For more than 25 years,
Patti Cooprider has been scooting around town in her car with the personalized license plate: “I ♥ ART.”
Anyone who knew her was aware that ART was not a person but a passion.
Patti lived and breathed art in all forms painting, music, theater, dance. She and her husband, Coop, once visited sculptor
Henry Moore at his English estate and
Marc Chagall in France.
She was an artist who painted nearly every day, a ceramics maker, collector, patron and an enthusiastic coordinator of events supporting the arts.
So, it is not surprising to anyone who knew Patti that, even after she passed away of cancer Jan. 4, with her husband’s help, she still is supporting the arts.
Openings and Closings: May 12 to May 18 Elizabeth Lanza
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama; gift of Mr. A.C. van Ekris.
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama
Last week, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts welcomed a new exhibition entitled
Character Studies. Drawing on works in the museum’s collection, the exhibit takes a playful look at portraiture that rejects realism. Featuring works from artists such as Philip Guston and Red Grooms, the show highlights figurative constructions of the face that include caricatures, the cartoon-esque, and even grotesques. As always, the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is free to all so, check here to plan your visit in advance.
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If you missed the in-person chance to see pieces from La Jolla students and others at the San Diego Museum of Art during its biennial “Young Art” exhibit, you can still take a virtual tour.
The 2021 exhibit, themed “My World, Our Planet,” encouraged students in kindergarten through 12th grade to submit “inspiring and thought-provoking” artworks centered on the environment and sustainability, according to Nicole Amaya, an educator in student programs at SDMA. “The theme was selected to stay current and empower students’ voices and viewpoints,” she said.
Of the 224 submissions received by local educators, 102 works by 200 students were selected by a jury panel. The pieces were shown for in-person viewing at SDMA until May 9.