Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Spring/Summer 2024
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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