Entitled “Barbara Rogers Houseworth: A Retrospective,” the exhibit will be open March 5-28. The exhibit features the Midwestern genre paintings and drawings by Barbara Houseworth.
Decatur Area Arts Council announces the March 2020 exhibit in the Anne Lloyd Gallery at the Madden Arts Center, 125 N. Water St. in downtown Decatur. Entitled “Barbara Rogers Houseworth: A Retrospective,” the exhibit will be open March 5-28. The exhibit features the Midwestern genre paintings and drawings by Barbara Houseworth.
The public is invited to attend the opening reception for the exhibit which will be held during the First Friday Gallery Walk in downtown Decatur, IL on Friday, March 6, 5-7:30 pm. Houseworth's daughters will will speak briefly about her art at 6 pm. Pianist Leon Lewis-Nichol will provide music throughout the evening. The event is open free to the public.
Indiana born artist, Barbara Houseworth (1925-2015), spent most of her life in the Champaign-Urbana area. Barbara received a Fine Arts degree from Indiana University in 1946 and exhibited in the Indiana Artists Exhibitions at the John Herron School of Art, but the majority of her artworks have remained unseen in the collection of her daughters, until now. A fine example of a Midwestern genre artist, Barbara painted the things she saw and experienced as a housewife and mother in the 1950s and 1960s. Therefore, most of her paintings and drawings are focused on portraits of her family and friends. Her works range from ink drawings on scraps of paper to paintings on canvas. Visit this DAAC WEBPAGE.
First Friday Gallery Walk includes five galleries:
MADDEN ARTS CENTER presents:
125 N. Water St.
ANNE LLOYD GALLERY:
"Barbara Rogers Houseworth: A Retrospective," paintings and drawings
3RD FLOOR GALLERY:
ARTS on 3rd - Artist: Diana Garcia, paintings
BLUE CONNECTION presents:
117 N. Water St.
Artist's Handmade Books
GALLERY 510 presents:
160 E. Main St.
Jim Hill, photography
THE ARTFARM presents:
252 N. Park St.
Pamela Larrick, "For the Love of Creation," mixed media
This program is funded in part by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency. For more information, visit www.decaturarts.org or call 217-423-3189
