Westminster College set to open Yoko Ono exhibit to public September 1
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Foster Art Gallery, situated on the Westminster College campus, will be inviting the community to experience the "Yoko Ono: Passages and Wishes" exhibit.
According to a news release, the exhibit will be on display from September 1 to October 4. The exhibit is curated by Kevin Concannon and John Noga.
Additionally, Concannon, a Yoko Ono scholar and professor emeritus at Virginia Tech, will offer a free lecture at 5:30 p.m. on September 4 in the Witherspoon Maple, room 335, in McKelvey Campus Center.
Featured as part of the exhibit is the interactive, instructional work "Wish Tree", pictured above.
Visitors to the "Wish Tree" exhibit are encouraged to write their personal wishes for peace on tags and hang them from the tree.
At the close of the exhibit, the wishes will be returned to the artist and continue on in connection with Ono's work "Imagine Peace Tower" in Reykjavik, Iceland.
The exhibition is free and open to the public.
The Foster Art Gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the academic year.
