A Bostonian Painter in Kentucky: Asa Park (1790-1827)
organized by Georgetown College and Georgetown and Scott County Museum

Location: Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Gallery at Georgetown College

Opening: October 19th from 5:00 - 7:00 PM

Dates: October 19th - November 30th, 2006

Hours:
Monday through Friday 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Sunday 1:30 - 4:00 pm

Description:
Georgetown College and Georgetown & Scott County Museum have organized
an exhibition devoted to one of the early trained trained artists to work in Kentucky.
A Bostonian Painter in Kentucky : Asa Park (1790 – 1827) is the first exhibition
solely dedicated to works by this portrait painter. This exhibition opened on Thursday,
October 19th , 2006 and be on view until November 30 in Georgetown College 's
Anne Wright Wilson Fine Arts Building.

The show will heighten community and regional appreciation of Park's work, his
connection to Georgetown, Scott County, Kentucky, and his role in the transitioning
of artistic styles of that era. Asa Park was born in Massachusetts and studied initially
with John Ritto Penniman (1782-1841), and later with Gilbert Stuart (1755-1828). The
training he received is verified in both his work and advertisements. Park traveled from
Boston to Pittsburgh, and then onto Lexington where Matthew Harris Jouett (1788-
1827), Joseph Bush (1794-1865), and William E. West (1788-1857) were working.

Contact: Karen Gillenwater
Director of Art Galleries and Curator of Collections, Georgetown College
502-863-8399, karen_gillenwater@georgetowncollege.edu

Other Committee Members:
Dr. Juilee Decker, Assistant Professor of Art History & Art Department Chair, Georgetown
College
John Toncray and Andrew Green, Georgetown & Scott County Museum
Jim McCormick, former Art Department Chair, Georgetown College
Chuck Pittenger, The Speed Art Museum
Glen Taul, Archivist, Georgetown College
Ron Vance
Ann Bolton Bevins