If you are looking for a fun and creative way to introduce artists and art history to young people, then this is the book for you! Artists & Their Pets, by Susie Hodge with illustrations by Violet Lemay, makes famous artists more relatable by including the animals and pets they loved and cared for throughout […]
Read more "Artists & Their Pets"Join me for an art meet up at the Cornell Fine Arts Museum that is FREE for members of the Winter Garden Art Association and $10 for nonmembers. I will lead our group through a unique and atypical tour of their new exhibition, “Dangerous Women: Selections from the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art.” […]
Read more "Dangerous Women"The Wandering Art Historian wanders back to Mount Dora, FL this October with a very special Dine & Learn presentation titled, “Brushing Up on Impressionism.” This lecture celebrates the movement that changed the art world forever and continues to inspire to this very day. “Brushing Up on Impressionism!” Dine & Learn in Mount Dora, FL […]
Read more "Return to Mount Dora"Next month I am debuting a brand new lecture series that I am thrilled to be sharing with all of you titled, “How to Read a Painting.” Hosted by the Winter Garden Art Association, this series will run for three weeks in October and cover the topics COLOR, SYMBOLS and STORIES in art. This will […]
Read more "Fall Lecture Preview #3"A few weeks ago, I posted a teaser for my upcoming fall lecture series, “How to Read a Painting.” As I mentioned, Session 1 will be devoted to COLOR and exploring a few of the fascinating ways in which artists use color in their work. Session 2 is dedicated to SYMBOLS and discussing their meanings […]
Read more "Fall Lecture Preview #2"It is a fascinating study to see the types of artwork that are produced during times of extreme trauma or stress. While that sounds very obtuse and insensitive, art history always asks “why?” an artwork is created. Asking difficult questions about art can provide a better understanding of an artwork, an artist and the intentions […]
Read more "Art as Comfort"The Art Lovers Book Club is going incredibly well which proves that sometimes creative experiments work! I am sad to see this series come to a close (for the summer – don’t worry, it WILL be back), but I am so glad I chose this one for the last book of the series. Broad Strokes: […]
Read more "Broad Strokes"A few weeks ago, I visited The Alfond Inn for the very fist time and was not disappointed. This unique, modern, boutique-style hotel is located in Winter Park, FL and boasts an incredible modern and contemporary art collection of nearly 500 pieces. There is one piece in particular that has haunted me – in a […]
Read more "Cloud Cities"Cubism isn’t the easiest art concept to explain to adults, let alone to kids. Does that mean we should refrain from teaching children challenging art theories? Of course not! At the recent Take pART event at St. Luke’s UMC, I wrote a brief explanation of Cubism to accompany a kids’ art activity called “Picasso Pizzazz.” […]
Read more "Kids & Pablo Picasso"It can sometimes be difficult to explain art historical movements, or even the lives of certain artists, to children. For the recent Take pART event, I was asked to write about Vincent van Gogh and his painting “Starry Night” for a kid’s art activity. Here’s what I came up with… Vincent van Gogh was a […]
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