SMU Fall Classes

Take a look fall registration for SMU classes is open:https://contsturegister.smu.edu/ShowSchedule.awp?&Search=INSTRUCTOR&Target=NDUwODAyNjYw &Title=Courses Taught by Martha Fielder

Art History Classes: a course on German Impressionism built around the major exhibit that opens at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston, but also includes other artists such Klimt and Munch. A Medieval Treasury which will include a trip to the Dallas Museum of Art to see The Mourners exhibition. Finally, a course on the Early Renaissance in Italy. I have wanted to do this one for a long time. We'll visit: Florence, Rome, Assisi and many other sites.

History Classes: for the Anglophiles, Queen Victoria's Sons. For the World War II students, Five Stars: MacArthur and Nimitz. This is the beginning of a series that will go through the spring 2011 semester. Don't miss the series on WWII in the Pacific.

Meadows Museum & the Prado in Madrid

Read about the new partnership between the Meadows Museum, SMU, and the Prado Museum in Madrid. Take a look at the El Greco that will be visiting this fall: http://smu.edu/meadowsmuseum/exh_Prado_Meadows.htm

The Mourners are Coming to the Dallas Museum of Art!

This fall I will be teaching A Medieval Treasury in SMU's Informal Courses for Adults in conjunction with the Dallas Museum of Art special exhibition, The Mourners. The course beings November 10, and concludes with a visit to the DMA to see the show.


Thanks to Donna Laski for sending me an interesting article about the upcoming exhibit. Take a look: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/arts/design/13mourners.html?_r=3

Also, check out the DMA website: http://www.dm-art.org/View/FutureExhibitions/dma_205640

And the Wall Street Journal: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704131404575117683669100778.html

North Platte, Nebraska Canteen During World War II

Jim Carvell sent me this about the story of the North Platte, Nebraska Canteen for U.S. troops during World War II. I did not know about this. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=07DGeLvDw8I. This is a very interesting and inspiring side of the American homefront during World War II.

Tour Dates for Royal Splendor Exhibit at the Meadows Museum

Guided lecture tour of Royal Splendor in the Age of Enlightenment: Charles IV of Spain as Patron & Collector at the Meadows Museum.

Two dates: Saturday, June 19, and the additional date of July 17. Early discounted registration for June 19 is due no later than June 16.

Early discounted registration for July 17 tour is July 8. The exhibit ends July18.

For registration details, please visit: http://www.marcoarttours.com/SplendorMeadows.html

Read what's coming in the Fall 2010 and 2011 to the Meadows from the Prado: http://smu.edu/meadowsmuseum/exh_Prado_Meadows.htm

Next Tour of Royal Splendor at the Meadows Museum

Please visit: http://www.marcoarttours.com/SplendorMeadows.html for complete details about the upcoming tour of Royal Splendor in the Enlightenment: Charles IV of Spain Patron & Collector plus the additional small exhibit Goya & Lopez. Tour is Sat., June 19, early discounted registration needs to be received by June 16.

Lens of Impressionism

If you have not see The Lens of Impressionism: Photography & Painting Along the Normandy Coast at the Dallas Museum of Art, it leaves Sunday, May 23. Good exhibit if you are fond of the Normandy region of France.