Walls Do Talk

Walls do talk…sometimes in very literal ways! As the demolition continues, we are pulling back layers of previous renovations to reveal stories about the people and activities that have inhabited these spaces. From a wall covered in the 1970’s we found “graffiti-like” stenciled images of football players beside a pencil drawing of a very “hip” bearded male (he would be in style today). It also appears that they used to wall to calculate costs for the project!

Walls do talk…sometimes in very literal ways! As the demolition continues, we are pulling back layers of previous renovations to reveal stories about the people and activities that have inhabited these spaces. From a wall covered in the 1970’s we found “graffiti-like” stenciled images of football players beside a pencil drawing of a very “hip” bearded male (he would be in style today). It also appears that they used to wall to calculate costs for the project!

Firmly pasted to another wall was an old typed list of paintings that must have been exhibited in one of the galleries. (The numbers for the locations of the works are still scattered around the room.) While very hard to date, this list provides interesting insight into our important collections and our past exhibitions. From Conrad Wise Chapman to Sara November, the exhibition list shows a distinctive commitment to a broad range of subject matter and artists.