Lectures and Tours
Highlights Tours
Tuesday, Thursday at 1:30 plus 2:30 Saturdays and Sundays. Meet in the east wing near the portholes.
No registration necessary.
Learning to Look
8 Fridays, January 8–February 26, 11:00–12:00. Explore the museum’s collections with enthusiastic CMA artists, discussing composition, color, perspective, and technique. Develop your looking skills to add enjoyment when you visit your museum or other art institutions. Talks include Flat as a Flounder January 22, and In the Round: Materials of an Artist in Three Dimensions February 19, both by Michael Starinsky.
Rembrandt Lecture Series
A Portrait of Rembrandt as an Artist
3 Wednesdays, February 3–17, 10:30–12:00. Catherine Scallen, Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University. The 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn was famous in his own time and remains so to this day. Three different aspects of Rembrandt’s art are examined to shed light on his achievements. February 3 Rembrandt the Narrator; February 10 Rembrandt the Innovator; February 17 Rembrandt the Conservative. $70, CMA members $54; individual lectures $25, CMA members $18.
Lectures
Diplomacy, Curiosity, and Early Native American Art from the Great Lakes: Two Profiles of the Soldier-Collector c. 1800 Saturday, March 20, 2:30. Ruth Phillips, Professor of Art History and Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario. Discover the earliest collections of Great Lakes Native American art. This talk explores the collections British and American military officers made and the contact they had with Anishinaabe and Hodenosaunee people.
Art to Wear: Plains Indian Decorated Garments Sunday, May 9, 2:30. Joe D. Horse Capture (A’aninin [Gros Ventre]), Associate Curator of African, Oceanic, and Native American Art, Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Explore the forms, decoration, and thematic significance of garments created by the Native Americans of the Great Plains region. An expert in the arts of the Plains Indians, Horse Capture will discuss many fine examples of these decorated garments in the Thaw collection.
University Circle Education Collaboration
Resources Around the Circle: Native North American Art and Culture Three Saturday afternoons.
Saturday, March 27 at the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1:00–2:30. Learn about the exhibition, Art of the American Indians: The Thaw Collection, and discover CMA’s Art Cart with touchable American Indian art objects.
Saturday, April 17 at the Western
Reserve Historical Society, 1:00–2:30. Learn about WRHS’s collections of materials related to Native North American Indians.
Saturday, May 8 at the Cleveland
Museum of Natural History, 1:00–2:30. Take an interactive tour of CMNH’s collections related to Native North American Indians. $60 for all three events; CMA, WRHS, and CMNH members $50.
Symposium
Engage! Making Art Accessible to People with Dementia Wednesday, February 24, 10:15–3:00. Conference co-sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic Arts & Medicine Institute and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Join us for a special conference exploring the role of the arts in lives of individuals with memory loss. The morning talks feature prominent physicians and experts who discuss Alzheimer’s disease as a human experience and the impact of the arts in enhancing the quality of life. The Meet Me at MoMA program, a special project for Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers will be introduced by Amir Parsa, Department of Education, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Registration is required for this free event. A limited number of free lunches available. For information or reservations, call 216-707-2464 or e-mail
educationrsvp@clevelandart.org.
Art and Fiction Book Club
This structured look at art history through fiction and narrative non-fiction is a collaboration between the museum’s library and education departments, intended for adult patrons. $45, CMA members $35.
Olympia, by Otto Frederic
3 Wednesdays, February 3–17, 1:30–2:45
His Masterpiece, by Emile Zola
3 Wednesdays, March 3–17, 1:30–2:45. A painter who bears a resemblance to Paul Cézanne attempts to conquer the Parisian art scene.
The Walking Boy, by Lydia Kwa
3 Wednesdays, April 7–21, 1:30–2:45. A compelling saga set in 8th-century China during the final years of the reign of the country’s only female emperor.
Art in Focus Talks
Wednesdays, 1:30. Meet near the portholes in the east wing.
Exciting French Artists
February 3, 1:30 pm
Zsuzsa Racz
Reach to the Mountains and the Sky: Bierstadt and Cezanne
February 10, 1:30 pm
Nancy Persell
A Visit to the Spiritual Side
February 17, 1:30 pm
Marilyn Butler
Love Stories in Art
February 24, 1:30 pm
Kermit Greeneisen
Art and Poetry: Rodin and Douglas
March 3, 1:30 pm
Gwen Johnson
Don Quixote Meets the Surrealists
March 10, 1:30 pm
Laura Martin
North American Indian Basketry, Thaw Collection
March 17, 1:30 pm
Barbara Kathman
Rembrandt and Turner: Colors of their Palette
March 24, 1:30 pm
Ran Datta
Damien Hirst: Bring Forth the Fruits of Righteousness
March 31, 1:30 pm
Kate Hoffmeyer
Artists and their Patrons: a Look at American Portraiture
April 7, 1:30 pm
Pat Simpfendorfer
Two Van Goghs
April 14, 1:30 pm
Bob Walcott
Voluble Still-Life’s
April 21, 1:30 pm
Maya Hercbergs
Mino da Fiesole and Auguste Rodin: Sculpture in the CMA
April 28, 1:30 pm
Nancy Persell
Ingalls Library
Collection in Focus: Greetings from Cleveland—Postcards from the Ingalls Library Collection Thursday, February 18, 2:00–3:30. Sixty-five years ago, Cleveland was America’s fifth largest city and an enviable destination. Join us in visiting the landmark buildings, vistas, parks, and neighborhoods of Cleveland and northeastern Ohio towns using postcards from the Ingalls Library collection. Limit 20; pre-registration required. $20, CMA members free.
Research Roadshow
Wednesday, April 28, 7:00–8:30. Discover the hidden history of an object in your collection. Each participant may submit a photograph of one object. Contact Matthew Gengler at 216-707-6678 or mgengler@clevelandart.org. Limit 5; pre-registration required. $20, CMA members free.
Collection in Focus: Edward S. Curtis’s "The North American Indian" Thursday, March 18, 2:00–3:30. In 1906, J. P. Morgan offered photographer Edward S. Curtis (1868–1952) $75,000 to produce a series on the North American Indian. Come view and discuss the Ingalls Library’s copy of The North American Indian. Limit 20; pre-registration required. $20, CMA members free.
Art Study Group Ingalls Library and Cleveland Heights–University Heights Public Library Cooperative Programming. Enrich your experience and expand your knowledge of the Cleveland Museum of Art’s current exhibition with the Art Study Group. There is no charge for the program, but registration is required. Call 216-932-3600 or visit the Heights Library web site to register.
Ongoing Book Sale
Every month, a new selection of sale books is located on the shelves opposite the library’s recent acquisitions area. Deeper discounts each week.
Except for Research Roadshow, all reservations are through the box office. For specific questions regarding Ingalls Library programs, please call the reference desk at 216–707–2530.
Treasure Hunts
Stop at the information desk to pick up clever, witty scavenger hunts to have fun exploring the new east wing galleries, looking at art in ways you may have never imagined—you may even win a prize. Available for all ages during regular museum hours.
Talks to Go
Building for the Future
Join us as the Cleveland Museum of Art builds for the future. Enjoy free talks by our museum staff for your community group at your location. The presentation introduces the museum’s $350 million renovation and expansion, and gives a preview of what is coming as the CMA expands its spaces for collections as well as educational and public programs. To request a speaker, call Sarah Dagy at 216–707–2458.
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