Children's Museum Gallery 6 presents What Is Home? Exhibit

This fanciful painting by Fleur Palau, titled Meeting At Home, is one of many works featured in the “What is Home?” exhibit at Gallery 6 in the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire January 11 – March 4, 2012.


What is home? Is “home” defined by an internal feeling or by external conditions? What is the difference between a place you happen to live and aplace you think of as home? Is it based on history or relationships? How doother creatures define their homes?

Gallery 6 at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire in Dover is presenting artistic responses to these questions and more in its “What Is Home?” exhibit, open from January 10 through March 4, 2012. The show will feature the work of artists from diverse backgrounds – young, old, immigrants, amateurs, professionals – working in a variety of media, as well as poetry from Mimi White’s Poet Laureate project. Each artist offers a different insight into the concept of “home,” creating an opportunity for museum visitors to react and reflect on their own ideas of “home.”

Participating artists in the “What Is Home?” exhibit include Ann Cattall, Cori Caputo, Arthur Copeland, Mary Rose Cullens, Dean Diggins, Marina Forbes, Nora Happny, Sarah Haskell, Nina Herlihy, Ethel Hills, Theresa LaBreque, Magi Leland, K. Lee Mock, Fleur Palau, ShawnPelech, Hannah Phelps, Eva Powers, Sue Pretty, Doug Prince, Runjuan, Susan Savory, Montana Sky, Ron St. Jean and Andrea Williams.

The “What Is Home?” exhibit can be viewed in Gallery 6 during regular business hours at the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire: Tuesday – Saturday 10 am – 5 pm and Sunday noon – 5 pm. No admission fee is required to view the gallery only. Regular admission applies for families who wish to also explore the rest of the museum.

About the Children’s Museum of New Hampshire

The not-for-profit Children’s Museum of New Hampshire is located in the center of Dover and offers two floors of hands-on, interactive exhibits for children from newborn to age 12. Visitors can explore a wide range of interests, from dinosaurs, music and aeronautics to world cultures, art and natural history. Open year-round, the Silver LEED-certified museum specializes in creating memorable family learning experiences and works closely with schools, social service agencies and educators. The museum also hosts a variety of live performances, workshops, classes and special events. For more information, please visit www.childrens-museum.org