Register by January 17!
Enjoy a guided highlights tour of the New Britain Museum of American Art’s collection and special exhibit Modern Women: Visionary Artists. This installation features seven women whose participation in the Abstract Expressionist movement contributed to the advance of modern art. At a time when social norms hindered professional advancement for most women, artists such as Joan Brown, Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Lee Krasner, Joan Mitchell, and Louise Nevelson expanded the conceptual scope and technical possibilities of what art could be.
Also on view, the special exhibit Vik Muniz features work by Vik Muniz (Brazilian-American, born 1961). Distinguished as one of the most innovative and creative artists of our time, Muniz harnesses a remarkable virtuosity in creating his renowned “photographic delusions.” There will be time on your own to view the extensive permanent collection at the New Britain Museum including Colonial and Federal portraits, Hudson River School, later nineteenth-century works by Winslow Homer, Thomas Eakins, Mary Cassatt, John Singer Sargent, J. Alden Weir and Frank Benson. Of note is an important mural series The Arts of Life in America by Thomas Hart Benton. The collection extends into the twentieth century, from American Abstract Artists through Pop Art and Photo-realism. A group lunch is included at the Museum’s café.
Guide: Jeanne Fontaine
Friday, January 31
Depart: 9 am; return: 3:30 pm
Includes admission, lunch, bus travel and driver tip
