[SOA] Lloyd Library and Museum - Harper Art Studios Botanical Art Exhibit

[Anna Heran]

Apologies for cross-posting

For Immediate Release

February 14, 2007

The Lloyd Library and Museum Announces an Exhibition of Contemporary
Botanical Art from Cincinnati's Harper Studios

	The Lloyd Library and Museum proudly announces its first
exhibition of contemporary botanical art.  From March 10 through June
30, 2007 works by Charley, Edith, and Brett Harper of Harper Studios
will be on display in the Lloyd's newly renovated conference room.  The
room was specially designed to accommodate a variety of activities and
events, including extended exhibition space to feature hanging works by
contemporary artists.  We are privileged that our inaugural exhibition
will feature botanicals by some of Cincinnati's most renowned artists.
Brett Harper will be on hand March 10 between 5 and 8 p.m. for informal
gallery talks.
	Charley Harper, a modernist best known for his stylized wildlife
prints, poster, and book illustrations that have enchanted Cincinnatians
and art lovers since the 1940s, had expressed interest in exhibiting at
the Lloyd, a place where past and current knowledge of his chosen
subject matters are preserved in several hundred thousands of book and
documents.  Knowing of his father's wishes, Brett Harper generously
agreed to install the Lloyd's first hanging art exhibition, marking a
historic moment for the library.  For more information about the Lloyd
Library and Museum, see below.
The Lloyd Library and Museum, located at 917 Plum Street, downtown
Cincinnati, is a local and regional treasure.  The library was developed
in the nineteenth century by the Lloyd brothers-John Uri, Curtis Gates,
and Nelson Ashley to provide reference sources for Lloyd Brothers
Pharmacists, Inc., one of the leading pharmaceutical companies of the
period.  Today the library is recognized worldwide by the scientific
community a s a vital research center. The library holds, acquires, and
provides access to both historic and current materials on the subjects
of pharmacy, botany, horticulture, herbal and alternative medicine,
pharmacognosy, and related topics.  Although our collections have a
scientific focus, they also have relevance to humanities topics, such as
visual arts and foreign languages through resources that feature
botanical and natural history illustrations, original artworks, and
travel literature, thereby revealing the convergence of science and art.
The Lloyd is open to anyone with an interest in these topics.  Free
parking is available for patrons and visitors behind the library
building.  For more information, visit the Lloyd website at
www.lloydlibrary.org. 

Lloyd Library and Museum
917 Plum Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
513-721-3707
www.lloydlibrary.org
Open Monday through Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Open the third Saturday of the month, September through May, 9:00 a.m.
to 4:00 p.m.


Bringing Science, Art, and History to Life
 
Anna K. Heran
Lloyd Library and Museum
917 Plum Street
Cincinnati OH 45202
(513) 721-3707
www.lloydlibrary.org <http://www.lloydlibrary.org/>