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To honor and recognize the Columbus Museum of Art for representing the United States in the centennial exhibition at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile.
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WHEREAS, one hundred years ago, the United States was one of seventeen countries invited to present exhibitions at the grand opening of the National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile; and
WHEREAS, when the museum announced that the same countries who participated in the inaugural exhibition would be invited to present at the centennial, the U.S. Embassy in Santiago contacted Dr. Wayne P. Lawson of Columbus, Ohio, and asked him to produce an exhibition to represent the United States; and
WHEREAS, Dr. Lawson reached out to Nannette V. Maciejunes, executive director of the Columbus Museum of Art, and James M. Keny, co-owner of Keny Galleries, to curate the show; and
WHEREAS, the resulting exhibition, 100 Years of North American Art: A Social Perspective (1910-2010), highlights North American artists' responses to the myriad social challenges and changes that have shaped the development of the continent over the course of the past century; and
WHEREAS, nine paintings from the Columbus Museum of Art's collection are on view in the exhibition, with other works borrowed from the collections of Ohio institutions including the Butler Institute of American Art, the Dayton Art Institute, and the Progressive Corporation, and also from the collections of the Louis K. Meisel Gallery and A.C.A Galleries in New York City; and
WHEREAS, residents of Columbus can be proud that the Columbus Museum of Art is representing our city, state, and nation at this international exhibition, and that we are home to a vibrant and diverse arts community that makes such a prestigious honor possible; now, therefore
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
That this Council hereby honors and recognizes the Columbus Museum of Art for representing the United States in the centennial exhibition at the National Museum of Fine Arts in Santiago, Chile.