The Kentucky Museum 2004 Changing Exhibits (Archive)

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2004 Exhibits

• Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature
  January 21 - March 5, 2004
• Artist Always: Erin Brady Worsham - February 7 - March 28, 2004
• U.S. Bank "Celebration of the Arts" 2004 Open Art Exhibition - February 28-29, 2004. Award-winning Artwork displayed March 6 - April 4, 2004
• Kentucky Collaborations 2004 Women of Distinction Calendar Photographic Exhibit - February - March 2004
• Ivan Wilson (1889-1981) - Opened May 6, 2004
• Favorite Storybook Characters - May 19 - September 2004
• William H. Natcher: The Gentleman From Kentucky - October 1 - 17, 2004
• Integra Bank P.S. I Love You: The Hilltoppers - May 11, 2002 - December 17, 2004
• From Our Toy Box - May 1, 2003 - October 10, 2004
• Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation - October 29 - December 9, 2004
• The Wright Approach: Wilbur and Orville and Their Flying Machine - September 13, 2003 - December 17, 2004

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  Frankenstein: Penetrating the Secrets of Nature
  January 21 - March 5, 2004

  The tragic story of Victor Frankenstein and the living monster he creates in his laboratory has gripped our imaginations since it was first published in 1818. Mary Shelley believed that knowledge was a defense against the abuse of power by governments and individuals; armed with knowledge, humans could make responsible choices. Shelley drew upon her wide reading in literature, history, the natural sciences, and politics in shaping the story of a researcher whose personal ambition to reveal "the secrets of nature," and lack of responsibility for his actions leads to his own death and the destruction of his immediate community.The Frankenstein traveling exhibition was organized by the National Library of Medicine and the American Library Association with grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Library of Medicine. Learn more about the exhibit and events.
  
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  Artist Always: Erin Brady Worsham
  February 7 - March 28, 2004

  Created by artist Erin Brady Worsham, this exhibit is composed of 8 computer-generated prints. Trained as a classical artist and actress before her diagnosis of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Worsham has traded oils, acrylics, and watercolors for the Liberator, a special software that allows her to interface with her computer and move the mouse. She now spends hours designing and creating "electronic paintings" using a different medium to convey design and color. This exhibition was organized and traveled through a partnership between Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the Society for the Arts in Healthcare.
  
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  U.S. Bank "Celebration of the Arts" 2004 Open Art Exhibition
  February 28- 29, 2004 Open Art Exhibtion
  March 6 - April 4, 2004 Exhibition of Award-winning Artwork
  

  This competitive art exhibition is open to all Kentucky residents living within a 65-mile radius of Bowling Green. The exhibit will be displayed February 28-29 at the Kentucky Library and Museum. Award winning work will remain for a special exhibition March 6-April 4, 2004. For additional information contact Donna Parker at (270) 745-6083 or kymus@wku.edu. Sponsored by U.S. Bank with additional support from The World's Greatest Studio Tour and the Dorothy Grider Art Exhibit Fund.
  
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  Kentucky Collaborations
  2004 Women of Distinction Calendar Photographic Exhibit
  February - March, 2004

  Photographer Marlow Hazard, a Bowling Green resident and a WKU education major, will exhibit 20 photographs of women from the Human Rights Comission's 2004 Women of Distinction calendar.

  Kentucky Collaboration, a community arts project sponsored by The Kentucky Museum and the Kentucky Arts Council, works to create a place in the community for creative exchange and communication using collaborations between fine arts, folk arts, theatre, folklorists and oral histories. Community Artist-in-Residence Lynne Ferguson collaborates with various local groups and area schools on visual arts projects that reflect individual and community self-expression, exploration and pride essential to both community and arts development. The artist is a community resource, collaborating with local people on projects.
  
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  Ivan Wilson (1889-1981)
  Opened April 1, 2004

  Selected artwork by Ivan Wilson, Calloway County native and former Western faculty member, is displayed in this exhibition of pieces from the museum collection. As a student, teacher and finally department head, Wilson was instrumental in the development and growth of the university's Visual Art Department. Wilson, a regionalist painter, worked primarily in watercolor. The exhibit features 17 watercolors and 2 oil paintings of still lifes, landscape s and local scenes.
  
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  Favorite Storybook Characters
  May 19 - September 30, 2004
  
  The mural, "Favorite Storybook Characters," was composed from drawings children produced at the Southern Kentucky Book Festival on April 16th and 17th, 2004. Western Kentucky University student Amy McCray and Kentucky Library and Museum Artist-In-Residence, Lynne Ferguson, transferred the drawings to the canvas.
  
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  William H. Natcher: The Gentleman From Kentucky
  Opened October 1, 2004

  He never missed a vote! Between 1953 and 1994, William H. Natcher of Bowling Green, Kentucky, served as a distinguished United States
  Representative. He also dictated a total of 59 daily journals with rich
  descriptions of his impressions of his contemporary presidents and
  legislators. This exhibit shows a sampling of materials from the Kentucky Library and Museum's Natcher Collection that houses correspondence with politicians and constituents, sixty-nine congressional scrapbooks dating from 1936 to 1994, over 2,000 photographs, and nearly 300 museum artifacts document his life.
  
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  Integra Bank P.S. I Love You: The Hilltoppers
  May 11, 2002 - December 17, 2004

  From a reel-to-reel recording on Van Meter Auditorium's stage to the Ed Sullivan show in six months time, the Hilltoppers sang their way into the hearts of American tennagers in 1952. Best known for hits like "Trying," "P.S. I Love You," "Till Then," and "Marianne," Jimmy Sacca, Don McGuire, Seymour Speigelman and Billy Vaughn began a quartet which would chart 25 Billboard hits that decade. Opening May 11, 2002 with a 2 p.m. reception featuring the Hilltoppers and National Fan Club President Bobbie Ann Mason, the exhibit includes performance attire, the reel-to-reel tape recorder, photographs, records, fan club memorabilia and correspondence from the Hilltoppers. Sponsored by Integra Bank.
  
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  From Our Toy Box
  May 1, 2003 - October 10, 2004

  Toys have long had the power to intrique and interest people of all ages. For children, toys serve as playthings to help them learn and grow. For adults they serve as reminders of childhood and a more carefree past. On exhibit are 18 toys from the Kentucky Museum collection dating from the late 19th to mid- 20th centuries. Included is a Little Jim Steamroller, a Mickey Mouse watering can and teapot, and a Sky Hawk Flyer.
  
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  The Wright Approach: Wilbur and Orville and Their Flying Machine
  September 13, 2003 - December 17, 2004

  Guest curated by Western Kentucky University's Dr. David Lee, this exhibition tells the story of Wilbur and Orville Wright and their role in aviation history. The Wrights made the first man-carrying powered flight on December 17, 1903. Through photographs from the collection of Wright State University, the exhibit celebrates the 100-year anniversary of flight. Funding provided by the Office of the University Provost, Action Agenda Funds, the Kentucky Museum Associates and private donations, and an in-kind gift from Qualiex, Inc. and Bowling Green Target.
  
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  Forever Free: Abraham Lincoln's Journey to Emancipation
  October 29 - December 9, 2004

  Abraham Lincoln is known as "The Great Emancipator for freeing the slaves in 1863. Lincoln hated slavery, but he began his journey to Emancipation as a cautious moderate who was willing to allow slavery to continue for awhile if it would help preserve the Union. When this approach failed, he determined that freeing the slave immediately was a military necessity for the North. The Emancipation Proclamation was the result. This exhibit is organized by the Huntington Library and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History in cooperation with the American Library Association. It is made possible through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
  
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