Thomas Cole
The Present
Museum Purchase

Haley Douds '10 will facilitate a quiet meditation with shared responses to "The Past" and "The Present" by Thomas Cole

Take a break with art, music and food! Presented by the Mead Art Museum Docents with special musical guest the Madrigal Singers.

Niki de Saint Phalle
You Are My Bird, 1968
Bequest of Richard S. Zeisler (Class of 1937)

The Magic of Signs: American and European Art of the 1950s and 60s from the Collection of Richard S. Zeisler ’37

Robert Henri
Salome
Museum Purchase

Reading the Picture: Exploring Connections between Painting and Literature series - John Cameron, Professor of English will speak about the "Salomes" of Robert Henri and Oscar Wilde.

Open Mic Night for Original Works and Works in Progress. Organized and hosted by Max Kaisler, Class of 2011.

On Saturday, April 10, from noon to 4 p.m., the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College will host a museum-wide open house showcasing its current exhibitions and latest projects at an event titled Get Smart with Art! The fun-filled afternoon of activities for all ages is free and open to the public.

On Saturday, April 10, from noon to 4 p.m., the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College will host a museum-wide open house showcasing its current exhibitions and latest projects at an event titled Get Smart with Art! The fun-filled afternoon of activities for all ages is free and open to the public. During Get Smart with Art!, visitors will have a behind-the-scenes preview of the most recent additions to the museum’s collections—including works of art from China and a fascinating assortment of costumes and rare objects from Japanese theater—all of which will be on display at the Mead throughout the entire afternoon. Director Elizabeth Barker will hold an open discussion about the museum’s current priorities and goals, and curators Bettina Jungen (Russian art) and Randall Griffey (American art) will lead insider’s tours of exhibitions currently on view. In addition, specially designed tours and activities will be offered for children, and student docents and museum staff will offer a guided tour of the Mead’s art from Africa, Asia, and Latin America in conjunction with Amherst College’s weekend Celebration of Culture and Identity.

On Saturday, April 10, from noon to 4 p.m., the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College will host a museum-wide open house showcasing its current exhibitions and latest projects at an event titled Get Smart with Art! The fun-filled afternoon of activities for all ages is free and open to the public. During Get Smart with Art!, visitors will have a behind-the-scenes preview of the most recent additions to the museum’s collections—including works of art from China and a fascinating assortment of costumes and rare objects from Japanese theater—all of which will be on display at the Mead throughout the entire afternoon. Director Elizabeth Barker will hold an open discussion about the museum’s current priorities and goals, and curators Bettina Jungen (Russian art) and Randall Griffey (American art) will lead insider’s tours of exhibitions currently on view. In addition, specially designed tours and activities will be offered for children, and student docents and museum staff will offer a guided tour of the Mead’s art from Africa, Asia, and Latin America in conjunction with Amherst College’s weekend Celebration of Culture and Identity.

Thomas Cole
The Past
Museum Purchase

Reading the Picture: Exploring Connections between Painting and Literature Series - Allen Guttman, Emily C. Jordan Folger Professor of English and American Studies, will speak about Thomas Cole's "The Past" and "The Present" and Sir Walter Scott's "Ivanhoe".

Randall Davey
Monhegan Harbor
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Adler

Mark Hart, Amherst College Buddhist Adjunct Adviser, will facilitate a quiet meditation with shared responses to "Monhegan Harbor", ca. 1915 by Randall Davey.

Open Mic Night for Original Works and Works in Progress. Organized and hosted by Max Kaisler, Class of 2011.

Mary Bauermeister
#175 The Great Society, 1969
Bequest of Richard S. Zeisler (Class of 1937)

The installation presents European and American sculptures, prints, and works in other media from the 1950s and 60s donated and bequeathed to Amherst College by Richard S. Zeisler, Class of 1937. Featured artists include such significant figures as Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Eduardo Chillida, Niki de Saint Phalle, Ilya Bolotowsky and Mary Bauermeister.

Reading the Picture: Exploring Connections between Painting and Literature Series - Anton Bosman, Associate Professor of English, will speak about Thomas Dicksee's "Ophelia" and Shakespeare's "Hamlet".

Daniel Barbezat, Professor of Economics, will facilitate this meditation session with shared responses to attentive looking activities.

Open Mic Night for Original Works and Works in Progress. Organized and hosted by Max Kaisler, Class of 2011.

Christopher Trinacty, Robert E. Keiter '57 Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics, will speak about Giancinto Gimignani's "Narcissus" and Ovid's "Metamorphoses".

Open Mic Night for Original Works and Works in Progress. Organized and hosted by Max Kaisler, Class of 2011.

Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 4:30 p.m., North Fairchild Gallery Gallery Talk: Randall Griffey, Curator of American Art, leads a tour of An Expanding Lens: New Photographic Acquisitions at the Mead Art Museum.

Dale Sinos, Visiting Professor of Classics will speak about Angelica Kauffmann's "The Return of Telemachus" and Homer's "Odyssey".

Arthur Zajonc, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Physics, will facilitate a quiet meditation with shared responses to "Le Travail interrompu"(Work Interrupted), 1897 by William Adolphe Bouguereau.

Open Mic Night for Original Works and Works in Progress. Organized and hosted by Max Kaisler, Class of 2011 in the Mead Art Museum's Rotherwas Room.

Take a break with art, music and food! Presented by the Mead Art Museum Docents with special musical guests the Sabrinas.

Susan Niditch, Samuel Green Professor of Religion, will speak about Edward Hicks's "Peaceable Kingdom" and the Book of Isaiah.

Randall Griffey, Curator of American Art, leads a tour of "An Expanding Lens: New Photographic Acquisitions at the Mead Art Museum".