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RETROSPECTIVE OF AWARD-WINNING ARCHITECT CARLTON ABBOTT OPENS AT PFAC JAN. 16, 2010
Friday, March 5, 2010 8:00 AM

RETROSPECTIVE OF AWARD-WINNING ARCHITECT

CARLTON ABBOTT OPENS AT PFAC JAN. 16, 2010

 

NEWPORT NEWS, Va.The role of art in defining a community, and an individual artists influence on their environment, is explored in Carlton Abbott: 50 Years of Art and Architecture at Peninsula Fine Arts Center Jan. 16 through March 21, 2010.

 

The volume of Abbotts accomplishments is unusual. His expertise has been expressed in a wealth of applications including architecture, urban planning, landscape architecture, sculpture and graphic arts.

 

Encompassing all four Pfac galleries and featuring all manner of media, this expansive exhibition tells the compelling story of how an artist can impact and shape a community.

According to Pfac Program Director & Curator Michael Preble, This is one of our most diverse exhibitions ever, with drawings, models, paintings, mixed media, sculpture and metal work, all to celebrate an artist who has truly shaped our landscape.

 

From his studio in Williamsburg, VA, Abbotts artwork is in the collections some of the nations finest institutions. He has had over 30 one-man shows of his work, as well as more than 80 awards for his architectural accomplishments, including seven special recognition awards from the Virginia Society of the American Institute of Architects.

 

He is currently working on illustrations for a book commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Blue Ridge Parkway. His father Stanley Abbott, with whom he began his professional practice in 1965, served as the first landscape architect for the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was his fathers influence that helped shape Carltons talent for effortlessly blending his buildings into the cultural, historical and natural environment.

 

The list of cultural and state institutions benefiting from Carltons talents include Peninsula Fine Arts Center, Muscarelle Museum at William & Mary, the Community Building in Williamsburg, Mariners Museum, the Archaraeum and Visitors Center at Jamestown, numerous buildings throughout Virginia State Parks, public works with the Virginia Department of Transportation, and the new Museum of the Confederacy at Appomattox.

 

Carlton Abbott: 50 Years of Art and Architecture is sponsored by SunTrust, Kaufman & Canoles, Empower Information Systems, Carlton Abbott & Partners, the City of Newport News, Newport News Arts Commission, Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

Meet the Artist

Saturday, January 23, 10:30-Noon

Pfac members free, included with Pfac admission for non-members.

Legendary Architect Carlton Abbott shares highlights of his extensive career and his views on how the artist can shape a community.

 

Gallery Talk & Tour

Tuesday, January, 26, 6-7 pm

Free and open to the public

Join Pfac Program Director & Curator Michael Preble for an entertaining exploration of Carlton Abbott: 50 Years of Art and Architecture.



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