Michael Cassin, leading a series of four lectures, at the Clark
Michael Cassin, Curator of Education at the Sterling and Francine Clark Institute in Williamstown, MA, is leading a series of four lectures entitled Art and The Muses. The series, sponsored by The Clark, in association with the Osher Institute of Lifetime Learning(OLLI), will be held on four consecutive Thursdays on March 6, 13 20, 27 from 1:00 pm to 2:30pm. at the Clark Institute.The lectures will examine the various ways in which the visual arts inter-connect with history, astronomy, poetry, and the performing arts, with reference to paintings and sculpture from classical times to the 20th century. Works from the Clark’s collection and from museums elsewhere will be shown through slide presentations. After each of the lectures, participants are welcome to spend time in the galleries looking at some of the great works in the Clark’s collection ‘in the flesh’.
The lecture schedule is:
March 6- Art and History;
March 13- Art and Poetry;
March 20- Art and Drama
March 27 -Art and Music
The cost to OLLI members is $20 for the series or $5 per lecture. Non-members pay $30.00 for the series or $7.50 per lecture. For information on this program and to register, call the OLLI office at 413-236-2190 or visit www.BerkshireOLLI.org. You may pay at the door.
