The Hermitage Museum, a historic house and education center at 335 North Franklin Turnpike in Ho-Ho-Kus, New Jersey, will host its major 2010 art exhibit entitled Closet Archeology, which opens on January 30, 2010. The exhibit features the contemporary textile art of Diane Savona, a resident of Passaic, who uses deconstructed historical garments and found objects to reconstruct new forms that are incorporated into unique visual collages. Other pieces feature historical textile elements displayed in innovative settings. A unique element of Closet Archeology is that it integrates historical textile artifacts from the Hermitage Museum’s private collection that mirror Savona’s work.
Closet Archeology runs through September 26, 2010, and is on view in the Education Center Gallery every Wednesday through Sunday from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The exhibition is included with regular admission to the museum of $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and $4 for children ages 5 to 12. A special preview event is scheduled for the evening of January 29, and a “meet the artist” event will be held on Thursday, March 18, 2010, when Savona will give a talk and digital presentation about her textile artistry. Savona has exhibited her unique textile art up and down the Eastern seaboard and her work has been featured in art museums throughout the United States.
For more information about Closet Archeology or other exhibits and programs at The Hermitage, call Executive Director Richard Sgritta at (201) 445-8311, ext. 22, email rsgritta@thehermitage.org, or visit www.thehermitage.org. Diane Savona can be reached at (973) 773-1468 or dianesavona@aol.com.
