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HSRC on the Radio: New Exhibition at the Edward Hopper House

Did you know that 2022 marks the 140th birthday of Edward Hopper?  Tune in to the next Crossroads of Rockand History, on Monday, November 21 at 9:30amon WRCR 1700AM when we’ll learn all about the events celebrating this extraordinary artist, who was born in Nyack.  

 

Kathie Benewitz, executive director of the Edward Hopper House will join host Clare Sheridan to discuss the new exhibition at Hopper House EDWARD HOPPER'S BOYHOOD on the HUDSON RIVER and EMERGING ARTISTIC VISION (on view now through  March 26 , 2023); the new documentary about Hopper which will be screened on November 16th at Rivertown Film, and the Whitney Museum’s  Exhibition entitled Edward Hopper’s New York.  

 

If you want to listen to the broadcast and you're not local, download the TuneIn Radio APP and search for WRCR.  After the broadcast, a podcast version will be available on all major podcast platforms and on the HSRC's website.

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About Kathleen Motes Bennewitz, Executive Director, Hopper House
 
Bennewitz has extensive experience with Connecticut museums and nonprofits, winning several awards including the Connecticut League of History Organizations Award of Merit in 2019 and 2020, and the Leadership in History Award, the most prestigious national award given by the American Association of State and Local History (AASLH), in 2017.
 
Bennewitz earned art history degrees from Princeton University and the University of Delaware. After curatorial positions at the Amon Carter Museum and Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota, and in education at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, she served as Director of Exhibitions and Programs at the Greenwich Historical Society (the historic site of the Cos Cob art colony) and Fairfield Museum and History Center. She has curated exhibits on American art and artists over her career and, in Connecticut at the Lockwood-Matthews Mansion Museum, Norwalk Historical Society, Westport Historical Society, Westport Library, and as Town of Westport Curator with the Westport Public Art Collections. She and her husband Scott have twin adult daughters.

 

About the exhibition at Hopper House:  

EDWARD HOPPER'S HUDSON RIVER BOYHOOD AND EMERGING ARTISTIC VISION

November 3, 2022 - March 26 , 2023
Curated by Carole Perry and Kathleen Motes Bennewitz, with Lynne Z. Bassett  

In this new exhibition, on view through March 26, 2023, audiences can view the artist's childhood drawings on loan from the Whitney Museum of American Art, private collections including the Arthayer R. Sanborn Hopper Collection Trust, alongside Hopper’s school notebooks and artmaking materials and artworks by family members from the Museum’s Sanborn-Hopper Family Archive. Together, these objects provide a glimpse into Hopper’s early years, the influence of his boyhood proximity to the busy waterfront and commercial district of his hometown, and insights into his life at home and his family’s support of his developing talent and ambitions.  https://www.edwardhopperhouse.org/hopper-boyhood.html

 

 

About the documentary screening:  
Hopper: An American Love Story, presented by The Edward Hopper House Museum and Rivertown Film.  Showing: Wednesday, November 16, 8:00PM – Nyack Center
Genre: Art,Biography,Documentary
Director: Phil Grabsky

Filmmaker Phil Grabsky’s new documentary Hopper: An American Love Story was released in October 2022 to coincide with the Whitney Museum of American Art’s exhibition, “Edward Hopper’s New York” and Edward Hopper House Museum’s “Edward Hopper’s Hudson River Boyhood and Emerging Artistic Vision.” The acclaimed film explores the enigmatic personality behind the brush, taking a deep look into Hopper’s art, his life, and his relationships, and prominently features Nyack in its opening chapter. UK, 2022, 94 minutes.
Watch the trailer:  https://youtu.be/BpDE2Ka1JuY

More info:  https://rivertownfilm.org/hopper/

 

Whitney Museum Exhibition link:   https://whitney.org/exhibitions/edward-hopper-new-york
 

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