The Kentucky Museum 2000 Changing Exhibits (Archive)

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2000 Exhibits

Expressing Kentucky-School Groups

September 1, 1999 - May 2000

Expressing Kentucky-Houchens Center

December 1, 1999 - April 2, 2000

The 2000 Scholastic Art Awards: South Central Kentucky Regional Exhibition

February 5-20 , 2000

Expressing Kentucky-Barren River Adult Day Care Center Exhibit

April 12-June 10, 2000

Joe Dudley Downing 2000

April 2-July 23, 2000

Expressing Kentucky

June 25 - September 30, 2000

Firstar Contemporary Coverage: Not Your Grandmother's Quilt Anymore!

August 27-November 22, 2000

The Kentucky Building: Continuing the Dream

Closed November 2001

My New Kentucky Home

November 27-December 15, 2000

Come and see what Kentucky children have created as part of the museum's Community Artist-in-Residence program "Expressing Kentucky." This everchanging exhibit displays the artwork of regional students who have worked with local artist Delaire Rowe after viewing the building's Kentucky related collections and exhibits.Visit the museum or view a sampling of the work by clicking here.

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Expressing Kentucky-Houchens Center Exhibit
December 1, 1999-April 2, 2000

Come learn about the process wherein individuals representing the numerous clubs and groups affiliated with the Houchens Center created a wall hanging composed of 20 blocks that symbolized these organizations and individuals as well as illustrated ideas and symbols of Bowling Green, Warren County and the state of Kentucky. Unified by visiting artist Colleen Hathaway into one composition, the Houchens Center wall hanging is joined by photographs, quotes, an art quilt made by Ms. Hathaway, and a painting created by Community Artist-in-Residence Delaire Rowe. Expressing Kentucky is a community arts project of the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green and the Kentucky Arts Council.

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The 2000 Scholastic Art Awards: South Central Kentucky Regional Exhibition

This exhibit features middle and high school art from young artists around the area. The Scholastic Art Awards were launched in 1923 to encourage and recognize student achievement in the creative arts. This regional competition is a coordinated effort of the Capitol Arts Center, Western Kentucky University and the Kentucky Museum.Gold Award winners advance to the national competition in Washington, D.C. To see a list of awards click here.

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Expressing Kentucky-Barren River Adult Day Care Center at Western Kentucky University
April 12-June 10, 2000

The wall hang "I Remember" is a product of many hands. It is a collaboration of individual stories brought together into a work of art. It all started with memories. Participants in the project were aked to write about and illustrate those memories. All the sketches were put together and painted onto a large canvas.The wall hanging is joined by photographs, sketches, quotes, and a painting created by Community Artist-in-Residence Delaire Rowe. Expressing Kentucky is a community arts project of the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green and the Kentucky Arts Council.

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Joe Dudley Downing 2000
April 2-July 23, 2000

Joe Downing is returning to Bowling Green for his third exhibition at the Kentucky Museum. Living and painting in France since the early 1950s, Downing periodically visits Kentucky to connect with his rural roots. This exhibit promises to be an exciting array of Downing's impressive works of art. Joe Dudley Downing 2000 is also available to view online. Sponsored by South Central Bank, First Union Securities, Kentucky Banking Centers, Sue and Sydney Bunnell, and Austin Duckett.

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Expressing Kentucky
June 25-September 30, 2000

This cumulative exhibit of Expressing Kentucky features photographs of the projects participants and selected artwork. Painted murals executed by Girls, Inc. and the Bowling Green Athletic Club grace the walls as do four watercolors by Community Artist-in-Residence Delaire Rowe. Expressing Kentucky is a community arts project of the Kentucky Museum at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green and is sponsored by a grant from the Kentucky Arts Council.

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Firstar Contemporary Coverage: Not Your Grandmother's Quilt Anymore!
August 27-November 22, 2000

This invitational exhibit of modern quilts and wall hangings will focus on recent directions and trends in quiltmaking and will feature contemporary works by Kentucky's present-day quilters. Today's quiltmakers and fiber artists now explore the wide range of creative possibilities inherent in machine versus handwork, the use of hand-dyed and hand-woven fabrics as opposed to manufactured cloth, and traditional versus nontraditional patterns. Come celebrate the diversity of contemporary quiltmaking around the state of Kentucky. Click here to visit the online version of this exhibit. Sponsored by Firstar and Louisville Bedding Company.

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The Kentucky Building: Continuing the Dream

This comprehensive exhibit tells the story of fifty years of collecting Kentucky's heritage through the collections of the Kentucky Museum, the Kentucky Library, and the Kentucky Building's Manuscripts, Folklife Archives, and University Archives. The Kentucky Building was the dream of Dr. Henry Hardin Cherry, Western Kentucky University's founder. Since its opening in 1939, it has served as a repository of materials relating to Kentucky's history and culture.

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New Kentuckians-My New Kentucky Home
November 27-December 15, 2000

My New Kentucky Home is a paper collage made by children at the Bowling Green International Festival. Community Artist-in-Residence Lynne Ferguson, with Western Kentucky University international student Xiaoyun (Jenni) Li helped children express their ideas of their new Kentucky home using drawing and collage. The project is part of New Kentuckians, the Kentucky Museum 2000/01 community and school programming. Sponsored in part by the Kentucky Arts Council.

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