The tenuous connection between mind and hand are evident in this exhibition of drawings in a range of media and tools prompted by direct observation of nature, intellectual constructions, and purely abstract mark-making hint at of works from the permanent collection. Each drawing is a record of a way of seeing, often pared to essentials that suggest much more than what is seen. Compositions by Leonard Baskin, Isabel Bishop, Edwin Brown, Jonathan Fisher, Martin Heade, Michael Loewe, Ralph Rosenborg, and John Trumbull are among those on display. The talk will be given by the exhibition’s curator, Jane Bianco.

Chief Curator Michael K. Komanecky will discuss select pieces in the current installation of contemporary art from the museum's collection, with a focus on the equally persistent strains of abstraction and realism in American art after World War II. Artists in the exhibition will include artists such as Will Barnet, Janet Fish, Alex Katz, Sylvia Mangold, Kenneth Noland, Neil Welliver, and others.

Join the Farnsworth’s curatorial staff and special guest speakers for intimate walking tours in the museum galleries. These monthly talks provide the opportunity to learn from experts about the history behind specific works, details of the artists’ processes and deeper intellectual foundations for their art.