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Recent Acquisitions Releases Press Release Archive |
Tyler Museum of Art Announces Extended Hours Tyler, TX—Tyler Museum of Art officials announced Thursday the Museum will be open for extended hours during the last week of the current exhibition Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible. The exhibition, which closes in Tyler September 3, will be open from 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 1 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday. The Museum is closed Mondays and normally ends exhibition hours at 5 p.m. Museum Director Kimberley Tomio said the decision was made to extend the exhibition hours so that more East Texans could see The Saint John’s Bible, considered the most significant hand-written, hand-illuminated (illustrated) Bible since the invention of the Gutenberg printing press over 500 years ago. “This is an incredible opportunity and we want to make it available to as many people as possible,” Ms. Tomio said. “This Bible contains both beautiful artwork and calligraphy, and has proven to be a very moving experience for all who have seen it.” Commissioned by Saint John’s Abbey and Saint John’s University in Collegeville, MN, The Saint John’s Bible is a contemporary work created in the tradition of handwritten medieval manuscripts. The artistic director of the project, Donald Jackson, is one of the world’s foremost calligraphers and scribe to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth’s Crown Office at the House of Lords. During the past five years, Jackson has worked in rural Wales, United Kingdom, with scribes and artists to write and illuminate The Saint John’s Bible entirely by hand, using quills and paints hand-ground from precious minerals and stones such as lapis lazuli, vermilion, malachite, silver, copper, and 24-karat gold. Scheduled for completion in 2007, The Saint John’s Bible project has been estimated to cost in excess of $4 million. The Illuminating the Word exhibition at the Tyler Museum of Art features pages from the first three completed volumes of The Saint John’s Bible: the Pentateuch (the first five books of Jewish and Christian scripture), Gospels and Acts, and Psalms. Among the pages on view are The Seven Days of Creation, Genesis, Adam and Eve, Jacob’s Ladder, The Ten Commandments, The Parable of the Loaves and Fishes, The Sermon on the Mount, The Parable of the Sower and the Seed, The Birth of Christ, Dinner at the Pharisee’s House, The Woman Accused of Adultery, The Raising of Lazarus, The Death of Moses, The Crucifixion, the frontispieces for the four Gospels, and images of plants, animals and insects native to Minnesota. Original artist sketches are on view, as are materials such as quills, hand-ground pigments, gold leaf, calfskin vellum, and ancient inks from China. The exhibition also includes examples of sacred texts from non-Christian religions and artwork from the special collections of Saint John’s University. After leaving Tyler, the exhibition will be shown at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. In addition to the Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible exhibition, TMA visitors can also view a display of historically-significant religious materials from a variety of local faith congregations. These items, loaned by the congregations or their leaders, include the Zachary Family Holy Bible from 1875, with the family tree recording lineage to William Zachary of England in 1565, lent by The Most Reverend Alvaro Corrada; two handwritten sermons dating from the 1870s, lent by Christ Episcopal Church; a Megillat Esther (Scroll of Esther), lent by Congregation Beth El; an 18th century Koran cover from Morocco, lent by East Texas Islamic Society; historic documents and programs from Green Acres Baptist Church from its beginnings in the mid-1950s; sermons from and a biography on the Rev. E. M. Marvin, 1860s Methodist bishop, lent by Marvin United Methodist Church; and series of historic pastoral directives and educational materials from the 1870s, lent by South Central Church of Christ. Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible is a ticketed exhibition, with free admission to TMA members. Admission fees are $10 for adults; $8 for seniors (65+) and college students with ID; $5 for children 13–17; $2 for children 3-–12. Special group rates are available for churches, clubs and organizations, or tour groups with advance reservations. Call 903-595-1001 for group reservations and details. Tyler Museum of Art is handicap accessible, and includes the Museum Café and Museum Gift Shop. The exhibition was organized by The Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Saint John’s University; the exhibition and its national tour are made possible by Target. Support for the exhibition in Tyler has been provided by lead sponsors Vernon and Amy Faulconer, The Robert M. Rogers Foundation and the Junior League of Tyler, Inc.; major sponsor The A.W. Riter, Jr. Family Foundation; supporting sponsors Su Holder, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Irwin; sponsors The Byars Foundation, Mildred H. Grinstead, Hibbs-Hallmark & Company, Bette and Jack King, Sr., The Rowland Foundation, The R.W. Fair Foundation, Tyler Building Systems, and Venu and Elsie Rao. Corporate member sponsors for the exhibition include Dermatology Associates of Tyler, Southside Bank, Bank of America, Tyler; and Tyler Cancer Center. Media sponsorship has been provided by CBS 19, Cox Communications, KETK-TV, KLTV-TV Channel 7 and KTRE-TV Channel 9, Tyler Morning Telegraph, and Tyler Today Magazine. In-kind sponsors include Aaron’s and The Home Depot. Additional underwriting has been provided by Dillard’s, Inc.; Kirk A. and Jeannette Deas Calhoun, and Judge and Mrs. Tom B. Ramey, Jr. |