The Hofstra University Museum Presents Drawings from the Museum Collection

Written by Elizabeth Howard Saturday, 19 May 2012 23:19

Hempstead, NY.- “From the Hand; Drawings from the Hofstra University Museum Collection”, on view until September 11th in the Hofstra University Museum’s David Filderman Gallery, located in the Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, ninth floor, south campus, features 32 drawings completed in a wide variety of styles with examples from the 18th and 19th century and showcasing a number of 20th century artists.

This original exhibition is curated by the Museum’s Associate Director of Exhibitions and Collections, Karen T. Albert and Collections Manager Kristy L. Caratzola. The drawings on display are both representational and non-objective, with images that include figurative, landscape and abstraction. Artists included in the exhibit are Jean Cocteau, Philip Pearlstein, Diego Rivera, Normal Rockwell, George Romney, Joseph Stella, and Benjamin West. “This finely presented exhibition provides visitors with a rare opportunity to explore three centuries of drawings, one of the most intimate and immediate forms of art,” said Executive Director of the Hofstra University Museum Beth E. Levinthal.


The Hofstra University Museum has been awarded the highest honor a museum can receive, continued accreditation by the American Association of Museums (AAM). Approximately 4% of museums nationwide have earned this distinguished recognition. Accreditation certifies that the Hofstra University Museum operates according to professional standards, manages its collections responsibly and provides quality service to the public. Hofstra University is a dynamic private institution of higher education where more than 12,000 full and part-time students choose from undergraduate and graduate offerings in liberal arts and sciences, business, engineering, communication, education, health and human services, honors studies, a School of Law and the Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine. The Hofstra University Museum is dedicated to furthering the understanding and enjoyment of the visual arts. It helps people make deep and long-lasting connections to individual works of art as well as the varied cultures from which they originate. Through its collections and exhibitions, its sculpture gardens and its interpretative programs, the Museum is committed to being a vital partner in the educational, pedagogical, and cultural life of Hofstra University students, faculty and staff, as well as residents of the greater New York metropolitan region. It strives to achieve this mission by adherence to the highest professional standards in the collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of works of art. The Hofstra University Museum will continue to evolve as a vital cultural and educational center for Hofstra University, Long Island, and the New York metropolitan region. Dynamic and intellectually stimulating exhibitions and programs, along with opportunities to study the permanent collection, in an improved museum environment, will serve as the impetus for rich and varied explorations that enhance knowledge and the experience of art. The museum's collection contains approximately 5,000 works of art in varied media dating from the ancient to the contemporary, and includes American artists of the 19th and 20th centuries along with Asian, Oceanic, African and Pre-Columbian art. Visit the museum's website at ... http://www.hofstra.edu/museum

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