ONLINE! Wonderful World of Animals in Art
Code: AA51009
Dates: October 2, 2020
Meets: 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM
Sessions: 1
Course Fee: $35.00
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NEW In celebration of International Animal Day (10/4) and honoring their importance in the life of our planet, this talk will explore images of a wide variety of animals as portrayed in art from prehistoric times to the present. Themes will include: animals as symbols/surrogates for human beings; the partnership of man and beast; beloved pets; and environmental concerns. Included: the work of Marc Chagall, Pablo Picass, Albert Bierstadt, Rosa Bonheur and Pieter Bruegel, among others.
Mariann Smith
Mariann Smith, MA. Prior to moving back to this area, she worked for 26 years in the Education Department--for the last 12 years as curator--in the Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo, NY, which focuses primarily on modern and contemporary art. Her major responsibilities included docent training; writing, recording, and editing audio tours and video programs; researching and preparing label copy and brochures for exhibitions; presenting lectures on a wide variety of topics; and curating a number of exhibitions. She is the author of Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Highlights of the Collection (2011) and a major contributor to The Long Curve: 150 Years of Visionary Collecting at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery (2011). Since moving back to Chester County, she had a one-year appointment as Curatorial Assistant, Art & Artifacts Dept., Special Collections, Bryn Mawr College, working with the Art and Artifacts staff on collection-based projects, exhibitions, and the museum studies program. She also worked as consultant at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, revising audio tour scripts and preparing exhibition labels. Mariann received her AB in French Studies from Bryn Mawr in 1981 and a Masters in Art History (1986) and Certificate of Museum Practice (1987) from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She is also currently a consultant for the Center for Humanities in Medicine at the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biological Sciences.N/A
