Plymouth State University is proud to present As Time Passes over the Land, an exhibit that celebrates New Hampshire’s splendid heritage of White Mountain School of painting.
As Catherine Amidon, director of the Karl Drerup Art Gallery and interim director of PSU’s new Museum of the White Mountains, notes, this exhibit is especially meaningful. It is the first jointly sponsored by the Drerup Gallery and the new Museum of the White Mountains, a significant, exciting addition to our campus. The museum will be a premier center for research, reflecting PSU’s growing role as a gateway to and center for the study of the White Mountains.
The museum also will be interdisciplinary, as is this wonderful exhibit. White Mountain School artwork revealed the natural beauty of the region, but the paintings reflect mid-nineteenth-century logging and growing industrialization as well, leading to questions about the era:
about rural villages and urban perceptions, about stories and historical events that shaped the region, about environmental change—As Time Passes over the Land. Collaborators on this exhibit include historian Marcia Schmidt Blaine and environmental scientist Mark Green.
Finally, the exhibit reflects an important wider collaboration with those who love this region and collect White Mountain School art. We are enormously grateful to the knowledgeable and committed collectors who have graciously loaned pieces so all of us may enjoy this exhibit. We thank each of you and look forward to additional partnerships, and subsequent exhibits, as we celebrate the joy of this heritage we are fortunate to share.
Sara Jayne Steen, President Plymouth State University
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