Dorthea Lange: Migrant Mother, 1936
March 2, 2007
Contact and writer: Deb Banerjee (435) 797-8207
LECTURE AND PERFORMANCE PART OF USU’s NORA ECCLES HARRISON MUSEUM OF ART’S "PICTURING THE WEST” EXHIBITION
LOGAN — The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, located on the campus of Utah State University, Logan, announces an exhibition of photographs, “Picturing the West Depression Era Photography: Lange, Lee and Rothstein.”
Selected by cultural historian and USU faculty member Victoria Grieve, the photographs are examples of the museum’s collection of Farm Security Administration photographs that document the plight of the rural poor in the 1930s.
Grieve will provide an exhibition lecture Friday, March 9, at 6:30 p.m. in the museum lobby. Following the lecture at 7:30 p.m., a performance by Utah Opera Ensemble will include selections from the new opera based on John Steinbeck’s classic American novel “The Grapes of Wrath.”
The exhibition will travel to the Alta club in Salt Lake City where it will be on display April 1-July 13. For more information on the Alta Club event, contact Michael Chipman at Michael.chipman@usu.edu.
For more information about “Picturing the West Depression Era Photography: Lange, Lee and Rothstein” or to schedule a tour of the Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, call (435) 797-0165.
The Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art is located on the USU campus at 650 North 1100 East, Logan, Utah, 84322, (435) 797-0163; fax (435) 7978-3423. Information is available at the museum’s Web site, http://www.usu.edu/artmuseum. The museum is open Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Saturday, noon-4 p.m. The museum is closed Sundays, Mondays and holidays. Admission is free. The museum is accessible to persons with disabilities.
Parking for the museum is available in lot C3 to the west of the museum. The parking fee in this area is $6 ($3 will be refunded if parked for two hours or less). Parking is free after 3:45 p.m. and on weekends. Parking is also available in the USU Parking Terrace, located near the Taggart Student Center for $1.50/hour ($7.50/day maximum). Free parking after 2 p.m. is available at lot B, located at the corner of 700 North and 1200 East (by Aggie Ice Cream).
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Contact and writer: Deb Banerjee
(435) 797-8207
