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  • 10/20 Steaming Ahead like a Locomotive

    Opening Reception and talk for the exhibition STEAMING AHEAD: REGINALD MARSH WATERCOLORS OF LOCOMOTIVES.

    Thursday, October 20, 2016
    4:30 PM – 6 PM - Reception with cash bar and hors d'oeuvres

    Free Event; Contributions are always appreciated.

    At 6 pm Audrey Conrad will speak on "In the Shadow of Coney Island, Marsh's Locomotives".
    Audrey Conrad has had a lifelong passion for steam locomotives.  She is the Vice President of The Valley Railroad Co., which operates the Essex Steam Train & Riverboat which operates full size steam locomotives as their primary motive power. One of her duties is the management of their "Oliver O. Jensen Gallery" which features railroad related art. She serves on the Board of Trustees at Real Art Ways.

    Exhibitions will be on view October 21 - December 18, 2016

    The exhibition includes digital exhibitions of the "Steaming Ahead" and "Reginald Marsh's Watercolors of Havana".

    THE WILLIAM BENTON MUSEUM OF ART
    University of Connecticut
    School of Fine Arts
    245 Glenbrook Road
    Storrs, CT

    www.benton.uconn.edu

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    For more information, contact: Karen Sommer, Benton Museum at 860-486-4520