George Marshall Store
In 1867 George Marshall purchased the John Hancock Warehouse and surrounding land on the York River. Next door, he built the George Marshall Store, where he sold general merchandise as well as wood, building materials, and coal. The store remained in the Marshall family until 1954 when it was sold. In the years following, it served as home to the York Art Association, a gift shop, and the offices and research library of the Old York Historical Society. Upon purchase of the York County Trust building in 1994, Old York moved to its offices to their current location in the center of York Village. Two years later, Curator of Contemporary Art Mary P. Harding revived the gallery space with changing contemporary art exhibitions as well as occasional collaborative projects that blend historical themes and objects from the museum's collection with contemporary art.
Mary P. Harding, Curator of Contemporary Art
Mary is a 1975 graduate of Brown University and has always been passionate about art. After graduation, she was an exhibit designer for Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and later for the Margaret Woodbury Strong Museum in Rochester, New York. She served as director of the Barn Gallery in Ogunquit, Maine for four years. Since 1990, she has been an independent art consultant specializing in regional contemporary art and, since 1996, she has curated the contemporary art exhibits for the George Marshall Store Gallery, a property and project of the Museums of Old York.
For more information about the George Marshall Store Gallery and upcoming exhibits, visit their website at www.georgemarshallstoregallery.com or just stop in at 140 Lindsay Road!
2012 Art Exhibition Schedule (Partial Listing)
January - March
Winter Installation
Selected New England Artists
Open by Chance & Appointment
April 21 - May 27 -- sponsored by Rozanna Patane Financial Advisor
Momentum X
Dock Level Gallery
Susan MacDougall
June 2 – July 8 -- sponsored by R.A. Peterson Associates
Michael Stasiuk
Dock Level Gallery
Lisa Noonis
July 14 - August 19
Celebrating the Working Waterfront
August 25 – September 30
Accord
October 6 – November 11
Lissa Hunter & Carol Stein
Dock Level Gallery
Tom Hall
November 17 – Year End
Fridays at the Golden Egg -- sponsored by R.A. Peterson Associates