West Falmouth Library is delighted to once again host art educator and historian Suzanne Altman, this time teaching a riveting series, “Envisioning America: How Artists Have Pictured the Country From the Revolution to the Social Justice Movements of the 20th Century”, monthly through January, 2024, on Thursdays at 2:30pm. The first class, the Colonial and Revolutionary Period, will be held Thursday, September 21st at 2:30pm. Cost is $10 per class. Full schedule is as follows:
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West Falmouth Library is delighted to once again host art educator and historian Suzanne Altman, this time teaching a riveting series, “Envisioning America: How Artists Have Pictured the Country From the Revolution to the Social Justice Movements of the 20th Century”, monthly through January, 2024, on Thursdays at 2:30pm. The first class, the Colonial and Revolutionary Period, will be held Thursday, September 21st at 2:30pm. Cost is $10 per class. Full schedule is as follows:
Thursday, September 21st, 2:30pm: Colonial and Revolutionary Period: We will discuss portrait artists like John Singleton Copley, history painters like Benjamin West, and many depictions of George Washington and other leaders of the new nation. $10, purchase at westfalmouthlibrary.org
Thursday, October 19th, 2:30pm: Manifest Destiny and the Western Expansion: This program includes depictions of Native Americans and the glorious paintings of the landscape of the West by Hudson River School painters like Frederic Church and Thomas Cole. $10, purchase at westfalmouthlibrary.org
Thursday, November 16th, 2:30pm: The Civil War and Reconstruction: We will view and discuss depictions of the conflict and its aftermath from painters such as Winslow Homer and photographers like Matthew Brady. $10, purchase at westfalmouthlibrary.org
Thursday, December 14th, 2:30pm: Immigration, World War One, and the Great Depression: We will explore the turbulent early years of the 20th century, with depictions by Alfred Stieglitz, Jacob Riis, Dorothea Lange, and Ben Shahn. $10, purchase at westfalmouthlibrary.org.
Thursday, January 18th, 2024, 2:30pm: Social Justice Movements of the Mid and Late 20th Century: Included in this program are The Civi Rights, Anti War, and Feminist movements, AIDS activism, and artists like Romare Bearden, Keith Haring, and Judy Chicago. $10, purchase at westfalmouthlibrary.org
Suzanne Altman is an art educator and art historian who has presented art and art history programs throughout Rockland, Bergen and Westchester counties, for both adult and teenage audiences. She is also a painter who works out of her studio and art school in Ossining, NY and exhibits frequently. See her work at www.suealtmanart.com or on Instagram @artworkshudson
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