| EVENTS
Manhattan Short Film Festival Weekend
Friday, October 1; 7 pm
Saturday, October 2; 2pm
Sunday, October 3; 2pm
*Films on Saturday and Sunday preceded at 1pm by a docent-led tour of works from around the world. Tours are free with film admission.
A favorite annual tradition that the Wadsworth missed participating in last year, over 100,000 cineastes from around the world unite for one week to screen and vote on a favorite work from a lineup of international short films.
Conservation Talk: Leonardo Drew and Material Transformation
Saturday, October 2; noon | In museum
Conservator Casey Mallinckrodt shares special challenges in caring for large-scale interactive installations like Drew’s. This talk will take place both outside and inside the museum, rain or shine. Free with museum admission. Meet in front of the Museum Shop.
By Her Hand: Artemisia Gentileschi and Women Artists in Italy, 1500-1800: The Exhibition and Its Making with Oliver Tostmann
Thursday, October 7
Exhibition viewing: 5pm | In museum
Lecture: 6 pm | In theater
Curator Oliver Tostmann offers insights and reflections on curating the special exhibition and discusses its relevance today. Free and open to the public.
Second Saturdays for Families: Latinx Heritage
Saturday, October 9; noon | In museum
Join us at the museum to celebrate Latinx heritage and culture with art making, storytelling, and performances. View Goya, Posada, Chagoya: Three Generations of Satirists with a docent and learn how printmaking is used to illustrate the shared human condition.
The Emily Tremaine Lecture in Contemporary Art with Leonardo Drew
Thursday, October 14
Reception: 5pm
Lecture: 6pm | In theater
Leonardo Drew’s installations at the Wadsworth speak to his fascination with the life cycle of material decomposition and transformation. Drew discusses his works at the Wadsworth, his practice, and how he invites audiences to engage with his compositions. Free and open to the public.
The Tremaine Lecture in Contemporary Art is generously supported by the Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation.
Alice Neel
Sunday, October 17
Tour: 1pm | In museum
Film: 2pm | In theater
Preceded at 1pm by a tour of the Alice Neel icon exhibition. Tour free with film admission.
Filmmaker Andrew Neel, Alice Neel’s grandson, puts together the pieces of the painter’s life using intimate one-on-one interviews and personal archival video footage. The documentary explores the artist’s personal challenges and tragedies, and Alice Neel’s legacy.
2007. US. 81 min. Not Rated. Directed by Andrew Neel.
Pop-Up Conservation!
Sunday, October 17
Find one of our conservators at work in a gallery and ask about their processes for taking care of art. Check for a gallery location at the Information Desk on your way in. Free with museum admission.
Posada’s Prints: Humor and Satire
Friday, October 22; 1pm | In museum
Erin Monroe, curator of American paintings and sculpture, explores how José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1852–1913), who worked primarily in Mexico City, criticized social and political issues of the time using humor and satire in his prints. Free with museum admission. Meet in front of the Museum Shop.
Speak Up! | The Art of Female Creativity
Saturday, October 23; 7pm | In theater
Seven amateur and professional storytellers share true stories based on the theme of women and creativity. A collaboration between the Wadsworth Atheneum and Speak Up! Speak Up! is a Hartford-based storytelling organization that seeks to promote the art of storytelling to a wide audience. Cash bar opens at 6pm.
Tickets: $20; $15 members; purchase tickets at thewadsworth.org.
Lecture: Nevertheless, She Persisted: Artemisia’s Adventures
Thursday, October 28; 6pm | In theater
The women artists in By Her Hand are outstanding for their persistence and their talents. Elizabeth Cropper, Dean Emerita of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, will focus on the persistence and fortitude of Artemisia Gentileschi, suggesting that we still have much to learn from her life and work despite the advances of women, and especially women artists, over the centuries. Free and open to the public.
This lecture is supported by the Trinity College Department of Fine Arts.
Pop-Up Conservation!
Friday, October 29 | In museum
Find one of our conservators at work in a gallery and ask about their processes for taking care of art. Check for a gallery location at the Information Desk on your way in. Free with museum admission. |
