ADVISORY/Press Breakfast Opens Exhibition and Unveils Official Bicentennial Portrait of the White House for Inauguration Week.News/Assignment Editors ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Jan. 16) Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : Journalists MUST call Caroline Lewis 301/424-8955, to attend. --(BUSINESS WIRE) Senators Olympia Snow (Maine), Senator Ted Stevens (Alaska) and Artist James Wyeth Participate in Opening Exhibition With Images of American Politics WHAT: Breakfast and preview of the new exhibition "One Nation: Patriots and Pirates Portrayed by N.C. Wyeth and James Wyeth" which includes the unveiling of the official Bicentennial Portrait of the White House. WHO: Speakers include: Senator Olympia Snowe (Maine), artist James Wyeth, Hugh Sidey (White House Historical Assn.) and Chris Crosman, Director of the Farnsworth Art Museum. WHEN: January 16 (Tues) 9:30 a.m. breakfast 10:00 a.m. program begins WHERE: Russell Senate Office Building Room 236 (Senate Armed Services Hearing Room) (Enter at the corner of Constitution and Delaware Avenues) Organized by the Farnsworth Art Museum The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, has one of the nation's largest collections of the paintings of the Wyeth family: N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth. The museum specializes in works that portray the landscape and lifestyle of New England, especially the state , in Rockland Maine, "One Nation" is an exhibition of dramatic images by two generations of the same family -- the well-loved and quintessentially American painters James and N.C Wyeth. The works chronicle the changing attitudes of America regarding "patriotism" from the beginning of the century to the present. The dramatic Bicentennial bi·cen·ten·ni·al adj. 1. Happening once every 200 years. 2. Lasting for 200 years. 3. Relating to a 200th anniversary. n. A 200th anniversary or its celebration. Also called bicentenary. portrait of the White House recently completed by James Wyeth for the White House Historical Association will be publicly exhibited for the first time in this exhibition. The exhibition is open January16-26, M-F M-F Monday Through Friday 7am - 7 pm, Sat 9am - noon. From N.C Wyeth's propaganda posters for the U.S. Government during World War I and World War II, to his grandson Jamie's portrait of a defiant youth during the Vietnam era Vietnam Era is a term used by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to classify veterans of the Vietnam War. The Vietnam Era is considered to have begun in 1964 and ended in 1975. The U.S. Congress, U.S. , defining portrait of President John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in , and commissioned court drawings during the Watergate hearings, the exhibition reveals how much has changed in America in less than a century. After being on view in the nation's capitol, the exhibition will travel to New Britain New Britain, city, United States New Britain, industrial city (1990 pop. 75,491), Hartford co., central Conn.; settled c.1686, inc. 1871. The tin shops and brassworks in the city were established in the 18th cent. , CT, Chadds Ford, PA, and Sarasota, FL. |
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