Rockford Art Museum opens new feature exhibition The Wonderful World of Stephen Warde Anderson on Friday, February 12, with a preview for museum members that includes a gallery walk and reception with the artist from 5 to 7 p.m., followed by a free public opening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at RAM. The museum is located inside Riverfront Museum Park at 711 North Main Street in downtown Rockford.
Rockford Art Museum opens new feature exhibition The Wonderful World of Stephen Warde Anderson on Friday, February 12, with a preview for museum members that includes a gallery walk and reception with the artist from 5 to 7 p.m., followed by a free public opening from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at RAM. The museum is located inside Riverfront Museum Park at 711 North Main Street in downtown Rockford.
The 15-week exhibition explores the vivid imagination and artistic genius of this accomplished outsider artist and Rockford native whose stylized paintings are inspired by beautiful fantasies of figures throughout history and mythology, film and literature, as well as subjects and stories culled from his own genealogical research. Also featured is the 2014 short film Fantasy Tableau by documentary filmmaker Kate Balsley who explores his “marvelously eccentric” life and art.
Anderson’s work is included in public and private collections across the country including Rockford Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, American Folk Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Museum, and Freeport Art Museum. Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, currently represents the artist.
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF STEPHEN WARDE ANDERSON
FEB 12–MAY 30, 2016 | ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM
SPONSORED BY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION
OF NORTHERN ILLINOIS + JOAN STONECIPHER
MEMBERS PREVIEW
FRI, FEB 12, 5–7 PM
GALLERY WALK + RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST
PUBLIC OPENING
FRI, FEB 12, 7–8:30 PM
FREE ADMISSION
ROCKFORD ART MUSEUM
711 NORTH MAIN STREET, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS
To attend the MEMBERS PREVIEW on FRI, FEB 12, 5–7 PM:
https://rockfordartmuseum.org/connect/become-a-member
Organized by Rockford Art Museum and curated by RAM Curator Carrie Johnson, this exhibition and related educational programming are sponsored by a grant from the Community Arts & Humanities Fund of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois; sponsored by Joan Stonecipher; and partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency and by the Armer Ahlstrand Charitable Foundation. All RAM education programs are sponsored in part by Women’s Art Board.
