{"id":17701,"date":"2026-11-13T14:04:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-13T19:04:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/?p=17701"},"modified":"2026-11-13T14:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T19:04:44","slug":"new-art-exhibition-opens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2026\/11\/13\/new-art-exhibition-opens\/","title":{"rendered":"New art exhibition opens\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"dslc-theme-content\"><div id=\"dslc-theme-content-inner\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Ren Blauch \u201928, staff writer\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery\u2019s fall exhibition \u201cThe Agrarian Year: Paintings and Drawings of the Lebanon Valley by Michael Allen\u201d is now open to the public.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This exhibition features paintings, drawings and studies of the southern Lebanon Valley landscape. The exhibition runs through Sunday, Dec. 13.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019ve known Michael Allen for a long time,\u201d Barbara McNulty, director of the Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, said. \u201cOn one hand he\u2019s a great artist and on the other he has a lot of deep local connection.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McNulty had the opportunity to visit Allen\u2019s studio. For the past 12 years he has been painting the landscape of Lebanon Valley highlighting nature, development and the seasonal variations that Lebanon locals are quite familiar with.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Allen\u2019s paintings and studies are done both in his studio and en plein air, meaning in the open air.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe think it is important to tell the story of how artists work and how he works,\u201d McNulty said. \u201cTo go from being in a location painting quickly on site and then to go back to the studio and refine and create these beautiful landscapes is just a process that you don\u2019t see when looking at a single painting.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This exhibition gives a glimpse into the process and work behind creating paintings through a local lens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe show is also about celebrating our local area,\u201d Kristine Larison, art gallery assistant, said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition shows a visual interpretation of the growing, harvesting and dormant seasons of Lebanon\u2019s agricultural year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several lectures and other events in the coming weeks will be held at the Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery for anyone interested in the exhibition, the artist\u2019s process and our local history. These events can be found on the LVC Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery webpage.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The gallery is open Wednesdays from 5 to 8 p.m., Thursdays and Fridays from 1 to 4:30 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>By Ren Blauch \u201928, staff writer\u00a0 The Suzanne H. 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