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Creating a Nation (Virtual)

The Founding Fathers in American Art

2024-11-25 19:00:00 2024-11-25 20:00:00 America/Chicago Creating a Nation (Virtual) From battle scenes to formal portraits, artists played a major role in defining the early history of the republic. Join Jane Oneail of Culturally Curious to explore art of our founding fathers. Wilmette Public Library - Zoom Adult/Teen

Monday, November 25
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2024-11-25 19:00:00 2024-11-25 20:00:00 America/Chicago Creating a Nation (Virtual) From battle scenes to formal portraits, artists played a major role in defining the early history of the republic. Join Jane Oneail of Culturally Curious to explore art of our founding fathers. Wilmette Public Library - Zoom Adult/Teen

Wilmette Public Library

Zoom Adult/Teen

From battle scenes to formal portraits, artists played a major role in defining the early history of the republic. Join Jane Oneail of Culturally Curious to explore art of our founding fathers.

Artists like Copley and Stuart helped to shape popular perspectives on leaders and the nature of leadership in a democracy. Image: Gilbert Stuart, George Washington, begun 1795. Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Jane Oneail is the founder of Culturally Curious, a company that curates and presents art appreciation programs. Jane holds a master’s in Art History from Boston University and a master’s in Education from Harvard University. Jane has taught at the college level for more than a decade, most recently at Southern New Hampshire University. 

Armchair Travels is generously funded with a gift from the Rutherford Family Trust. This program will not be recorded.

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Virtual | Presentation |

TAGS: | Armchair Travels |

Wilmette Public Library

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