ALL INVITED to Art Opening on September 24th

Journey to Hometown USA...Phoebe Hemenway Legere's Art of the Charles River Watershed

September 24, 2021 artist, composer, educator, Phoebe Hemenway Legere, Medfield Cultural Council grantee (2020), will be showing her art at Dwight Derby House.

September 24th, 5 pm to 7 pm, Dwight Derby House: You are invited to attend the Art Opening.

Dwight Derby House main room will be open free from 12 to 5 on Saturdays and Sundays in October for this exhibit.

Legere’s “Journey to the Heart of Medfield” began with Richard DeSorgher, President emeritus of the Medfield Historical Society.

Legere says, "Richard told me fascinating stories about the history of Medfield. I learned about Medfield’s dedication toculture, to the environment, and to social justice. I was deeply touched by Medfield’s respect for and commitment to the humane care of the mentally challenged.

I’m from Massachusetts, so I knew that the crème de la crème of 19th century American painters spent time in Medfield. Like Innes, Bunker and Sargent, I was carried away by the dance of sunlight on the Charles."

Phoebe Legere’s “Hometown USA” paintings include:

• Captivity Narrative author and Puritan icon Mary Rowlandson runs, a ghostly apparition in a gorgeous field.
• A handsome white stallion from the Norfolk Hunt Club prances in a party hat.
• A Maenad from Medfield Hospital floats out of an upper story window to join an ecstatic Bacchanal.

All proceeds from sales of Phoebe Hemenway Legere’s Journey to the Heart of Hometown paintings go to her Foundation for New American Art, a 501(c)3 that brings free art and music lessons to the children of low-income communities.

www.foundationfornewamericanart.org

www.phoebelegereart.com

www.phoebelegere.com

This exhibit is supported by the Medfield Cultural Council.