WHEN: November 18, 2010 – February 13, 2011
WHERE: The Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road (at the corner of Columbia Turnpike) in Morristown, NJ
Hours: Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 11 AM to 5 PM; Thursday, 11 AM to 8 PM; and Sunday, 1-5 PM.
ADMISSION: $10 for adults and $7 for children, students and senior citizens. Admission is free for museum members and is free to the public every Thursday between 5 and 8 PM. For more information, call 973.971.3700, or visit www.morrismuseum.org.
Works by New Jersey artist Shirley Winthrope Rivo will feature photography as well as paintings that include abstracts, landscapes and seascapes.
The public can meet the artist and hear about the inspiration for her work at an opening reception on Sunday, November 21, from 2 to 4 PM. The reception is free with museum admission. This exhibition is sponsored by Investors Savings Bank.
About Shirley Winthrope Rivo
Growing up during the depression in Toronto, Canada, Shirley Winthrope Rivo always knew she wanted to be an artist, and has painted throughout her life. Her paintings and photographs have been shown in many group and one-woman shows, and are in the collections of The Statue of Liberty Museum, the Morris Museum, New York Botanical Gardens, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Yankee Stadium, Johnson & Johnson and other corporate and private collections.
Mrs. Rivo cites the artists Corot, Turner, Constable, Frederic Church and the Hudson River School artists as influences on her work, much of which is landscapes and seascapes. 
Her interested in photography as an artistic medium came later, as she was carrying a camera with her constantly to take photographs as a reference for her paintings. The 1995 photograph (right) Cerebral View Statue of Liberty is taken from inside the statue, showing the structure of the beams inside the statue’s head, rather than the crowned Lady Liberty which viewers are familiar with.
Mrs. Rivo moved to New Jersey with her family in the 1960’s and lived in Berkeley Heights until a recent move to Murray Hill. She earned a BA and MA in Fine Arts from Kean University. Mrs. Rivo worked closely for several years with the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in Summit, serving as Program Chairperson and Chairperson of Special Events.
About the Morris MuseumThe Morris Museum explores and celebrates the arts, sciences and humanities through exhibitions, educational programs, performing arts and special events. Founded in 1913, the museum serves over 200,000 adults and children each year. These programs are made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.
