The Shadow
Carnegie Hall’s Museum Gallery is living up to its name as it has been transformed into an exhibit of cultural and historical artifacts – The Sunshine Museum. The extensive collection was developed by Aristotle Zenobia Sunshine and supplemented by individuals interested in the mission of “making people smile and helping them remember and regain what it is like to have a child’s awe at something new or unbelievable.” The best description is that the museum is a “two or 3D historical graphic novel.”
The Sunshine Museum was started in 2010 by Steven Hutchins as a combined performance/visual arts composition. At the present time, Hutchins is the sole curator, which requires research, acquisition, construction, documenting, publication, development, and funding of the exhibit.
The exhibit at Carnegie Hall is a collection of historical, natural, sociological, and technological artifacts once prominent in society, now all but forgotten. Each collection is described in detail with numerous examples. Whether the exhibit brings back memories or leads to new discoveries, the Sunshine Museum will stimulate one’s intellect. Some examples include a collection of sunglasses given to Stevie Wonder by his fans, The L-Art of Lerond Levoid Lefrak, Jackson Pollock’s Ladder, an Eileen Kramer photo essay, and collections of close-pins, chopsticks, almanacs, and so much more.
Carnegie Hall exhibits are free and open to the public, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. – 4 p.m., and run through October 28. For more information, please visit carnegiehallwv.org, call (304) 645-7917, or stop by the Hall at 611 Church Street, Lewisburg, WV.
Carnegie Hall programs are presented with financial assistance through a grant from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.
