September 20, 2008 - January 4,
2009
Related Programs
- LECTURE SERIES
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- Please register for the lectures by calling (937) 223-5277,
ext. 333, or by e-mailing hartsock@daytonartinstitute.org.
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- Style and Status, Spaniels and Straw Hats: American
Paintings of Children
- Sunday, September 28, 1:00 p.m.
- Carol Troyen, the Kristin and Roger Servison Emerita
Curator of American Paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, is the
curator of Children in American Art. Whether presented as miniature
adults or as "barefoot boys with cheeks of tan," children have
always been popular subjects for American painters. From Copley's girls
with pet spaniels to Homer's straw-hatted schoolboys to Cassatt's self-possessed
infants, these paintings more often reflect their era's aspirations than
document the actual conditions of childhood. This lecture will explore
the cultural values contained in these paintings and many other charming
images from the 17th to the early 20th centuries.
- Free for members, Fee for non-members
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- What Does It Mean to Be a Child? Sociohistorical Perspectives
on Childhood
- Thursday, October 30, 6:00 p.m.
- University of Dayton anthropology professor Dr. Kristen
Cheney presents a socio-historical perspective on what it means to be a
child. Though we often think of childhood as a timeless and universal experience,
the idea itself is actually a fairly recent invention. This lecture will
examine the many different ways in which childhood is imagined and understood.
- Free for members, Fee for non-members
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- Children at Play: Through the Lens of Artist Allan
Rohan Crite
- Thursday, November 20, 6:00 p.m.
- Valena Randolph, an education specialist at the National
Afro-American Museum, discusses African-American artist Allan Rohan Crite
and his work depicting children in Boston's South End in the 1930s and
1940s.
- Free for members, Fee for non-members
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- TOURS & TEAS
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- Participate in a docent-led tour of Children in American
Art. Following the tour enjoy afternoon tea with miniature sandwiches,
scones with clotted cream and preserves, and an assortment of desserts.
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- Tours & Teas are available on the following dates:
- Sunday, October 12
- Tuesday, October 28
- Tuesday, November 11
- Sunday, November 23
- Tours begin at 1:00 p.m. followed by afternoon tea at
2:00 p.m.
- Fee
- Reservations required; please call (937) 512-0125 or
e-mail educate@daytonartinstitute.org.
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- FAMILY DAYS
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- Registration is required for Family Days. Please call
(937) 223-5277, ext. 334, or e-mail scrothers@daytonartinstitute.org.
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- A Celebration of Children
- Sunday, October 12, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
- Experience a day in the life of a child during the 1700s
and 1800s.
- -Meet people from the past and hear their stories, including
poetry by Paul Lawrence Dunbar
- -Play historical games and make art projects with historical
materials
- -Watch an old-fashioned ice cream making demonstration
and enjoy your own scoop of ice cream
- -Come dressed in your favorite historical costume
- -Watch an historical episode of Wishbone
- -Take a tour of Children in American Art
- Fee
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- A Grand Afternoon at the Museum
- Sunday, November 23, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
- A special program for grandparents and grandchildren.
Bring pictures of your family and enjoy an afternoon learning about the
past.
- -Meet a genealogist and learn how to trace your family
history
- -Make a family tree and create your own art museum-inspired
memory book
- -Play historical storytelling games and go on scavenger
hunts
- -Participate in an oral history circle led by a Dayton
historian
- -Enjoy old fashioned cookies and punch
- -Take a tour of Children in American Art
- Fee
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- ADULT STUDIO CLASS
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- Painting Children
- Saturdays, October 18 - November 22
- 1:00 p.m.- 3:30 p.m.
- Ages 16+
- Instructor: Greg Dearth
- Learn the art of painting portraits of children. Working
in oils, paint from a live child model and from photographs. Learn proportions,
under painting, palette choice and color mixing.
- Fee
- Participant supplies own materials. A list of materials
will be sent with confirmation and may be viewed online at www.daytonartinstitute.org.
Call (937) 223-5277, ext. 334, or e-mail scrothers@daytonartinstitute.org
to register.
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(above: Mary Stevenson Cassatt, American, 1844-1926, Caresse
Maternelle, c. 1902, Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, gift
of Miss Aimée Lamb in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Horatio Appelton Lamb.
Photograph © 2008 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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(above: Robert Earle Henri, American, 1865-1929, Irish
Girl (Mary O'Donnel), 1913, Oil on canvas. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston,
bequest of John T. Spaulding. Photograph © 2008 Museum of Fine Arts,
Boston)
(above: William Matthew Prior, American, 1806-1873, Three
Sisters of the Copeland Family, 1854, Oil on canvas, Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston, bequest of Martha C. Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection
of American Paintings, 1815-1865. Photograph © 2008 Museum of Fine
Arts, Boston)
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