In the middle of the nineteenth century, May Alcott took art classes in Boston, wandered in the woods with pen and ink, started and ran her own art school, illustrated the first edition of her sister Louisa’s best-selling novel, Little Women, and left Massachusetts to sketch and study in London and Paris. We’ll look at slides of watercolors and oils that found a cherished place on family walls, as well as the work of May’s student, sculptor Daniel Chester French, and her friend, Mary Cassatt, and consider how we evaluate the process of making art and the finished works.
Presented by Jeannine Atkins, author
The audience is invited to bring a lunch to enjoy during the program.
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