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04/11/2011 12:06 am
The annual "Fall into Art" exhibition at the Howard Steamboat Museum is now open! Entitled SEEN FROM LIFE: PEOPLE, WORK and STEAMBOATS 1885-1932, the display this year is focused upon some 50+ enlarged photographs made from the glass plate negatives taken by Capt. Jim Howard.
The opening reception will be on Sunday, November 6th from 1:00 - 4:00 PM and includes a program at 2:00 by Ted Wathen on Ohio River Photographers in Context. Refreshments will be served in the dining room. The showing is free of charge and available during regular museum hours. Tours of the mansion and upstairs exhibits are available for regular admission fees.
On the following Sunday (November 13th) the program (2:00) will be entitled Remembrances and will include a panel of Ruth Richter Heffern (granddaughter of James and Loretta Howard), Capt. Alan Bates, Kenny Howe, Jim Reising and Keith Norrington.
The November 20th (closing day program 2:00) will be given by Paul Paletti on Processes and Collecting. A profusely illustrated catalog of the exhibition is available in the museum gift shop for $20 and by mail for $25.
For further information visit the HSM website at Howard Steamboat Museum - Home Page
Image: Racing boat by Jim Howard ca. 1911
04/11/2011 3:40 pm
I love that picture.. Somehow the boat doesn't seem to fit the time period of everything else.
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04/11/2011 10:46 pm
HSM Exhibition Catalog
Today the printer delivered the 48 page catalog for the exhibition. The cover features views of Capt. Jim Howard on horseback in the yard of the mansion, circa 1910, a scene of the stern of the towboat MARK TWAIN under construction in 1930, and a head on view of the packet J.H. MENGE returning to the Howard yards after a trial run. The profusely illustrated catalog is full of images of the Howard family, shipyard scenes, steamboat cabins, engine rooms, etc.
The catalog is available for $20 at the museum or $25 by mail.
Copies of last year's catalog, The Howards' World, as well as previous shows, including Harlan Hubbard - The River's Artist also are available. Visit the gift shop section of the museum website at Howard Steamboat Museum - Home Page for further information.
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07/11/2011 11:33 pm
HSM Publicity in the Newspaper
Today's Courier-Journal carries a fine article about the opening of the museum art show, illustrated with color pictures of Jimmy Reising pointing out features on some photographs and one of the newly restored chandelier in the Library.
The article is well written by reporter/photographer Jenna Esarey, who recently did a great job of covering the Bicentennial Steamboat Exhibition in New Albany. Jenna told me yesterday that she's learned a LOT about steamboats this year and it made a recent visit to New Orleans much more meaningful when she took a cruise aboard the Str. NATCHEZ!
Thanks Jenna! We appreciate your good work!