Janine Wesselmann To Offer SCAN

Program At Meeting House, April 22

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) has invited the internationally known artist Janine Wesselmann to offer its next artist demonstration program. Ms Wesselmann will talk about her life and work while developing a café scene on Wednesday, April 22, at 1:30 pm, at Newtown Meeting House (lower level), 31 Main Street.

Ms Wesselmann is known globally for her parodies of European and American social life. She was the first woman to be accepted into the Collection d‘Art Modern de la Ville de Paris and is represented in the permanent collection of the Columbus Museum of Art; the Kunsthuis van het, Oosten, Netherlands; the Rockefeller Collection, Governor’s Collection, USVI, and the Oshir Collection, Geneva, Switzerland.

She has painted since the age of six, and in very unusual circumstances. Through revolutions in third world countries and ambassadorial parties in the capitals of Europe, on remote islands, and in African jungles, she has painted a vanishing world of bazaars and fortunetellers, carnivals and cafes, fast disappearing customs and cultures.

There is no charge for the SCAN program, Additional information is available from Ruth Newquist, 426-6654.