FALL 1997 GALLERY TALKS TO BE PRESENTED AT THE ART MUSEUM
August 14, 1997 - Gallery talks take place at the Fogg Art Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum (both at 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge) and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (485 Broadway, Cambridge). All are free to the public with the price of Art Museums' admission ($5.00; $4.00 senior citizens; $3.00 non-Harvard students; free under 18, on Saturday mornings, and to Harvard affiliates). Hearing assists are available for gallery talks; arrangements should be made beforehand by phoning (617) 495-8286. To request a sign language interpreter, the public should call (617) 495-2397 using Massachusetts Telephone Relay Service 1-800-439-2370 three weeks in advance of the gallery talk. Editors please note: Beginning on September 8, 1997 the days and times of general gallery tours will change. General tours will be offered Monday through Friday from September through June. The Fogg tour will be at 11:00 a.m.; the Busch-Reisinger tour will be at 1:00 p.m.; and the Sackler tour will be at 2:00 p.m.
Gallery talks through November 1997 include the following:
Saturday, September 13
The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures
with Lana Branton, Art Museums docent. Fogg, 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, September 14
"Images of Animals and Children in the Fogg and Busch-Reisinger
Collections" with Anneliese Harding, Art Museums docent. Fogg,
2:00 p.m.
Saturday, September 20
About Face: Artists' Portraits in Photography with
Deborah Martin Kao, Charles C. Cunningham, Sr. Assistant Curator of
Photographs. Fogg, 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, September 27
Gods, Kings, and Tigers: The Art of Kotah with Rochelle
Kessler, acting assistant curator of Islamic and later Indian art.
Sackler, 11:30 a.m.
Saturday, September 27
In/Tuition: A Seminar's Engagement with Joseph Beuys with
Shivani Grover, fine arts concentrator and seminar participant. Busch-Reisinger,
11:30 am.
Saturday, October 4
Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases with Lisa
Buboltz, Ph.D. candidate. Fogg, 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, October 5In/Tuition: A Seminar's Engagement with Joseph Beuys with Matt Saunders, visual and environmental studies concentrator and seminar participant. Busch-Reisinger, 2:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 19
In/Tuition: A Seminar's Engagement with Joseph Beuys with Scott
Rothkopf, fine arts concentrator and seminar participant. Busch-Reisinger,
2:00 p.m.
Sunday, October 26Gods, Kings, and Tigers: The Art of Kotah with Rochelle Kessler, acting assistant curator of Islamic and later Indian art. Sackler, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 1 "Women in the Museums: Artists and Images" with Ann Read, Art Museums docent. Fogg, 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, November 2 The Persistence of Memory: Continuity and Change in American Cultures with Lana Branton, Art Museums docent. Fogg, 3:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 2 In/Tuition: A Seminar's Engagement with Joseph Beuys with Sinne Lundgaard Rasmussen, doctoral candidate, Univeristy of Aarhus, Denmark, and seminar participant. Busch-Reisinger, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 8 Images of Animals and Children in the Fogg and Busch-Reisinger Collections with Anneliese Harding, Art Museums docent. Fogg, 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, November 9 Rome and New York: A Continuity of Cities with Marjorie B. Cohn, Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Curator of Prints. Fogg, 2:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 22 In/Tuition: A Seminar's Engagement with Joseph Beuys with Jacqueline van Rhyn, Werner and Maren Otto Curatorial Intern at the Busch-Reisinger. Busch-Reisinger, 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, November 16Fragments of Antiquity: Drawing Upon Greek Vases with Aaron Paul, curatorial research associate, Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art and Numismatics. Fogg, 2:00 p.m.
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For general information on the Harvard University Art Museums, please call (617) 495-9400.
For more press information or photographs, please contact Kate McShea at (617) 495-2397.
World Wide Web: www.artmuseums.harvard.edu
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The Harvard University Art Museums comprise three museums (Busch-Reisinger Museum, Fogg Art Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum), all located on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, MA, at the intersection of Quincy Street and Broadway, adjacent to Harvard Yard. The Harvard University Art Museums are open Monday through Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., and Sunday 1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Closed holidays. Admission is $5.00; $4.00 for senior citizens; $3.00 for students; free under 18 and on Saturday mornings. Harvard University Art Museums' facilities are wheelchair accessible. For special tour reservations, please call (617) 496-8576. -end