On the last Friday in July, The Wandering Art Historian book club discussed Broad Strokes: 15 Women Who Made Art & Made History (in That Order) by Bridget Quinn. To celebrate our second gathering via Zoom and to honor one of the incredible artists discussed in our book, I decided to recreate one of my […]
Read more "My Covid Classics – #6"At this time of year, I would typically be eyeballs deep in The Art Lovers’ Book Club hosted by the Winter Garden Art Association. Since this is no normal year and it is not safe enough for us to meet in person, I decided to move forward with The Wandering Art Historian Book Club on […]
Read more "The Wandering Art Historian Book Club"The 2019 edition of the Art Lovers Book Club concluded this past Saturday with a discussion of A Piece of the World by Christina Baker Kline. I was really moved by this book as it is told from the perspective of Christina Olson, the subject of Andrew Wyeth’s most famous painting, “Christina’s World.” The author […]
Read more "A Piece of the World"The 2nd Annual Art Lovers Book Club is in high gear at the Winter Garden Art Association! My gratitude to everyone who attended yesterday’s discussion of Javier Sierra’s The Secret Supper. Some really profound observations were shared and that made the experience even more enjoyable for me as facilitator. One reason I chose Sierra’s novel is […]
Read more "The Secret Supper"This past Saturday I kicked off the 2nd annual Art Lovers Book Club at SoBo Gallery hosted by the Winter Garden Art Association. We had an amazing time discussing June’s book, Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriett Scott Chessman. You may remember that I posted about this book on the blog back in […]
Read more "Art Lovers Book Club 2019"A few months ago I went in search of books that could potentially be included in my summer series, the Art Lovers Books Club, at the Winter Garden Art Association. I asked people who attended my events and I requested recommendations on social media. Thankfully, I received a ton of suggestions and Donna Tartt’s The […]
Read more "The Goldfinch"I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino is a young adult novel about the artist Diego Velazquez (of “Las Meninas” fame) told from the point of view of his assistant, Juan de Pareja. Honestly, the book is more Juan’s story than it is Velazquez’ story because it provides an intimate look at slavery […]
Read more "I, Juan de Pareja"2019 is finally here and I am SO ready to talk about ART! The image attached to this post is an example of a small portion of research I have been doing for all the incredible projects I have planned for the year. At this very moment I am researching novels and books for this […]
Read more "Welcome to 2019!"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"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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