Virtual Art Talk Afternoons
Join us virtually for a variety of art history webinars during the month of May!
Gardens Depicted in Artwork
Thursday, May 7, 2:00 – 3:00 PM via Zoom
How have different cultures expressed their love of gardens through art? What materials and methods have artists used to explore the idea of “garden” in their work? This lecture will review Framing Nature: Gardens and Imagination currently on view at the MFA in Boston, an exhibition that brings together art from across the museum’s collection and the many ways cultures interact with and view nature through gardens. Led by artist Meg Black, past Chair of the Art Department at Salem State University.
Sponsored by the Tewksbury Friends of the Library and a collaborations of libraries.
RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.
The Painter’s Palette — A History Of Color
Thursday, May 14, 2:00 – 3:00 PM via Zoom
We may take for granted the use of color in art, but historically, much thought, effort and expense has gone into that choice. Drawing on the work of many authors, we will explore the world of colors and learn how certain colors were discovered, created and exploited. We will spin the color wheel and explore each of the seven colors of the spectrum. As we go, we will be introduced to some new pigments and dyes less familiar perhaps, such a gamboge, smalt and mummy brown! It’s a trip through time and around the world!. Led by art historian Mary Woodward, a guide at several Historic New England properties. She previously served as Public Programs Coordinator and Educator at the Concord Museum.
Sponsored by the Tewksbury Friends of the Library and a collaborations of libraries.
RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.
Virtual Tour Of The Museum Of Modern Art
Thursday, May 21, 2:00 – 3:00 PM via Zoom
The Museum of Modern Art, located in midtown Manhattan, is one of the most influential art museums in the world. Discover its fascinating origins, founded through the vision and determination of Abigail A. Rockefeller, and see how the Rockefeller family shaped the modern art world today. Visit some of the most famous and spectacular masterpieces by Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh, and Matisse. Led by Marisa, founder of Museums With Marisa, a professional museum educator, Egyptologist and former archaeologist, and current private docent and art lecturer.
Sponsored by the Tewksbury Friends of the Library and a collaborations of libraries.
RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.
American Revolutionary Painters — John Singleton Copley
Thursday, May 28, 2:00 – 3:00 PM via Zoom
As a portrait painter in Boston during the 1760s, John Singleton Copley took a bipartisan approach to politics, painting both patriots such as Paul Revere and loyalist such as British General Thomas Gage. However, Copley was forced to take sides when the tea was thrown from his father-in-law’s ship during the Boston Tea Party. Explore Copley’s portraits done in both America over twenty years and in England over the remaining forty years of his life. Led by art historian Martha Chiarchiaro, owner of Seeing History.
Sponsored by the Tewksbury Friends of the Library and a collaborations of libraries.
RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All registrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the program.