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Recent Acquisitions Releases Press Release Archive |
TMA Opens Doors for Special Eva Zeisel: The Shape of Life Seniors Day TYLER, TX— All visitors age 65 and older are invited for a special day of free admission on Monday, September 29 for the Tyler Museum of Art’s new exhibition, Eva Zeisel: The Shape of Life. The Museum, regularly closed on Mondays, will open its doors from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 29 for Seniors Day, waiving the admission fee for participants to tour Eva Zeisel: The Shape of Life. The TMA’s major fall exhibition, organized by Erie Art Museum in Pennsylvania, spans more than 70 years in the career of Zeisel, the legendary Hungarian-born artisan who revolutionized ceramic design – and continues to produce household and industrial designs as she approaches her 102nd birthday. “We felt this exhibition would be a wonderful choice as the spotlight for a Seniors Day, not only because Eva Zeisel is such an inspirational figure in how she continues to produce brilliant, vibrant work well past her 100th birthday,” TMA Head of Education Katie Powell said, “but also because her designs create such an instant, intimate connection with the viewer. With more than 100 pieces in this show, anyone can find something warm, familiar and inviting.”The exhibition guides the viewer through Zeisel’s vast array of design ideas and changes of style since the late 1920s, as well as narrating her long and eventful life – which included escaping a death sentence in the Soviet Union after being falsely accused in a plot to assassinate Josef Stalin. (That experience inspired the novel “Darkness at Noon” by her friend Arthur Koestler.) The Shape of Life includes Eva Zeisel’s well known ceramic work for Hallcraft, Sears and Red Wing Pottery, as well as glass, metal and furniture design, and examples of her famed Town and Country series of modern stoneware. The exhibition also showcases her work for companies such as KleinReid, The Orange Chicken, and Crate and Barrel, the latter of which in 2005 introduced “Classic Century,” a reissue of her iconic 1952 china collections. Groups are encouraged to attend Seniors Day. The Museum Café will be open from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. for purchasing light lunches, desserts and refreshments during Seniors Day, and the TMA Gift Shop also will be available for participants to make purchases during exhibition hours. Exhibition support for Eva Zeisel: The Shape of Life is provided by Collectors’ Circle Members: The Byars Foundation, and Amy and Vernon Faulconer. Media sponsor is CBS 19. The exhibition continues through December 9 in the TMA’s North Gallery. Seniors Day participants also will have the opportunity to tour Texas in My Soul: A.C. Cook and the Hock Shop Collection, the historic exhibition of early Texas art continuing through October 26 in the Bell Gallery. The Tyler Museum of Art, accredited by the American Association of Museums, is located at 1300 S. Mahon Ave., adjacent to the Tyler Junior College campus off East Fifth Street. Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, call (903) 595-1001 or visit www.tylermuseum.org. |