2009 Exhibitions in Rainey Sculpture Pavilion Galleries

All of the exhibitions are free with regular garden admission.

January 31-March 29, 2009

Little People: Images of Childhood will present the endearing, exasperating, and sometimes comical images of children as seen through the eyes of sculptors. Works by historic and contemporary artists – including Harriet Hyatt Mayor, Marion Sanford, Edward Fenno Hoffman, Charles Parks, George Lundeen, Gwen Marcus, Gary Price, and Myra Weisgold – will be shown in the Noble Gallery.

2-D Designs for 3-D Art: Drawings, Paintings, and Prints by Sculptors will provide a look at two-dimensional art by three-dimensional artists. Some, such as Donald De Lue, Elliot Offner, Leonda Finke, and Janice Mauro, create drawings or prints of their ideas before sculpting them. Others, including Cecil Howard, Sigmund Abeles and Sandy Scott, are known for their paintings and etchings separate from their work as sculptors. The paintings, drawings, and prints on exhibit will be from the Brookgreen collection as well as borrowed from artists and collectors. Jennewein Gallery.

April 11-June 14, 2009

Five Masters: Selected Works by Coker Master Sculptors, 2008-2009 presents sculpture by Brookgreen’s sculptors in residence during 2008 and 2009. They are: Martha Griffin (wood and bronze, Delaware), John Sisko (bronze, Washington), Jack Kreutzer (bronze, Colorado), Paul Moore (bronze, Oklahoma), Rosie Sandifer (bronze, New Mexico). This well-rounded exhibit of nationally-known artists will include both animals and the human figure in sculpture and will be on display in the Noble Gallery.

Twelve Women: One Hundred Years of Sculpture

Anna Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973) critiqued, mentored, and influenced many women sculptors during her long and prolific career and, since her death, her legacy has provided encouragement, inspiration, and sustenance for today’s women working in the field of sculpture. This exhibition focuses on the work of women directly and indirectly touched by Anna Hyatt Huntington, along with women sculptors – past and present – who have followed in her footsteps. They include: Abastenia Eberle (1878-1942), Katharine Lane Weems (1890-1978), Brenda Putnam (1890-1975), Gertrude Lathrop (1896-1986), Sylvia Shaw Judson (1897-1978), Charlotte Dunwiddie (1907-1995), and contemporary sculptors Marilyn Newmark, Toni Putnam, Sandy Scott, Rosetta, and Nina Akamu. Jennewein Gallery.

June 27-August 23, 2009

National Sculpture Society 76^th Annual Awards Exhibition

Once again, the National Sculpture Society’s premier awards exhibition travels to Brookgreen Gardens. This juried show includes the work of 42 prominent sculptors from across the country, including 15 prize-winning works and will be on display in the Noble and Jennewein Galleries. During the course of the exhibit, visitors will be able to vote for their favorite sculptures to win Brookgreen Gardens’ People’s Choice Award. Announcement of the winner is made during a celebration on August 22.

September 12-November 1, 2009

The Wild West: Historic and Contemporary Sculpture

The Old West with its colorful characters is branded upon the historic memory of America and is part of our national story. Its fervor and romance captures the imagination of many people, although its rugged mystique sometimes stands at odds with the reality of daily life on the Western Frontier. Living on the land and eking out a foothold in hostile territory was a difficult task and claimed thousands of lives. Danger came from many sources and in many forms: nature, animals, and other people could be equally vicious. At the same time, simple pleasures often provided a respite from the harsh lifestyle. The exhibit will present a range of works that illustrate the American West, from cowboys and Indians to settlers and contemporary westerners. Significant historic sculpture from the Brookgreen Gardens collection will include The Bronco Buster by Frederic Remington and The End of the Trail by James Earle Fraser (two of the best known Western-themed sculptures ever created), and important historic depictions of Native Americans such as On the Border of the White Man’s Land by Solon Borglum, Pursued by A. Phimister Proctor, and On the Warpath by Cyrus Dallin. Sculpture by major contemporary artists, such as Herb Mignery, Curt Mattson, T. D. Kelsey, John Coleman, Garland Weeks, Fritz White, Hollis Williford, Doug Hyde, and Oreland Joe, will be shown. Many of these artists are Fellows of the National Sculpture Society, members of Cowboy Artists of America, are regular participants in the prestigious Prix de West Exhibit, and have artworks in museums and public places throughout the country. The exhibition will be on display in the Noble and Jennewein Galleries.

JENNEWEIN AND NOBLE GALLERIES

2008 NOTC Holiday Exhibit through January 4

June 27-August 23 (9 weeks)

National Sculpture Society 76^th Annual Awards Exhibition

September 12-November 1 (8 weeks)

The Wild West: Historic and Contemporary Sculpture (Frederic Remington, A. Phimister Proctor, Lone Wolf, Solon Borglum, Cyrus Dallin, James Earle Fraser, Hermon MacNeil, A. A. Weinman, Herb Mignery, Curt Mattson, Sandy Scott, Cynthia Rigden, Garland Weeks, Fritz White, Hollis Williford, Oreland Joe, Dan Ostermiller, Rosetta, Tim Shinabarger, Kent Ullberg)

November 27-January 3, 2010

NOTC Holiday Exhibit

JENNEWEIN GALLERY

January 31-March 22 (7 weeks)

Little People: Images of Childhood (Charles Parks, Rosie Sandifer, Lee Hutt, Amy Kann, Harriet Hyatt Mayor, Myra Weisgold, Edith Barretto Parsons, Glenna Goodacre)

April 11-June 14 (9 weeks)

Six Masters: Selected Works by Coker Master Sculptors, 2008-2009 (Martha Griffin, John Sisko, Doug Hyde, Marc Mellon, Paul Moore, Toni Putnam)

NOBLE GALLERY

January 31-March 22 (7 weeks)

Red, White and Blue: Patriotic American Sculpture or American Sculpture for and by Veterans

April 11-June 14 (9 weeks)

Fifteen Women: One Hundred Years of Sculpture (Anna Hyatt Huntington, Abastenia Eberle, Gertrude V. Whitney, Katharine Lane Weems, Sylvia Shaw Judson, Bessie Potter Vonnoh, Evelyn Longman, Malvina Hoffman, Harriet Frishmuth, Glenna Goodacre, Jane DeDecker, Judith Weller, Shirley Thomson-Smith, Sandy Scott)

Ideas

The Shell Game: Turtles and Tortoises in Sculpture (Osborne, Manship, Hoffman, Proctor, Kestrel, Armstrong, Laessle, Hochstetler)

Fountain and Garden Sculpture (Edith Barretto Parsons, Janet Scudder, Anna Hyatt Huntington, )

Two-Dimensional Art for Three-Dimensional Designs: Drawings and Prints by Sculptors (Leonda Finke, Elliot Offner, Sergey Eylanbekov, M. L. Snowden, Sandy Scott, Richard McDermott Miller, Donald De Lue, Hollis Williford, Janice Mauro, Martha Griffin, John Sisko, Jo Davidson, Cecil Howard)

A Taste of Ambrosia: Mythological Sculpture

On the Wild Side: The Animal Kingdom in Sculpture (Clark, Huntington, Jonas, Metcalf, Weinman, Kestrel, Scott, Ostermiller, Matia, Walter, Hochstetler, Rosetta, Ullberg)

The Collecting Eye of Anna Hyatt Huntington (works purchased in the 1930s through Gorham and Arden for Brookgreen)