Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Spring/Summer 2024

Greetings Lifelong Learners, Spring renewal brings another great semester packed with special events, walking tours, lectures, and discussion classes. SAS strives for the right blend of brand new timely topics with recurring fan favorites in a wide array of disciplines to meet student interest and scheduling preferences. We are constantly adding new classes throughout the year, opening new sections to satisfy demand and offering new subjects from returning or newly recruited instructors. Please check our website regularly and make note the upcoming courses in our eblasts. If you are not already receiving them, please do subscribe to our newsletter to be certain to receive updates and highlights of our catalog contents.

As you may have noticed, our home page and the course catalog display on our ALL CLASSES page are sporting a new look, with our spring/summer colors and a drop-down menu that runs horizontally across the screen. All in-person and online classes are now grouped together by subject matter. That way, if you are looking for a language class or writing class, for example, you will be able to find them all in one place with a single click of a button. Online classes will show a class location of "Online" or "Zoom" going forward. We welcome your feedback and encourage you to fill out a Completed Course Survey for each class you take. If you love our classes, please tell your friends – word of mouth is much appreciated! In-person and online lifelong learning is a community-building experience regardless of place and space.

With an unparalleled breadth of course offerings in our catalog, we look forward to continuing to serve your educational enrichment needs. Onward and Upward, Jill Serling, Executive Director Mission Statement Scarsdale Adult School (SAS) is a pre-eminent, independent, not-for-profit adult education organization, offering a wide range of intellectually stimulating, best-in-class courses, lectures, and cultural activities along with skill-enhancing and recreational classes. By serving the needs of adults locally, regionally, and internationally, SAS continually strives to innovate, create a high quality curriculum, and grow our community of lifelong learners.

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Table of Contents

Daytime Classes

Evening Classes

Daytime & Evening Classes

In-Person Classes

Online Classes

Special Events..................................................................................................................................................... 1 Walking Tours...................................................................................................................................................... 8 Art Appreciation................................................................................................................................................ 10 Architecture....................................................................................................................................................... 19 History and Culture........................................................................................................................................... 23 Current Events and Politics............................................................................................................................. 25 Literature, Film, Theater, and Television.........................................................................................................27 Writing................................................................................................................................................................ 35 Arts & Crafts...................................................................................................................................................... 37 Games................................................................................................................................................................ 44 Food and Beverage........................................................................................................................................... 47 Home and Garden............................................................................................................................................. 50 Fitness and Dance.............................................................................................................................................51 Natural Sciences............................................................................................................................................... 56 Health and Wellness......................................................................................................................................... 57 Music Appreciation........................................................................................................................................... 59 Performing Arts................................................................................................................................................. 60 Languages......................................................................................................................................................... 63 Financial and Retirement Planning................................................................................................................. 65 Support Our School.......................................................................................................................................... 66 Our Team............................................................................................................................................................ 66 General Information.......................................................................................................................................... 67 Registration Information...................................................................................................................................68 Register By Mail Form...................................................................................................................................... 69 Index of Classes By Day of the Week..............................................................................................................70 Index by Time of Day........................................................................................................................................ 75

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Special Events

Author Visit: Alice McDermott, Absolution (2023)

Meet Alice McDermott, prolific novelist, Professor of Humanities at Johns Hopkins University, and winner of the National Book Award for Charming Billy , in conversation with Anna Katsavos as they discuss McDermott's ninth and latest novel, Absolution (2023). This New York Times bestseller recounts the fictional interior lives of two American corporate wives, unencumbered by the virtue of humility, living in Saigon in the years before the Vietnam War, and the legacy of their charitable attempts to "do good" for the Vietnamese. Sixty years later, as one of the two wives reconnects with the daughter of the other, the shared memories yield a reckoning about the wives' altruistic efforts that parallel the unintended consequences of America's involvement in Southeast Asia's political landscape. McDermott's ninth novel contains pithy observations and a Barbie doll-centric plot device as it captures in absorbing detail the folly of the expat socialite lifestyle and white savior complex. Time will be reserved for audience Q&A.

Pair this course with the in-person book discussion led by Lori Rotskoff ( Course 12515 ) on Wednesday, 3/27 or the online book discussion led by Anna Katsavos ( Course 12580 ) on Tuesday, 5/28, also in the schedule. Separate registration is required. ALICE McDERMOTT is an award-winning novelist and current Richard A. Macksey Professor of Humanities at Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of A Bigamist’s Daughter (1982), That Night (1987), At Weddings andWakes (1992), Charming Billy (1998), Child of My Heart (2002), After This (2006), Someone (2013), The NinthHour (2017), and, her latest fiction, Absolution (2023). Charming Billy won both the National Book Award and the American Book Award. Three of McDermott’s other works have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize and several have been in contention for the National Book Award, the PEN/Faulkner Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award, among many other literary honors. Her stories, essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times , the Washington Post , the NewYorker , Harper’s Magazine , and elsewhere. She has received the Whiting Award, Centenary’s Corrington Award for Literary Excellence, and the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Achievement in American Literature. In 2013, she was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. ANNA KATSAVOS , PhD, is an experienced book group facilitator. A SUNY Professor Emerita of English Literature and Women’s Studies, she has received numerous awards for teaching, and her scholarship has been published in a variety of literary journals. She has interviewed many best-selling authors and has presented interactive programs focusing on a wide range of women’s issues. Additionally, she conducts writing, editing and publishing workshops. Monday, May 6 • 1:00pm-2:15pm • Zoom • Course 12590 • $30

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Author Visit: Chris Bohjalian, The Princess of Las Vegas (2024)

Meet Chris Bohjalian, bestselling author of two dozen books, in conversation with Anna Katsavos as they discuss Bohjalian's latest fiction, The Princess of Las Vegas (2024). The mystery weaves a twisted tale of organized crime, cryptocurrency, and family secrets surrounding Crissy Dowling, a Princess Diana impersonator, and her estranged sister and near look-alike Betsy. Crissy channels the princess as a means of escape from her messy life. Shortly after Betsy moves to Las Vegas with her boyfriend and newly adopted 13-year old daughter in tow, two owners of the casino where Crissy performs are found dead within days of each other. As the page-turner of a plot unfolds, the sisters are caught in the middle of a dangerous game of money and murder. Time will be reserved for Q&A.

CHRIS BOHJALIAN , a Fellow of the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences, is a New York Times bestselling author of 24 books as well as three plays. He is known for riveting historical fiction,

such as Hour of the Witch and The Sandcastle Girls, page-turning thrillers such as The Lioness, and literary fiction such as Midwives and The Double Bind. His works have been translated into 35 languages, three have been made into movies (Midwives, Secrets of Eden, and Past the Bleachers), and one was turned into a hit television series (The Flight Attendant). He has received numerous awards, including the Walter Cerf Medal for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts, the Sarah Josepha Hale Literary Award, and the ANCA Freedom Award. He has written for a wide variety of magazines and newspapers including The New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston Globe. He graduated from Amherst College and has been awarded honorary degrees from Amherst, Champlain College, and Castleton University.

ANNA KATSAVOS (see bio for “Author Visit: Alice McDermott, Absolution (2023)”). Monday, June 3 • 1:00pm-2:30pm • Zoom • Course 12607 • $30

Author Visit: Mary Beth Keane, The Half Moon (2023)

Meet New York Times bestselling author Mary Beth Keane in conversation with Anna Katsavos as they discuss The Half Moon (2023). Keane's fourth novel concerns a faltering marriage but also the small details of ordinary daily life. The entire book takes place in the span of just one week in the life of Malcolm Gephardt, owner of the Half Moon bar, and his wife Jess, who has been trying unsuccessfully to have a baby and now seems poised to leave Malcolm for another man with three young children. As their town is engulfed in a massive blizzard, the inner lives of the two main characters remain front and center through Keane's absorbing prose. Time will be reserved for Q&A.

Pair this course with the book discussion led by Anna Katsavos ( Course 12428 ), also in the schedule. Separate registration is required. MARY BETH KEANE attended Barnard College and the

University of Virginia, where she received an MFA. She was awarded a John S. Guggenheim fellowship for fiction writing, and has received citations from the National Book Foundation, PEN America, and the Hemingway Society. She is also the author of The Walking People , Fever , Ask Again , and Yes , a New York Times bestseller. ANNA KATSAVOS (see bio for “Author Visit: Alice McDermott, Absolution (2023)”). Monday, March 4 • 1:00pm-2:15pm • Zoom • Course 12427 • $30

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Author Visit and Book Discussion: Thrity Umrigar, The Museum of Failures (2023) Meet best-selling author Thrity Umrigar in a half-hour conversation with Anna Katsavos as they discuss Umrigar's latest critically-acclaimed novel, The Museum of Failures (2023). Immediately after, dive into a book discussion. A story of family, frailty, and forgiveness, this book's focus is on the relationship between Remy Wadia who returns to visit his family in India after a long absence and his ailing, hospitalized mother. Newly disclosed family secrets cause Remy to reevaluate his entire childhood and his relationship to his parents at the point that he is about to become a parent himself. Grief, bewilderment, nostalgia, displacement, and guilt yield to redemption and healing in this heartfelt tale.

THRITY UMRIGAR is a best-selling author of the novels Bombay Time , The Space Between Us , If Today Be Sweet , The Weight of Heaven , The World We Found , The Story Hour , Everybody’s Son , The Secrets Between Us , and Honor . She

has also published a memoir and three children’s picture books along with many essays and articles. She is currently a Distinguished University Professor of English at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. She was raised in Bombay, India, as a Parsi child attending a Catholic school in a predominantly Hindu country before coming to the United States at age 21. Her latest novel, The Museum of Failures, was named a best book of 2023 by NPR and others. ANNA KATSAVOS (see bio for “Author Visit: Alice McDermott, Absolution (2023)”).

Monday, March 25 • 1:00pm-2:30pm • Zoom • Course 12441 • $30

Author Visit and Book Discussion: Asha Lemmie, The Wildest Sun (2023)

Meet Asha Lemmie, New York Times bestselling author of Fifty Words for Rain , in conversation with Anna Katsavos as they discuss Lemmie's latest novel, The Wildest Sun (2023). Immediately after, dive into a book discussion. This sweeping and evocative coming-of-age story follows a young woman escaping her past in postwar Paris as she

searches for the larger-than-life man, Ernest Hemingway, whom she believes to be her father. This book is an entrancing and surprising portrait of a young woman's struggle to find her identity in the midst of both personal and political turmoil. ASHA LEMMIE is the New York Times bestselling author of Fifty Words For Rain and The Wildest Sun . She holds a BA in English Literature from Boston College and is a graduate student at Columbia University. Her historical fiction writing focuses on bringing unique perspectives to life. ANNA KATSAVOS (see bio for “Author Visit: Alice McDermott, Absolution (2023)”). Tuesday, April 9 • 1:00pm-2:15pm • Zoom • Course 12578 • $30

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Author Visit: Debra Green Feldman, Mahjong at Mara's (2024) Meet Debra Green Feldman as she discusses her book, Mahjong at Mara's (2024), and then and enjoy a light lunch. Her latest novel contains an endearing and diverse cast of characters set in suburban New Jersey. Protagonist Lila and her teenage son Dante find solace amidst a local group of mahjong-playing octogenarians. As new neighbors and Dante's friends enter the mix, all their lives

take surprising turns that raise questions about concepts of family, loyalty, and love. Class fee includes a copy of the book and a light lunch. DEBRA GREEN FELDMAN is the author of Mahjong At Mara's (2024) and The Convention of Wives (2022). She received a BA from Rutgers University and an MPH from Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health.

Author Visit Only: Friday, May 3 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Westchester Reform Temple • Course 12528 • $40 Author Visit Plus Open Play – Triple Play: A Novel, Nibbles, and Games:

Calling all mah jongg and canasta players for a midday author visit, light lunch, and two-hours of open play. After the book talk, enjoy a light lunch and then two hours of open play of either canasta or mah jongg. Bring your own tiles, cards and foursomes! Fee is inclusive of a table for four players, a book for each player and a light lunch. Friday, May 3 • 11:00am-2:30pm • Westchester Reform Temple • Course 12527 • $200

Author Visit: Ellen Feldman, The Trouble With You (2024) Ellen Feldman, author of nine novels, will join Elyse Mall Klayman to discuss her latest work The Trouble With You (2024). Set in New York City in the heady aftermath of World War II, the book tells the story of a young woman whose rosy future is upended in a single instant. Fanny is a young mother torn between her cousin Mimi, who is determined to keep her a “nice girl” — the kind that marries a doctor — and her aunt Rose, who has a rebellious past of her own. Struggling to raise her young daughter and forge a new life by sheer will and pluck, she takes a job in the entertainment business and comes face to face with the blacklist which is destroying careers and wrecking lives. Ultimately, she must decide between playing it safe or doing what she knows is right in a world that — to contemporary readers — seems at once light years away and strangely immediate. Time will be reserved for Q&A. Registered students will each receive a copy of the book.

ELLEN FELDMAN , a 2009 Guggenheim fellow, is the author of The Living and the Lost (winner of Long Island Reads award), Paris Never Leaves You (translated into thirteen languages), Terrible Virtue (optioned by Black Bicycle for a feature film), The Unwitting , Next to Love , Scottsboro (shortlisted for the Orange Prize), The Boy Who Loved Anne Frank (a New York Times Book Review “Editors’ Choice”), Lucy , and, her most recent novel, The Trouble With You (2024). Feldman grew up in northern New Jersey and attended Bryn Mawr College, from which she received a BA. and an MA in modern history. After further graduate studies at Columbia University, she worked for a New York publishing house. ELYSE MALL KLAYMAN spent close to 20 years working in higher education, first at NYU's journalism school, then at NYU Law, where she created and led the communications team. Klayman has written and edited for various magazines and has been freelancing recently for a new publication about the exploding sport of pickleball. Wednesday, June 12 • 1:00pm-2:30pm • Westchester Reform Temple Scarsdale Public Library • Course 12612 • $30

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Author Visit: Will Schwalbe, We Should Not Be Friends (2023)

Meet author and publishing executive Will Schwalbe to discuss his prolific, multi-faceted career, including his most recent memoir We Should Not Be Friends (2023). The book recounts his unexpected, 40+ year friendship with former Navy SEAL Chris Maxey and demonstrates the enriching and transformative power of friendships, especially unlikely ones. A lifelong bibliophile, Schwalbe will also address the pleasures and complexities of crafting a memoir, recent transformations in the publishing industry, why reading and discussing books still matter in today’s distracted, 24/7 smart-phone environment, and other topics at the intersection of literature, learning, love, and life. Time will be reserved for audience Q&A.

WILL SCHWALBE is the author of We Should Not Be Friends (2023) as well as two previous memoirs: The End of Your Life Book Club (2012), about the books he read in tandem with his mother while she was dying of cancer, and Books for Living (2017) a spirited narrative about how books can help us live more meaningful and emotionally connected lives. A long-time resident of New England, Schwalbe attended Yale University and worked as a journalist before becoming an editor at New York City publishing houses. LORI ROTSKOFF (see bio for “Author Visit: Mimi Zieman, Tap Dancing on Everest (2024)”). Wednesday, April 3 Rescheduling in process • 1:00pm-2:30pm • Zoom • Course 12440 • $25 Author Visit: Mimi Zieman, Tap Dancing on Everest (2024) Meet Mimi Zieman, author of the memoir Tap Dancing on Everest (dueout in April) at this lunch and learn event moderated by Lori Rotskoff. Hear the details of Zieman's dangerous ascent of Mount Everest as a 25-year old medical student. Taking a route up the Eastern face, a treacherous side that had been summited successfully only once before, Zieman and her three male climbing companions chose to forego supplemental oxygen, sherpas, or chance for rescue. Suspenseful and inspiring, Zieman weaves her background as a child of an immigrant Holocaust survivor into the story recounting the risks of this irresistible personal wilderness challenge. Time will be reserved for audience Q&A. Class fee includes lunch (choice of entree, beverages, and cookies), plus a copy of Zieman's book. MIMI ZIEMAN is a physician, speaker, women’s health

advocate, and author. In addition to her memoir Tap Dancing onEverest , she has also written the play The Post-Roe Monologues , co-authored sixteen editions of Managing

Contraception , and published pieces in Newsweek , Ms. Magazine , NBC News THINK, TheSun Magazine , and elsewhere. She has previously served on the faculty of Emory University School of Medicine, was a founding member of the Society of Family Planning, and participated in the CDC committees that wrote guidelines concerning contraceptive care. LORI ROTSKOFF is a cultural historian, writer, educator, and public speaker specializing in memoirs and narrative nonfiction, childhood and youth, women’s and gender studies, and arts and culture. She studied history and literature at Northwestern University and earned a PhD in American Studies at Yale.

Friday, June 7 • 12:00pm-2:00pm • Beach Point Club • Course 12597 • $75

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Pianist Cristiana Pegoraro in Concert Celebrated Italian pianist and composer Cristiana Pegoraro demonstrates her deep passion and enthusiasm for classical music in a format that combines live piano performances with stimulating conversation about the composers' lives, impact, and artistry. CRISTIANA PEGORARO is an Italian pianist and composer. Called “an artist of the highest caliber” by the New York Times, she has performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, the Sydney Opera House and other international venues and has recorded many CDs. She regularly conducts master classes across the United States (including at the Juilliard School), and in Italy, Portugal and the Middle East. She is the author of a series of children’s books based on Italian operas. Music of Nature: Thursday, March 7 • 7:00pm-8:30pm • Scarsdale Middle School • Course 12404 • $30 This program, entitled Music of Nature , will be a musical and poetic journey from Vivaldi’s Four Seasons to Pegoraro’s original compositions and poems from her latest album, La Mia Umbria . The pieces celebrate the influence of the magic of nature and its sounds on the human connection to the universe’s harmony and balance. Piano’s Greatest Hits: Tuesday, April 30 • 6:30pm-8:00pm • Scarsdale Middle School • Course 12603 • $30 This program, entitled Piano's Greatest Hits, will feature the most famous classical pieces by the greatest composers including Mozart's Turkish March, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata and Fur Elise, Chopin's Preludes, Schubert's Serenade, Brahms's Waltz, Schumann's Traumerei, Saint-Saens's The Swan, as well as Pegoraro’s original compositions and poems.

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Walking Tour: Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature at the Morgan Library and Museum Creator of unforgettable animal characters like Peter Rabbit, Mr. Jeremy Fisher, and Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, the beloved children’s book author and illustrator Beatrix Potter (1866–1943) rooted her fiction in the natural world. Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature (February 23, 2024 through June 9, 2024) reunites her artwork, books, manuscripts, and artifacts from multiple institutions in the United Kingdom with the Morgan Library’s exceptional collection of her picture letters. Together, these objects trace how Potter’s innovative blend of scientific observation and imaginative storytelling shaped some of the world’s most popular children’s books. HELENLEE is an independent art educator, conducting research and crafting personal, customizable, in-person and virtual gallery experiences for adults and children at several museums. She studied art history as an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with areas of concentration in Asian Art and Modern Art. Thursday, March 21 • 1:30pm-3:00pm • Morgan Library and Museum • Course 12423 • $80

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Walking Tours

Below are the walking tours organized by month. Full class descriptions of all in-person walking tours may be found within this interactive catalog. Please search by course number: March ● Walking Tour: Contemporary Galleries of New York City (12302) ● Walking Tour: The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met (12418) ● Walking Tour: Farley Post Office and Penn Station's New Moynihan Train Hall (12369) ● Walking Tour: Faces of Europe at the Met (12499) ● Walking Tour: Galleries of Chelsea (12553) ● Walking Tour: Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North at the American Folk Art Museum (12422) ● Walking Tour: Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature at the Morgan Library and Museum (12423) ● Walking Tour: Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility at the Guggenheim (12434) April ● Walking Tour: Contemporary Galleries of New York City (12500) ● Walking Tour: Jewelry and Art at the Met (12489) ● Walking Tour: Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing (12503) ● Walking Tour: Gilded Age Mansions of the Upper East Side (12482) ● Walking Tour: Roosevelt Island (12485) ● Walking Tour: The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met (12461)

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May ● Walking Tour: Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys at the Brooklyn Museum (12504) ● Walking Tour: Tribeca, New York's Hottest Gallery District (12554) ● Walking Tour: Hudson Yards and the High Line (12549) ● Walking Tour: Jewish Harlem (12486) ● Culinary Walking Tour: Chinatown (12494) ● Walking Tour: Fashionable Upper East Side (12629) ● Walking Tour: Americans in Paris at the Grey Art Gallery (12487) ● Walking Tour: Art in Transit (12502) ● Walking Tour: Financial District (12550) June ● Walking Tour: Contemporary Galleries of New York City (12501) ● Walking Tour: Gilded Age Mansions of Carnegie Hill (12552) ● Culinary Walking Tour: Williamsburg (12495) ● Walking Tour: Sonia Delaunay at Bard Graduate Center Gallery (12492) ● Walking Tour: The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met (12614) ● Walking Tour: Harlem Renaissance (12574) ● Walking Tour: Liberty to the Imagination at the Morgan Library (12491) ● Walking Tour: None Whatsoever at Japan Society (12488) ● Walking Tour: Chinatown's Burgeoning Art Scene (12555) July ● Walking Tour: Astor Place and the East Village (12548) ● Culinary Walking Tour: Industry City (12496) ● Walking Tour: Year of the Dragon at the Yale University Art Gallery (12493)

August ● Walking Tour: The Art of Music at the Met (12490) ● Culinary Walking Tour: Little Arabia and Brooklyn Heights (12497) ● Walking Tour: Central Park North (Conservatory Garden, North Woods and Harlem Meer) (12551)

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Art Appreciation Contemporary Artists of the Post-Pandemic Art Scene

Focus on contemporary painters, sculptors, and photographers who have come to the fore with major exhibitions and art fairs around the globe since the pandemic. These artists ushered in major art world changes and instilled a desire to rethink canonical notions of the purposes behind their crafts. The series begins with a discussion of the Bechers and their impact on accepted ideas of photography, followed by an exploration of members of the Becher School and other photographers who have pushed the envelope in our understanding of the medium. Turning next to works shown at popular art fairs such as the Venice Biennale, understand how ideas about language, gender, and race remain transformative in current practices. Conclude by considering some contemporary painters who, while certainly responding to recent trends, continue to look to the past for their inspiration. PAGEKNOX is an adjunct professor in the Art History Department of Columbia University, where she received her PhD in 2012. She

lectures widely in museums in New York City. Jenny Holzer and Barbara Kruger Wednesday, March 20 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Zoom • Course 12338 • $28 Bruce Nauman Wednesday, March 27 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Zoom • Course 12339 • $28

Anselm Kiefer Wednesday, April 3 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Zoom • Course 12340 • $28 Cecily Brown Wednesday, April 17 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Zoom • Course 12341 • $28

Mark Rothko Retrospective Inspired by the major Mark Rothko

Art and Architecture of Byzantium Explore the art and architecture of the

retrospective at the Foundation Louis Vuitton in Paris (October 18, 2023 through April 2, 2024) as well as Mark Rothko: Paintings on Paper , a smaller show running November 19, 2023 through March 31, 2024 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, this course focuses on the life and work of the artist through a chronological approach. Trace Rothko’s entire career, from his earliest figurative and surrealist paintings to the abstract works for which he is most known, as well as his darker late work such as the Rothko Chapel. PAGEKNOX (see bio for “Contemporary Artists of the Post-Pandemic Art Scene”).

Byzantine Empire (circa 330-1453). This lecture is inspired by the Africa & Byzantium exhibition at the Met running through March 3, 2024, as well as travels to Egypt, Tunisia, Istanbul, and Mediterranean countries. PAGEKNOX (see bio for “Contemporary Artists of the Post-Pandemic Art Scene”). 6 Sessions, starting Wednesday, June 19 • 11:00am-12:00pm • Zoom • Course 12512 • $175

4 Sessions, starting Wednesday, May 15 (no class 6/5) • 11:00am-12:00pm • Zoom • Course 12513 • $115

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The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at theMet

The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism (February 26, 2024, through July 28, 2024) explores how Black artists portrayed everyday modern life in the new Black cities that took shape in the 1920s–40s in New York and nationwide in the early decades of the Great Migration when millions of African Americans began to move away from the segregated rural South. The first art museum survey of the subject in New York City since 1987, the display of 160 paintings, sculptures, photography, films, and ephemera demonstrates how the Harlem Renaissance and its portrayal of the modern Black subject were central to the development of international modern art. Featured artists include Charles Alston, Aaron Douglas, Meta Warrick Fuller, William H. Johnson, Archibald Motley, Winold Reiss, Augusta Savage, James Van Der Zee, and Laura Wheeler Waring. Their work will be juxtaposed against portrayals of international African diasporan subjects by European counterparts such as Henri Matisse, Edvard Munch, Pablo Picasso, Germaine Casse, Jacob Epstein, and Ronald Moody. For an enhanced experience, pair the museum preview, either of the two walking tours of the Met's exhibit, and the two walking tours of Harlem (Courses 12486 and 12574 listed under History and Culture), also in the catalog (separate registration required). PAGEKNOX (see bio for “Contemporary Artists of the Post-Pandemic Art Scene”). Museum Preview: Thursday, April 18 • 4:00pm-5:00pm • Zoom • Course 12462 • $28 Walking Tour: Tuesday, April 30 • 11:00am-12:30pm 10:30am-12:00pm • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Course 12461 • $80 Walking Tour: Thursday, June 27 • 12:30pm-2:00pm 1:30pm-3:00pm • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Course 12614 • $80 HELENLEE is an independent art educator, conducting research and crafting personal, customizable, in-person and virtual gallery experiences for adults and children at several museums. She studied art history as an undergraduate and graduate student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with areas of concentration in Asian Art and Modern Art. Walking Tour: Thursday, March 7 • 1:00am-12:30pm • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Course 12418 • $80 Walking Tour: Faces of Europe at the Met The Met's galleries dedicated to European Paintings from 1300 to 1800 reopened on November 20, 2023, following the completion of a five-year renovation. Reconfigured into a chronological sequence of more than 700 artworks, the galleries illuminate the interconnectedness of cultures, materials, and moments across national and geographically-based artistic schools and movements. Featured are longstanding strengths of the Met's collection — such as masterpieces by Jan van Eyck, Caravaggio, Poussin, El Greco, and Goya — while works by women artists and pieces that illustrate Europe’s complex relationships with New Spain and the Viceroyalty of Peru and the histories of class, gender, race, and religion are now also incorporated. Consider European paintings within the greater arc of history and artistic production as they are juxtaposed with works from other curatorial areas, including sculptures, metalwork, decorative arts, musical instruments, arms and armor, and modern art. HELENLEE (see bio for “ The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met”). France, Spain, and England: Monday, March 18 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Course 12499 • $85

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Walking Tour: Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North at the American Folk Art Museum

Unnamed Figures: Black Presence and Absence in the Early American North (November 15, 2023 through March 24, 2024) at the American Folk Art Museum offers a new window onto Black representation in a region that is often overlooked in narratives of early African American history. As a corrective to histories that define slavery and anti-Black racism as a largely Southern issue, this exhibition focuses on figures who appear in or are omitted from early American images. The 125 remarkable works of paintings, needlework, and photographs challenge conventional narratives that have minimized early Black histories in the North, revealing the complexities and contradictions of the region’s history between the late 1600s and early 1800s. HELENLEE (see bio for “ The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met”). Wednesday, March 20 • 1:30pm-3:00pm • American Folk Art Museum • Course 12422 • $80

Walking Tour: Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility at the Guggenheim Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility (October 20, 2023 through April 7, 2024) presents works featuring partially obscured or hidden figures, positioned at the "edge of visibility.” The phrase "going dark" conveys the tactic of visually concealing the body to explore contemporary society's tension between the desire to be seen and the desire to be hidden from sight. Artistic methods to convey the theme include shadowing; rotating the body, novel materials and printing methods, and postproduction tools that blur or brighten. Occupying the Guggenheim Museum’s iconic rotunda, Going Dark presents more than 100 works from the 1980s to the present, including selections by David Hammons, Faith Ringgold, and Charles White.

HELENLEE (see bio for “ The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met”). Thursday, March 28 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Guggenheim Museum • Course 12434 • $80

Walking Tour: Jewelry and Art at the Met Jewelry, like art, is an expression of human creativity and craftsmanship. Explore the link between representations of jewelry in visual art to actual jewelry throughout history. This original thematic tour ties together a variety of works from multiple eras, geographical regions, and artistic movements displayed in different galleries and exhibits throughout the museum.

HELENLEE (see bio for “ The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met”). Thursday, April 11 • 1:00pm-2:30pm • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Course 12489 • $85

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Walking Tour: Americans in Paris at the Grey Art Gallery

Walking Tour: None Whatsoever at Japan Society None Whatsoever: Zen Paintings from the

Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France , 1946–1962 (March 2, 2024 through July 20, 2024) at NYU's Grey Art Gallery examines the historical impact of the expatriate art scene in Paris after World War II. Focusing on more than 130 works by approximately 70 artists who made France their home during an era of intense geopolitical realignment, the exhibition provides a fresh perspective on the intense experimentation by American artists living abroad, focusing on a creative circle that has been overshadowed by the contemporaneous ascendancy of the New York City art scene. HELENLEE (see bio for “ The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met”).

Gitter-Yelen Collection (March 8, 2024 through June 16, 2024) at Japan Society explores the origins of Zen Buddhism through more than four centuries of ink paintings and calligraphy by monks, including the celebrated Buddhist master Hakuin Ekaku. The exhibition's title stems from a legendary encounter between a Buddhist monk named Bodhidharma and the Chinese Emperor Wu Liang. According to eighth century Chinese sources, when the emperor asked the itinerant monk how much good will his generous deeds had earned in the eyes of the Buddha, the monk replied curtly, “none whatsoever,” shocking the ruler. This dismissive exchange, at once uncompromising, profound, and revolutionary, has come to embody the student/teacher relationship in Zen Buddhism. HELENLEE (see bio for “ The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met”). Wednesday, May 29 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Japan Society • Course 12488 • $85

Thursday, May 16 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Grey Art Gallery • Course 12487 • $85

Walking Tour: Sonia Delaunay at Bard Graduate Center Gallery Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979) was one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century. Her remarkably diverse and interconnected body of work focused on the primacy of color and a synthesis of the arts in the realms of fashion, textiles, interiors, books, mosaics, and tapestries. Sonia Delaunay: Living Art (February 23, 2024 through July 7, 2024) at Bard Graduate Center Gallery comprises almost 200 works from all periods of her career, reflecting her kaleidoscopic output from the early Parisian avant-garde of the 1910s to the spirited 1970s. HELENLEE (see bio for “ The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met”). Thursday, June 13 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Bard Graduate Center Gallery • Course 12492 • $85

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Walking Tour: Liberty to the Imagination at the Morgan Library The Morgan is celebrating the 100th year of its founding with a series of exhibits showcasing gifts promised to the museum. Liberty to the Imagination: Drawings from the Eveillard Gift (June 7, 2024 through October 6, 2024) comprises drawings from the holdings of New York–based collectors Elizabeth and Jean-Marie Eveillard, including a rare compositional study for Rembrandt’s first painting, Greuze’s virtuoso depiction of a young cook made for his friend Wille, Delacroix’s intimate portrait of Jenny, his confidante and caretaker, and a spectacular nude by Bonnard. The selection also contains rarely seen works by major artists such as Rubens, Guercino, Jordaens, Watteau, Géricault, Constable, Degas, Renoir, Seurat, Gauguin, Cézanne, Toulouse-Lautrec, Rodin, Vuillard, and Gris. HELENLEE (see bio for “ The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met”). Thursday, June 27 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Morgan Library and Museum • Course 12491 • $85

Walking Tour: Year of the Dragon at the Yale University Art Gallery

Walking Tour: The Art of Music at theMet

Coinciding with the 2024 Lunar New Year, Year of theDragon (March 15, 2024 through November 10, 2024) at the Yale University Art Gallery celebrates the dragon as depicted in various media from the past 500 years. The exhibit contains nearly 30 artworks spanning from the seventeenth century to the present day featuring dragons on folding screens, paintings, textiles, ceramics, ivory, and woodblock prints. In Asian folklore and in the zodiac calendar, the dragon is characterized as possessing power in the celestial realm and able to pour out blessings in the form of rainwater over swirling wind. HELENLEE (see bio for “ The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met”). Thursday, July 18 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Yale University Art Gallery • Course 12493 • $85

The Met is home to one of the world's most diverse and important collections of musical instruments from all cultures and eras. The refurbished galleries, dubbed The Art of Music: A New Narrative for Musical Instruments, feature audio kiosks and display instruments from across time and around the world next to each other to emphasize their artistic similarities in creation and function. Among the treasures on display are the oldest extant piano by Bartolomeo Cristofori (Florence, 1720), a Ming dynasty pipa decorated with ivory plaques, an important American pipe organ by Thomas Appleton (Boston, 1830), Persian instruments decorated with micro-mosaic inlays, violins by Antonio Stradivari, carved drums from throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, and instruments used by important musicians such as Andrés Segovia, Benny Goodman, Ostad Elahi, Udi Hrant, and others. Explore the connection and interdependence between music and art. HELENLEE (see bio for “ The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism at the Met”). Thursday, August 1 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Course 12490 • $85

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Walking Tour: Contemporary Galleries of New York City Explore the hottest galleries within Tribeca, Chelsea, or the Upper East Side and enjoy a day of beautiful art and architecture. Tour routes are carefully curated and designed to highlight the best selection of what is currently on display in any of the neighborhood galleries, making each trip in this series unique. Class meeting location will be provided via email one week prior to the tour. RIVA BLUMENFELD is an art educator at the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum, and the Guggenheim Museum, focusing on school, family and access groups for 14 years. Besides the museums, Blumenfeld conducts art tours for groups. Previously she owned a gallery in Soho that specialized in contemporary American art.

Tuesday, March 5 • 11:00am-1:00pm • TBD in NYC • Course 12302 • $80 Tuesday, April 9 • 11:00am-1:00pm • TBD in NYC • Course 12500 • $80 Tuesday, June 4 • 11:00am-1:00pm • TBD in NYC • Course 12501 • $80

Walking Tour: Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing , opening March 20, 2024, features the work of seventy-one visionary artists and collectives exploring the theme of what is real. With society at an inflection point brought on by artificial intelligence and critical discussions about identity, the exhibit explores the fluidity of identity and form, historical and current land stewardship, and concepts of embodiment, among other urgent throughlines. RIVA BLUMENFELD (see bio for “Contemporary Galleries of New York City”). Wednesday, April 17 • 11:30am-1:00pm 2:00pm-3:30pm • Whitney Museum of American Art • Course 12503 • $85

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Walking Tour: Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys at the Brooklyn Museum Musical and cultural iconic New York spouses Swizz Beatz (Kasseem Dean) and Alicia Keys (collectively, the Deans) have amassed a world-class art collection that includes works by Gordon Parks, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lorna Simpson, Kehinde Wiley, and Nina Chanel Abney. The Brooklyn Museum will host the Deans' first major exhibition, spotlighting pieces by Black diasporic artists, championing the philosophy of “artists supporting artists.” Immense pieces, including the largest ever by Meleko Mokgosi, are paired with standouts such as Parks’s seminal photographs, Wiley’s revolutionary portraits, and Esther Mahlangu’s globe-bridging canvases. Titled Giants in reference to the artists' reputations, canonical impact, physical size of the artwork, and supportive bond, the exhibition aims to encourage “giant conversations” inspired by the artwork, critiquing society and celebrating Blackness. RIVA BLUMENFELD (see bio for “Contemporary Galleries of New York City”). Wednesday, May 1 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Brooklyn Museum • Course 12504 • $85

Walking Tour: Art in Transit Since 1985, the Metropolitan Transit Authority Arts & Design program has been commissioning dynamic contemporary art for subway and commuter rail stations, creating memorable and lively environments for travelers. Tour the subway stations that feature work by Nick Cave and visit the recently opened Grand Central Madison that houses installations by Yayoi Kusama, Kiki Smith, and Jordan Bruner.

RIVA BLUMENFELD (see bio for “Contemporary Galleries of New York City”). Tuesday, May 21 • 11:00am-1:00pm • TBD in NYC • Course 12502 • $80

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Walking Tour: Galleries of Chelsea A guided tour of major galleries in Chelsea

will help art

enthusiasts and novices develop an awareness of current movements and trends in the arts. Discover an amazing variety of styles in today's art world with pieces bound to surprise and please. Tour highlights the best selection of what is currently on display in the neighborhood. One standout feature of the March tour will be a solo exhibition by Israeli artist Orit Hofshi, renowned for her mastery of printmaking. Hofshi employs both conventional and unconventional approaches, producing artworks that delve into the complexities of the human condition. Many of her pieces are inspired by the events of October 7, 2023, and their aftermath. Her works will be featured in a group exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC this spring. RONNIT VASSERMAN is the founder of Art Connect Group (ACG), a full service art consulting firm that focuses on exhibition curating and design, art acquisition for residential and commercial spaces, education and cultural programming, and public relations for upcoming art exhibitions. Tuesday, March 19 • 11:00am-1:00pm • TBD in NYC • Course 12553 • $80

Walking Tour: Tribeca, New York's Hottest Gallery District Tribeca has a burgeoning art scene and is the fastest growing art neighborhood in New York City. Retail is declining but the Triangle Below Canal is filling up with galleries. Tour includes visits to at least five galleries, including some high profile ones that recently migrated to Tribeca from other New York City neighborhoods. Each space has unique architectural elements that will enhance the art viewing experience. RONNIT VASSERMAN (see bio for “Galleries of Chelsea”). Thursday, May 2 • 11:00am-1:00pm • TBD in NYC • Course 12554 • $80

Walking Tour: Fashionable Upper East Side Aside from top designer boutiques, the Upper East Side is also home to premier art galleries. The gallery spaces there are more intimate than the huge white cube galleries of Chelsea and some occupy elegant townhouses. The tour will visit at least five galleries, including the exhibition Yves Klein and the Tangible World at Lévy Gorvy Dayan, and Wayne Thiebaud: Summer Days at the Acquavella Galleries. RONNIT VASSERMAN (see bio for “Galleries of Chelsea”) Wednesday, May 15 • 11:00am-12:30pm • TBD in NYC • Course 12629 • $80

Walking Tour: Chinatown's Burgeoning Art Scene Chinatown is emerging as Manhattan's hottest new art scene in NYC. It is also a great place for a few quick food purchases and to explore a fragrance gallery. This tour's unique blend of art, culture, and culinary delights in the heart of Chinatown offers a fantastic opportunity to acquire art from young artists before their prices skyrocket. RONNIT VASSERMAN (see bio for “Galleries of Chelsea”). Thursday, May 30 • 11:00am-1:00pm • TBD in NYC • Course 12555 • $80

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