Closing reception for Pennant Place show by Alexandra Robinson
Free!
Food and Drinks provided
Plenty of street parking
Artist Statement
The term A.M.E.R.I.C.A.N.A. relates to the history, geography, folklore, and cultural heritage of the United States of America. Americana is any collection of materials and things concerning or characteristic of the United States or of the American people and is stereotypical of American culture. You can think about small towns, apple pie, or lyrics to songs. The images conjured are often idyllic scenes portrayed in Normal Rockwell Saturday Evening Post images. The contrast of the meaning of the term Americana and the presentation of it in Blackletter embodies the contrast of whose image is represented in the term. Indeed, presenting each letter in flag form and using the NATO phonetic alphabet infers a communication across a distance whether geographic or cultural.
