THE SIOUX CITY ART CENTER WILL SOON HAVE THE NEWLY RESTORED GRANT WOOD CORN ROOM MURAL. RETURNED FROM MINNESOTA.
ART CENTER DIRECTOR TODD BEHRENS SAYS A SPRING FUNDRAISER WILL GIVE ATTENDEES THEIR FIRST LOOK AT THE ICONIC WORK:
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CORNROOM1 OC……… OUR COLLECTION. :22
THE CORN MURAL HAD BEEN ON DISPLAY IN THE DINING ROOM OF THE OLD HOTEL AND CONSISTS OF SEVERAL LARGE PANELS PAINTED BY WOOD.
ART CENTER CURATOR CHRISTOPHER ATKINS SAYS THE RESTORATION HAS BEEN A TWO STAGE PROCESS:
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CORNROOM2 OC………..ALMOST 30 YEARS. :22
AT ONE POINT IN THE OLD HOTEL, PART OF THE MURAL WAS WALLPAPERED OVER.
BEHRENS SAYS THE CELEBRATION OF THE MURAL’S RETURN WILL HAVE A RURAL THEME AND ACTIVITIES, BEGINNING WITH A SOCIAL HOUR, WITH DINNER AND A PROGRAM, ALONG WITH A SILENT AND LIVE AUCTION:
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THE EVENT TAKES PLACE IN THE ATRIUM OF THE ART CENTER ON FRIDAY, MARCH 20, FROM 6-10 P.M.
TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE ART CENTER AND CONTRIBUTIONS WILL BE MATCHED BY THE GILCHRIST FOUNDATION, WITH THAT TOTAL ALSO MATCHED BY A GENEROUS BENEFACTOR.
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