巴里艺术博物馆 to Enhance Norfolk’s Reputation as a Fine 艺术 Destination
2017年4月13日
Architectural rendering of the 巴里艺术博物馆
By 乔恩·考利
bet8体育娱乐入口 will break ground 4月 18 on a new museum that will further enhance Norfolk's growing international reputation as a fine arts destination and hub for the emerging glass sculpture genre.
The event for the 巴里艺术博物馆 will be held at 11 a.m. at the construction site on Hampton Boulevard at 43rd Street. 演讲者将包括州Del. Chris Jones, Norfolk Mayor Kenneth Alexander and ODU President John R. 布罗德里克.
24,000-square-foot museum was made possible by a gift from Richard and Carolyn Barry valued over time at more than $35 million - the largest donation in ODU's history. 这幢两层楼房, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2018, will be constructed with room for expansion. It will provide galleries for the permanent collection, as well as a large changing gallery for faculty and traveling exhibitions.
Architectural glass will be a defining feature of the building's exterior. The building will also function as an educational asset not only for ODU's undergraduate and graduate arts programs, 但对于其他相关学科, as well as the general education curriculum. New academic and community programs will be developed in conjunction with the museum and its collections.
President 布罗德里克 said the museum will enhance the University's commitment to the arts while becoming one of Hampton Roads' major cultural destinations.
"The Barrys' collection tells a story about the rise of American glass artists at the forefront of the international scene,他说. "The new museum will frame this story beautifully, while providing a starting point for other stories yet to be told."
The studio glass movement is the focus of the Barrys' collection, which encompasses more than 100 sculptural objects by such internationally renowned artists as Dale Chihuly, 利诺Tagliapietra秀场, 哈维·利特尔顿, 霍华德·本·特劳特, 丹Dailey, 金妮Ruffner, 迈克尔Glancy谈到, 劳拉Donefer, Stanislav Libensky and Jaroslava Brychtova.
凯伦陆克文, Norfolk's cultural affairs manager, said the museum will extend the city's allure as an arts destination and reputation as a hub for the emerging glass art genre.
"People around the world are recognizing that Norfolk has great glass collections,她说, noting the international Glass Art Society's decision to hold its 2017 conference in the city.
Jutta-Annette页面, executive director of the 巴里艺术博物馆, characterized glass art as a relatively new field. The first experimental workshops took place in 1962 at the Toledo Museum of Art, where Page was formerly the senior curator for glass and decorative arts before joining Old Dominion.
Because entrepreneurship is at the heart of innovations in glass art, the museum will mesh well with the University's mission to support and nurture an interdisciplinary entrepreneurial culture.
"I'm happy that we have a center for entrepreneurship right here on campus," Page said. "Museums in other parts of the country dream about becoming labs for artists, but it's already here. There are lots of great possibilities at Old Dominion."
The Barrys' collection also contains works by well-known American modernist painters, 包括亚瑟B. 卡莱斯, 马斯登哈特利, 弥尔顿艾弗里, 乔治·卢克, 普雷斯顿迪金森, 摩根罗素, 约翰•马林, 布兰奇Lazzell, 罗克韦尔肯特, 阿尔弗雷德·莫尔和沃尔夫·卡恩.
除了, the museum will display paintings, drawings and prints selected from the University's general collection, including works by former ODU faculty members A.B. 杰克逊和查尔斯·西布里.
The 巴里艺术博物馆 is intended to enrich the range of regional public art collections, including that of the Chrysler Museum of Art, 罗伯特·沃伊托维奇说, a professor of art history and dean of the University's RESEARCH生院.
"Norfolk is now of a size to support more than one museum," Wojtowicz said. "Having a depth of cultural institutions makes it a vibrant urban center. This will not be a competitor of the Chrysler but rather a complement."
Wojtowicz added that programming at the 巴里艺术博物馆 will include opportunities to further interdisciplinary education, incorporating a variety of STEM fields.
"We want it to support not only the art department but also our engineers, 我们的护士, 我们的物理专业,他说. "We want to be a resource for our entire campus."