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Lancaster’s Decorative Arts Center Spotlights ‘Russian Decorative Arts from the Tsars to the USSR’

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Through February 28, 2021, the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio (145 East Main Street, Lancaster) will showcase an array of fascinating pieces of Russian art from the collection of curator Michael Reese with their exhibition entitled Russian Decorative Arts from the Tsars to the USSR.

WOUB’s Emily Votaw spoke to Reese about the exhibition in the feature embedded above. Check out the calendar of events associated with the exhibition, listed below.

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One of the pieces on display at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio as a part of their “Russian Decorative Arts from the Tsars to the USSR” exhibition. (Image courtesy of the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio)

 

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A piece that is on display as a part of the “Russian Decorative Arts from the Tsars to the USSR” exhibition. (Image courtesy of the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio)

Curator’s Talk – Sunday, November 22, 2 p.m.
$8/$5 members prepaid registration, $10 at the door
Join Curator Michael Reese as he talks about his collection and Russian Decorative Arts from the Tsars to the USSR
Register for the Curator’s Talk

Historian Talk: Russia in War and Revolution – Sunday, December 6, 2 p.m.
$8/$5 members prepaid registration, $10 at the door
Join Professor Nicholas B. Breyfogle, Ph.D, for a look at the end of tsarist Russia, from the savage destruction of the First World War, to the 1917 Revolutions, the Civil War, and the establishment of Bolshevik power and the world’s first communist society. Register here for the event. 

The Decorative Arts Center of Ohio is open Wednesday-Friday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. The Center has reserved hours for seniors and vulnerable populations Wednesday-Friday, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Admission is always free.