Members Dinner
Time: 5:00pm
Location: Middlebury College Museum of Art and Mahaney Center for the Arts Lobby
A festive occasion for members of the Museum Friends to celebrate and select a new work of art for the collection. For membership information, click here or call (802) 443-2309.
Illustrated Lecture
Time: 4:30pm
Location: Twilight Auditorium
Tom Branchick, Director and Conservator of Paintings, Williamstown Art Conservation Center, Massachusetts, has added his anonymous touch to works of art by legions of famous artists. He discusses the service of conservation to the central purpose of art museums: the preservation of the world’s art. Sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art, the Department of the History of Art and Architecture, and the Committee on the Arts in conjunction with HARC 0248, a new introductory course about art museums.
Art & Lunch Discussion
Time: 12:15pm
Location: Middlebury College Museum of Art
Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture Eliza B. Garrison will present the museum’s recently acquired Book of Hours, an illustrated manuscript produced in Bruges, c. 1500, with links to many of the most influential artists in the history of the Northern Renaissance. Enjoy further conversation over a light lunch in the lobby. Sponsored by the Department of History of Art and Architecture, the Middlebury College Museum of Art, and the Committee on the Arts. Lunch is provided. Free to College ID card holders; community donations welcomed.
Illustrated Lecture
Time: 4:30pm
Location: Twilight Auditorium
Lee Rosenbaum writes the award-winning CultureGrrl blog at ArtsJournal.com and is a contributor to Wall Street Journal’s “Leisure & Arts” page and Huffington Post Arts. She provides cultural commentary for NPR and numerous local Public Radio stations and has written for The New York Times and Los Angeles Times Op-Ed pages and for ARTnews and Art in America magazines, among others. A frequent lecturer, she is author of The Complete Guide to Collecting Art (Knopf). Sponsored by the Middlebury College Museum of Art, the Department of History of Art and Architecture, and the Committee on the Arts in conjunction with HARC 0248, a new introductory course about art museums.