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Steven Manolis(b. 1948) paints in watercolor and acrylic, concentrating on abstract expressionism with an emphasis on color and the creation of pleasing visual dimensions. “I love beauty, I love form, I love symmetry,” he writes. “Seeing color and form and proportion is really my entire life. I paint with color and I try to do it in a pleasing, beautiful way. The subject matter of color and beauty … is the way I see the world.”

Manolis has been a private art student of the renowned painter Wolf Kahn for nearly twenty years. He maintains a studio and gallery in Miami, Florida. Highly involved in the field of visual arts, Manolis was past Chairman of the Advisory Board of the National Academy of Design as well as a Trustee of the Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vermont, which conducts the nation’s largest Artist Residency Program.

A major solo exhibition of the acrylic and watercolor paintings of J. Steven Manolis will be presented in the Evansville Museum’s Old Gallery and Eykamp Pavilion September 30 – November 25, 2018. The exhibition is made possible through the generous gift of John D. and Stephanie Engelbrecht.

The November 11, 2018-January 27, 2019 exhibition Radio Age will highlight one of the key inventions of the 20th century—an invention that revolutionized the way people experience life.

With the coming of commercial broadcast radio in the 1920s, radio sets became a fixture in homes in Evansville and across the country. Radios produced by companies such as Atwater-Kent, RCA Victor, Zenith, and Westinghouse became common place as families gathered around them to experience the latest news, sports, and entertainment. As radios became one of the most important parts of an American home, companies continually appealed to consumers through improved technology and innovative styling.

In this exhibition, radio sets from various eras will illustrate these developments as well as their impact on society.

The exhibition will explore how radio led to the greater homogenization of society as people shared common experiences from coast to coast. This occurred as radio networks broadcast popular shows, sporting events, and news to audiences across the country. Shows such as Little Orphan Annie became popular throughout the nation and Orson Welles frightened a number of Americans with the famous War of the Worlds radio broadcast in 1938.

Through vintage radios, imagery and other artifacts, Radio Age will provide a nostalgic look at an interesting segment of history.

Start your day with a bit of science and coffee! Introducing Science with a Perk: short, informal programs, where there is no such thing as a dumb question, which encompass the topics of engineering, medicine and technology presented by leading experts, at a coffee house. It hardly matters what the topic is–if local scientists are working on it and they care about it, you will find it at Science with a Perk!

Scientists have long dreamed of mimicking photosynthesis and use the energy from sunlight to create fuel from CO2 and water. On December 12 we’ll learn how carbon dioxide might be made into fuel with Professor of Chemistry Jeff Sieler from the University of Southern Indiana.

Science with a Perk will take place regularly at the Honey Moon Coffee Company on the second Wednesday in June, September & December. The Honey Moon Coffee Company is located at 612 Weinbach Avenue (corner of Weinbach and Lincoln Avenues). The event starts at 8:30 AM and is admission-free.