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Join us on the second Thursday of every month for an evening of art and a conversation in the galleries. Complimentary light refreshments will be served from 5:30-6 p.m. followed by a program from 6-7 p.m. with the Museum galleries open until 8 p.m. Free with general admission.

May 9
Artist Talk with Tim Prentice
Tim Prentice is a kinetic sculptor and his Floating Carpet is installed in the Museum’s vestibule. Prentice received a Master’s Degree in architecture from the Yale School of Architecture in 1960 and founded the award-winning company of Prentice & Chan in 1965. The kinetic sculptures of Tim Prentice create a novel geometry of air and light. Concentrating on movement rather than object, Prentice harnesses natural elements into his art machines-delicate structures that walk the tightrope between order and chaos, control and serendipity, understated technique and extravagant wonder. Prentice purposely circumscribes the artist's prerogatives, distilling the power of wind and sun into an ever-changing dance of light and shadow.

A book signing of his latest release Drawing on The Air: The Kinetic Sculpture of Tim Prentice will follow the talk. Drawing on Air offers a many-sided vision of the kinetic sculptor and his works. An essay by Nicholas Fox Weber introduces the artist and his work, while a chapter on "Mechanics" explains some of the physical principles underlying Prentice's whimsical sculptures. Photographs of works-in-progress, principal public commissions as well as occasional pieces created for casual amusement are punctuated by the artist's mordant, sometimes mischievous comments.

June 13
Catharine M. Rogers Distinguished Lecture
The House Twain & Tiffany Built by Patti Philippon, Beatrice Fox Auerbach Chief Curator from The Mark Twain House & Museum
Mark Twain’s Hartford home was designed to showcase the talent and extravagant lifestyle of the author and his family who lived inside its walls. It was intended to be a showplace of taste, wealth, and luxury. In 1881, Twain hired Louis C. Tiffany & Co., Associated Artists to create interiors that would match the opulent exterior of his home. Tiffany and his partners—Candace Wheeler, Lockwood DeForest, and Samuel Coleman—embellished the public spaces of Twain’s home with exotic motifs from far off regions of the world.

Learn why Twain called the Associated Artists the “unholy decorators,” discover the meaning behind the design choices made by the family, and learn how the Clemens’s interiors fits into the wider scope of work done by Louis C. Tiffany & Co. and his designers, all while taking a visual tour of the splendor still to be found in the Clemens’ restored home.