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A painting of an actress

30 Sunday Dec 2018

Posted by Jessica Libor in art, Exhibitions, Inspiration, Journeys

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One of my favorite paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s collection! Doesn’t she seem to have a lovely spark about her, like she lived an interesting life? He painter captured it well, because the lady in the painting was an actress of the time. Painted by Sir Thomas Lawrence in 1790, the work depicts the Irish actress Elizabeth Farren. She made her London first performance as Kate Hardcastle in “She Stoops to Conquer” on stage. She continued to act and later married the 12th Earl of Derby. What I love about this painting is her mischievous, very alive expression, and the gorgeous melting of the white fabric texture with the landscape.

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Working the Preview Party at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

12 Sunday May 2013

Posted by Jessica Libor in Inspiration, Journeys, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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Preview Party

Preview Party

This weekend I had the opportunity to volunteer at the Women’s Board Preview Party at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts.  This is an elite catered event held on all three levels of PAFA’s museum, showcasing the graduating student’s artwork available for purchase.  Tickets for this event can be up to $1,000, so everyone who paid to attend was dressed to the nines and looking seriously at buying some art.   It was delightful surveying the guests and graduates in all their finery.  For me, I chose a vintage taffetta grey and purple floral silk dress, that as one person put it “looks right out of the Parent Trap era.”  This was a lucky find for me at a thrift store last summer–I finally had something fancy enough to wear it to!

Along with the other volunteers, I was labeled with a nametag “Sales Associate” and assigned a section to assist in.  I met many interesting people that night, and was able to assist in the sales of several friends’ paintings.  Having worked in sales, I really enjoyed the chance to sell a product (art) that I am so passionate about.  My favorite part was introducing the artist to a potential collector.

All in all, it was a lovely and exciting evening, although bittersweet to see such fine artists graduate.  Next year, it will be me along with all the other MFA 2’s standing beside out work, hoping for sales.  Until then, it’s back to the easel.

Artists Jessica Libor, Julianne Kelly, Holly Colagori at the Women's Preview Party at PAFA 2013

Artists Jessica Libor, Julianne Kelly, Holly Colagori at the Women’s Preview Party at PAFA 2013

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