YAQUINA RIVER MUSEUM OF ART

Exhibition Details

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Exhibit Dates:                                            November 5, 2022 – December 29, 2022

Opening Reception:                                   November 5th & 6th, 2022 12:00 - 4:00

Art Talk:                                                     December 3rd, 2022           1:30PM

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Location:        Yaquina River Museum of Art - Schoolhouse Exhibit Space

                        151 NE Alder Street, Toledo, OR 97391

                        yaquinarivermuseumofart.org     541-336-1907

Hours:             Friday - Sunday, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Please Note: Museum will be closed Nov. 24-27, Dec. 23-25, and the month of Jan.

"Promise" is an annual celebratory exhibit features works of art from Latin America as well as art from East and Western Europe which showcases the beauty of the holidays.

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Included with artworks from all over the world are works of iconography from US and European based creators, both antique and modern.

One of the many eyecatching features of the show is “Village Life in Colombia” painted by Juan B Toro in 1975.

Toro’s painting was purchased by Judy Ross Gibbons in the 70’s in Bogota at the annual benefit art show hosted by St. Alban’s Episcopal Church for patients hospitalized with Hansen’s Disease (more commonly known as leprosy). She never met the artist.  Looking at this painting, one gets the sense of a South American Grandma Moses style piece as Juan Toro depicts figures ranging in size from giant to miniature going about their business in an active village.  From the corrupted general mayhem in the bottom quadrant of the canvas to the sublime depiction of a Mass at a church service at the top under the vigilant eye of the Virgin Mary statue on a mountain peak; the artist has made a work of art from his memory that portrays experience while living within a community somewhere in Colombia in the past.

Gibbons will offer an informal talk about this painting on Saturday, December 3 at 1:30pm at the School House Exhibit space. All are invited to join her and encouraged to join in the discussion time.  Holiday refreshments will be served by the Friends of the Yaquina River Museum of Art.

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See this work and numerous others in this beautifully curated exhibit at the Museum during this holiday season. 

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The Museum also encourages visitors to browse the giftshop for presents for any art lovers on our patrons' shopping lists. All proceeds benefit the Yaquina River Museum of Art and support events and exhibitions such as First Weekend and Art Walk.

"Village Life if Colombia" Juan B Toro