EAST LANSING, MI.- Kresge Art Museum at Michigan State University will exhibit The Impressionist Era: Works on Paper from January 7 through March 16, 2008. An opening reception, hosted by Friends of Kresge Art Museum, will be held 3–5 p.m. on Sunday, January 13. This reception is free and the public is encouraged to attend. Several gallery walks, guided by museum staff, will be hosted throughout the exhibition, one on Thursday, January 31, 2008, at 6 p.m. and another on Thursday, February 21, at 12:10 p.m. Other programming, including lectures and films, is scheduled throughout the exhibition. Further details will be available in December.

Pierre Bonnard, Mary Cassatt, Edgar Degas, Toulouse Lautrec, Paul Cezanne, Vincent Van Gogh, and Corot are represented in this exhibition, drawn from the collections of the Carnegie Museum of Art, and Kresge Art Museum . The exhibit has been organized by the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh , and is sponsored by the MSU Federal Credit Union and the College of Arts & Letters.

Over 55 artists who participated in the eight Impressionist exhibitions held in Paris between 1874 and 1886 are included in this show. While their styles, subjects and techniques were diverse, they were united in their willingness to experiment and question traditional aesthetic standards and art world practices. Many of the artists were mentors, friends, competitors, and followers. Some were forerunners of the Impressionist movement, revealing how the movement emerged out of established trends in the mid- 19th century. Others were from the generation that followed, the 1890s, growing out of developments that paved the way for the avant-garde art.

Limited in-person interviews are available with Carnegie Museum of Art Assistant Curator of Fine Arts Amanda T. Zehnder, during the afternoon of December 18 and early in the day on December 19. Additional interview times by phone may be available – please contact Kresge Art Museum for details.

Kresge Art Museum is located in Kresge Art Center , at the intersection of Physics and Auditorium Roads between the Alumni Chapel and the MSU Auditorium on the campus of Michigan State University in East Lansing , MI. Museum hours are Monday through Friday, 10 to 5 p.m., Thursday until 8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The museum is closed for the holidays December 15 2007 — January 6, 2008. For additional information, call (517) 355-7631 or visit www.artmuseum.msu.edu.