May 29, 2007
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information, please contact:

Tina Lehman, SAMA-Johnstown Coordinator

(814) 269-7234

Travis Mearns, Public Relations Coordinator

(724) 238-6015

Johnstown—The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown will be featuring two gallery tours to coincide with its latest exhibition, Expressions of Color: Paintings and Sculpture from the Permanent Collection, which is on view through August 5. The styles and movements portrayed in these works vary from magic realism to abstract to surrealism, but are unified by the artists’ use of color as a primary vehicle of expression. The tours are recommended so that visitors can receive the complete exhibition experience.

Both tours are designed to engage the public with the artists and styles featured in the exhibition, and begin with background information about the exhibit and the artists involved. The first tour takes place on June 13. SAMA-Johnstown Coordinator Tina Lehman leads an in-depth walking discussion of the various uses of color by the artists and the techniques involved in creating the pieces. The second tour will be on June 27. Lehman will describe the emotions evoked by the pieces because of the colors used. Both tours are open to the public free of charge and begin at 2 p.m.

The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art at Johnstown is located in the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown. Hours of operation are 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Museum is a handicapped-accessible facility and is open to the public free of charge. For more information, call the Museum or visit www.sama-art.org.