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Farnsworth Forum: Angela Miller
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Monday, October 25, 6 p.m.
The Strand Theatre, Rockland
On Monday, October 25, at 6 p.m., the Farnsworth Art Museum brings Professor Angela Miller to Rockland's Strand Theatre for the Farnsworth Forum. Angela Miller is professor of art at Washington University, St. Louis and an expert in the cultural history of nineteenth and twentieth-century American art. Professor Miller's specialized interests include visual constructions of nationhood, American modernism and the cultural history of the arts between the two world wars.
The Farnsworth Art Museum's annual series, the Farnsworth Forum, invites America's leading intellectuals to give their views on the state of the art world. The Forum brings several speakers a year to the midcoast to discuss the issues surrounding the visual arts, the performing arts, literature and other aspects of culture during lively interviews.
More information is available here
(Professor Angela Miller)
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Lecture series
On Beauty and Beyond: The Concept of Beautiful in the World of Art
Thursdays, November 4-November 18, 5:30 p.m., The Strand Theatre, Rockland
This three-part series conducted by Farnsworth Director of Education Roger Dell examines the idea of beauty throughout the ages in Western Europe and America, as well as in Asia, Africa, and Oceania.
More information is available here
(Above: Thomas Cole, Cattle and Distant Mountain (detail), 1822, oil on wood panel; gift of Robert P. Bellows)
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Gallery talk
Curator's Choice Monthly gallery talk
Emily Schiffer-Cheyenne River
with Curatorial Assistant Jane Bianco
Wednesday, November 10, 1 p.m.
More information is available here
(Above, left to right: Emily Schiffer, Barefoot. Cactus., 2005, collection of the artist; patrons at the Cheyenne River exhibition opening)
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Studio classes and workshops for adults
Figure Drawing
with Martha Miller
Thursdays, October 14 through December 09, 1 to 4 p.m.
(Above left to right: Portrait drawing session from Spring 2010; photo Martha Miller; ©Jessica Stammen, Grandpa Pete, gouache on paper, 3 x 3 in.)
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Julia's Gallery for Young Artists presents
Red Carpet Event for the World Premier of
Alexis Pastuhov's The Roaring 20s
Thursday, November 4, 7:30 p.m.,
The Strand Theatre, Rockland, Maine
Join us on Thursday, November 4, at 7:30 p.m., for the film premier of the youth- produced music video featuring local singer-songwriter Alexis Pastuhov. The Red Carpet Event at The Strand Theatre starts at 7:30 p.m., followed by the film premier at 8 p.m. The evening will also include a live performance by Alexis Pastuhov.
(Above images courtesy of Scott Anthony Smith)
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