New exhibit at the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame

Portrait of "Tall Annie" Clemenc

 A new art exhibit called "Selected Works from the Michigan Women’s Historical Center Art Collection” opens Sunday, August 7 in the Belen Gallery of the Michigan Women's Historical Center and Hall of Fame (MWHOF) and features works from the Museum’s permanent collection. 

Portrait of Helen W. Milliken, by Patricia Hill Burnett

Admission is free and light refreshments will be provided for an opening reception on Sunday, August 7, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. in the gallery. The exhibit continues through Saturday, October 29, 2011. 

A View of the Red Cedar” by Frances Farrand Dodge

The MWHOF art collection began in 1980 with a commissioned portrait of “Tall Annie” Clemenc. Since then the collection has continued to grow. This exhibit will feature the Museum’s recent summer acquisition, an oil painting by Frances Farrand Dodge of Lansing, a prominent artist from the early twentieth century. 

Other works on display include portraits of Hall of Fame inductees, several by fellow honoree Patricia Hill Burnett; art books by inductee Gwen Frostic; landscapes; still lifes; and more created by or are images of Michigan women.