Athenaeum Invitational Opens
2016 Athenaeum Invitational
September 22, 2016 - November 6, 2016
This year's theme is "Oh! The joy!", and asks artists to reflect on a moment of pure joy. It is inspired by the Lewis and Clark expedition across the unchartered North American continent to reach the Pacific Ocean. After an arduous, two-year trek, William Lewis crested a hill, saw the vast body of water and cried, “The Ocean in view. Oh! The joy!”