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Docent Art Talks – Julia Margaret Cameron: Scandalous Victorian Photography
Julia Margaret Cameron was a middle-aged upper-class Victorian woman who dared to invent and use photographic techniques that were new to her time. Were they scandalous? Come and find out! This Art Talk is presented by Susan Hill. — Art Talks take place every Wednesday between January and April at 1:30 PM in the Stonewall Community Room. Art Talks are free with museum admission. — Join the Tucson Museum of Art between January and April for the TMALearn!…
Docent Art Talks – From Everyday Objects To Artistic Gems: Welcome To The World Of Navajo Folk Art
We will discover the creative art and artists whose designs reflect the lives of the Navajo People. This Docent Art Talk is presented by Linda Friedman. — Art Talks take place every Wednesday between January and April at 1:30 PM in the Stonewall Community Room. Art Talks are free with museum admission. — Join the Tucson Museum of Art between January and April for the TMALearn! Docent Council’s series of lectures examining the art and artists who have…
Artist Talk: Tony Foster
Join British artist- explorer Tony Foster, who is featured in The Western Sublime: Majestic Landscapes of the American West, as he discusses his artistic practice and his journeys into the world’s wild places which inform his intricate watercolour paintings. --- Included with paid admission; free for museum members and students with ID. Culture Pass, guest passes, and other forms of complementary admission will not be accepted for this event. --- IMAGE: Tony Foster, A Walk Across Death Valley, Part Two: Looking…
Docent Art Talks – Art Deco Automobiles And Hollywood Movies
The Art Deco movement was seen in nearly all forms of creative expression including fashion, architecture, art and sculpture. This presentation will examine its influence on automobile design and Hollywood movies. This Art Talk is presented by Harry Hankanson. — Art Talks take place every Wednesday between January and April at 1:30 PM in the Stonewall Community Room. Art Talks are free with museum admission. — Join the Tucson Museum of Art between January and April for the…
Docent Art Talks – Tucson 7 Artists: Pillars Of Southwest American Art
It is an honor for Tucson to have been the art home for seven of the southwest's most acclaimed artists in this century. Get to know them, enjoy their art and prepare to adopt bragging rights for our own Tucson 7. This Art Talk is presented by Kit Kimball. — Art Talks take place every Wednesday between January and April at 1:30 PM in the Stonewall Community Room. Art Talks are free with museum admission. — Join the…
Leadership Circle Lecture Series – An Evening with Michael Rooks
Join us for a lecture by Michael Rooks, Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. 4:30 p.m. reception (Leadership Circle members only) 6:00 p.m. lecture (open to the public) — This event costs $5 to attend; free for museum members and students with ID. Culture Pass, guest passes, and other forms of complementary admission will not be accepted for this event. — Leadership Circle is the Tucson Museum of Art’s…
Docent Art Talks: The Greatest Dutch Master Of Them All
Rembrandt, Vermeer and Van Gogh each can lay claim to be the greatest Dutch Master. Can you make a choice? This Art Talk is presented by Charles Tampio. — Art Talks take place every Wednesday between January and April at 1:30 PM in the Stonewall Community Room. Art Talks are free with museum admission. — Join the Tucson Museum of Art between January and April for the TMALearn! Docent Council’s series of lectures examining the art and…
Docent Art Talks – Lawrence Alma-Tadema: At Home In Antiquity – Bringing The Classical World To Life
Alma-Tadema wowed Victorian Britain with his detailed depictions of life in the ancient world, then disappeared into obscurity until his legacy was returned to respectability through an unlikely ally. This Art Talk is presented by Martin Randall. — Art Talks take place every Wednesday between January and April at 1:30 PM in the Stonewall Community Room. Art Talks are free with museum admission. — Join the Tucson Museum of Art between January and April for the TMALearn! Docent…
The Bad Boys of Elaine Horwitch Galleries
Join Chief Curator Dr. Julie Sasse in a conversation with art critic Lisa Wade and artists Tom Palmore and Billy Schenck as they discuss the rise of contemporary art in the wild west and the impact of Elaine Horwitch on their careers. 11:00 a.m. reception (Leadership Circle members only) 1:00 p.m. lecture (open to the public) — Included with museum admission; free for museum members and students with ID. Culture Pass, guest passes, and other forms of complementary admission will…
Docent Art Talks – Arthur Dove Creates Landscapes of the Mind
How would you paint the sound of a sunset? The smell of a thunderstorm? Come and explore how American Modernist, Arthur Dove, reimagined the concrete and the abstract. This Art Talk is presented by Jaye-Lynn Trapp. — Art Talks take place every Wednesday between January and April at 1:30 PM in the Stonewall Community Room. Art Talks are free with museum admission. — Join the Tucson Museum of Art between January and April for the TMALearn! Docent Council’s…