REGIONAL EVENTS for the 2009-10 academic year:
BOSTON
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009
Event: Artist talk by Nan Tull '59 and tour of her exhibition. Reception to follow.
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Place: Danforth Museum, Framingham
Contact: Claire Shaw, DS'96 at (508)359-6928 or (sqz812@gis.net)
CHICAGO
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009
Event: Private Tour of "Apostles of Beauty: Arts and Crafts from Britain to Chicago" with Curator Judith Barter
Time: 5:15 - 6:30 p.m. promptly
Place: Art Institute of Chicago. Meet at entrance to the exhibition inside the museum. There is no admission charge on Thursday evenings.
RSVP: By Friday, November 6. There is a strict limit of 25 for gallery lectures. Priority given to current members of Friends of Art.
Contact: Kaoru Harada '72 (312-559-9901) or at (kharada463@aol.com)
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
PATRONS EVENT: Private tour of the Carl Street Studio historic apartment complex originally designed by former Chicago Art Institute students Sol Kogan and Edgar Miller.
Time: 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Place: Location and directions will be provided.
Contact: Sylvia Fergus '76 at (sfergus@uchicago.edu)
HOUSTON
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Event: House tour of private collection of Folk Art
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
Place: Location and hosts' information to be provided.
Contact: Emily Steiner '59 at (emilysteiner@sbcglobal.net)
NEW YORK
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Event: Private tour of Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition with Curator Barbara Haskell
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: The Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
Contact: Gretchen Smits Adkins '61at (gretchen.adkins@verizon.net) or
Loren Collalto at 212-915-7895 (daytime)
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Event: Annual Coffee -- one of our favorite December events! Hear news on the arts at Wellesley from Wellesley Art Department professors and Dabney Hailey, curator at the Davis Museum
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Place: an alumna's residence, TBA
Contact: Caroline Wamsler '91 at (caw35@columbia.edu)
SAN FRANCISCO
Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Event: Private walking tour of the Oliver Ranch, internationally renowned home of 20 site-specific sculptures. Owner Steve Oliver will lead the tour.
Time: 9:30 a.m. Tour at 10:00 followed by lunch at The Vineyard Club.
Place: We will meet in Geyserville to take a bus together to the ranch. Directions provided.
Fee: $75 FoA members. $125 guests. Space limited to 40.
Contact: Linda Gruber at (415) 453-8761 or (lwg@comcast.net)
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Date: Friday, October 16, 2009
Event: Behind-the-scenes at the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE). We will be hosted by Maryscott Greenwood, FAPE board member, and FAPE director, Jennifer Duncan.
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Place: McKenna Long & Aldridge, 1900 K Street, NW
Reservations: Advance reservations are required.
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey
'81 (c_rhind@yahoo.com)
Date: Saturday, November 14, 2009
Event: Visit the renowned Glass Collection of Elmerina and Paul Parkman
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: Kensington, MD
Reservations: Advance reservations are required.
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey
'81 (c_rhind@yahoo.com)
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010
Event: Luncheon and program. "A Rare Glimpse: The Saadiyat Island Cultural District and Masdar City Projects" In Abu Dhabi, these are two cultural and sustainability-based projects of enormous scale and global impact.
Time: 12 noon
Place: Embassy of the United Arab Emirates, 3522 International Court, NW
Reservations: Must be placed well in advance. Deadline is December 15, 2009.
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey
'81 (c_rhind@yahoo.com)
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Highlights of the 2008-09 year -- wonderful events all over the country
BOSTON
Date: May 12, 2009 - Back by popular demand!
Event: Private tour of "Splendor and Elegance: European Decorative Arts and Drawings from the Horace Wood Brock Collection" with Rebecca Tilles '03, Curatorial Research Associate in the Decorative Arts and Sculpture dept. After the tour, you will have time to explore the rest of the museum.
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Place: Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue. Meet at the Sharf Information Center.
RSVP: By May 5th at (wcab_rsvp_members@yahoo.com). Event is co-sponsored by WCAB and Friends of Art. Group limited to 20.
Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009
PATRONS EVENT: Private tour of Tufts University art at the home of Adele Fleet Bacow '73 and her husband Larry Bacow, president of Tufts
Time: 4-6 p.m. with reception
Place: Gifford House, Tufts campus, 161 Packard Avenue, Medford
Contact: Mary Norton '54 at (marlarnort@msn.com) or (781) 326-7385
CHICAGO
Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009
Event: River North Art Gallery District Tour led by Northwestern Univ. Art History Professor Susan Hollis Clayson '68 and former art consultant Carlyle Madden '82
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. followed by a reception at Schwebel & Co.
Place: Tour starts at I Space Gallery, 230 West Superior Street, second floor, with lecture by architect Edward Keegan
Contact: Annie Khan '81 (anniekhan@mac.com) or (773) 248-0773
HOUSTON
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Event: Private reception with author Kate Sayan Kirkland '66, speaking on her new book, "The Hogg Family and Houston: Philanthrophy and the Civic Ideal"
Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Place: Bayou Bend, 1 Westcott Street. Stroll through the gardens in peak azalea bloom.
Contact: Winnie Davis '54 (wdavis11@comcast.net) or (281) 298-6080
PHILADELPHIA
Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009
Event: Tour of "Grand Scale: Monumental Prints in the Age of Durer and Titian," exhibition organized by the Davis Museum at Wellesley. With Elizabeth Wyckoff (Davis Museum curator) and Lilian Armstrong (Wellesley Art professor emerita).
Time: Meet at 10:45 for 11:00 a.m. tour. Optional Dutch treat lunch after with opportunity to hear news from the Davis Museum and the Wellesley art department
Place: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Contact: Lisa Cowley, Friends of Art Director (781)283-2081 or lcowley@wellesley.edu
NEW YORK
Date: May 20, 2009
Event: An Evening of Private Tours in Chelsea. Begin with a private tour of "Vague Terrain," an exhibit at The Flag Foundation. Next, a reception at PaceWildenstein Gallery with the opportunity to view the works of Chuck Close when the gallery is closed to the public.
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Place: The Flag Foundation is located in the Chelsea Arts Tower, 545 W. 25th St., 9th floor (www.flagartfoundation.org) Current exhibit thru April 18 is curated by Lisa Dennison '75.
RSVP: Maureen McMahon '05 at (NewYorkFoA@gmail.com) or 671-939-3445
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009
PATRONS EVENT: Private Tour of the Barbara Zidell Sedlin Family Collection of 130 carpets drawn from Sedlin's private and gallery collections.
Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m. followed by a wine reception
Place: Sotheby's, 1334 York Avenue at 72nd Street
Contact: Wendy Belser '72 at (wendybelser@aol.com).
SAN FRANCISCO
Date: Friday, April 24, 2009
Event: Private tour of two homes with contemporary collections in Hillsborough area
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch included.
Place: Locations will be made known to those who register
Fee: $25 FoA members, $35 non-members. Space limited to 20.
Contact: Linda Gruber at (415) 453-8761 or (lwg@comcast.net)
Date: Friday, October 31, 2008
Event: Private tour of "AFGHANISTAN: HIDDEN TREASURES" from the National Museum in Kabul, with Curator Forrest McGill
Time: 9:15 a.m.
Place: The Asian Art Museum
Contact: Linda Gruber at (415) 453-8761 or (lwg@comcast.net)
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009
Event: Lecture by Wellesley art professor Jay Oles - "Modernizing the Maya: Archeologists and Artists at Chichen Itza"
Time: 11:00 a.m., followed by an optional Dutch treat lunch nearby
Place: Mexican Cultural Institute, 2829 16th St., NW (near Columbia Heights Metro)
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 at (240) 381-7131 or (c_rhind@yahoo.com)
Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009
Event: Tour of Carolyn Alper's private collection of 20th century American drawings, paintings, sculpture and furniture
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Those with confirmed reservations will receive directions.
Lunch: If interested in "Dutch treat" lunch afterward, please so indicate on reservation form.
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 at (240) 381-7131 or (c_rhind@yahoo.com)
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2008
Event: Tour of Carol Brown Goldberg's private studio and her husband Henry's, and her own, 20th century art collection
Time: 2:00 p.m. tour followed by optional 'Dutch treat' appetizers and drinks
Place: Those with confirmed reservations will receive directions to Carol Goldberg's studio
RSVP necessary as space is limited. Current FoA Members are given priority till Nov. 7
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 at (240) 381-7131 or (c_rhind@yahoo.com)
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