceExhibit Opening Reception for Evansville Museum Members

SUnDAy, SEPtEMBER 14, 3 PM Wnin PBS (channel 9)Documentary: through the Eye of the needle

SUnDAy, SEPtEMBER 14, 2 PM Evansville Museum of Arts, History & ScienceSpeakers: Bernice Steinhardt & Helene McQuade (Artist’s daughters)

WEDnESDAy, SEPtEMBER 17, 6 PM USi – Kleymeyer Hall (Liberal Arts 0101) Film: the nasty Girl (1990; dir. Michael Verhoeven): Introduction and discussion by Dr. Silvia Rode, associate professor of German; Chair, World Languages and Cultures, USI.

SAtURDAy, SEPtEMBER 20, (tiME tBD) Arts council of Southwestern indianaHeART and Story workshop

MonDAy, SEPtEMBER 22, 9 PM Wnin PBS (channel 9)Film: orchestra of Exiles

WEDnESDAy, SEPtEMBER 24, 6 PM USi – Kleymeyer Hall (Liberal Arts 0101)Film: KZ (2006; dir. Rex Bloomstein): Introduction and discussion by Dr. Casey Harrison, professor of history, director for the Center for Communal Studies, USI

SUnDAy, SEPtEMBER 28, 3 PM Wnin PBS (channel 9)Film: orchestra of Exiles

FRiDAy, octoBER 3, 8 PM Wnin cable 12Film: Escape From a nazi death Camp

FRiDAy, octoBER 10, 7 PM UE – Eykamp University center – Room 251Thomas C. Fiddick Memorial Lecture: Speaker: Professor Theodore Wilson, University of Kansas, “The GI Generation: Sending American Soldiers into Battle in WW II”

FRiDAy, octoBER 10, 8 PM Wnin cable 12Documentary: through the Eye of the needle

SUnDAy, octoBER 12, 2 PM Evansville Museum of Arts, History & ScienceEykamp String Quartet Performance

FRiDAy, octoBER 17, 1 PM Evansville Museum of Arts, History & ScienceSpeaker: Jon Kay, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology, Indiana University and Director of Traditional Arts Indiana, “Memory, Art and Aging”

Exhibition Tell People the Story: The Art of Gustav Potthoff on loan from Traditional Arts Indiana

FRiDAy, octoBER 17, 8 PM Wnin cable 12Film: orchestra of Exiles

tHURSDAy, octoBER 23, (tiME tBD) UE – neu chapelUE Interfaith Committee Remembrance/Memorial Service

SUnDAy, octoBER 26, 2 PM Evansville Museum of Arts, History & ScienceSpeaker: Margaret McMullen, Melvin Peterson Endowed Chair in Creative Writing and Literature, University of Evansville, discusses her upcoming book Where the Angels Lived

tUESDAy, octoBER 28, 7:30 PM victory theatreEvansville Vanderburgh Public Library’s one Book one community: In the Garden of Beasts; Erik Larson, author

SAtURDAy, novEMBER 15, 7 PM victory theatreEvansville Philharmonic Classics Series: Britten’s War Requiem; A Tribute to American Veterans

SUnDAy, novEMBER 16, 3 PM temple Adath B’nai israelSpeaker: Dr. Mark Roseman, director ofJewish Studies, Indiana University

EvAnSviLLE REMEMBERSThe Holocaust & World War IIThis summer and fall, the Tri-State area will have the unique opportunity to experience a multi-faceted educational and cultural program focusing on the Holocaust and World War II.

CYPRESS (Committee to Promote Respect in Schools) is coordinating this collaborative effort between many of the area’s major organizations and institutions. The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, Evansville-

Vanderburgh Public Library, Evansville Philharmonic Orchestra, Public Education Foundation, Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana, Temple Adath B’nai Israel, WNIN, University of Evansville, University of Southern

Indiana, and other community partners will contribute their expertise and resources to create this rich and varied tapestry of experiences to commemorate the Holocaust and World War II.

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their mother’s courage and suffering as a child during the war. Years later, after Krinitz began to turn her stories into a narrated series of fabric art pictures, they realized the incredible power their mother’s art and her stitched narratives had. Together, art and story could help people understand what war and intolerance are and how they feel to those who endure them.

The organization has produced the nationally touring exhibition of Krinitz’s work, published the award-winning book Memories of Survival, developed and distributed curricula for students from elementary through high school and produced a multiple award-winning 30 minute documentary entitled Through the Eye of the Needle: The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitz.

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The work of late 19th and early 20th century painters T. C. Steele, William Forsyth, J. Ottis Adams, Otto Stark and Richard Gruelle, known collectively as the Hoosier Group, established plein air, or in the open air painting as a major art form in Indiana. From that time forward, Hoosier artists have led recurrent movements championing the tradition of outdoor painting. The vitality of this style is represented in PaintinG indiana iii: HERitaGE oF PLaCE, a juried exhibition of 100 works by 45 contemporary Hoosier artists, all featuring notable Indiana landmarks and celebrating

the beauty of every corner of our State. The exhibition will be featured in the Main Gallery from July 27 – September 21.

Organized by the Indiana Plein Air Painters Association and Indiana Landmarks, the exhibition was selected by M. Stephen Doherty, editor-in-chief of American Artist Magazine for 31 years. A prolific writer, Doherty also is an accomplished painter whose work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions across the country. He is currently Editor of Plein Air Magazine.

Art in Indiana, 1916

“To live out-of-doors in intimate touch with nature, to feel the sun, to watch the ever-changing face of the landscape, where waters run and winds blow and trees wave and clouds move, and to walk with all the hours of the day and into the mysteries of night through all the seasons of the year – this is the heaven of the Hoosier Painter!”

Presented in partnership with BARB & BiLL BEARD

A Grand tradition Endures in the Hoosier State

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Chris Newlund, oil, 24” x 18”

Chris Newlund, oil, 24” x 24”

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Presented in memory of viRGiniA B. LoWEntHAL

the Evansville Museum and the Arts council of Southwestern indiana collaborate with Regional Artists in Annual Juried Exhibition

For the 21st consecutive year, regional artists will participate in a juried exhibition entitled WoRKinG toGEtHER. Presented in memory of virginia B. Lowenthal, the July 13 – August 24 Old Gallery exhibition is presented in cooperation with the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana.

Juror for this year’s competition is Marianne Richter, executive director of the Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana. Prior to coming to the Swope in 2011, she had over 20 years experience in curatorial positions at the Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, the Union League Club of Chicago, the Dayton Art Institute and the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.  - WiLLiAM FoRSytH

Virginia J. Kramer, pastel, 13” x 20.5”

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Presented in partnership with BRAD & JAcQUi GoRDon and BARB & BiLL BEARD

Mid-States Art Exhibition Featured in old GalleryThe 57th Mid-statEs aRt EXHiBition will be presented in the Old Gallery from December 14, 2014 – January 25, 2015. The exhibition is a regional competition open to artists in a six state area including Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee and Missouri.

Over $10,000 in purchase and merit awards, underwritten by Evansville individuals, corporations, foundations and philanthropic organizations will be presented on the December 13 awards evening. Purchase awards allow the Museum to acquire works for the contemporary art collection, and merit awards are important for the encouragement and recognition of regional artists.

Juror for the competition is artist and educator Ephraim Rubenstein. After receiving his BA in Art History from Columbia University, Rubenstein earned his MFA in Painting from Columbia University’s School of the Arts. He has had ten solo exhibitions in New York at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery, Tatistcheff & Co. and most recently at the George Billis Gallery. From 1987-1998 he was associate professor of art at the University of Richmond. He has taught at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Maryland Institute College of Art, and he is currently on the faculty at Columbia University, the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League.

2012 Mid-States Guild Purchase Award, Kim Krause, oil and spray paint on canvas, 40” x 36”

Suzanne Scherer and Pavel Ouporov, silverpoint,

graphite, gold leaf on mylar, 2005

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Presented in partnership with StEvE & SUSAn WoRtHinGton

Les Miley ceramics Featured in John Streetman AlcoveA ceramics professor and chairman of the art department at the University of Evansville for more than 40 years, Les Miley is now professor emeritus and continues to teach part time and organize summer workshops in New Harmony. Miley’s ceramic works have been exhibited in more than 200 competitive and invitational art exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe.

The September 14 – December 28 exhibition in the John Streetman Alcove will be a retrospective of this esteemed artist’s work. His ceramics are included in numerous corporate, private and museum collections, and have been featured in national ceramics magazines and professional journals, as well as several books. In addition, Miley has been honored for his teaching, receiving Teacher of the Year from the Evansville Alumni Association, the Outstanding Faculty Scholar Award from the University of Evansville, and the Art Educator Award from the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana.

visiting Artists Suzanne Scherer and Pavel ouporov offer WorkshopAmerican-born Suzanne Scherer and Russian-born Pavel ouporov will conduct an intensive art workshop on Sunday, August 10 – tuesday, August 12. For details see page 25. The workshop will be in conjunction with an exhibition of their work in the Richardt Room from July 27 – August 24.

Scherer and Ouporov are a collaborative team who met while studying at the Moscow Surikov State Academy Art Institute. Scherer earned a BFA from Florida State University, and an MFA from Brooklyn College.

At age 11, Ouporov won admittance into the Moscow State Academy Art Lyceum. He graduated at 18 and earned a Master of Fine Arts from the Moscow Surikov State Academy Art Institute.

Scherer and Ouporov have received national and international recognition for their collaborative works and they are represented in the permanent collections of many national and international institutions. Their exhibition at the Museum will feature over a dozen works donated to the Museum in 2010 by Dr. Richard Daigle, as well as several recent works.Les Miley, salt-fired stoneware, 18” x 2.5”

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Presented in partnership with tHE EvAnSviLLE MUSEUM contEMPoRARiES

Amy Musia Exhibition continues in John Streetman AlcoveAmy Musia’s exhibition, CaPitaL PRoJECts, will be displayed through September 7. Musia specializes in site-specific works of art for healthcare environments, public spaces and corporate and private collections. In her 30-year career, Musia has completed numerous public commissions including Bend in the River on Evansville’s riverfront. She has a sculpture included in the Museum’s permanent collection, and she has been featured in competitive and invitational exhibitions across the country.

A graduate of the University of Southern Indiana, Amy Musia serves on the Evansville Public Arts Commission and has been an active member of the Evansville Greenway Art Committee. She is represented by the Begley Art Source, a division of the Evansville Museum Shop.

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Main Gallery Exhibition Pays tribute to the Preservation of nature

on natURE’s tERMs: tHE WiLdERnEss PaintinGs oF tHoMas PaQUEttE is a contemplation of special places where nature dominates. Fifty years after the Wilderness Act was signed into law in 1964, this exhibition celebrates the places preserved by that law – places that thrive not by industry and scientific progress but by the forces of nature alone, protected from significant human intrusion.

Pennsylvania artist thomas Paquette was inspired to create the collection by his visits to federal wilderness areas all around the country during the last two years. The diversity and vitality of the environments that comprise the National Wilderness Preservation System – from southwest canyons and high peaks, to east and west seashores, and lowland swamps and deserts – are reflected in these oil and gouache paintings.

In addition to the December 14, 2014 – March 8, 2015 presentation at the Evansville Museum, the exhibition will be shown in California and New York during 2014 and 2015.

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Presented in partnership with the EvAnSviLLE MUSEUM contEMPoRARiES, JoAnn ScHWEntKER, LiSA & MARty iMBLER, and cARRiE & PEtE MoGAvERo

Jean-Jacques du Plessis Explores new directionsFrom october 5 – november 30, the Main Gallery will be the setting for the paintings of Jean-Jacques du Plessis. Born in 1984 in Cape Town, South Africa, du Plessis earned his Master of Fine Arts at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. He received a post-baccalaureate degree from Brandeis University and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in painting and printmaking from Ohio Wesleyan University.

In 2012, du Plessis attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Maine. He has had solo exhibitions in Rome, Italy and Philadelphia and has participated in group exhibitions in Boston, New York, Philadelphia and Rome.

This fall du Plessis will exhibit a body of recent work that continues to explore his interest in painting, and also addresses ideas about the ways in which paintings function within space and in terms of signage, personal expression and traditional notions of place.

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Presented in partnership with PHYLLis R. & WiLLiaM C. H. GRiMM, JR.

EXHiBition intERPREtS city’S BREWinG HiStoRy see page 14

During Prohibition, Sterling Brewery adapted to the time and produced drinks other than beer.

Presented in partnership with tin MAn BREWinG co. and DR. victoR v. ScHRiEFER, JR.

Exhibition interprets city’s BrewingHistoryFrom July 27 - october 5 in the Evansville Convention and Visitors Bureau Center for History and Science, BottLEd and KEGGEd: a toast to EVansViLLE’s BREWERiEs recalls an important part of our city’s history. Since the 1830s, breweries have played a key role in the story of Evansville. This exhibition will examine historic breweries of the city and illustrate the continuation of this tradition in current Evansville enterprises.

Evansville’s first brewery opened in 1837. Historically known as the Old Brewery, many of the other significant breweries in Evansville trace their origins to this enterprise, including F. W. Cook and Sterling. The interpretation of the history of these two breweries is central to the exhibition.

In 1853, F.W. Cook and Louis Rice, both second generation Germans, began Cook and Rice City Brewery in Evansville. The brewery grew to sell more than 500,000 barrels per year, and it was incorporated as F. W. Cook Brewing Company in 1885. Following prohibition, its “Goldblume Beer” was the top seller in the nation. In 1955, an unresolved labor dispute led to the plant’s closing; and in the early 1960s, the Cook structures were demolished in preparation for the new Civic Center Complex.

The company that bottled Evansville’s famous Sterling brand was founded in 1894. It was located at the northwest corner of what is now the Lloyd Expressway and Fulton Avenue. During Prohibition, the company bottled non-alcoholic drinks under the name Sterling Products. In 1964, the company merged with Associated Brewing Company of Detroit, and it became part of the G. Heilman Brewing Company of LaCrosse, Wisconsin in 1972. After G. Heilman ceased production in the city in 1988, the facility reopened as the Evansville Brewing Company and continued in operation until 1997.

Today, Evansville’s rich tradition of brewing is carried on by Tin Man Brewing Company, Carson’s Brewery and Turoni’s Pizzery & Brewery. The stories of Evansville’s breweries are a vital facet of our city’s heritage.

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Historic Photographs Donated to Evansville Museum Photographs depicting Jacob Hartz & Company were recently donated by David Sherman to the Evansville Museum. Owned by Jacob Hartz, the firm was a wholesaler and retailer of cigars and tobacco from the early 1900s through the mid-1940s. During his lifetime, Hartz also operated cigar and news stands in prominent Evansville hotels, including the Randall House, the St. George Hotel, the Vendome Hotel and the Hotel McCurdy. Hartz died at the age of 99 in 1975.

In addition to selling cigars and tobacco, the Jacob Hartz & Company shop at 301 Main Street also featured a soda fountain with a marble countertop.

Gifts of David Sherman

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This is an authentic reproduction of a Wells Fargo Concord Stagecoach, one of America’s most legendary vehicles.

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This photograph depicts Jacob Hartz & Company at 301 Main Street—the present site of a Subway restaurant. Previously located just across Third Street at 231 Main Street, the business moved to the building pictured here when National City Bank constructed a building at Hartz’s earlier location in 1914.

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On Sunday, october 12 from noon - 4 p.m., the Evansville Museum will be alive with the sights and sounds of Transportation Day. Visitors will be immersed in an array of modes of transportation and will be able to participate in a variety of activities. 

Special exhibits at the ADMISSION-FREE event will include historic modes of transportation, safety vehicles, special demonstrations, and crafts.   

As a part of Transportation Day, visitors are invited to view an authentic reproduction of a Wells Fargo Concord Stagecoach, one of America’s most legendary vehicles. Once, these beautifully crafted “cradles on wheels” covered 3,000 miles of American territory, carrying up to nine passengers in a 4’x6’ space. Come explore the stagecoach and imagine what it was like to travel coast to coast with other adventurers, mail and goods.

The Wells Fargo Concord Stagecoach is made possible through the generosity of Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC in Evansville, Indiana.

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From Grain to Glass

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Join us on Friday, September 19 at 5:00 p.m. for the presentation “From Grain To Glass,” an overview of the production of craft beer on the industrial scale. Tin Man Brewhouse operations manager Keenan Zarling will discuss the process of craft brewing from the raw materials to packaged beer. Different ingredients and processes are used to craft many different types of beer, and Zarling will explain the impact that each choice has on the beer in your glass.

Keenan Zarling began his brewing career by studying Brewing Technology at the Siebel Institute in Chicago and the Doemens Academy in Munich. Originally from Austin, Texas, he was a prominent

member of the brewing team and resident quality control technician at Independence Brewing before moving to Evansville with his wife to help launch Tin Man Brewing in 2012. As the Brewhouse operations manager for Tin Man, he is responsible for development of new recipes and processes, ensuring the production of high quality, craft beer.

Prior to working in the brewing industry, Keenan received his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin in Theatrical Performance and Playwriting. In his spare time, he gardens, cooks, bakes, reads the occasional good book, and of course, drinks beer.

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Exhibition Highlights the importance of Making Good choices for Daily Health

Presented in partnership with St. MARy’S HEALtH

What is in the food we eat? Are fruits and vegetables important? What everyday activities burn the most calories? Eat WELL, PLaY WELL answers all these questions and more by helping children and families discover that healthy choices are all around us.

This family friendly interactive exhibition encourages a healthy lifestyle by teaching the science of making the right food choices and showing children and adults many exciting ways to stay active. The october 12, 2014 – January 11, 2015 exhibition will help visitors of all ages discover what an appropriate serving size looks like, experience firsthand what it takes to burn off calories, test their flexibility and balance and realize they can reduce their risk of disease with healthy choices that are within their reach.

The exhibition includes Balancing Act; Calories In, Calories Out; Dinner Theater; Be Flexible; Supermarket Nutrition; Animal Motion; Sizing Up Serving; Eat a Rainbow and Screen Time.

Eat Well, Play Well was produced and is toured by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry. This exhibition was made possible by a Science Education Partnership Award grant from the National Center for Research Resources, a component of the National Institutes of Health.

KocH iMMERSivE tHEAtER SHoWSSee more. Hear more. Explore space and rediscover the amazing universe at the Koch Immersive Theater. Experience giant screen movies and planetarium shows under the dome of our giant theater screen where each presentation is more like flying than watching a movie. Our wrap-around digital surround sound adds to the experience, taking you to places you could only imagine before.

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Journey 80 million years back in time to an age when dinosaurs dominated the land and creatures swam, hunted and fought for survival in the prehistoric seas. Stunning photo-realistic imagery recreates the underwater world of two dolphin-sized marine reptiles called Dolichorhynchops. The film follows their journey through waters ruled by some of the most vicious predators ever to prowl the Earth’s oceans.

Award-winning actor Tim Allen narrates BaCK to tHE Moon FoR Good, an exciting, educational full dome show. The 25-minute digital film highlights the history of exploring the moon and provides an insider’s look at the teams vying for the $30 million Google Lunar XPRIZE, the largest incentivized prize in history. 

Back To The Moon For Good begins with a tour through the history of lunar exploration. We hear from some of the teams racing to land a robotic spacecraft on the moon and win the 

coming Soon to the Koch immersive theater

BAcK to tHE Moon FoR GooD

LEt it SnoW Presented in loving memory of  DR. AnD MRS. H.S. DiEcKMAn from their family viRGiniA DiEcKMAn LEZHnEv and ALEXAnDER “SASHA” LEZHnEv

SEA MonStERS: A PREHiStoRic ADvEntURE

SHoWtiMES: July 13 – December 6 • 1 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday 6:30 p.m. Friday

SHoWtiMES: August 31 –January 4, 2015 • 3 p.m. Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun; 8 p.m. Friday

SHoWtiMES: December 7 – December 28 • 2 p.m. Saturday & Sunday

The Museum celebrates the season with a brand new holiday music show! 

LEt it snoW features a new variety of festive classics from Frank Sinatra, Chuck Berry, Burl Ives, Brenda Lee

and the Trans Siberian Orchestra. The soundtrack is visually enhanced with thematic animation, laser imagery, special effects and all-dome scenery. The 32-minute program is a fun, family-friendly experience for all ages.

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Google Lunar XPRIZE. The audience is taken on a successful launch, landing and tour of the lunar surface. The stunning visuals and narrative explain the importance of the Google Lunar XPRIZE in building a new space economy and inspiring the next generation to shoot for the moon.

Back to the Moon For Good includes a brief live presentation featuring a three-dimensional trip to the Moon using our Digistar® computer graphics simulation system and panoramic photography of the lunar surface.

Interweaving groundbreaking fossil finds from around the globe with cutting-edge computer-generated re-creations, National Geographic’s powerful storytelling immerses the viewer in the life-or-death drama of the prehistoric age. With original music by Peter Gabriel and The Footnote, sEa MonstERs: a PREHistoRiC adVEntURE is an unforgettable prehistoric journey.

continuing Programs: Entertainment for All Audiences

Extended Through July 13

FoRCEs oF natURE gets up close and personal with nature’s most powerful forces. The National Geographic film captures erupting volcanoes, devastating earthquakes and powerful tornadoes in an attempt to determine what causes extreme weather conditions. This program is presented in a truncated format to fit our domed screen.

Our live program uses a state-of-the-art computer graphics display system to illustrate the visible constellations and planets of the night sky. In addition to being treated to views of the stars above Earth, guests will experience a three-dimensional trip through space using our Digistar® computer graphics display system. The program includes interaction with the presenter, and those attending are encouraged to ask questions.

FRaGiLE PLanEt gives audiences an astronaut’s view of Earth, highlighting our planet’s unique regions. The journey continues to the Moon, Mars, and beyond the Milky Way to search for habitats that might host extraterrestrial life. This program includes a live star-identification program that uses our Digistar® computer graphics display system to view the summer night sky.

Produced by Sesame Workshop, onE WoRLd, onE sKY: BiG BiRd’s adVEntURE is a cross-cultural planetarium show geared toward children ages 4-6. Through the lens of astronomy, children join Elmo, Big Bird and a Muppet from China named Hu Hu Zhu to explore the night sky.

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PERFEct LittLE PLAnEt

PERFECt LittLE PLanEt, a program for children 7 and up, follows the antics of an alien family from another star system seeking the ultimate space vacation spot. Fly over the surface of Pluto, dive over the ice cliffs of Miranda, sail through the rings of Saturn and feel the lightning storms of Jupiter with the charming family of aliens. 

Admission to the Koch Immersive Theater is $5 for matinee presentations and $7 for evening shows. Museum members receive a discounted admission of $3 for all shows with the presentation of a valid Museum membership card.

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Earth, our only known haven for life, inhabits a special place in the cosmos. But how special? Develop a renewed appreciation for our fragile planet through the lens of astronomy. Narrated by Academy Award Nominee Sigourney Weaver

Join us for a tour of the evening sky

SHoWtiMES: Through July 12 1 p.m. Tuesday – Saturday • 6:30 p.m. Friday

SHoWtiMES: Through August 30 3 p.m. Tuesday – Sunday • 8 p.m. Friday

SHoWtiMES: Through Dec. 2811:30 Friday & Saturday

SHoWtiMES: Through August 16 4 p.m. Friday, Saturday, Sunday • August 22 – December 28 4 p.m. Saturday & Sunday

SHoWtiMES: Through – August 17 • 2 p.m. Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday • August 23 – December 28 • 2 p.m. Saturday & Sunday

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Presented in partnership with JiM & cARoL HAvEnS

See acclaimed animated feature films at the Koch Immersive Theater. Family Movie Night presentations are shown on the giant screen of the Koch Immersive Theater and are presented in movie theater format. Admission to Family Movie Nights is $7 per person and $3 for members.

On Saturday, August 30 at 6:30 p.m., the Museum will present a free screening of two short films and host a speaker to address a disease that is affecting the regional bat population.

The first documentary to be shown is entitled Blue River, Indiana. It is an 11-minute film produced for the Nature Conservancy, and it highlights exotic Indiana animals and the Blue River’s flora and fauna. The second film will be Battle For Bats: Surviving White

Nose Syndrome. Both documentaries were produced by Ravenswood Media of Chicago.

Following the screenings, Dr. Diana Barber, education curator of Mesker Park Zoo & Botanic Garden will discuss White Nose Syndrome and how it is affectingthe local bat population. Scott Hein from the Flying Fox Conservation Fund will have three live bats for the audience to see.

Animated Feature. Voices by: Danny Elfman, Chris Sarandon, Catherine O’Hara, William Hickey, Paul Reubens

Touchstone Pictures 1993: Directed by Henry Selick75 minutes, Rated PG

Dave McGowan of Ravenswood Media at Buda Cave.

Presented in partnership with RED SPot PAint AnD vARniSH

celebrate Science on Chemistry day

Family Movie nights offer cinema Fun for Everyone

Film Screening and Speaker Highlight Disease Affecting Local Bats

Presented in partnership with tHE inDiAnA cHAPtER oF tHE nAtURE conSERvAncy, tHE US FoRESt SERvicE, tHE FLyinG FoX conSERvAtion FUnD, and RAvEnSWooD StUDioS

From simple to complex, chemical reactions play an important role in everyone’s daily lives. Come to the Museum on Sunday, october 19 for CHEMistRY daY, presented in cooperation with the University of Southern Indiana and the University of Evansville. At 1:00 p.m., faculty members of

area universities will conduct exciting experiments such as Exploding Balloons, Elephant Toothpaste, Genie in a Bottle, and Burning Water.

Following the show, students from the University of Southern Indiana will offer hands-on children’s activities at stations throughout the Old Gallery until 3:00 p.m.

Photo by Ken Redeker

Despicable Me 2

On Saturday, october 25 at 6:45 p.m., the Koch Immersive Theater presents the sequel to the successful 2010 animated picture Despicable Me. The film features Gru, the evil villain-turned-parental figure and his adorable minions.

The film was produced by Universal Studios and Illumination Entertainment.

Voices by: Steve Carell, Al Pacino, Kristen Wiig

Universal Pictures 2013: Directed by Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud

98 minutes, Rated PG

the nightmare Before christmas

This quirky and charming musical directed by Tim Burton creates a magical realm that will be brought to the Koch Immersive Theater on Saturday, november 22 at 6:45 p.m. Jack Skellington, the Halloween Pumpkin King, kidnaps Santa and delivers ghoulish Christmas presents to all the little boys and girls.

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Laser Light Shows Bigger than Ever!For three weeks, from July 29 – August 16, laser light shows return.Evening and matinee programs are scheduled, including the just-for-children show Perseus and Andromeda. Our laser light shows include music from artists such as the Beatles, LED Zeppelin, Metallica and Pink Floyd, and there are also three compilation shows called Laser Magic, Laser Retro and Laser Mania.

Tickets are $7, and $5 for museum members.

tUESDAy, JULy 292:00 p.m. Laser Magic4:00 p.m. Perseus and Andromeda

WEDnESDAy, JULy 304:00 p.m. Perseus and Andromeda6:30 p.m. Laser Mania8:00 p.m. Pink Floyd: Darkside of the Moon

tHURSDAy, JULy 312:00 p.m. Laser Magic4:00 p.m. Perseus and Andromeda6:30 p.m. Laser Mania8:00 p.m. Pink Floyd: Darkside of the Moon

FRiDAy, AUGUSt 12:00 p.m. Laser Magic9:30 p.m. Laser Zeppelin11:00 p.m. The Wall

SAtURDAy, AUGUSt 26:30 p.m. Laser Mania8:00 p.m. Pink Floyd: Darkside of the Moon9:30 p.m. Laser Zeppelin11:00 p.m. The Wall

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tUESDAy, AUGUSt 5 2:00 p.m. Laser Beatles4:00 p.m. Perseus and Andromeda6:30 p.m. Laser Beatles8:00 p.m. Pink Floyd: Darkside of the Moon

WEDnESDAy, AUGUSt 64:00 p.m. Perseus and Andromeda6:30 p.m. Laser Beatles8:00 p.m. Pink Floyd: Darkside of the Moon

tHURSDAy, AUGUSt 72:00 p.m. Laser Beatles4:00 p.m. Perseus and Andromeda6:30 p.m. Laser Beatles8:00 p.m. Pink Floyd: Darkside of the Moon

FRiDAy, AUGUSt 82:00 p.m. Laser Beatles9:30 p.m. Laser Retro11:00 p.m. Laser Metallica

SAtURDAy, AUGUSt 96:30 p.m. Laser Beatles8:00 p.m. Pink Floyd: Darkside of the Moon 9:30 p.m. Laser Retro11:00 p.m. Laser Metallica

tUESDAy, AUGUSt 122:00 p.m. Laser Magic4:00 p.m. Perseus and Andromeda6:30 p.m. Laser Mania8:00 p.m. Pink Floyd: Darkside of the Moon

WEDnESDAy, AUGUSt 134:00 p.m. Perseus and Andromeda6:30 p.m. Laser Mania8:00 p.m. Pink Floyd: Darkside of the Moon

tHURSDAy, AUGUSt 142:00 p.m. Laser Magic4:00 p.m. Perseus and Andromeda6:30 p.m. Laser Mania8:00 p.m. Pink Floyd: Darkside of the Moon

FRiDAy, AUGUSt 152:00 p.m. Laser Magic9:30 p.m. Laser Zeppelin11:00 p.m. The Wall

SAtURDAy, AUGUSt 166:30 p.m. Laser Mania8:00 p.m. Pink Floyd: Darkside of the Moon9:30 p.m. Laser Zeppelin11:00 p.m. The Wall

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Beginning Drawing with Graphite

DAtE: Thursday, July 10, 17, 24, 31tiME: 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.AGES: 15 years old to AdultscoSt: $80 Members/$95 Not- Yet Members. Supplies can be purchased from the instructor.

Drawing is the first step for artists before creating paintings, sculptures, jewelry design or any other work of art, and drawings also can be finished pieces. Joycelyn todisco will teach participants the techniques of using graphite on paper to create fine art drawings. This workshop will guide beginners through the different types of drawings and terminology. Students will learn how to choose the right pencil density, use blending stumps and how different paper types affect the finished drawing. The workshop will feature drawing from staged still lifes, and the supplies will be provided.

Photographic compositionDAtE: Saturdays, August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30tiME: 10 a.m. – NoonAGES: 15 years old to AdultscoSt: $95 Member/$115 Not-Yet Members

For anyone who wants to take dynamic photographs, Joycelyn todisco will present the rules of composition for photography. This presentation will cover the techniques used to control the viewer’s eye, create balance and asymmetry at the same time, as well as allowing the image to speak for itself. To participate, all that is needed is a digital camera.

Marvelous MarionettesDAtE: Saturday, July 19tiME: 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.AGES: $35 Member/$45 Not-Yet Member

Joycelyn todisco will lead students on a fun afternoon making marionettes. Using found objects either provided by the instructor or brought in by the participant, students are invited to create their very own string operated puppets. This class is great for children, teens and adults.

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To register for a class, call the Evansville Museum at (812) 425-2406. Make checks payable to The Evansville Museum. Payment must be received on or before the registration deadline. Registration is guaranteed when payment is received.

If a class is cancelled by the Museum, registration fees will be refunded. In the event a student must cancel the registration, he/she must do so before the registration deadline in order to receive a refund.

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Kids and Grandparents day 2014 Get ready for Kids & Grandparents Day! On Sunday, September 7, join us at the Museum to celebrate the diverse generations in our families! The noon - 4 p.m. event will include performances, activities and crafts and MORE that are enjoyable for the whole family! Not a parent or grandparent? Join us anyway for an afternoon of fun! All event activities are included with Museum admission.

Presented in partnership with

BUnny BREAD

Any business, corporation or non-profit looking for a fun and creative teambuilding event should consider the Evansville Museum’s brand new teambuilding experiences. These enjoyable, energetic and enlightening workshops situated in the unique setting of the Museum will encourage personal and collective creativity and problem-solving. Participants will leave with increased focus, less stress and a great appreciation for art, peers and co-workers.

In pre-consultation with the teaching artist Julie Struck, the activity will be customized to the specific organization and the participants’ needs, which could include branding, logo and mission, or core values.

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Summer Painting Workshop with connie Bell

DAtE: July 9 & 10 or August 6 & 7tiME: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.coSt: $85 Members/$95 Not-yet members *Supplies not included

Paint with connie Bell for two days. Beginners to advanced painters can paint with oil or acrylics during this class. Bring three to five any size canvases, additional supplies and a sack lunch. A supply list is available at Blick Art Materials.

Holiday Painting Workshop with connie BellDAtE: December 10 & 11tiME: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.coSt: $85 Members/$95 Not-yet members *Supplies not included

Celebrate the holiday season with the joys of painting. This two-day class for beginners to advanced painters will have you painting three to five canvases with acrylics or oil paint. Bring canvases, additional supplies and a sack lunch. A supply list is available at Blick Art Materials.

tiME: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Extended aftercare available (7:30am – 5pm), extracoSt: $30 Members/$45 Not-yet membersAGES: 6 – 12 years

Geology campDAtE: July 18

Rocks, fossils, volcanoes, oh my! In this class, budding geologists will make earthquakes, touch fossils that are millions of years old, learn about dinosaurs and explore what geology is like on other planets!

Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Egypt camp DAtE: July 25

Walk like an Egyptian! Participants will explore the myths and truths about mummification through the Museum’s own replica teaching mummy – EMASHOTEP, an Egyptian Royal. Participants will plan a traditional Egyptian funeral, write their names in hieroglyphics and sample Egyptian snacks.

Who needs a Paintbrush campDAtE: August 1

Things are about to get squishy! In this workshop, participants will explore the many ways to paint without using a paintbrush. Fingers, feet, cars, household objects, and maybe even light will be used instead!

Fun FridaysSummer Day camps at the Evansville Museum

Suzanne Scherer and Pavel ouporov Present Egg tempera Painting and Gilding Workshops

Renowned for its luminosity, egg tempera is an ideal medium for rendering portraits, the human figure, still-lifes, and landscapes. In great demand today, this ancient method has the unique ability to create fine detail, countless textures, and glazes in a single session. All aspects of the medium will be covered including the mixing of paints with dry pigments, under painting, glazing with warm and cool tones, water gilding, stamping and embellishment. This hands-on class will include in-depth instruction and demonstrations throughout.

Workshop A: DAtE: Sunday, August 10tiME: Noon – 5 p.m.coSt: `$225 Members/ $275 Not-Yet Members $50 fee payable to Museum for supplies

Workshop B: DAtE: Monday, August 11 and tiME: Tuesday, August 12 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. (both days)coSt: $250 Members/ $300 Not-Yet Members $50 fee payable to Museum for supplies

teambuilding Art Experiences

volunteer with the EvansvilleMuseum Docent AssociationThe Docent Association is looking for volunteers to join the organization this fall. Members of the Evansville Museum Docent Association lead children and adults on education adventures that are designed to complement the classroom experience and bring science, art, history and anthropology to life. Enthusiastic individuals who are willing to volunteer their time are encouraged to help enhance our tour program.

For more information about becoming a Museum Docent, please plan to attend the Docent Welcome Coffee on Monday, August 18 from 9:30 a.m. – noon at the Museum. The morning will include social time and refreshments along with an overview of the Docent program. Docent training takes place on Mondays, beginning in September and ending in February, 2015. The necessary skills are taught to give tours for both children and adults. Additional and ongoing training allows participants to expand their knowledge in their specific areas of interest.

Please contact Karen Malone, Curator of Education, at (812) 425-2406, ext. 226 or at karen@emuseum.org to sign up today.

Presented in partnership with theEvAnSviLLE MUSEUM contEMPoRARiES

Super Saturday offers a new Way to Get involved at the Museum

The fourth Saturday of every month is designated as sUPER satURdaY at the Evansville Museum. Visit the Museum for fun new activities, crafts, games and more. All Super Saturday activities are free with Museum admission and take place from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Anyone who is interested in the Museum’s collections, exhibitions, and programs and is passionate about life-long learning is encouraged to become an Evansville Museum Superhero. Superheroes are volunteers who assist staff with a variety of educational activities such as facilitating craft tables, leading inventor’s activities and prepping craft materials.  All Superheroes must successfully complete a criminal background check, undergo training, and donate at least two hours a month. For more information or to request a Superhero application, please contact the Curator of Education, Karen Malone at karen@emuseum.org or call (812) 425-2406, ext. 226.  

  

On Friday, December 5, Saturday, December 6, Friday, December 12 or Saturday, December 13 from 6 – 7:30 p.m., families are invited to the Evansville Museum’s Transportation Center for a holiday evening of magical memories! Guests will enjoy a special reading of The Polar Express in the train’s club car and will be treated

to hot cocoa and cookies in the train’s dining car. A special gift and a visit with Santa will make this an evening to cherish for years to come.

Pajamas are welcome, and “Golden Tickets” are required for the event. The cost is $20 per person for Members and $25 per person for Not-Yet

Members. Children under age 2 may sit on the lap of a ticket-holding adult. Tickets will be received the evening of the event.

Reservations may be made by calling the Museum at (812) 425-2406, ext. 226. Please make your reservation early, as seating is limited.

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Groups will work together to create a concept based on a theme or mission statement and then implement it by creating a collaborative piece of art. Important parts of the experience are participants’ reflections and discussions about the activity. The teams take the projects with them to display at their business. The exercise is a four-hour experience for groups of 20 or less, and the price is $50 per person. Groups may choose a mixed media or canvas painting.

For more information and availability, please call the Curator of Education at (812) 425-2406, ext. 226 or e-mail at karen@emuseum.org.

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Join the Docents on a trip to See the terra cotta WarriorsAll are welcome to join the Docents on a trip to the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis on September 17 to view Terra Cotta Warriors: The Emperor’s Painted Army. The exhibition is located in the museum’s newest gallery, Take Me There: China. This exclusive exhibition tells the story of the tomb complex of China’s first emperor. Don’t miss the opportunity to see these artifacts up close because the army is set to march back to China in November.

The trip will be hosted by the Evansville Museum Docents. For reservations or more information, contact Lifestyle tours at 812-682-4477 or visit their website at www.lifestyletoursonline.com.

cheryl Marshall with school children on an outreach tour. Marshall has accepted the office of Docent Association President for the 2014-2015 term, along with Susan Woods as Vice-President and Ann Wallis as Secretary/Treasurer. These officers lead the Docent Planning Council.

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cindy Warren, past Docent Association President, Becky

Zimmermann, Docent, and cheryl Marshall, Docent

Association President recognizing Zimmermann’s 25 years of service.

Docents visiting Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indiana

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Evansville Museum contemporaries Host Annual Brew Ha Ha

The Evansville Museum Contemporaries are proud to present their annual event BREW Ha Ha for the 17th consecutive year. This year, Brew Ha Ha will be held on September 27 from 6 – 10 p.m. Brew Ha Ha is an excellent opportunity to try a wide variety of micro, specialty, homemade, and imported beers, as well as hors d’oeuvres. Live entertainment will also be featured.

Everyone 21 years of age and older is invited to attend. Reservations are $25 for EMC members, $30 for not-yet EMC members in advance and $35 at the door.

Museum Guild Presents Sixth Annual 5K Run/Walk

Building An Art collection with the Begley Art Source

(top) tRanQUiLitY, textile, Karen & Larry Hampton(lower right) Carrie McGee’s tile windows(lower right) Tom Bippus & Yvette Kaiser Smith hanging Smith’s crocheted fiberglass artwork.

BEGLEy ARt SoURcE inStALLAtionS At St. MARy’S EPWoRtH cRoSSinG

The 5K is an exciting, family friendly event along Evansville’s beautiful Pigeon Creek Greenway Passage. Everyone is welcome to attend, whether as a runner, walker, or to cheer on the participants. There will also be a kids fun run, where all participants twelve and under will receive medals.

Assembling an art collection is a complex process. The Evansville Museum’s Begley Art Source is a professional full-service art consultation provider working with corporate and private collectors. With wide access to contemporary artists, the Begley Art Source can offer proposals for both large and small projects to integrate corporate branding, architectural style and the client’s aesthetics. From the proposal process to working with

specific art commissions, arranging for shipping, custom framing and installation, the Begley Art Source is adept at collaborating with architects, designers and artists.

To view the gallery or to arrange a consultation, call Begley Art Source Director Chris Jackson at (812) 402-2180 or email chris@emuseum.org. Proceeds from the Begley Art Source benefit the Evansville Museum.

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This year’s 5K will take place on Saturday, november 8.

Custom designed t-shirts will be given to participants. Registration forms will be mailed to members; may be picked up at the front desk; or can be downloaded from the website at www.emuseum.org.

Museum Guild Presents Back to the Museum

On Saturday, July 19 from 6 – 9 p.m., the Evansville Museum Guild presents BaCK to tHE MUsEUM hosted by Gretchin irons. Back to the Museum is a great opportunity to explore all the new attractions at the Museum and enjoy some 1980s style fun.

Participants may take a picture with a DeLorean and watch live performances by the Sweet Adelines and breakdancers. There will also be pizza from around the city, a cash bar for those 21 years of age and older, an opportunity to bid on a Jail House Cake and so much more.

Tickets are $20 per person or $30 per couple and may be purchased at the door. For more information or to reserve tickets, please call (812) 604-9295 or check out the Evansville Museum Guild on Facebook.

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Painting indiana iii: Heritage of PlaceJuly 27 – September 21

Jean-Jacques du Plessis: new directionsOctober 5 – November 30

on nature’s terms: the Wilderness Paintings of thomas PaquetteDecember 14, 2014 – March 8, 2015

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Working togetherJuly 13 – August 24

through the Eye of the needle – Fabric of survivalSeptember 7 – November 30

57th Mid-states artDecember 14, 2014 – January 25, 2015

EvAnSviLLE convEntion & viSitoRS BUREAU cEntER FoR HiStoRy & SciEncE

Bottled and Kegged: a toast to Evansville’s BreweriesJuly 27 – October 5

Eat Well, Play WellOctober 12, 2014 – January 11, 2015

JoHn StREEtMAn ALcovE

Les Miley RetrospectiveSeptember 14 – December 28

KocH iMMERSivE tHEAtER

Forces of natureThrough July 13

Fragile PlanetThrough August 30

skies over EvansvilleThrough December 28

one World, one sky: Big Bird’s adventureThrough December 28

Perfect Little PlanetThrough December 28

sea Monsters: a Prehistoric adventureJuly 13 – December 6

Back to the Moon For GoodAugust 31 – January 4, 2015

Let it snowDecember 7 – December 28

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Evansville Museum Membership: the Perfect Holiday GiftExploration, Enlightenment, Amazement An annual membership to the Evansville Museum is the perfect gift that keeps giving throughout the year. With the opening of the newly expanded Museum and the Koch Immersive Theater in February 2014, membership now offers even more to your friends and family. Members have unlimited free admission to the Museum and EMTRAC as well as discounted Immersive Theater tickets. A gift of Evansville Museum membership not only gives your friends and family free admission to the Museum, but also free or reduced admission to over 275 museums worldwide through the Association of Science & Technology Centers. Call the Museum at (812) 425-2406 to purchase a gift Membership today! All Membership gifts are tax deductible.