Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Spring/Summer 2024
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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