| 2012 Free Art Programs at the
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Monday,
July 16, 7 pm
Tragedy to Triumph: The Story of Artemisia
This uniquely inspiring music/multimedia
performance is about 17th-century Italian
painter Artemisia Gentileschi. Linda M. Smith's
passionate and soulful style interweaves music,
poetry, and video of Artemisia's work to
communicate the intriguing life story of the
best known female artist in Western art history
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Monday,
July 23, 7 pm
The Paintings of Michelangelo
Art historian Jeff Mishur presents this slide
lecture about Michelangelo’s frescoes on the
ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, as well other
paintings, including The Last Judgement,
Temptation of St. Anthony, and Holy Family.
Mishur also will discuss Michelangelo’s painting
process and his patrons.
Art Excursions Website |
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Tuesday,
July 31, 7 pm
Painting Demonstration by Rosalie Vass
Batavia artist, Rosalie Vass, grew up in the
glacier area of Wisconsin. Her hometown was
small and her roaming range quite large. She was
fascinated by the changes in the sky and the
colors of the seasons. She watched the cows and
sheep graze in the pastures and all of life
seemed amazingly slow and multi-colored. She was
content to scan her environment to find the
colors, textures, moods, and compositions that
she would later paint. Her paintings burst with
the reflections and experiences of her childhood
adventures and adult travel. The desert, the
ocean, the mountains and the architecture of her
world travel all find a place in her work; never
as one scene from one location but a blenderful
of images from many times and places. She has
painted flocks of sheep, herds of cows, choirs
of angels, and countless towns, cities, palaces,
bridges, and cemeteries. Her paintings are like
random pages out of the diary of her life; come
experience the joy of her art.
Rosalie's Website |
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