Dear Friends,
The project involved curriculum development to include the study of my mother's biography, her style of work, select pieces from her extensive oeuvre and the leading role she played in the Women's Art Movement over the past century. A significant focus will also be on hands-on creation by students of artwork, primarily sculptures, in the Dorothy Gillespie style.
Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Taubman Museum has been closed. I am hopeful that the exhibition titled
Dorothy Gillespie: "Still Enchanting Virginia’s Blue Ridge"
will be seen by the public once the Museum reopens since the exhibition runs through November 8, 2020. According to the Taubman Museum the exhibition "honors Gillespie’s intimate connections to this area by featuring artworks selected from regional private collections, providing a testament to Gillespie's commitment to the region and its abiding love for her art".
Regards,
Gary
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ELESTIAL CENTENNIAL: THE ART AND LEGACY
OF DOROTHY GILLESPIE
April 04, 2020 - July 26, 2020
Organized in honor of the 100th anniversary of the artist’s birth, Celestial Centennial: The Art and Legacy of Dorothy Gillespie provides a retrospective look through Gillespie’s career, beginning with her early Abstract Expressionist paintings and culminating in her colorful large-scale relief abstractions in metal, which became Gillespie’s hallmark.
Responding to the celebratory theme, the Museum will activate several of its spaces with Gillespie’s art, and will include pieces from its own collection along with many loans from Radford University and other regional collections.
The exhibition was to be on view in the Bank of America/Dominion Resources Gallery and the David R. and Susan S. Goode Gallery April 4-July 26, 2020.
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nstallation in an Instant: Behind the Scenes with the Taubman
Get a special behind-the-scenes look at the installation of the new exhibition, "Celestial Centennial: The Art and Legacy of Dorothy Gillespie." This year marks the 100th anniversary of Gillespie's birth, and we're proud to celebrate one of our region's most beloved artists, whose work spans the globe from places such as Rockefeller Center to Epcot.
Click the link below.
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nstallation in an Instant: Behind the Scenes with the Taubman
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The sculpture below is in the Collection of the Taubman Museum of Art and is on display in
Celestial Centennial: The Art and Legacy of Dorothy Gillespie
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Looking Glass for the Winter Palace
, 2005;Enamel on aluminum, 90" x 41" x 6" Collection of the Taubman Museum of Art;
Gift of the artist in memory of Earl V. Gillespie
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DOROTHY GILLESPIE:
STILL ENCHANTING VIRGINIA'S BLUE RIDGE
On view in the David R. and Susan S. Goode Gallery
March 7-November 8, 2020.
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Patrick Shaw Cable and Cindy Peterson give a virtual tour of
"Still Enchanting Virginia’s Blue Ridge"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udkrTJNu_tM
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Roanoke native Dorothy Gillespie (1920–2012) would have turned 100 this June. She remains the most nationally recognized artist who was born and raised in the Roanoke Valley and taught at Radford University in the nearby New River Valley.
While Gillespie made her career in New York City and her public artworks extend from New York south to Florida and west to Iowa, it is within Virginia’s Blue Ridge, especially the cities of Roanoke and Radford, that the greatest concentration of her monumental sculptures and other creations can be found.
Some of these include indoor and outdoor works at Radford University and pieces in Roanoke’s Center in the Square, Jefferson Center, Historic City Market, and Carilion Institute for Orthopaedics and Neurosciences. Similarly, Gillespie is an artist who is beloved by private collectors within the region, many of whom knew her personally.
Dorothy Gillespie: Still Enchanting Virginia’s Blue Ridge honors Gillespie’s intimate connections to this area by featuring artworks selected from regional private collections, providing a testament to Gillespie’s commitment to the region and its abiding love for her art.
The Taubman Museum of Art is thankful to the following lenders as well as Dorsey Taylor of Roanoke’s LinDor Arts for making this intimate showing possible: Deborah Brown, the Dorothy M. Gillespie Foundation, Janet M. Hahn and Charles Kugler, Ed Hall, Myrl and Lorene Jones, John Keith, G. K. Kinsey, Jay Kirby, Gerry McCarthy, Joe and Fran Scartelli, Judy and Joel Tenzer, and Dotty and Owen Turman.
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CHILDREN & FAMILY, ADULTS, TEENS, MEMBER EVENTS, ADULTS, VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING
Artwork Spotlight: The FIRST of MAY
By Dorothy Gillespie
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Watch a short Youtube video about the The FIRST of May Sculpture
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FRIDAY, MAY 01, 2020
10:30am - 10:35am
The exhibition honors Gillespie’s intimate connections to this area by featuring artworks selected from regional private collections, providing a testament to her commitment to the region and its abiding love for her art.
Happy Spring, Happy Friday, and Happy May Day!
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CHILDREN & FAMILY, MEMBER EVENTS, KIDS, FAMILIES, VIRTUAL PROGRAMMING
ARTFUL JOURNEYS: DOROTHY GILLESPIE-INSPIRED PAPER SCULPTURES
ARTFUL JOURNEYS: DOROTHY GILLESPIE-INSPIRED PAPER SCULPTURES
FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2020
2:00pm - 2:10pm
Looking for a fun, creative art project for your elementary or middle schooler?
Join us for this virtual Artful Journeys class where we'll learn about local artist Dorothy Gillespie, whose work is featured in the current exhibition, Dorothy Gillespie: Still Enchanting Virginia's Blue Ridge.
You'll learn to make your own paper sculptures inspired by Gillespie's work in this hands-on lesson!
If you'd like to join along as you watch, you'll need paper (any type), tape or glue, and a pen or pencil. Other options could include ribbon, aluminum foil, and more - anything that you can easily wrap and twist. Have fun!
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