C-SPAN Exhibit, American Presidents: Life Portraits, on Display at State Captiol May 6-June 27
Tuesday, Apr 29, 2008
Starting Tuesday, May 6, Secretary of State Charlie Daniels will host American Presidents: Life Portraits, a presidential portrait exhibit presented by C-SPAN and the White House Historical Association, in the second floor rotunda of the Arkansas State Capitol. The exhibit will be open to the public through June 27, 2008.
American Presidents: Life Portraits features the only complete collection of American presidential oil portraits by one artist, renowned painter and sculptor Chas Fagan. Accompanying the Fagan portraits are biographical sketches of all 43 presidents, photographs contributed by the White House Historical Association that capture each president’s time in the White House, as well as historic front pages of American newspapers announcing presidential election results.
Commissioned by C-SPAN in 1999, North Carolina artist Chas Fagan painted the presidential portraits to complement C-SPAN’s Peabody Award-winning television series, American Presidents: Life Portraits. The exhibit debuted in Washington, DC in September 1999 and since then, has traveled the country providing historical perspective on the presidency.
The American Presidents: Life Portraits exhibit has traveled to many presidential venues including the Gerald R. Ford Library and Museum in Ann Arbor, MI and the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum in College Station, TX. The exhibit has also been displayed at the White House Visitor Center in Washington, DC, and a number of Campaign 2004 sites including the Republican and Democratic National Conventions.
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Contact: Natasha Naragon
Phone: (501) 683-1441
Email: natasha.naragon@sos.arkansas.gov
Arkansas Secretary of State Charlie Daniels
256 State Capitol Building
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Phone: (501) 682-1010
Website: www.sos.ar.gov
Email: arsos@sos.ar.gov
