October & November

Events

Tour of the exhibition Paper Landscapes: Prints of the American City and Countryside, 1820-1920, led by Georgia Barnhill, exhibition curator and curator emerita of graphic arts at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Mass.

Friday, October 17, 4:30 p.m., Mead Art Museum

Mead Reads book club discussion of Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front, led by Amherst College professor of German Ute Brandes, followed by a screening of the 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front

Sunday, October 19, 2:00 p.m., Mead Art Museum and Keefe Campus Center Theater

Meet at the Mead: Open House for All, with gallery conversations, performances, and art-making activities

Saturday, October 25, 12-4 p.m., Mead Art Museum

Gallery talk by Amherst students featuring 16th and 17th century European portable chests from the Mead's collection, in conjunction with the exhibition Unlocking Wonder: A Peek into the World of Luxury Cabinets

Thursday, October 30, 7:00 p.m., Mead Art Museum

Public conversation with alumnus artist and art collector Paul Ackerman, MD, Class of 1958, about American street photography, featuring the artist's photographs, which will also be on display in the Mead's Study Room

Friday, November 7, 4:30 p.m., Stirn Auditorium

Homecoming reception at the Mead, featuring artist and art collector Paul Ackerman, '58; consider showing your support of the museum by becoming a Friend of the Mead with a donation in any amount
Friday, November 7, 5:30-7:00 p.m., Mead Art Museum

Evening at the Mead, with performances and art-making celebrating the rise of jazz, Cubism, and all things modern

Tuesday, November 11, 8:00 p.m., Mead Art Museum

Special Event

Excursion to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Mass., with private tour of Calder and Abstraction: From Avant-Garde to Iconic led by Dr. Vanja Malloy, Mead curator of American art

Saturday, November 15, 2014, by luxury coach

Details, including pricing, coming soon! To register, or for further information, please contact Sheila Flaherty-Jones:

[email protected], 413-542-2295

Exhibitions

	Images of the Unimaginable: Art from the First World War Through December 28, 2014
	Paper Landscapes: Prints of the American City and Countryside, 1820-1920 Through January 4, 2015
	Pain's Pyrotechnic Spectacle: The Sino-Japanese War in Print Through January 4, 2015
	Unlocking Wonder: A Peek into the World of Luxury Cabinets October 25, 2014-February 9, 2015
	Animals in the Art of the Ancient Americas Through November 16, 2014

Admission to the Mead is always free of charge.

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