Works by influential Covington artists from the past 200 years will be on display at Behringer-Crawford Museum from Feb. 8 through April 12 in conjunction with the COV200 bicentennial celebration.
Titled “Arts Alive,” the exhibit will include paintings, drawings, sculpture and ceramics by more than a dozen historic and contemporary Covington artists, including Johann Schmitt, realist Frank Duveneck, sculptor Clement Barnhorn, early Rookwood artist Mary Nourse and primitive painter Mary Bruce Sharon.
Along with the exhibit opening on Feb. 8, the museum will host a free screening at 2 p.m. of the new documentary “Points of View: Covington at 200,” followed by a Q&A session.
Also that afternoon, there will be a signing for the bicentennial book, “Covington, Kentucky: 1815-2015,” by authors Paul A. Tenkotte, James C. Claypool and David E. Schroeder.
Entrance into the exhibit is included with regular museum admission. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays, and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Admission is $7 for adults, $6 for seniors 60+, $4 for children 3-17 and free for members. Wednesdays are Grandparents’ Days: One grandchild admitted free with grandparent’s paid admission.
The museum is located at 1600 Montague Road-Devou Park, Covington, KY 41011.
For more information, call (859) 491-4003, email info@bcmuseum.org or click here.