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To receive regular e-mail updates listing currently-scheduled lectures, tours,
and other
offerings contact wendyevans@art-talks.org
Talks scheduled
in public venues through September 2018:
This
series looks at the best art to be seen in public places and
museums in cities around the world. You will enjoy
the images presented whether you are looking for ideas for a
future visit, want to remember past joys, or just wish to sample
the best art the world has to offer. June
25 BERLIN is a city with such an abundance of
art, you would have to stay three years to see the wide variety of
museums we will visit sitting in the library. We'll range from art
made 4000 years ago to works created this century, taking in
plenty of treasures in between.
July 30 MADRID boasts the world-famous Prado
Museum but has many other treats for the art lover to enjoy in the
city and its environs. We'll visit 5 museums and a few other
special places. Registration
is required
Residents can register on
line when program is listed on calendar
Non-residents may register one week before the class
America's
art tells America's story - the optimism, struggles, humor and pain. We'll explore how people from the
earliest inhabitants to today have pictured the history and landscape of
the country reflecting its ideas and ideals.
The images will range from realistic paintings of John Singleton Copley
to modern abstractions by Jackson Pollock; from the innocent America
captured by Norman Rockwell in his early work to the struggles of black
Americans seen in his late paintings and those of black artists like
Jacob Lawrence; and from inspiring views of unspoiled country by Thomas
Cole to the lonely cities of Edward Hopper.
These artists, and others whose work we'll see, help build our picture of
America.
Dine
and Discover Program
Open
to adults
50 and better
Non-residents welcome for same $8 lunch fee if they pay annual
fee $20
Information in Spring/Summer
Activities Guide or call 248 473-1830
Registration required
What
We Carry, a group show by the Jewish Artist Collective: Chicago is
on display in the
Janice Charach Gallery Sunday June 3 through Thursday July 12,
2018. This presentation will be given in the gallery surrounded by the
actual art. We will explore the ideas of the collective as well as talk
about the individual artists and the works on display.
Information
at https://www.jccdet.org/adults/the-active-life/
or contact Rosa Chessler at 248 432-5467 or rchessler@jccdet.org
Each
class looks at the best art to be seen in public places and
museums, some well-known, others less so. The
lavishly illustrated talks are enjoyable whether you are looking for ideas for a
future visit, want to remember past joys, or just wish to sample
the best art the world has to offer. July
18 LONDON This updates an earlier talk to
include art and architecture from my most recent visit as well as a new
selection of the art I loved growing up among the top museums and less
well known collections in and around the city.
July 26 VIENNA A city that is as great for
art lovers as for music lovers. We'll explore its architectural
highlights and visit museums including the world-renowned
Kunsthistoriches Museum, the Albertina for its unparalleled collection
of prints and drawings, the Leopold Museum for Austrian art and design,
the MUMOK for modern art, the Belvedere Palace, and the unusual Museum
of Fakes. Register
for one or both classes on
line or call 248 644-5832
(fee supports the educational mission of the Community House)
MADRID boasts the world-famous Prado
Museum but has many other treats for the art lover to enjoy in the
city and its environs. We'll visit 5 museums and a few other
special places. Registration
is required
Residents can register on
line when program is listed on calendar
Non-residents may register one week before the class
Art
in the 1600s moved from the classical calm of the Renaissance to
an art of high drama.
You don't like Baroque art? I challenge you to look with me at paintings and sculpture by great masters
from Caravaggio and Bernini to Rubens and Rembrandt. Then tell me
whether you agree that this is art at its most exciting, accomplished and
exuberant.
Information
at https://www.jccdet.org/adults/the-active-life/
or contact Rosa Chessler at 248 432-5467 or rchessler@jccdet.org
This
series explores the changes in art as thinkers and artists moved
from a focus on the soul and the spiritual world to an interest in
people and the physical world which led in turn to an interest in
the ideas and ideals of ancient Greece and Rome. We’ll
suggest reasons for these changes and look in depth at the artists
who made the developments that remain at the core of Western art
for centuries.
Sept 6: Waking to the World traces the
development of a naturalistic art instead of the medieval art
which typically copied images from earlier sources, the beginning
of artistic interest in humans and their emotions, and the impact
of sculpture and architecture that survived from ancient Greece
and Rome.
Sept 13: The Flowering of the Renaissance picks up the
story as artists who have mastered the mechanics of illusionistic
art and the humanistic ideas of ancient Greece turn to using art
as an instrument to involve the viewer intellectually and
emotionally as well as aesthetically.
Sept 20: More Change looks at the less philosophical, more
sensual approach of Venetian artists and at how artists in other
parts of Italy responded to the challenge of making art after the
ideas and ideals mastered earlier.
Register
for the series or for any class on
line or call 248 644-5832
(fee supports the educational mission of the Community House)
Sept
12: Picturing America America's art tells America's
story. From the earliest inhabitants to today, artists pictured
the people, history, and landscape of the country in works that
reflect its ideas and ideals. We'll explore a variety of art
that helped build our story, some highly realistic, some
abstract, some showing our struggles and troubles, but most
celebrating our strengths and successes.
Sept 16: Skins, Skeins, and Stitches There is
evidence of weaving back in the Stone Age. Since then we have
wrapped ourselves in textiles, walked on carpets, decorated with
embroidery and tapestry. Long dismissed as mere craft, skills in
traditional fabric making and decorating have now been embraced
as art by art historians and adopted by artists as appropriate
ways to create art, to express ideas, or to tell stories. We'll
look at a range of examples over time and across continents.
Sept 26: Norman Rockwell: America's Storyteller No
one has captured American life more vividly than Norman
Rockwell. This illustrated presentation discusses Rockwell's art
and his storytelling ability while exploring several of his best
covers for the Saturday Evening Post as well as a
selection of other work from his long and productive career. Immersion
Series
Information at 248 625-8231 or
www.indetwp.com/18%20WS%20Senior%20Community%20Center.pdf
Fee $10 per class for members, $12 non member
All three classes $25 for members, $31 for non members
I
am scheduled to talk also to the following private groups over
this period:- All Seasons of Birmingham and of West Bloomfield;
Birmingham Senior Women, Franklin Hills Country Club,
Franklin Hills Garden Club, IPV enrichment group, the Novi Historical Association, and
Samaritas.
I give talks in private homes. If you
are interested in a talk for a private or public group contact me.
To receive regular e-mail updates listing currently-scheduled lectures, tours,
and other
offerings contact wendyevans@art-talks.org
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