2016 Spring Catalog

DISCUSSION & LECTURES

Jill Kiefer, PhD, is an art historian and teaching artist. She’s been designing, coordinating and leading programs and tours in Art History and Fine Arts for over thirty years – in university, institutional and community environments around the globe. Thursday: March 10: 9:30 – 11:30 am Larchmont Temple Rm 3 / $35 / Code 163

Russian History & Culture Through Its Art NEW! Art is a revealing lens through which to view a country’s history and culture. Our survey will include ancient icon paintings, 18th-century portraiture, 19th-century landscape painting and avant-garde and contemporary Russian art. We’ll compare the similarities and differences between Russian and American art of the same historical periods and the ways in which they reflect our different national characters. Natasha Karpinskaia received her MA in philological studies from the Moscow University of Linguistics, MA in art history from the Academy of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia, and is completing her PhD in art history at Columbia University. 3 Mondays: April 4 – 18: 7:00 – 8:30 pm MHS Palmer Rm 123/ $90 / Code 161 Coffee and Current Events Join a multinational group for a moderated discussion of the news of the week. To help focus the discussion, prior to the weekly meeting participants will be emailed discussion topics and optional reading. Bring coffee, your insights, and an open mind. Katherine Korth Dehais graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Magna cum laude from Columbia University’s School of International Affairs. She is a published poet who has written and directed several theatrical adaptations. 9 Fridays: Mar 11 – June 3: 9:30 – 11:00 am Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun (French, 1755–1842) is one of the finest eighteenth-century French painters and among the most important of all women artists. A self-taught painter with exceptional skills as a portraitist, she achieved success in France and Europe during one of the most eventful, turbulent periods in European history. This program will prepare you for this wonderful exhibit happening at the Metropolitan Museum of Art February 15 – May 5. We’ll examine the artist’s life and work – and will also provide you with a broader cultural and artistic context. We’ll examine the work of some of her contem- poraries — as well as the Rococo, Neoclassical, and Romantic movements of the age. (No class Mar 25, Apr 15, Apr 22, April 29) Larchmont Temple Rm 3 / $200 / Code 162 Museum Exhibit Preview: Vigée Le Brun: Woman Artist in Revolutionary France NEW!

Museum Exhibit Preview: Moholy-Nagy: Future Present NEW!

A retrospective of László Moholy-Nagy’s work will be on exhibit at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum from May through September 2016. The first comprehensive retrospective of the work of László Moholy-Nagy (1895–1946) to appear in the United States in nearly fifty years, this long overdue presentation will reveal a utopian artist who believed that art could work hand-in-hand with technology for the betterment of humanity. This program will prepare you for this exhibit by providing background information and insights on the artist, his contem- poraries, and corresponding trends that are essential to a full appreciation of his oeuvre. Jill Kiefer: See Exhibit Preview: Vigée Le Brun Thursday: April 7: 9:30 –11:30 am Larchmont Temple Rm 3 / $35 / Code 164 Museum Exhibit Preview: Warhol by the Book NEW! Andy Warhol’s books are an overlooked and important facet of his career. An upcoming exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum (February 5 – May 15) will present nearly all of his projects for books – from his early student days through his years as an influential artist and cultural icon. This program will provide you with an excellent background to the exhibit, by examining some lesser-known facts about Warhol’s life, art, and beliefs — including his own skepticism about American society and its values. We’ll look at a variety of his works to see how he managed to seamlessly weave various threads of the art — and culture— into a single tapestry. Jill Kiefer: See Exhibit Preview: Vigée Le Brun Thursday: April 14: 9:30 – 11:30 am Larchmont Temple Rm 3 / $35 / Code 165

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