They Call It Stormy Weather: How Artists See the Weather and the Seasons
Meteorologists aren't the only people who watch the sky. So do artists - for ideas, subjects and inspiration. They Call It Stormy Weather explores the numerous ways in which weather and the seasons have inspired artists throughout the ages. From thunderstorms on raging seas to sunny skies above spring fields, artists have responded to weather and other natural forces through a range of media and styles.
Some of the works in this educational exhibition use weather to directly represent a mood or state. Others convey more subtly the reflection of human experience in natural forces, while some reflect the spiritual meaning that weather holds for many artists. The 15 photographic reproductions were selected from the permanent collections at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. A variety of artists are represented including Japanese woodblock artist, Hiroshige; Vincent Van Gogh; and contemporary American photographer, Joel Sternfeld. While this exhibition is SOL-based and perfect for K-12 students, anyone interested in the changing effects of weather or art history will find the diversity of works fascinating.
This exhibition is one of a variety of exhibitions organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts for statewide travel and is supported by the Paul Mellon Fund. For additional information on VMFA and its statewide resources, phone 804.204.2681.
LIMITED Security
Loan Period: 4 to 6 Weeks
Fee: Free
Code Number: GA-106
Framed Size: 16" x 20"
Running Feet: 19.5'
Boxed Weight: 60 lbs.
To supplement the exhibition, we recommend the following related resources available through the Statewide Program. For more information or to schedule a speaker, workshop or media resource, call 804.204.2681or email edpartner@vmfa.museum.
Curator's Talk with Jeffrey W. Allison
Artist Workshops:
Art Of, By and For the People: Making Community-Based Art with James Yates
Drawing and the Art of Seeing with Rachel Sawan White
Expressing Light; the Subtleties of Color with Rachel Sawan White
Nature Study Handmade Book with Donna Drozda
Speakers:
American Landscape Paintings in Transition, 1850 - 1940 with Barbara Rothermel
Gardens Since Eden with Dr. Mary Sweeney Ellett
Science and Impressionism with Jeffrey W. Allison
Teacher Workshop:
Weather! with Twyla Kitts
MEDIA RESOURCES
DVDs:
Andy Goldsworthy: River and Tides
Ansel Adams
Constable
Corot: Nature in the Studio
Four Seasons in Kyoto series
The Highwaymen: Florida's Outsider Artists
The History of Western Art series #s 5 and 6
Impressionist Paintings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon
The Impressionists series # 8
J.M.W. Turner
Linnea in Monet's Garden
Monet
Shock of the New
Vincent
Vincent Van Gogh
VHS Cassettes:
Ansel Adams: Photographer
Art of the Western World series #7
Arts of the East: China, Japan, India
Christo's Valley Curtain
Civilisation series #11
Claude Monet: Legacy of Light
David Hockney the photographer
David Hockney: Pleasures of the Eye
Dream Window: Reflections
Five Centuries of Dutch Painting series #s 1 and 3
Getting to Know van Gogh
Getting to Know Monet
Impressionists on the Seine
In a Brilliant Light: van Gogh in Arles
The Inland Sea
Japanese Prints: The Floating World
Memories of Monet
Monet's Garden at Giverny
Nature and Nature: Andy Goldsworthy
100 Greatest Paintings series #s 7, 8 and 12
Sister Wendy's Story of Painting series #4
Van Gogh's Van Goghs
Vincent van Gogh: A Stroke of Genius