Erin Corrales-Diaz, curator of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg, S.C., will present tonight’s ArtWise program at the Hunter Museum on how the Grand Canyon inspired some of artist Elliott Daingerfield’s work.Several upcoming programs, including two this week, will offer insights into the current major exhibit at the Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View. “Seeking the Spiritual: The Visionary Art of Elliott Daingerfield” remains on view through Sunday, Feb. 21.
Admission to the Hunter is $15 for adults 18 and older, free for children. For more information, call 423-267-0968 or visit www.huntermuseum.org.
* Today, Jan. 21: “The Genius of the Canyon: The Visionary Vistas of Elliott Daingerfield,” 6-7 p.m. Free with regular admission.
In this ArtWise program, scholar Erin Corrales-Diaz, curator of The Johnson Collection in Spartanburg, S.C., will explore the artist’s connection to the Grand Canyon as it relates to his practice of spiritual vision and aesthetic philosophy. Known for his mystical and ethereal landscape paintings, Daingerfield became captivated by the Grand Canyon while on a sketching expedition sponsored by the Santa Fe Railway in late 1910. The geological wonder of the American Southwest became a source of inspiration, generating an unusual body of work between 1911 and 1915.
* Saturday, Jan. 23: “Resisting Materialism: The Work of Elliott Daingerfield,” 1:30 p.m. Free with regular admission.