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An Artist's Invitation to Closing Reception at Evergreen House
Oletha DeVane and poet Donna Denize, a teacher at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., collaborated on an artist book entitled Sacred Geometry. "In looking at and responding to the Garrett collection in the library at Evergreen House," Oletha explains, "I chose two books about explorations and journeys, The Discovered Lands of Virginia by Thomas Hariot and a letter,The Discovered Islands, by Christopher Columbus. Both presented complex ironies about colonialism and the exotic or mythic illustrations of indigenous peoples. I decided to use the 'metaphorical' journey of the soul as the idea for the mixed media painted pages of the book. The poetry reflects a trip to Italy, where Donna and I met to discuss the art and architecture.
"The book is inspired from many sources," Oletha continues, "although my purpose in structuring the book using the circle, triangle and the square was to explore their cosmology. In West African cosmic thought, the circular motion or spiral constitutes the human soul in a cycle of life that has no end."
"Kings, Hummingbirds, and Monsters," on exhibit at Evergreen House from October 12, 2001 to January 30, 2002, was the second in a series designed to celebrate specific collections amassed by the Garrett family who lived at Evergreen House from 1878 to 1952. This year's program featured the 30,000 volume rare book collection of T. Harrison Garrett and his son John Work Garrett that today is part of The Johns Hopkins University Rare Book Library at Evergreen. Included among the holdings of this library are natural history volumes by Audubon, Gould, Redoute, and Catesby, architectural treatises from the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, and all four Shakespeare folios dating from 1623, 1632, 1664, and 1685.
Oletha DeVane and poet Donna Denize, a teacher at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., collaborated on an artist book entitled Sacred Geometry. "In looking at and responding to the Garrett collection in the library at Evergreen House," Oletha explains, "I chose two books about explorations and journeys, The Discovered Lands of Virginia by Thomas Hariot and a letter,The Discovered Islands, by Christopher Columbus. Both presented complex ironies about colonialism and the exotic or mythic illustrations of indigenous peoples. I decided to use the 'metaphorical' journey of the soul as the idea for the mixed media painted pages of the book. The poetry reflects a trip to Italy, where Donna and I met to discuss the art and architecture.
"The book is inspired from many sources," Oletha continues, "although my purpose in structuring the book using the circle, triangle and the square was to explore their cosmology. In West African cosmic thought, the circular motion or spiral constitutes the human soul in a cycle of life that has no end."
"Kings, Hummingbirds, and Monsters," on exhibit at Evergreen House from October 12, 2001 to January 30, 2002, was the second in a series designed to celebrate specific collections amassed by the Garrett family who lived at Evergreen House from 1878 to 1952. This year's program featured the 30,000 volume rare book collection of T. Harrison Garrett and his son John Work Garrett that today is part of The Johns Hopkins University Rare Book Library at Evergreen. Included among the holdings of this library are natural history volumes by Audubon, Gould, Redoute, and Catesby, architectural treatises from the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries, and all four Shakespeare folios dating from 1623, 1632, 1664, and 1685.