The Disappointed Tourist: Ellen Harvey

Ellen Harvey: The Disappointed Tourist

Closing Event

Just Added !! 

Artist Meet and Greet and Talk

Join us for a meet and greet and artist’s talk with Ellen Harvey 

Saturday, March 9th 1 – 4 pm

Talk begins at 3:00 pm

The Disappointed Tourist is an ongoing project for which Ellen Harvey is making paintings of lost sites suggested by members of the public in response to the question: Is there a place that you would like to visit that no longer exists? This international exhibition has been traveling and growing since 2019 with 300 sites painted thus far. 

Painted in a style reminiscent of vintage postcards, the project was inspired by the urge to restore what has been lost due to the forces of time, ideology, environmental events, gentrification, and geopolitical conflicts. The Disappointed Tourist celebrates the human attachment and nostalgia for places both real and aspirational and creates a fair and balanced playing field in which personal losses large and small can be recognized.

Rowan University Art Gallery & Museum, in partnership with Creative Glassboro, Glassboro Public Library, Glassboro Historical Society, and Heritage Glass Museum, solicited submissions from the local community. Eleven suggested sites have been added to this new iteration of the installation including the Whitney Brother’s Glass Factory, Salem Oak, Bay Point, Zee Orchards, Eighty Acres, Palace of Depression, Vineland Speedway, Blockbuster Video, Veterans Stadium, The Philadelphia Art Club, and grandparent’s backyard. 

To learn more about the project, including reading the stories behind the submissions or to suggest a new site to be painted, visit: https://www.disappointedtourist.org/