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American Masterpieces Tour
Sundays, 1-2 p.m.
Free with Museum Admission
This one-hour tour surveys three centuries of NBMAA’s masterpieces and provides a lively overview of the permanent collection from the Colonial period through today. Selections from special exhibitions may be included on the tour.
Take 20@12
Tuesdays, noon-12:20 p.m.
Free with Museum Admission
Join a NBMAA docent for a 20-minute smart experience and discover something new about works in the permanent collections and special exhibitions.
Wednesdays@1 | Art & Literature | Symposia | NBMAA Exclusives
WED@1
June 5
Lecture: Treasures from Two Collections: Views of West Rock: Barber, Church and Durrie
Presented by Douglas Hyland
Museum Director Douglas Hyland will use images from both The New Haven Museum and the NBMAA’s collections to discuss how West Rock captured the imagination of three artists: John Warner Barber, Frederic Edwin Church, and George Henry Durrie.
May 29
Lecture: New Britain Industrial Culture, Karen Hudkins, Director of the New Britain Industrial Museum
Delve into the industrial history of the City of New Britain with Director Karen Hudkins from New Britain Industrial Museum. She will take the past to the present as she discusses the Industrial Museum’s connection with Michael Mahalchick’s New/Now exhibition Here Today, Gone Tomorrow.
ART & LITERATURE
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SYMPOSIUM
The Brilliance of Louis Comfort Tiffany Revealed
Monday, June 10
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
$60 Members, $75 non-Members
Lunch provided by Jordan Caterers
Join us for a day of discovery and in-depth conversations revealing the life and times of Louis Comfort Tiffany from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. The Brilliance of Louis Comfort Tiffany Revealed features guest speakers Dorothy Keller, Professor of Fine Arts, University of Saint Joseph, Margaret Hofer, Curator of Decorative Arts, New York Historical Society, and Amy McHugh, Assistant Research Coordinator, Tiffany & Co. Archives.
Dorothy Keller delves into the spirit of the Gilded Age in Opulence, Reflection, Light: The Art of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Even thought he reached meteoric success within a career that spanned over half a century, Tiffany’s legacy is synthesized in his major objective, which was to bring about a fusion of art with everyday life thus providing individuals with intense cultural enrichment that celebrates quality, color, light, and opulence.
Margaret Hoffer, Curator of Decorative Arts at the New York Historical Society, will present an illustrated lecture on the remarkable correspondence that inspired the exhibition and catalog A New Light on Tiffany. Clara Driscoll (1861–1944) was head of the Women’s Glass Cutting Department at Tiffany Studios and through hundreds of “round-robin” letters to her mother and sister reveals the inner workings of Tiffany Studios from 1895–1907. Margaret’s book will be available in the Museum Shop and she will be available for signings.
Amy McHugh, Assistant Research Coordinator for Tiffany & Company Archives, will explore the evolution of the silver-mounted Favrile glass produced from 1897–1909 produced by Tiffany & Co. and Tiffany Studios in Favrile Glass from 1897 to 1909. The vessels produced were under the direction of designers John T. Curran, G. Paulding Farnham, Albert A. Southwick, and Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Reserve your seat now with Heather Whitehouse at (860) 229-0257, ext. 203 or by email at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Seats for Members are $60, and $75 for non-Members, lunch will be provided by Jordan Caterers.
NBMAA EXCLUSIVES
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