We invite you to explore some of the great works of American art, seen through the eyes of some of America's most insightful cultural commentators.
On April 10, Washington College will launch the third annual "American Pictures" series, a unique partnership with National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The series pairs great works of art with nationally renowned speakers, offering a highly original approach to history and the visual arts. All talks will take place on Saturday afternoons at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Galley, located at 9th and F Streets, NW, in Washington, DC.
This year brings a trio of Pulitzer Prize winners who, at each event, will unravel the meanings of a single image from American art.
* April 10: James McPherson, (Civil War historian and author) on Alexander Gardner's Confederate Dead by a Fence on the Hagerstown Road, Antietam"
* April 17: Jules Feiffer, (cartoonist and author) on Bob Landry's "Fred Astaire in 'Puttin' on the Ritz'"
* May 1: David Hackett Fischer, (cultural historian) on Emanuel Leutze's "Washington Crossing the Delaware"
To reserve free tickets for any of the three talks, please contact Lois Kitz, lkitz2@washcoll.edu; 410-810-7165. All talks will begin at 4:30 pm. For full details on the program, visit http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/events_programs/american_pictures.php
"American Pictures" is sponsored at Washington College by the C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience and the Department of Art and Art History, with generous support from the Starr Foundation, the Hodson Trust, the Hedgelawn Foundation and other donors and friends.
We look forward to seeing our alumni at these exciting events!
All best,
Jill Ogline Titus
Associate Director
C.V. Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience
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