Erie Art Museum acquires works by Nicole Reinhold Martin, elin slavick and Ana Balcazar

A hand-altered Polaroid of a wedding party on the steps of the Erie Art Museum is among the downtown facility's first art acquisition in three years.

The museum's newly acquired art includes 178 hand-altered Polaroids from Nicole Reinhold Martin, a print of a cyanotype by elin slavick titled "Eucalyptus Leaves from an A-Bombed Tree in Hiroshima," and a painting by Ana Balcazar titled "Jardin 1 (Garden 1)." Reinhold Martin's prints were a gift while the museum purchased the works by slavick and Balcazar, according to a news release.

“These recent acquisitions are particularly relevant to the EAM because they are pieces that were recently exhibited here, so they have a history with us. Ana’s in particular was created during her residency here, and was in direct response to her study of the collection,” James Pearson, the museum's collections manager, said in the release.

Balcazar’s painting is featured in her exhibition, "Entre Plantas y Mujeres (Between Plants & Women)," at the museum through May 12. A selection of Reinhold Martin’s works are on view as a part of "Painterly Polaroids" in the museum's Bacon Gallery through September.

“The collections committee and the board of the museum are excited to add these dynamic works to our evolving collection,” Executive Director Laura Domencic said in the release.

From February: Joseph Plavcan painted his way into Erie history. New Erie Art Museum exhibit explores how

The museum at 20 E. Fifth St. has an art collection with more than 8,000 objects. The Erie Art Museum is open Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.; Saturdays, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; and Sundays, 1–6 p.m. Call 814-459-5477 or visit www.erieartmuseum.org for admission prices and more information.

Dana Massing can be reached at [email protected].

This article originally appeared on Erie Times-News: Erie PA Art Museum acquires Reinhold Martin, slavick, Balcazar art