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Summer Gallery Talk Series in August12:43PM / Monday, July 28, 2008
WILLIAMSTOWN -During the months of July and August, the Williams College Museum of Art offers free Summer Gallery Talks at 2 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Curators, educators, and artists will lead an array of talks that focus on all aspects of the museum, from its permanent collection and current exhibitions, to what happens behind the scenes. These tours will last approximately 30 minutes. Reservations are not required.
For the month of August, the talks begin on Tuesday, August 5 with John Stomberg, Deputy Director/Chief Curator and Lecturer in Art with Sigmund R. Balka, Class of 1956, discussing the current exhibition The Long Day and the New Night: The Lithographs of Benton Spruance.
On Thursday, August 7, Education Interns Eve Streicker and Madeline Berky will be taking guests through the galleries and focusing on highlights of the collection.
The following week, on Tuesday, August 12, Vivian Patterson, Curator of Collections, will give visitors an insider's view with a talk entitled "The Collection of a Teaching Museum: A Behind-the-Scenes View."
And finally our summer series ends on Thursday, August 14, with Interim Associate Curator, Kathryn Price, who will give a talk highlighting "William Morris Hunt and the French Tradition."
The Williams College Museum of Art is located on Main Street in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The museum is wheelchair accessible and open to the public. Admission is FREE. For more information, contact the museum at 413-597-2429. |
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