The current exhibit in our Art Gallery, made up of posters loaned by our residents, tells stories about us. Our Gallery Committee, of which I am a member, arranges for a new show every two months. Earlier this year we invited residents to share posters they have in their homes with our community at large. We received responses from fifteen persons offering all together a total of 34 items. This in itself tells a story about the generosity of the people who live here at Kendal. Their willingness to share with each other has made possible three exhibits of fiber arts works created by members of our community, three exhibits of art created by Kendal residents, and an exhibit of photographs taken not only by residents but also by staff personnel. Each of these has brought a very positive reaction from viewers. Not only are the people who live and work here generous and willing to share what they have with others but they have revealed a variety of talents.
The items in this exhibit tell us of the diverse interests of those who live here as well as where they have traveled, what kind of art appeals to them, where they have lived before,
what their hobbies are, what they like to collect, and more as we talk with them about how they came to have a particular poster.
Some of the posters feature announcements of exhibits at well known art museums here in the United States and abroad such as the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and The Museum of Fine Art in Boston., They include work of famous artists such as Claude Monet's The Stroll, and Vincent van Gogh's Blossoming Almond Tree. Others are by relatively unknown local artists such as Vearl S. Wince right here in Granville . The techniques displayed range from traditional oils and water colors to more modern abstracts to Tseng-Ying Pang's wash art to a LanSat Image (Landscape Satellite) of the Agricultural Land Usage of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay area. Together the story they tell us is of a population whose interests in art are rich and varied/
As you approach the Art Gallery on the left you will see a poster of Naples, Florida by Paul Arsnta ult. To its right is one by Ted Rhodes titled Country Road at the Bluffs located in California. Further along in the Gallery itself you will see a group of three posters made up of that LanSat Image of the Chesapeake and Delaware Bay, a print of Gary Niblett's gaucheros in Canyon Diablo located in California on either side of a poster of Red tulips by Mary Marks an artist who lives in Cincinnati. Incidentally since hanging the show we have learned that Mary Marks is the daughter of a good friend of one of our residents. The story told by these posters is that they carry the memories of the former homes of their owners. At the same time they tell us our residents have found there way here one way or another from opposite ends of our country as well as well as from throughout the heartland bringing with them their heritage from their past.
On the left inside the Art Gallery proper is a group of three posters each of which relates to travel. The first of these is s picture of the Silver Jubilee train, the first streamliner train in 1935 from London to the northeastern parts of England. Part of the story here is that the owner of this poster has a collection of trains. One of the others in this group transports us half way across the world with its poster from the Fine Art Series of the Alaska Airlines. The third poster in this group reminds us that all travel starts from home. It is Vearl S. Wince's A Personal View - featuring the local train station here in Newark which borders on Granville.So the story continues telling us how our interests which reach from sea to sea.
Sprinkled throughout the exhibit are five beautiful reproductions of paintings by different artists with a common interest - tulips. These come from the collection of posters by one of our residents who obviously loves the annual festival of tulips held in Holland, Michigan..
Actually each of the posters tells us something about the life of its owners, but there isn't room here for all of their stories. For me the common thread that runs through this show is the story of a diverse lively community of residents that make Kendal a pleasant place to spend this time in my life.
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