The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Vassar College
December 2 and 3, 2006
Poughkeepsie, New York: Experience the collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center this weekend with the help of Vassar College student docents. Let them be your guides in the exploration of original paintings, sculpture, works on paper, and other art forms. Several tours are available, specifically designed for families with children as well as young and older adults.
Saturday, December 2, 2006 at 11am: Families may join us for a tour entitled "Representation of Innocence at the FLLAC." Introduce your family to the Art Center's collection while exploring this particular topic.
Saturday, December 2, 2006 at 3:00 PM: Young and older adults may participate in "Faces and Figures," in which we will explore the ancient to modern collection while discovering the various people represented here– young and old, rich and poor, sad and happy.
Sunday, December 3, 2006 at 3:00 PM: Join us for a tour called "Images of Women," and see the many different representations of the female form, figure, and personality throughout our wide-ranging collection.
Saturday, December 2, and Sunday, December 3, 2006: ALL DAY "Tours on Demand!" If your schedule does not allow you to attend any of the above tours, you are welcome to stop in any time and choose from our Tour Menu which will include all of the above plus the following:
"Highlights of the Permanent Collection Tour" offers a comprehensive overview of art in the collection from antiquity to the present, which may include choices from: Ancient Greece; Rome, the Netherlands; The Hudson River School; Picasso; Mark Rothko; Georgia O’Keefe; and Alexander Calder.
"Off The Shelf: New Forms in Contemporary Artist's Books" which gives you an opportunity to see how thirteen international artists have expanded the terrain of the artist's book over the last ten years, taking the format to new limits. Many of the books incorporate layered collage or hand-drawn, hand-painted or hand-cut pages. (This exhibition and tour option runs through December 17, 2006.)
For more information, please call Kelly A.Thompson, Coordinator of Public Education and Programs at (845) 437 -7745 or send an email to kethompson@vassar.edu.
Admission to the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is free. The Art Center is open to the public Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m., and Sunday, 1:00-5:00 p.m. Located at the entrance to the historic Vassar College campus, the Art Center can be reached within minutes from other Mid-Hudson Valley cultural attractions, such as Dia:Beacon, the Franklin Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt national historic sites and homes, and Olana, the Frederic Edwin Church home. The Art Center is wheelchair accessible. For more information, the public may call (845) 437-5632 or visit http://fllac.vassar.edu.
About the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center was founded in 1864 as the Vassar College Art Gallery. The current 36,400-square-foot facility, designed by Cesar Pelli and named in honor of the new building's primary donor, opened in 1993. The Lehman Loeb Art Center's collections chart the history of art from antiquity to the present and comprise over 17,000 works, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, and glass and ceramic wares. Notable holdings include the Warburg Collection of Old Master prints, an important group of Hudson River School paintings given by Matthew Vassar at the college's inception, and a wide range of works by major European and American twentieth century painters. Vassar was the first U.S. college founded with a permanent art collection and gallery, and at any given time, the Permanent Collection Galleries of the Art Center feature approximately 350 works from Vassar's extensive collections. Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential, liberal arts college founded in 1861.
Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact Campus Activities Office at (845) 437-5370. Without sufficient notice, appropriate space and/or assistance may not be available.
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