The drawings and paintings in this exhibition are an intimate window into the energized world of William Hawkins. Drawings in Context will be on view at the Springfield Museum of Art in Springfield, Ohio, from January 13 through February 25, 2001. Drawings in Context is supported by the Ohio Building Authority. Media sponsors include Columbus Alive, Small Business News, Time Warner Communications and WXMG, Magic 98.9. The Riffe Gallery, operated by the Ohio Arts Council, showcases the work of Ohio's artists and curators and the collections of the state's museums and galleries.
Admission is free.
The Council believes the arts should be shared by the people of Ohio. The arts arise from public, individual and organizational efforts. The OAC supports and encourages those efforts. William Hawkins created powerful, elemental and evocative drawings from the 1970s until 1990, shortly before his death. His drawings are as inventive, emotionally charged and tinged with humor as his better-known paintings.