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‘Canvas and Cast’ Exhibit Opens Saturday at Bruce Museum

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The Bruce Museum’s newest exhibit, Canvas and Cast: Highlights from the Bruce Museum’s Art Collection, opens Saturday, Feb. 11 in Greenwich, is a chance to see the museum’s growing collection, which is never on permanent display. The exhibit features 35  paintings and seven sculptures from the collection, including long-time favorites along with recent acquisitions representing art from the 16th through the 20th centuries. ____________

— an announcement, with minor changes, from the Bruce Museum

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The exhibition examines art historical themes including sculpted and painted portraits, narrative scenes and statues, landscapes, still lifes, and genre scenes. For over a century, the collection at the Bruce Museum has grown steadily and been developed carefully through donations and purchases.

Bruce Museum Events 2017

Martin Luther King Jr. Family Activities & Storyteller at Bruce Museum

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On Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Bruce Museum has fun family activities from 10to 4 p.m. and two African and African-American storytelling performances by Eshu Bumpus at 11 a.m. and again at 1 p.m. Stories encourage laughter, creativity and participation. Eshu Bumpus captivates his audience by telling tales leavened with music, humor and mystery. His stories encourage laughter, creativity and participation. Eshu is a renowned storyteller, an accomplished jazz vocalist and a master at physical characterization, who has performed in 26 states across the country. Limited seating.