Also on display is Barnes' collection of Native American jewelry. Reservations are recommended, as admission to the gallery is limited and strictly enforced. To celebrate these two extraordinary collections, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and The Barnes Foundation are offering group packages that will include tours of both The Barnes Foundation and the Mad for Modernism exhibition. Earl Horter, though he taught at the Graphic Sketch Club only briefly, gathered around him artists of diverse ages, backgrounds, and interests, many of whom went on to attain considerable stature in the art world. Horter encouraged his students, both in the studio and in informal workshops elsewhere, to experiment with mediums and subject matter.
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While some depicted indigenous people and their rituals as a tonic for industrial society, other artists adopted traditional art forms as sources of visual innovation and spiritual renewal. Glenn Tomlinson, Director of Museum Education and Audience Development, explores these themes in celebration of the Mad for Modernism exhibition. This exhibition will feature etchings, drawings, paintings by Horter, as well as commercial works he made as a graphic artist. Works by some of the early etchers at the Sketch Club will also be shown, such as Stephen Ferris, Daniel Garber, Peter Moran, and Joseph Pennell. The prints of Jacob Landau will complement Horter's work.