Jam Session: Musical Selections from the Permanent Collection
May 15-August 25, 2018
This exhibition, curated to complement the Manhattan Public Library’s summer reading theme “Libraries Rock,” features music, musicians, and musical instruments through the eyes of artists. Summer programs will focus on the intersection of music and the visual arts.
Summer Idyll: Selections from the Permanent Collection
June 12-August 4, 2018
Inspired by the recent acquisition of A Place for Eagles Fly by Jean Van Harlingen, this exhibition features abstract landscapes from the permanent collection, displayed to encourage travel to idyllic places through the imagination. For related events please see museum website for summer education programs.
Top image: Bruce Handiside Mitchell, title nknown (Kansas City jazz), 1950s, oil on hardboard, 26 x 39 in., gift of Jim and Virginia Moffett, 2003.96
Bottom image: Jean Van Harlingen, A Place for Eagles to Fly (detail), 1984, 3 handmade sheets of paper, 39 x 75 in. each, gift of Jane Van Harlingen (twin sister), 2017.248