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Americans Abroad: Four Expatriate Artists

Code: AA21012

Dates: October 22 - November 12, 2024

Meets: 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM

Sessions: 4

Location: ONLINE

Course Fee: $65.00

There are 3 openings remaining at this time.

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For centuries, Europe has beckoned to American artists, attracted by its rich artistic heritage and vibrant art scenes. Some stayed for years, while others never returned home. Explore the experiences of American expatriates who traveled to major art centers like Paris, London and Rome. Delve into the lives and works of Benjamin West, James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent and Henry Ossawa Tanner.
Fee: $65.00
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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.

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