Pursuit of Happiness- Artist Reception
November 17 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm
| Free – $5.00Pursuit of Happiness – Artist Reception
Exhibition and Closed Bid Auction benefiting Bennington Museum and Regional Artists
November 19 through December 31 (bidding ends on December 20)
Preview the pieces and purchase at BUY IT NOW prices, all while enjoying light apps and cider.
Gala Ticket Holders and Museum Members are FREE, but please use the Get Tickets function below to RSVP.
Not-Yet-Members: $5
HAVE KIDS?
Bring them along! From 5-5:30 we will have a dance space available for young ones to shake it out and to give you a chance to pursue happiness at your own pace…
Kids are always free at Bennington Museum.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS:
Berta Burr, Rose C. Castor, Katie Cleaver, Peter Crabtree, Kristin Donegan, Alice Eckles, Dakin Fuller, Emily Gold, Marisa Green, Chip Haggerty, Jesse Harrod, Liz Howe, Jane Hudson, Craig Jaster, Jessica Lewis, Jennifer McCandless, Joan Nichols, Rick Oller, Leslie Parke, Sarah Pike, Katie Poore, Rhonda Ratray, Stacey Sherman
Pursuit of Happiness: 250 years later
250 years ago, America declared its independence from Great Britain. The first sentence of the second paragraph from that declaration has become one of the most memorable and quoted lines in the English language: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” The last of the “unalienable Rights” listed ⎼”the pursuit of Happiness”⎼ has always seemed unusual and slightly out of place in this context, though certainly not unwanted. What does the right to “the pursuit of Happiness” even mean then, and now? As we continue to strive and struggle to attain the ideals outlined for our country 250 years ago, approximately two dozen regional artists have created artwork in an attempt to answer that question.
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