LECTURES

2012

March 29, Thursday, 7 pm
NINA STANLEY MEMORIAL LECTURE
Degas as Draftsman: Drawings as the Basis for His Art
Join Ann Sievers, Director and Curator of the Saint Joseph College Art Gallery in West Hartford, CT, to learn more about Edgar Degas, his drawings and other artwork, including the artist's painting, pastels and prints in Hill-Stead's collection. Sievers, a specialist in works on paper, has organized exhibitions that have toured nationally and internationally, including a show of master drawings that was presented at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, and the Fondacion La Caixa in Madrid, Spain. She has degrees in art history from Wellesley College (B.A.) and Boston University (M.A.).

Lecture & reception: $10 members & students, $15 members-to-be. Pre-registration not necessary.