Monthly Archives: September 2015

Ms. Stephanie Gress

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October 3 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

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Join Ed as he concludes the 2015 Summer Cultural Destination Series. Our guest is Ms. Stephanie Gress, Director of Curatorial Affairs with the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, in Centerport, Long Island. Stephanie returns to highlight the fine art, antiques, and natural history collections formed by William K. Vanderbilt II. A renowned yachtsman, explorer, and pioneering auto racer, “Willie K” truly secured his legacy with Eagle’s Nest, the Gold Coast Spanish Revival mansion designed to showcase his spectacular collection of Oceanic art and sea life specimens.

Alison de Lima Greene

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September 26 • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

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Ed will welcome Alison de Lima Greene, Curator of Contemporary Art with the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Ms. de Lima Greene will describe the stunning exhibition, Mark Rothko: A Retrospective, on view at MFAH through January 24.  Comprising more than 60 paintings spanning the artists’ whole career, the exhibition provides an intimate view into the development of his signature style and of Abstract Expressionism.

More at: mfah.org

 

September 26 • 3:30-4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

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Ms. Paula Maynard

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September 19 • 3:00 – 3:30 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Screen shot 2015-09-25 at 6.23.04 PMMs. Paula Maynard, Director of Volunteers, Group Tours and Press at Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home, in Manchester, Vermont, will describe the history and collections of the estate created by Robert Todd Lincoln in 1905. Of special note will be the Georgian Revival manor house and Mr. Lincoln’s private Pullman railcar.

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More at: hildene.org

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 26 • 3:30-4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Ed will highlight the murals, paintings, and prints of the American Regionalist artists,
c. 1930-1942.

Dan Martin

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September 12 • 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

Detroit 02Detroit 08Ed welcomes WAAM News and Operations Manager, Dan Martin, an accomplished
photographer specializing in capturing Detroit’s classic architecture.  Dan will describe his favorite buildings and public spaces in The Motor City.
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Celebrating Labor Day

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September 5  3:00-4:00 p.m. on WAAM • Ann Arbor

riveramuralEd will highlight paintings, sculpture, and architecture that evoke the spirit of America’s growth.  Among works of art described will be another look at Diego Rivera’s great Detroit Industry mural, hallmark of the DIA.