<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><u>Plattsburgh State Art Museum is pleased to announce the reopening of Burke Gallery to the public.</u></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default">Starting Monday, August 30th <i style="font-weight:bold">The Refugee Trilogy</i> will be viewable from 12-4pm.  Galleries will be closed Mondays, effective September 1.</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><i style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><b>The Refugee Trilogy</b></i><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> series by Rick Shaefer, which represents the Connecticut-based artist’s passionate and cerebral response to the Syrian refugee crisis, the seismic effects of which continue to resonate around the globe.  Employing monochromatic drawing as his medium, Shaefer creates powerful compositions abounding with figures and motifs inspired by Rubens and Géricault among other artists in the art historical pantheon, harnessing the lexicon of old master painting as he plumbs the expressive capacity of art to address the timeless human tragedy of exile, migration and dislocation.  </span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Opening reception will be Thursday, September 9th @5-7pm. (Free and open to the public.) The artist will be present.</span></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></span></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-size:12px;display:inline-block;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:18px"><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word;font-weight:bold;text-transform:uppercase;font-size:14px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT PSAM OFFICE AT 518-564-2474 OR EMAIL</span><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"> </span><a href="mailto:artmuseum@plattsburgh.edu" target="_blank" style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif">ARTMUSEUM@PLATTSBURGH.EDU</a></div><br></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word"><font color="#cc0000"><b style="font-family:Arial;font-size:small"><a href="https://www.plattsburgh.edu/plattslife/arts/art-museum" target="_blank">plattsburgh.edu/offices/centers/artmuseum</a></b></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;background-position:50% 0%;background-repeat:no-repeat;word-break:break-word"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);text-transform:uppercase">MYERS FINE ARTS BUILDING, SECOND FLOOR</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>