Sailors’ Dreams features fantastical paintings described by the artist as “a celebration and a festival of color and texture”. Throughout his career, Romero’s work has incorporated nature. This exhibition displays a new series of paintings inspired by marine life in Norfolk and will be a tribute to the sailors. Romero, renowned Colombian oil painter, will show for the first time in the United States.
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With his whimsical style full of poetry, Romero plunges into a journey through the depths and mysteries of silence in an aquatic world, inhabited by fanciful creatures. His version of different fish, forms, shape, and movement under the water delight the eye. The exhibition is a universal call to care for this fragile world and save it for future generations.
This exhibition will be interactive with programming such as painting workshops with the artist, educational activities lead by staff from the Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center, and a lecture by Andean Art Scholar of George Mason University, Michelle Greet.
Exhibit Programming:
Art Talk
Thursday, August 26th, 6:00 p.m.
Presented by Michelle Greet of George Mason University
Join us to create a context for viewing the work of Cesar Romero. Michele Greet, Associate Professor of Art History at George Mason University is one of the foremost scholars on the topic of Andean (Ecuador, Peru and Columbia) Art. She will present an exciting lecture on modern Andean art carried forward into the second half of the twentieth century. She will discuss the work in our galleries and how these paintings fit into the history of art and culture. Cash bar available. Reservations are encouraged.
Members and Students (with valid I.D.): Free
Non-Members: $5
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Painting Workshops with Cesar Romero
(Choose one session or take all three)
Sunday, August 22nd 1:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Monday, August 23rd 6:00 - 9:30 p.m.
Monday, August 30th 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Instructed by exhibition artist Cesar Romero
Learn from featured visiting artist, Cesar Romero how to use color, mood, and texture to create an oil painting representing your own dreams and inspiration. Beginners to experiences painters welcome.
Members: $ 45 + supply list
Non-Members: $55 + supply list
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Family Fun! A Touch Pool of Marine Life at the Hermitage
Saturday, September 11th, 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Presented by The Virginia Aquarium and Marine Science Center
Discover the inspiration behind Romero’s paintings – the marine wildlife of Hampton Roads. Hermit Crab & Friends is a hands-on program to meet sea creatures, including hermit crabs, a horseshoe crab, sea star and a whelk, as we read the story Is This a House for a Hermit Crab?
All Ages welcome.
Members: $2
Non-Members: $5
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