Scarsdale Adult School Catalog Fall/Winter 2024-25
Walking Tour: Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. at theMet Running through October 20, 2024, at the Met, Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. showcases 70 pieces designed by silversmith Edward C. Moore (1827-1891), a pivotal creative force at Tiffany & Co., alongside more than 180 works donated to the museum from his own personal collection, including Greek and Roman glass, Japanese baskets, and metalwork from the Islamic world. The exhibit also includes seldom seen examples from a dozen private and public lenders. 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. Friday, September 6 • 10:30am-12:00pm • Metropolitan Museum of Art • Course 12745 • $85
Walking Tour: Andy Warhol and Andrew Wyeth Exhibits at the Bruce Museum Tour two terrific exhibits currently on display at the Bruce Museum. Andy Warhol: small is beautiful , running April 6, 2024 through October 13, 2024) includes nearly 100 unique yet diminutive works by Warhol (1928-1987), one of the leading figures of the pop art movement. Organized thematically, the exhibit provides an intimate look at the artist's best-known subjects, such as an early iteration of his famous Campbell's soup can, portraits of celebrities and politicians, and late-career abstracts. Every Leaf & Twig: Andrew Wyeth's Botanical Imagination , running October 3, 2024 through January 5, 2025) explores Wyeth's lifelong admiration of Walden, or Life in the Woods by transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau. Featuring nearly 35 works on paper, Wyeth's botanical drawings and watercolors capture the regional flora of the landscapes of his home in Pennsylvania and summers spent in coastal Maine. HELENLEE (see bio for “Walking Tour: Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. at the Met”). Wednesday, October 9 • 11:30am-1:00pm • Bruce Museum • Course 12748 • $85 Walking Tour: Make Way for Berthe Weill at the Grey Art Museum Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde , running October 1, 2024 through March 1, 2025, surveys the groundbreaking career of the first woman modern art dealer. Overcoming sexism and antisemitism, Weill (1865–1951) successfully promoted many fledgling masters of modern art, including Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, and Amedeo Modigliani. The exhibition highlights her contribution to the history of modernism by featuring 80 works, many of which had been shown at her gallery during the first four decades of the twentieth century. HELENLEE (see bio for “Walking Tour: Collecting Inspiration: Edward C. Moore at Tiffany & Co. at the Met”). Friday, November 15 • 11:00am-12:30pm • Grey Art Gallery • Course 12747 • $85
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