林肯博物馆寻求三名艺术家为10月展览创作绘画, The Lincoln Museum seeks three artists to create paintings inspired by a historic Mennonite chair for an October exhibit.

林肯博物馆与文化中心正在寻求三名艺术家, The Lincoln Museum and Cultural Centre is seeking three artists for its "If Chairs Could Talk" project, inspired by A.J. 卡森1953年画的梅诺尼特教的椅子. Casson’s 1953 painting featuring a Mennonite chair. 艺术家将从博物馆收藏的超过10 000件物品中选择一个物品,根据这些物品制作一幅绘画,并在3月31日前提交。 Artists will select an object from the museum’s collection of over 10,000 items, create a painting based on it, and submit by March 31. 获选艺术家收到1 500美元,将在8月中旬前完成作品,在10月10日开始的“保持接触”展览中展出。 Selected artists receive $1,500 and will complete works by mid-August for display in the "Keep in Touch" exhibit starting October 10. 展品将包括卡森的绘画、原椅子和新艺术品, The exhibit will feature Casson’s painting, the original chair, and new artworks, with reproductions available as postcards. 九名艺术家在3月11日前申请。 Nine artists had applied by March 11. 该博物馆于1988年收到收藏家William Edwin Troup的画和椅子,他是Casson的朋友,他从收藏中捐赠了1,000多件物品。 The museum received the painting and chair in 1988 from collector William Edwin Troup, a friend of Casson, who donated over 1,000 items from his collection.