Current Exhibit

Selections from the Ogunquit Museum of American Art

June 5 - October 31
2009

Marsden Hartley, Grapes, c. 1955, oil, 10 x 14 inches

Edward Hopper, Night Shadows, 1921, etching, 7 x 8 3/8 inches

“Selections from the Ogunquit Museum of American Art” opens on June 5, 2009 in the Randall Gallery with a reception from 5-8 p.m. In partnership with the OMAA, co-curators Susan Kress Hamilton and OMAA Director Ron Crusan have selected works from the Museum’s extensive Permanent Collection to show the breadth and quality of what the Museum has to offer our greater seacoast communities.  Susan, an Athenaeum proprietor, is also the designer of the exhibition.

Programming in conjunction with the exhibition will include two Gallery talks by OMAA Director Ron Crusan on Thursday evenings, July 16 and September 17 at 5:30 and a bus trip in August to the Ogunquit Museum from the Athenaeum, date to be announced.

Perched on a cliff overlooking Narrow Cove and the Atlantic Ocean, and surrounded by its own beautifully landscaped sculpture gardens, the OMAA houses a collection of over 1600 works of art. The scope and quality of this collection has justifiably earned the OMAA a reputation as one of the best small museums in the nation. Included in its diverse collection are works by such internationally known artists as Alexander Calder, Marsden Hartley, Roy Lichtenstein, John Marin and Edward Hopper.

Recent seasons at the Ogunquit Museum have featured outstanding exhibitions by artists Jamie Wyeth, Ansel Adams, Will Barnet and Wolf Kahn. The Museum was founded in 1953 by Maine painter and philanthropist, Henry Strater (1896-1987).