Art History Luncheon
The Art History Luncheon is a special event designed to fit into a workday lunch hour and also take that time to educate, enrich and engage through focusing on one famous painter or painting from history.
2022 Art History Luncheon - Elizabeth "Grandma" Layton
Local artist and educator Pat Kerns will present a program on Elizabeth “Grandma” Layton (1909-1993) following lunch. Layton’s story is a journey of depression, mental health and hope. Layton, a Wellsville, KS native, did not start drawing until 1977 when at the age of sixty-eight she took a drawing class at a local university. Her art helped save her from a severe depression brought on by a fight with bi-polar disorder. Her work dispels the myths and misconceptions of old age as she examines personally and unexpectedly painful subject matter that rejects the stereotypical image of a grandmother. Layton’s drawings have been exhibited at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American Art, and in more than 200 art museums and centers throughout the U.S.
Tickets for September 9 Art History Luncheon: https://layton-luncheon.eventbrite.com
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Bad Art by Good People Art Auction
2023 ART AUCTION - SPRING 2023 (Date TBA)
Works of art created by fifteen area community leaders paired with fifteen artists/mentors will be auctioned off.
The Bad Art by Good People title is truly meant to be tongue in cheek, as the end-product of the community leader working with an artist/mentor will more than likely be good. Community leaders were matched with artists/mentors by drawing names out of a hat back in November. The Hannibal Arts Council is excited to connect community leaders and artists in a new way by implementing this new fundraising concept, which was modified from similar ones produced by arts organizations in Kansas and Ohio.
2022 FINISHED ART PIECES SOLD AT AUCTION
