Cedarhurst Center for the Arts

Mitchell Museum at Cedarhurst
Center for the Arts
Established 1973
Location 2600 Richview Road
Mount Vernon, Illinois
United States
Coordinates 38°19′42.01″N 88°55′15.77″W / 38.3283361°N 88.9210472°W
Website Official website

Cedarhurst Center for the Arts is a visual and performing arts institution in Mount Vernon, Illinois. Located on a 90-acre campus, it offers classes in art education, drawing and painting, ceramics and stained glass, knitting and quilting, and hosts concerts and community events. Among its facilities are the Mitchell Museum, the Kuenz Sculpture Park, the Shrode Art Center (art education), the Schweinfurth Historical Museum, and a performance hall.

Mitchell Museum

The Mitchell Museum – named for John R. and Eleanor R. Mitchell, who bequeathed their art collection to Cedarhurst in 1973 – contains a small but choice collection of American paintings. Among these are works by Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, William Glackens, Robert Henri, George Luks, John Sloan, and other early-20th-century masters.

Sources

Kevin Sharp. Cedarhurst: The Museum & Its Collection. Mt. Vernon, IL: Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2008. ISBN 9780981578408