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Recent Acquisitions Releases Press Release Archive |
TMA Celebrates Last Week of Eva Zeisel: The Shape of Life With Free Seniors Day at TMA TYLER, TX—All visitors age 65 and older are invited for a day of free admission and tours on Monday, December 1 as the Tyler Museum of Art celebrates the final week of its major fall 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 December 1 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 past her 102nd birthday. The special day, open to individuals and groups, will feature tours of the exhibition at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m., plus free refreshments throughout the day. The Museum Café will be open from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. for lunch, and the TMA Gift Shop also will be open for participants to make purchases during exhibition hours. The exhibition guides the viewer through Zeisel’s vast array of design ideas and changes of style from the late 1920s to the present, as well as representing 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. Seniors Day sponsor is Brickstreet Pharmacy of Tyler. Exhibition support for Eva Zeisel: The Shape of Life is provided by The Byars Foundation, and Amy and Vernon Faulconer. Media sponsor is CBS 19. Eva Zeisel: The Shape of Life continues through December 9 in the TMA’s North Gallery. Seniors Day participants also will have the opportunity to view the new exhibition The Elegant House: Paintings & Decorative Art from the Graham Williford Collection, open through February 8 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. |