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TALKS
GIVEN AT MAJOR INSTITUTIONS
(see
BIO for employment
history including full semester college classes)
Adult
Learning Institute, Oakland Community College, Farmington Hills, MI
48334
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2021 |
The Passionate Art of
Vincent van Gogh
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|
2020 |
Tricks and Treats in Art
Detroit Institute of Arts: Asian Collection
|
|
2019 |
How
to see with the Eyes of an Artist
Golden Age of Dutch Art
|
|
2018 |
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Women in Art
|
|
2017 |
Detroit Architecture: Old and New
Art Controversies: Old and New
|
|
2016 |
The
Art of Flowers
British
Accents
|
|
2015 |
The
Three Ms who Changed French Art: Manet, Monet and Matisse
Picturing America
|
|
2014 |
Downton Abbey and other
Treasure Houses of Britain
Art
in the City - Madrid
Art
in the City - London
|
|
2013 |
Expressionism:
The Assertive Art - 3 part series
Saints
and Sinners
|
|
2012 |
Picturing America
Magical Multiples - The
Art of the Print
|
|
2011 |
Art
in the City - Chicago
|
|
2010 |
Century of Change:
Art and Ideas in Eighteenth-Century France
Art
in the Third Reich
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|
2009 |
Impressionism: The Art of Seeing
Art Controversies: Old and New
|
|
2008 |
Diego
Rivera and his Murals
Monet
to Dali
|
|
2007 |
Painters
of Urban Life: The Ashcan School
|
|
2006 |
Triumph
and Tragedy: Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin
English
Accents
|
|
2005 |
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Speakers Forum Lecture |
|
2003 |
The
Magnificent Medici -
series of 4 Speakers Forum Lectures
Seeing
Red - Speakers
Forum Lecture |
|
2002 |
A
Dance around Degas - series
of 4 Speakers Forum Lectures |
|
2001 |
Seeing
More in Art - series
of 4 Speakers Forum Lectures |
|
2000 |
Renaissance
and Baroque Art - series
of 2 Speakers Forum Lectures |
All
Seasons, Birmingham
|
2021 |
Art
Controversies, Old and New
Art, Life, Passion: Georgia O'Keeffe and Arthur Stieglitz
|
|
2020 |
The
Passionate Art of Vincent van Gogh
The Good,
the Bad, and the Ugly: Women in Art
Picturing
America
Art for
Today: PowerPoint 3
Art for
Today: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
Art
for Today PowerPoint 2
Art
for Today PowerPoint
Britsh
Accents
The
Detroit Institute of Arts: Asian Collection
|
|
2019 |
From
Mud to Magic: Ceramics through the Ages
Ben
Shahn: Art of Protest
The
British Royals
Amalfi Coast of Italy for Art Lovers
Impressionism
and Post-Impressionism
Revisiting
Rembrandt
Henri
Matisse: The Art of Harmony
The
Mesmerizing Art of Northern Europe
Georgia
O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
|
|
2018 |
Saints
and Sinners
The
Saarinens: A Designing Family
Tricks
and Treats in Art
The
Sensational 17th Century
The
DIA: American Collection
The
Art of Garden Design
Experiencing
the Spiritual through Art
The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Mesopotamia
- Cradle of Civilization
|
|
2017 |
Claude
Monet and Frederic Edwin Church
Skins,
Skeins, and Stitches: Fabric Art through the Ages
American
Impressionism
The
DIA: Modern and Contemporary Collection
Detroit
Architecture: Sacred Spaces
Norman
Rockwell: America's Storyteller
Art
Controversies: Old and New
The
Detroit Institute of Arts: The European Collection
Frida
Kahlo and Diego Rivera: A Passionate Couple
Washington
DC: City for Art Lovers
|
|
2016 |
The
Art of Flowers
The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Women in Art
New
No Longer: The Shocking Art of the 20th Century
Detroit
Architecture: Old and New
Picturing
America
Looking
at Art with the Eyes of an Artist
Annie
Leibovitz: Capturing Celebrity
The
Real Downton Abbey and Other Treasure Houses of Britain
Chicago:
City for Art Lovers
|
|
2015 |
London:
City for Art Lovers
The
DIA: Rise of a Cultural Treasure
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All
Seasons, Rochester
|
2021 |
The
Saarinens: A Designing Family
|
|
2020 |
Feasting
on Art
Tricks
and Treats in Art
The Passionate
Art of Vincent van Gogh
German
Art in the 1500s
Art for
Today: PowerPoint 3
Art for
Today: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
Art
for Today PowerPoint 2
Art
for Today PowerPoint
|
|
2018 |
Marc
Chagall: Fairy Tales, Passion, and Wonder |
|
2015 |
London:
City for Art Lovers |
All
Seasons, West Bloomfield
|
2024 |
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly: Women in Art
Tricks and Treats in Art
Frida Kahlo: A Life of Pain, Passion, and Art
State Hermitage Museum: Saint Petersburg
Art Institute of Chicago
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2023 |
Annie Leibovitz: Capturing Celebrity
New York for Art Lovers 2 (MoMA, Neue Galerie, Solomon S Guggenheim, and Whitney
Museum of American Art )
New York: City for Art Lovers (Met and Frick Museums)
Michelangelo:Genius at Work
Norman
Rockwell: America's Storyteller
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|
2022 |
Downton
Abbey and Other Stately Homes of Britain
The
British Royals
|
|
2021 |
Art of
Flowers
Art Controversies: Old and New
Skins, Skeins, and Stitches: Fabric Art through the Ages
Feasting
on Art
|
|
2020 |
The
Passionate Art of Vincent van Gogh
Art for
Today: PowerPoint 3
Art for
Today: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
Art for Today PowerPoints
(during Covid)
British
Accents
The
Detroit Institute of Arts: Asian Collection
|
|
2019 |
Vive
la France! Vive la Revolution!
The
Amalfi Coast of Italy for Art
Lovers
Art
of Ancient Greece
|
|
2018 |
Illustrations
in Books for Children
Tricks
and Treats in Art
Marc
Chagall: Fairy Tales, Passion, and Wonder
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Women in Art
|
|
2017 |
Norman
Rockwell: America's Storyteller
Experiencing
the Spiritual through Art
American
Impressionism
Looking
at Art with the Eyes of an Artist
|
|
2016 |
Picturing
America
The
Art of Flowers
Art
in the Third Reich
Detroit
Architecture: Old and New
Annie
Leibovitz: Capturing Celebrity
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|
2015 |
Impressionism:
The Art of Seeing - 3 sessions |
|
2013 |
Treasure Houses of England |
Alliance
Francaise de Grosse Pointe
|
2024 |
Artist
Selfies: Portraits from Paris
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2020 |
Art
Controversies: Old and New
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|
2014 |
Century
of Change: Art and Ideas of 18th Century France
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|
2010 |
Vive la France! Vive la Revolution!
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American
Association of University Women: Birmingham Branch
|
2016 |
The
Real Downton Abbey and Other Treasure Houses of Britain
|
|
2013 |
The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Women in Art
|
|
2012 |
American
Impressionists
|
|
2010 |
Artists
of the 1950s: Abstract Expressionists
Ashcan
Artists
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American
Association of University Women: Northville
|
2016 |
The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Women in Art
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American
Association of University Women: Rochester
|
2017 |
The
Real Downton Abbey and Other Treasure Houses of Britain
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Anhui
Sanlian University, Hefei, Anhui Province, China
|
2012 |
American
Art Tells America's Story
 
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Ann
Arbor Fiber Arts Guild
|
2018 |
Skins, Skeins, and Stitches: Fabric
Art through the Ages |
Anthology
of Novi
Art History Zoom
Series
|
2023
2024
2025 |
00-Introduction
01 Art Before History
02 Ancient Middle East
03 Ancient Middle East part 2
04 From Mud to Magic: A Potted History of Ceramics
05, 06 Egypt:Art for Life and Death
07 Aegaean Art: Form and Figure
08 Ancient Greece: Competition and Change
09 Ancient Greece (part 2)
10 Greece (part 3); Etruscans (part 1)
11 Etruscans (part 2); Rome (part 1): Pompeii
12 Rome (part2): Engineering an Empire
13 History of Glass
14 Rome (part 3): From Perceptual to Conceptual
15 Christian Art in the Roman Empire
16 Art in Constantinople and Ravenna
17 Tricks and Treats in Art
18 Art in the Islamic World part 1
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Baldwin
Public Library, Birmingham
|
2019 |
Art
of the Italian Renaissance
Looking
at Art: How to See with the Eyes of an Artist
|
|
2016 |
Capturing
Celebrity: Annie Leibovitz
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Birmingham
Area Panhellenic Alumnae Association
|
2014 |
Picturing
America
|
|
2013 |
The
Good, The Bad and the Ugly: Women in Art
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Birmingham Bloomfield Art
Center
|
2009 |
Art
in the City - LONDON
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Women in Art
Art Controversies: Old and New
Diego Rivera and his Murals
|
|
2008 |
Monet to Dali
Painters of Urban Life: The Ashcan School
Vive la France! Vive la Revolution!
|
|
2007 |
Happy
Birthday Rembrandt!
|
|
2006 |
Magical
Multiples - 3 part series of 1 1/2 hour classes
Annie Leibovitz: Capturing Celebrity
|
|
2005 |
Triumph
and Tragedy: Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin
Seeing Red: Color in Art
Sensuous Poetry: Art of 16th Century Venice
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|
2004 |
From
the Salon to the Saloon: The Revolution against Tradition - 5
lecture series
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Birmingham
Community House
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2022
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Women
Artist Series: Artemisia Gentileschi and other Italian women of
her time; Bertha Morisot and other artists painting in France in
the late 1800s- 2 two-hour Zoom
classes
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2021
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Artist
Great Museum Series, Just a Drive Away: Cleveland Museum of Art,
Art Institute of Chicago, Cincinnati Art Museum - 3 two-hour Zoom
and In Person
classes
Artist
Selfies - 3 two-hour Zoom
classes
Great Museums: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston;
Galeria Borghese, Rome; Museum of Modern Art, New York - 3 two-hour Zoom
classes |
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2020
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Great
Museums: State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; Toledo Museum of
Art, Toledo, OH; Gemaldegalerie, Berlin - 3 two-hour Zoom
classes
Great Museums: Musee de Louvre, Paris;
Phillips Collection, Washington, DC; Tate Britain, Modern,
Liverpool, and S Ives -3 two-hour Zoom classes
Great
Museums: The Barnes, Philadelphia; Vatican Museums, Rome;
National Gallery London - 3 two-hour Zoom classes
Era of Impressionism
Art and Architecture in Europe and America
1870-1900 - 3 two-hour classes and optional DIA tour
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2019
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Great
Museum Series: The Art Institute of Chicago, Museo del Prado, and
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna - 3 two-hour classes
Art
before Impressionism: Art and Architecture in Europe and America
1800-1870 - 3 two-hour classes and optional DIA tour
Art
and Ideas in 18th Century France - 3 two-hour classes and
optional DIA tour
Art
in the 17th Century - 3 two-hour classes
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2018
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The
Italian Renaissance - 3 two-hour classes
Cities
for Art Lovers: London, Vienna - 2 two-hour
classes
Cities
for Art Lovers: Boston, Paris - 2 two-hour
classes
Great
Museums Series: The British Museum London; National Gallery of
Art, Washington, DC; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam - series of 3 2-hour classes
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2017
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Architecture
Old and New: Detroit and Chicago - series of 2 2-hour classes Great
Museums Series: The Musee d'Orsay, Paris; Metropolitan Museum, NY;
Uffizi Gallery, Florence - series of 3 2-hour classes
Telling
a Story: The Art of Illustration - 3 part series of 2
hour classes
Introduction to Illustration; Norman Rockwell: America's
Storyteller; Children's Book Illustrations
The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Women in Art - 3 part series of 2
hour classes How male artists over the centuries have portrayed
women; The sturggle of women to become artists from 15th though
19th centuries; Twentieth century women artists get to speak for
themselves
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2016
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Architecture in Detroit and Beyond - 3 part
series: Architecture in Detroit, Detroit churches, Albert Kahn
Art in Times of Conflict: The
Reformation and Counter-Reformation
Art
and Ideas of the Ancient World - 4 week series: Mesopotamia,
Egypt, Greece, Rome
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|
2015 |
Cities
for Art Lovers: London, Chicago, Madrid, Toledo - 4 two-hour
classes
The
Detroit Institute of Arts - 3
week series: History of the DIA, The European Collection, The
American Collection
Frida
Kahlo and Diego Rivera - tied to exhibition at DIA
The
Golden Age of Dutch Art - 3
week series
|
|
2014 |
Magical
Multiples: The Art of the Print - 3
week series
Capital Cities for Art Lovers: Washington DC, Berlin, Rome - 3
week series
Art
and Controversy through the Ages - 3
week series of 2-hour classes
Life,
Art, Passion: Artist Couples - 3
week series of 2-hour classes
|
|
2013 |
New
No Longer: The Shocking Art of the 20th Century - 3 part
series
Stars
of the Seventeenth Century: Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Bernini - 3
week series
Expressionism:
The Assertive Art - series of 3 weekly 2-hour classes
British
Accents - series of 3 weekly 2-hour classes
|
|
2012 |
Devotion,
Detail, and Discovery: The Mesmerizing Art of Northern Europe -
3 week
Diego Rivera and his Murals
Picturing
America - series of 3 weekly 2-hour classes
|
|
2011 |
The
3 Ms who Changed French Art: Manet, Monet and Matisse - 3 classes
Post-Impressionism:
French Art 1886-1905 - 3 class series
Art
in the City - CHICAGO
Impressionism:
The Art of Seeing - series of 3 weekly classes
|
|
2010 |
Titans
of the Renaissance - Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael
- 3 weeks
Magical
Multiples
- series of 3
weekly 2-hour classes
Art
in the City - LONDON
Art in the City - MADRID
|
|
2009 |
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Women in Art
- 3 class
series
|
Birmingham
Next
|
2024 |
Annie Leibovitz:
Capturing Celebrity
Picturing
America
|
|
2023 |
Vienna:
City for Art Lovers
Art, Life,
Passion: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
Norman
Rockwell: America's Storyteller
|
|
2022 |
Great
Museum Series: Uffizi, Florence
Great
Museum Series, Vatican Museums
|
|
2018 |
Tricks
and Treats in Art
|
|
2017 |
The
Saarinens: A Designing Family
|
|
2016 |
Detroit
Architecture: Old and New
|
|
2015 |
Downton Abbey and other
Treasure Houses of Britain
|
Birmingham PEO Chapter DD
|
2024 |
Norman Rockwell: America's Storyteller |
|
2018 |
Picturing America
Impressionism with Monet: Framing Life |
Birmingham
Unitarian Church
|
2014 |
Experiencing the Spiritual through
Art - Sunday homily |
Bloomfield
Hills Senior Center
|
2024 |
The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
|
2016 |
Art and Ideas of
the Ancient World
The Real Downton
Abbey and Other Stately Homes of Britain |
|
2015 |
Magical
Multiples: The Art of the Print |
Bloomfield
Township Public Library
|
2018 |
MADRID
- City for
Art Lovers
BERLIN
- City for
Art Lovers
|
|
2017 |
The
Art of Flowers |
Cedarbrook
Senior Living of Bloomfield Hills
|
2023 |
From Mud
to Magic: Ceramics through the Ages
London:
City for Art Lovers |
|
2022 |
The
British Royals |
|
2021 |
Picturing
America
The Art of Flowers
The Passionate Art of Vincent Van Gogh
Skins, Skeins, and Stitches: Fabric Art through the Ages
The Saarinens: A Designing Family |
|
2020 |
Feasting
on Art
Tricks and Treats in Art
The Passionate Art of Vincent van
Gogh |
|
2017 |
Detroit
Architecture: Sacred Spaces |
|
2016 |
Detroit
Architecture: Old and New |
Charlevoix
Public Library, Charlevoix, MI
|
2007 |
Vive
la France! Vive la Revolution! - first
annual Heise Lecture |
Clarkston
Garden Club
|
2023 |
The Art
of Garden Design
|
Clawson
Senior Center
|
2012 |
Impressionism
Reawaken
to the Renaissance
How
to Look at Art
|
Community
House Women's Club
|
2019 |
The
Macabre and the Magical: Art Tricks and Treats |
|
2018 |
Norman
Rockwell: America's Storyteller |
Country
Club of Detroit - Junior League Sustainers
|
2023 |
The
British Royals |
|
2017 |
Annie Leibovitz:
Capturing Celebrity |
|
2016 |
The Art of
Flowers |
|
2015 |
The Real Downton
Abbey and other Treasure Houses of Britain |
Crooked
Tree Art Center Petosky, MI
|
2009 |
An
American Century: Art from the Collection of Jane and Richard
Manoogian
|
|
2006 |
Precedents
to Plein Air: Nature Naturally - Coffee
at Ten Program
|
Deeeplands
Garden Club
Detroit
Institute of Arts
|
2019
|
The Detroit Institute of Arts: Rise of a
Cultural Treasure - to DIA
Gallery Information volunteers
Series
of 2-hour enrichments on Early Renaissance in Italy and
Northern Europe, Italy in the 1400s, Italy in the 1500s,
Northern Europe in 1500s, Italy in the 1600s, Spain, Flanders,
and the Dutch Republic in the 1600s, Europe and America in
the 1700s, Europe and America in the 1800s - for IPV volunteers (continued for public in 2020 as
Wendy's Art History Zoom Talks) |
|
2018
|
Series
of 6 four 2-hour classes on Ancient Middle East, Egypt, Greece,
Rome, Byzantine and Early Medieval, Romanesque and Gothic,
- peer to peer enrichment for IPV volunteers
|
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2016
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Women in Art - to DIA
Gallery Information volunteers
|
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2015
|
Rise
of a Cultural Treasure: A History of the DIA - to DIA Museum
Shop volunteers
|
|
2013
|
Rise
of a Cultural Treasure: A History of the DIA - lecture for
DIA volunteers
|
|
2012
|
Lecture
series
on Ancient Middle East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome
|
|
2011
|
Rise
of a Cultural Treasure: A History of the DIA - lecture for
DIA IP volunteers
Art
in the 3rd Reich - lecture for Information Program Volunteer
Associates
|
|
2008
|
European
Art of the 18th Century
|
|
2007
|
Lecture
series
on Ancient Middle East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome
European
Art of the 18th Century
|
|
2006
|
Lectures
on Ancient Middle East, Egypt, Greece, and Rome
|
|
2003-2006
|
Instructor
for History of Art Course, Paleolithic through 20th Century
|
|
2002
|
Sense
and Sensibility: The Enlightenment, Neoclassicism and
Romanticism, 1740-1850
|
|
2001
|
Early
20th Century Art
|
|
2000-2001
|
Lectures
on Baroque and Rococo Art
|
|
1994-2000
|
Instructor
for History of Art
Course, Paleolithic through 20th Century
|
Downriver
Council for the Arts
|
2017 |
Detroit
Architecture: Old and New
|
Elderwise, Ann Arbor
|
2024
|
Diego Rivera and his Murals
History of the Detroit Institute of Art: Detroit's
Cultural Treasure House - 3 two-hour classes
|
|
2023
|
Stars of the 17th Century - 3 two-hour classes:
1. Caravaggio, 2. Bernini, 3. Rembrandt
Picturing America - 3 two-hour classes
Leonardo da Vinci: Father of the Renaissance
Michelangelo: Genius at Work
Raphael: The Great Synthesizer
|
|
2022
|
The Post-Impressionists - 3 two-hour classes
|
|
2021 |
Art
Controversies: Old and New - 3 two-hour classes |
Eleanor Roosevelt Hadassah
|
2021 |
Above Rubies:
Jewish Women Artists |
Farmington
Area Association of Retired School Personel
|
2018
|
The
Art of Flowers
|
|
2017
|
The
Good, the Band and the Ugly: Women in Art
|
Farmington
Art Foundation
|
2024 |
Frank
Gehry: Big Ideas and Big Fish
Annie
Leibovitz: Capturing Celebrity
The British Royals
Life, Art,
Passion: Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel |
|
2023 |
Tricks
and Treats of Art
Museo del
Prado, Madrid
State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg |
|
2020 |
Art,
Life, and Passion: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
From Mud
to Magic: Ceramics through the Ages
|
|
2019 |
Norman
Rockwell: America's Storyteller
|
|
2018 |
The
Saarinens: A Designing Family
Marc
Chagall: Fairy Takes, Passion, and Wonder
|
|
2017 |
Albert
Kahn: Factories, Temples, and More |
|
2016 |
Magical
Multiples: The Art of the Print
|
|
2015 |
Life,
Art, Passion: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
The
Sensational Seventeeth Century: Baroque Art
|
Farmington
Garden Club
Farmington Hills
Embroidery Guild of America
|
2015 |
Skins, Skeins,
and Stitches : Fabric Art through the Ages
|
Farmington Hills
Senior Services
|
2024 |
Annie Leibovitz: Capturing Celebrity
Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio - Dine and Discover |
|
2023 |
Norman Rockwell: America's Storyteller
Vienna: City for Art Lovers - Dine and Discover |
|
2022 |
Vincent van Gogh: Painter of Passion - Dine and Discover
How to Look at Art with the Eyes of an Artist - Dine and Discover program
|
|
2021 |
Tricks and Treats in Art - Dine and Discover program
|
|
2019 |
The Saarinens: A Designing Family
Monet to Dali: The Birth of the Modern - Dine and Discover program
|
|
2018 |
Saints
and Sinners - Dine and Discover, Longacre House
Picturing
America - Dine and Discover
Art
Controversies through the Ages - Dine and Discover
The
Royals - Mother's day banquet
Diego
Rivera and His Murals - Dine and Discover program
|
|
2017 |
Albert
Kahn: Detroit's Architect: Temples, Factories and More
The
Real Downton Abbey and other Treasure Houses of Britain Flowers
in Art
Detroit
Architecture: Old and New
|
Fox
Run, Novi
|
2024 |
Picturing
America -Center for Continuous Learning (CCL)
|
|
2023 |
L'Chaim:
An Introduction to Jewish Artists - Committee for Inclusion
and Diversity with CCL sponsorship
|
|
2022 |
How to
Look at Art with the Eyes of an Artist - Center for
Continuous Learning (CCL)
|
|
2019 |
Impressionism
and Post-Impressionism - Y.O.U.(Your Own University)
|
|
2018 |
Expressionism:
The Assertive Art -Center for Continuous Learning
|
|
2017 |
Detroit
Architecture: Sacred Spaces -Center for Continuous Learning
Annie
Leibovitz: Capturing Celebrity
- Y.O.U. (Your Own University)
|
|
2016 |
Marc
Chagall: Fairy Tales, Passion, and Wonder
-
Center for Continuous Learning
|
|
2015 |
Art in the City: London -
Center for Continuous Learning
Growth
of a Cultural Treasure: History of the Detroit Institute of Arts
-
Eve Boicourt Commemorative Lecture, Center for Continuous Learning
|
|
2014 |
L'Chaim:
Jewish Artists - Shalom Group
Art
Controversies Through the Ages -
3 week series of 1 1/2 hour classes
|
|
2013 |
Picturing
America - Center for Continuous Learning program
|
|
2012 |
Diego
Rivera's Murals in Mexico, Detroit and New York
|
|
2011 |
Diego
Rivera: The "Detroit Industry" Murals
Life,
Art, Passion: Artist Couples - 3 part series
|
|
2009 |
The
New Detroit Institute of Arts
|
|
2007 |
Art
of the 20th Century - 3 part series of 1 1/2 hour classes
How
to Look at Art
|
Franklin
Garden Club
|
2022 |
Flowers in Art |
|
2018 |
The Art of Garden
Design
Flowers in Art |
Franklin
Hills Country Club (The Cultural Season)
|
2019 |
Art, Life, and
Passion: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Sieglitz |
|
2018 |
Art
Controversies Old
and New |
|
2017 |
Ben Shahn: Artist
and Activist |
|
2016 |
Annie Leibovitz:
Capturing Celebrity |
|
2015 |
Life, Art,
Passion: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera |
|
2014 |
The Barnes Collection: An Extraordinary Museum |
|
2013 |
Treasure Houses of England |
|
2012 |
Art in the City: Chicago
|
Historical Society
of Livonia
|
2023
|
Norman Rockwell: America's Stroyteller
|
Historical Society
of Michigan
|
2021
|
Sacred Spaces: The Churches of Detroit -
History Hounds Zoom
|
|
2020
|
Style and Structure: The Architecture of Detroit -
History Hounds
|
|
2018 |
Style and
Structure: The Architecture of Detroit - 60th Annual
Michigan in Focus conference
|
Holocaust
Memorial Center, Farmington Hills
|
2011 |
The Third Reich and
Degenerate Art
|
Holy Name
Middle School
|
2024 |
Tricks
and
Treats in Art
|
Huntington
Woods Public Library
|
2021 |
How Could the Holocaust
Happen? (Zoom) |
|
2020 |
Monet to Dali: The Birth of Modern
Art |
Huntington Woods
Study Group
|
2023 |
The Good,
the Bad, and the Ugly: Women in Art |
IBEX,
Grosse Pointe
|
2019 |
Life,
Love, Art: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
|
Independence
Township, Parks,
Recreation, and Seniors
|
2019 |
The
British Royals |
|
2018 |
Skins,
Skeins, and Stitches
Picturing
America
The
Architecture of
Detroit and Beyond - 3 week Immersion Series |
Institute
for Retired Professionals, Jewish Community Center
|
2013 |
How
to look at Art with the Eyes of an Artist
|
|
2009 |
The
Detroit Institute of Arts - Let Yourself Go
|
|
2007 |
Happy
Birthday Rembrandt!
|
|
2006 |
Triumph
and Tragedy: Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin - Inaugural
lecture for Spring Mini Series sponsored by Maida Portnoy |
Janice
Charach Gallery, Jewish
Community Center
| 2019 |
Origins
exhibition for 60th Anniversary of Jewish Historical Society
of Michigan
|
|
2018 |
Jewish Artists Collective Chicago - What We Carry
|
|
2017 |
Stitching
Stories
|
Jewish
Community Center of Ann Arbor
|
2023
|
Frank Gehry:Big Ideas and Big Fish |
|
2021
|
Art, Life, Passion: Georgia O'Keeffe and
Alfred Stieglitz |
|
2020
|
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Women in Art
Louvre Museum, Paris
How
to Look at Art with the Eyes of an Artist
|
JCC now The J Detroit -
Ageless & Active
|
2024 |
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
The DIA with a Jewish Twist: Part 1
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Women in Art
Reflections in White
Frida Kahlo: A Life of Pain, Passion, and Art
Chasing Art: Works Stolen by the Nazis
London: City for Art Lovers
Daniel Libeskind:
Architect of Memory
Picturing America
Above Rubies: Jewish Women Artists
Chicago
Institute of Arts
Diego Rivera and his Murals
|
|
2023 |
Artists
and Israel
The Art
of Flowers
Norman Rockwell : America's Storyteller
Frank Gehry: Big Dreams and Big Fish
|
|
2020 |
Triumph
and Tragedy: The Art of Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel
Jewish
Museum of New York
|
|
2019 |
From
Mud to Magic: Ceramics through the Ages
The
Manoogian Collection
The
Jewish Spiritual Heritage
British
Royals
Vienna
- City
for Art Lovers
Impressionism
and Post-Impressionism
L'Chaim: Jewish Artists (2 for Hashoah)
Henri
Matisse; The Art of Harmony
The
Mesmerizing Art of Northern Europe
Love,
Life, Art: Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz
|
|
2018 |
Saints
and Sinners
The
Saarinens: A Designing Family
Tricks
and Treats in Art
The
Spectacular Seventeenth Century
Gardens
in Art
The Jewish Spiritual Heritage
Expressionism:
The Assertive Art
The
Metropolitan Museum, New York
Claude
Monet: The Impressionist Art of Seeing
|
|
2017 |
Children's
Book Illustrations
The
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
The
Golden Age of Dutch Art
Detroit Institute of Arts: The American Collection
Washington DC:
City for Art Lovers
Art Controversies: Old and New
Art as Propaganda
in Nazi Germany
The Detroit Institute of Arts:
European Collection
Marc
Chagall: Fairy Tales, Passion, and Wonder
Detroit
Architecture: Old and New
|
|
2016 |
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Women in Art
The
Detroit Institute of Arts: Rise of a Cultural Treasure
Ben
Shahn: Artist and Activist
Mesopotamia:
Cradle of Civilization -
Active Adults
How
to Look at Art with the Eyes of an Artist -
Active Adults
Annie
Leibovitz: Capturing Celebrity -
Active Adults
Albert
Kahn: Temples, Factories, and More -
Active Adults
Albert
C. Barnes: Art Collector Extraordinaire -
Active Adults
Chicago:
City for Art Lovers -
Active Adults
|
|
2015 |
London:
City for Art Lovers -
Active Adults
The
Art of Flowers -
Active Adults
Marc
Chagall and the Jewish School of Paris -
Active Adults
Rembrandt
and the Jews of Amsterdam -
Active Adults
Post-Impressionism:
Art in late 19th century France -
Active Adults
Above
Rubies: Jewish Women Artists
- Active
Adults
Life,
Art, Passion: Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera
- Active
Adults
Magical
Multiples: The Art of the Print -
Active Adults at West Bloomfield
|
|
2014 |
Impressionism:
The Art of Seeing -
Active Adults at West Bloomfield
Picturing
America -
Active Adults at West Bloomfield and Oak Park
L'Chaim: Jewish Artists
- Active
Adults
Diego Rivera and his Murals
- Active
Adults
English
Accents - Active
Adults
The
Real Downton Abbey and other Treasure Houses of Britain - Active
Adults
|
|
2013 |
How
to Look at Art with the Eyes of an Artist - Active
Adult Program
|
|
2009 |
The
Nazi Use of Art as Propaganda - Stephen Gottlieb Festival of
the Arts lecture presented by the Holocaust Memorial Center
|
JLearn
|
2023 |
Checking Off the List: Israeli Art at 75! - 3 week series of
1.5 hour classes
|
|
2022 |
On Display: DIA Art with a Jewish Twist - 3 week series of
1.5 hour classes
Chasing Art: Stolen Works from the Holocaust - 3 week
series, 1 1/2 hours each on Zoom |
|
2021 |
A Range of Visions: More Jewish Artists - 3 week
series, 1 1/2 hours each on Zoom
A Picture is worth 1000 words: Jewish Photographers Series of 3 Zoom classes, each 1 1/2 hrs |
|
2020 |
Jewish Architects: Frank Gehry, Moshe Safdie, Daniel
Libeskind - Series of 3 Zoom classes, each 1 1/2 hrs
A
Private Tour of the Jewish Museum, New York - series of
3 1 1/2 hour Zoom classes
Beauty
and Brutality: Art from the Holocaust - series of
three 1 1/2 hour classes |
|
2019 |
Our
Jewish Spiritual Heritage - Series of four 1 1/2 hour
classes
More
Jewish Art and Soul - Series of four 1 1/2 hour classes:
Marc Chagall and the Jewish School of Paris
Art as Propaganda in the Third Reich
The Fabric of Survival: The Story of Esther Krivitz
The Chicago Jewish Artists Collective |
|
2018 |
The
Jewish Art and Soul - Series of six 1 1/2 hour classes:
L'Chaim:
Introduction to Jewish Art
Above Rubies: Jewish Women Artists
Marc Chagall: Fairy Tales, Passion, and Wonder
Ben Shahn:
Artist and Activist
Albert Kahn: Temples, Factories, and More
Annie Leibovitz: Capturing Celebrity |
Jewish
Historial Society of Michigan
|
2020 |
Worth
above Rubies: Jewish Women Artists with focus on Michigan
connections
Detroit
Architecture with focus on Jewish connections
Detroit
Origins JHSM 60th anniversary talk in Janice Charach gallery
Old
Detroit Arthitectur: Old and New - Zoom lecture Above
Rubies - Zoom lecture |
Junior
League of Detroit
|
2023 |
The
British Royals |
|
2021 |
The
Art of Garden Design |
|
2018 |
The
Art of Flowers |
|
2016 |
The
Real Downton Abbey and other Treasure Houses of Britain |
Kendal
at Oberlin, Ohio
|
2023 |
Vienna: City for Art Lovers |
|
2018
|
Norman Rockwell: America's Story Teller
|
Kirk
in the Hills Seniors
|
2024 |
The Real
Downton Abbey and other British Stately Homes |
|
2021 |
Tricks
and Treat in Art |
Knollwood
Country Club
Lakeshore
Garden Club,
Lexington
Limmud
Michigan
|
2024 |
Daniel Libeskind: Architect of Memory
|
|
2020 |
Beauty and Brutality: Art from the
Holocaust
|
|
2018 |
Above
Rubies: Jewish Women Artists
|
|
2017 |
The
Nazi Use of Art as Propaganda
|
Livonia
Public Library
|
2023 |
Tricks
and Treats of Art
Picturing America
|
|
2019 |
Ben
Shahn: Artist and Activist - for Friends of the Library |
Macomb
Center for the Performing Arts
|
2015 |
The
Real Downton Abbey -preview party presentation |
Macomb
Community College - Macomb Multinational International Initiatives
|
2016 |
Mesopotamia:
Cradle of Civilization The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:Women in Art |
Madonna
University Continuing Education
|
2011 |
Diego
Rivera and his Murals A
Tribute to Georgia O'Keeffe Triumph
and Tragedy: The Art of Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel |
Master
Gardener Association of
Wayne County
|
2024
|
The Art of Flowers
|
|
2022
|
The Art of Garden Design
|
Meadowbrook
Women
|
2016 |
Frida
Kahlo: A Life of Pain, Passion and Art |
Millford
Village Fine Arts Association/SHAC
|
2018 |
Tricks
and Treats in Art |
MORE
Macomb see SOAR Macomb now MORE
National
Council of Jewish Women, Greater Detroit Section
|
2019 |
Annie Leibowitz: Capturing Celebrity
|
|
2016 |
Above
Rubies: Jewish Women Artists
|
|
2014 |
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:
Women in Art
|
Needlework
and Textile Guild of Michigan
|
2018 |
Above
Skins, Skeins, and Stitches: Fabric Art through the Ages
|
Novi
Historical Commission
Older
Persons Commission, Rochester
|
2017 |
Art
Controversies: Old and New
Flowers
in Art
Detroit
Architecture: Old and New
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Annie
Leibovitz: Capturing Celebrity
|
|
2016 |
Looking
at Art London:
City for Art Lovers The
Real Downton Abbey and other Treasure Houses of Britain
|
|
2011 |
Picturing
America
|
Optimist
Club
|
2011 |
Impressionism:
The Art of Seeing
|
OLLI (Osher Livelong
Learning Institute)
Osher at UC San
Diego
|
2024
|
Ai
Wei Wei:Artist and Activist
|
2023 |
Betye and Alison Saar:
Transforming Outrage into Art
Eva
Hesse:Unconventional and
Eccentric
|
|
2022 |
Constantin
Brancusi:Sculptor of Pure Joy
|
Palette
and Brush Club
|
2012 |
English
Accents
|
|
2010 |
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Women in Art
|
Plymouth
Garden Club
|
2024
|
The Art of Garden Design
|
Plymouth PEO
|
2024 |
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly:
Women in Art |
|
2020 |
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly:
Women in Art |
Questers
|
2019 |
The
Macabre and the Magical: Tricks and Treats of Art
|
|
2018 |
The
Art of Flowers
|
Rochester
Hills Public Library
|
2017
|
A Passionate Couple: Frida Kahlo
and Diego Rivera
|
Rochester Hills Museum
|
2024
|
Illustrations in
Children's Books
|
Saint John Armenian Church - Women's Guild
|
2023 |
Saintly Women in Art
|
St Regis Catholic Church - New Dawn Group
|
2022 |
Experiencing the Spiritual in Art
|
Samaritas
Bloomfield Hills
|
2017 |
Albert
Kahn: Detroit's Architect Art
Collectors: Jane and Richard Manoogian
Detroit
Institute of Arts: Growth of a Cultural Treasure
Detroit
Architecture: Sacred Spaces
The
Real Downton Abbey and other Treasure Houses of Britain |
|
2016 |
Detroit
Architecture: Old and New |
Sanilac
County Historical Museum
|
2005 |
Visions
of Egyptian Art - lecture as museum fundraiser
|
Schoolcraft
College Continuing Education
|
2017 |
The Real Downton Abbey and other Treasure Houses of Britain -
Dine
and Discover
|
Second
Sunday Discussion Group
|
2018 |
Ben
Shahn: Artist and Activist
|
|
2017 |
Marc
Chagall: Fairy Tales, Passion, and Wonder
|
Shaarey
Zedec: Berman Center for Jewish Education
|
2019 |
Chicago Jewish Artists Collective
|
|
2017 |
Protesting
Injustice: The Art of Ben Shahn
Above
Rubies: Jewish Women Artists
L'Chaim: Introduction to Jewish Artists
|
MORE
Macomb (previously SOAR Macomb)
|
2024 |
Diego
Rivera and his Murals
Norman
Rockell: America's Storyteller
|
|
2023 |
Tricks
and Treats in Art
|
|
2022 |
Sensational Selfies: Artist Self-Portraits
|
|
2021 |
Picturing
America
|
|
2020 |
Tricks
and Treats in Art
|
|
2019 |
Art
of Garden Design
|
|
2018 |
Albert
Kahn: Detroit's Architect
Art
Controversies: Old and New
|
|
2017 |
Impressionism:
The Art of Seeing
The
DIA: A (R)evolution -- Behind the Scene Talk given
as a DIA volunteer
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Women in Art
|
|
2016 |
Looking
at Art with the Eyes of an Artist
Detroit
Architecture: Old and New
|
|
2015 |
The
Real Downton Abbey and other Treasure Houses of Britain
|
SOAR
Society of Active Retirees
|
2024 |
Tricks
and Treats in Art
Frank Gehry: Big Ideas, Big Fish - 1 1/2 hour class
|
|
2023 |
Picturing
America - 2 hour class
|
|
2021 |
Painters
of Urban Life: The Ashcan School - 2 hour class
|
|
2019 |
The
Nazi Use of Art as Propaganda - 2 hour class
|
|
2018 |
The
Saarinens: A Designing Family - 2 hour class
American
Art of the Great Depression
|
|
2017 |
Norman
Rockwell: America's Storyteller
Impressionism:
The Art of Seeing
|
|
2016 |
Looking
at Art with the Eyes of an Artist
Detroit
Architecture: Old and New
|
|
2015 |
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Unhealed
Wounds: The Art of World War I
|
|
2014 |
Picturing
America
Art
and Controversies Old and New
|
|
2013 |
Diego
Rivera and his Murals
|
|
2012 |
Art in the City: (1) London, (2)
Madrid, (3) Chicago - 3 week series of 2-hour classes
Life,
Art, Passion: Artist Couples - 3
week series of 2-hour classes
David
to Delacroix: Art During the Period of the French Revolution
|
|
2011 |
Stars
of the Seventeenth Century: Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Bernini - 3
week series
The 3 Ms
who Changed French Painting: Manet, Monet and Matisse - 3 2-hour classes
|
|
2010 |
New No
Longer: The Shocking Art of the 20th Century - 3
weekly 2-hour classes
Post
Impressionism: Art in Late 19th-century France- 3 week
series
|
|
2009 |
Expressionism:
The Assertive Art - series of 3
weekly 2-hour classes
Good,
Bad, and Ugly: Women in Art
- series of 3
weekly 2-hour classes
|
|
2008 |
Titans
of the Renaissance - Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael
- 3 week series
Diego
Rivera and his Murals
|
|
2007 |
Magical Multiples -series of 3 weekly 2-hour
classes
Opening
Doors, Opening Eyes,: American Art 1875-1955 - three 2-hour classes
|
|
2006 |
Impressionism:
The Art of Seeing
- series of 3 weekly 2-hour classes
Art
of the Renaissance
and Baroque - series of 3 weekly 2-hour classes
|
Sterling
Heights Public Library
Storytellers Guild at the Community House, Birmingham
|
2019 |
Illustrations
in Books for Children
|
Temple
Beth El Sisterhood
|
2005 |
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:
Women in
Art |
Temple
Emanu-El
|
2017 |
L'Chaim: Introduction to Jewish Artists -Spring Festival
presentation |
Three Cities Art Club
|
2024 |
Color in Art: Reflections on White |
Tikva
Hadassah
|
2011 |
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly:
Women in
Art |
Tollgate
Farm and Garden Volunteers
Troy
Garden Club
|
2023
|
The Art of Garden Design
|
Universalist
Unitarian Church of Farmington
|
2017 |
Experiencing
the Spiritual through Art
|
Village
Club, Bloomfield Hills
|
2024 |
Life, Passion, and Art: 1. Auguste Rodin and Camille Claudel;
2. Alfred Stieglitz and Georgia O'Keeffes; 3. Diego
Rivera and Frida Kahlo. Series of 3 1 1/2
hour talks
Just a Drive Away: The Chicago Institute of Arts;
Cleveland Art Museum; Toledo Art Museum series of 3 1 1/2
hour talks
|
|
2023 |
Annie Liebovitz: Capturing Celebrity
Impressionism: The Art of Seeing
|
|
2022 |
The
British Royals
|
|
2019 |
The
Amalfi Coast of Italy for Art Lovers
|
|
2018 |
Illustrations
in Books for Children
Tricks
and Treats in Art
The
Art of Garden Design
Marc
Chagall: Fairy Tales, Passion, and Wonder
|
|
2017 |
Norman
Rockwell: America's Storyteller
The
Saarinens: A Designing Family
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Women in Art
Annie
Leibovitz: Capturing Celebrity
Detroit
Institute of Art: Modern and Contemporary Collections
|
|
2016 |
Albert
Kahn: Temples, Factories, and More
Mesopotamia:
Cradle of Civilization
New
No Longer: The Shocking Art of the 20th Century
Detroit
Architecture: Sacred Places
The
Art of Flowers
|
|
2015 |
Detroit
Architecture: Old and New
The
Real Downton Abbey and other Treasure Houses of Britain - Village
Club members dinner talk
The
Golden Age of Dutch Art
The
Toledo Museum of Art
Art in
the City - Chicago
Life, Art
, Passion: Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo
Magical
Multiples: A History of the Print
|
|
2014 |
Major
Museums:
Metropolitan Museum, The Tate, Louvre - series of 3
weekly 1 1/2-hour classes
American Collectors of Art and Their Treasure - series of 3
weekly 1 1/2-hour classes on Duncan Phillip, Alfred Barnes and
Richard Manoogian
|
|
2013 |
The
Detroit Institute of Arts -
History of the DIA week 1
The European Collection week 2
The American Collection week 3
Life,
Art, Passion: Artist Couples - series of 3
weekly 1 1/2-hour classes
|
|
2012 |
The
French Revolution: Art and Ideas - series of 3
weekly 1 1/2-hour classes
Stars of
the Seventeenth Century: Rembrandt, Caravaggio and Bernini - 3 weeks
|
|
2011 |
Titans
of the Renaissance - Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael
- 3 week series
Post
Impressionism: French Art 1885-1905- 3
weekly 1 1/2-hour classes
|
|
2010 |
Expressionism:
The Assertive Art - series of 3
weekly 1 1/2-hour classes
Titans
of the Renaissance - Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo and Raphael
- 3 classes
Impressionism:
The Art of Seeing - series of 3 weekly classes
|
|
2009 |
Art in
the City - Madrid
The Art
of Ancient Greece
Art in
the Third Reich
Art in
the City - London
The
Sensational Seventeenth Century
How to Look at Art
|
|
2008 |
Monet to
Dali
Art of
the Renaissance
Opening
Doors, Opening Eyes: American Art 1875-1955 - 3
weekly classes
|
|
2007 |
Vive
la France! Vive la Revolution!
Century of
Change:
The Art and
Ideas of 18th Century France
|
|
2006 |
Saints
and Sinners
Magical Multiples: The Art of the Print
Annie Leibovitz: Capturing Celebrity
The Rivera Murals: Detroit Industry
|
|
2005 |
Triumph
and Tragedy: Camille Claudel and Auguste Rodin
The
Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
English Accents
|
|
2004 |
From the
Salon to the Saloon: The Revolution against Tradition - 4
lecture series
|
Waterford
Parks and Recreation 50+ Center
|
2012 |
How to Look at Art
Picturing
America |
West
Bloomfield Public Library
|
2015 |
Book Discussion: Heyden Herrera:
Frida:A Biography of Frida Kahlo |
Women
of Bloomfield
|
2016 |
The Real Downton
Abbey |
Wendy's Art History Talks
|
2023
|
Monthly series of 2-hour
in-depth Zoom
enrichments:
Art
of the Print: 3
month series
|
|
2022
|
Monthly series of 2-hour
in-depth Zoom
enrichments:
Art Challenges -
5 month series
Art in the 1970s and onward
Art in the US in the 1960s
|
|
2021 |
Series of 2-hour
in-depth Zoom enrichments:
Europe and American Art in the 1900s
including World War I and its aftermath
Art in France, Russia,
the US, and Germany
Art as Propaganda in Nazi Germany
Art by
those persecuted by the Nazis
Art in Europe and the US
1945-1960 |
|
2020 |
Series of 2-hour
in-depth Zoom enrichments: Europe and American Art in the 1800s |
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