Art Historian To Lecture On Art Of The American West At Ventfort Hall
LENOX — Berkshire art historian and educator Maureen Hickey will open Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum’s summer 2008 lecture series with a visual presentation entitled “The West Was All Before Them: Nineteenth Century Expedition Art.” Her lecture, followed by a Victorian Tea at which she will answer questions, is scheduled for Wednesday, June 18 at 4 p.m..Hickey will discuss, compare and juxtapose early expedition art with late nineteenth expedition art of the American West. Expedition art, beginning with explorers Lewis and Clark and the first military expeditions in 1819-20, embodies the different goals and needs in the early part of the century, as well as later national and mythological images under the influence of Manifest Destiny.
By also showing the work of several contemporary Native American artists and their particular version of nineteenth century expeditions of the West, Hickey will revisit historical and mythological images.
Admission for the lecture and tea is $15 for nonmembers and $12 for members. For reservations call Ventfort Hall at 413-637-3206. The historic mansion is located at 104 Walker Street in Lenox.
