Art deco from Japan. Paintings from London’s Victorian era.
Performances by Mitzi Gaynor and the Claremont Trio.
And a lecture series featuring Lauren Bacall, David Gergen, Andre Previn, Carl Hiaasen and Ann Patchett.
Those are among the highlights of the Society of the Four Arts 2009-2010 season.
Here is the schedule released Tuesday by the Palm Beach institution.
Art Exhibits in the Esther B. O’Keeffe Gallery:
Gallery hours are Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is $5; Members and children under 15 admitted free. For information, call (561) 655-7226.
December 5th, 2009 – January 10th, 2010
“Fashioning Kimono: Art Deco & Modernism in Japan”
This exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia. Support for the national tour and catalogue has been provided by The E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation.
January 23, 2010 – February 28, 2010
“The Grandeur of Americas Age of Sail: The Paintings of John Stobart”
March 13, 2010 – April 18, 2010
“Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection, London”
This exhibition is organized and circulated by Art Services International, Alexandria, Virginia. The national tour has been supported by The Chisholm Foundation, and the catalogue sponsor is Hiscox .
Gallery Talks & Illustrated Lectures
Illustrated lectures are free; gallery talks are free with gallery admission. No reservations are required. Call (561) 805-8562 for more information.
Saturday, December 12, 2009 at 11 a.m.
Ms. Annie Van Assche, Curator of Japanese textiles for the Montgomery Collection
Saturday, January 9, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Mr. Tom Sterling, Photographer
Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Mr. John Stobart, Artist
Saturday, March 20, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Dr. Debra Mancoff, Adjunct Professor of Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago “Painting Modern Life: Images of Victoria’s England”
Saturday, April 3, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Mr. Richard Frank, Artist and Art Historian
Esther B. O’Keeffe Speaker Series:
Lectures begin at 2:30 p.m. Space permitting, non-member tickets go on sale 10 minutes before the event for $25.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Lauren Bacall: “An Afternoon with Lauren Bacall.”
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
James Bradley: “The Imperial Cruise.”
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
David Gergen: “The Obama Administration: One Year Later.”
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Carl Hiassen; “Truth and Fiction in Florida: Is This Place For Real?”
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Ann Patchett: “Words, Music and the Music of Words”
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Dr. Ronald C. White: “Abraham Lincoln’s Spiritual Journey.”
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Marlene Strauss: “Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner: Portrait of a Couple.”
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
William Cohan: “Where Did the Money Go? Wall Street’s House of Cards.”
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Tom Avery: “An Explorer in the New Age of Discovery.”
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Rory Stewart: “Afghanistan: Rhetoric vs. Reality.”
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Senator Chuck Hagel, “America: A Senator Looks Back— and Forward.”
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Andre Previn: “No Minor Chords: My Life in Music” (The Elson Lecture on Art)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Anna Deavere Smith, “Snapshots: Glimpse of America in Change”
Evening Concerts
All performances begin at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35 for balcony, $40 for orchestra seats. For tickets please visit the box office in the Esther B. O’Keeffe Gallery Building or call (561) 655-7226.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 8 pm
Nagata Shachu, Taiko Drumming Ensemble
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 8 pm
The Palm Beach Symphony
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 8 pm
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffery Siegel – Chopin For Lovers
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 8 pm
Richard Goode, piano
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 8 pm
American Chamber Players with guest bassist Luis Gomez Imbert
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 8 pm
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, “Fiesta Flamenco”
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 8 pm
An Evening with Groucho
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 8 pm
Stepcrew
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 8 pm
Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! My Life Behind the Sequins
Sunday Concert Series
All performances begin at 3 p.m. Tickets are $10. For tickets, please visit the box office in the Esther B. O’Keeffe Gallery Building or call (561) 655-7226. Members receive two complimentary tickets per concert, which can be picked up at the gallery reception desk.
Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 3 pm
The Tempest Trio
Sunday, January 10, 2010 at 3 pm
Brentano String Quartet
Sunday, January 17, 2010 at 3 pm
American Chamber Players
Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 3 pm
Faure Piano Quartet
Sunday, February 7, 2010 at 3 pm
Claremont Trio with guest violist Beth Guterman
Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 3 pm
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffery Siegel at Chopin the Storyteller
Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 3 pm
Jupiter String Quartet with guest violist Roger Tapping
Sunday, March 14, 2010 at 3 pm
Hugo Wolf Quartet
Sunday, March 21, 2010 at 3 pm
David Finckel, cello, Wu Han, piano, and Philip Setzer, violin
Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 3 pm
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffery Siegel – Chopin the Patriot
Sunday, April 11, 2010 at 3 pm
The Kruger Brothers featuring guest fiddler, Bobby Hicks
Campus on the Lake
Program details vary, visit fourarts.org for full program information or look for your season calendar in the mail next month. For reservations, call (561) 805-8562 or e-mail campus@fourarts.org.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.
Respect the Dead by Mario Mozzillo
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 11 a.m.
Toxic Friends: The Antidote for Women Stuck in Complicated Friendships by Susan Shapiro Barash
Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 2:30 p.m.
Singing Was the Easy Part Vic Damone
Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 11 a.m.
Delicious Flavors by Victoria Amory
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 6 p.m.
Exploring 200 years of Champagne Henriot
Monday, January 4, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
A Celebration of the Arts of Hungary, Part I
“Art & Diplomacy” with Nancy G. Brinker
Monday, January 4, 2010 from 6 to 8 p.m.
A Celebration of the Arts of Hungary, Part II
Hungarian Cinema: Lost Illusions (1982) with Gyula Gazdag
Wednesday, January 6, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
A Celebration of the Arts of Hungary, Part III
“Standing in the Tempest: Painters of the Hungarian Avant-Garde 1908-1930” Steven Mansbach, Ph.D
Thursday, January 7, 2010 at 11 a.m.
A Celebration of the Arts of Hungary, Part IV
The Meaning of Modernism in Hungarian Art with Eva Forgács, PhD
Thursday, January 7, 2010 2:30 p.m.
A Celebration of the Arts of Hungary, Part V
Collecting Hungarian Art: A Panel Discussion with Michael Weintraub, Moderator
Friday, January 8, 2010 at 11 a.m.
A Stranger In His Own Land: Imre Kertész’s Internal Exile in Hungary by Susan Rubin Suleiman, Ph.D.
Monday, January 11, 2010 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Picture Perfect with Katie Diets
Monday, January 11, 2010 at 6:30 p.m.
How to Raise a Drug Free Kid…. by Joseph A. Califano, Jr.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Laura Woodward: The Artist Behind the Innovator Who Developed Palm Beach by Deborah Pollack
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Holy Terrors: Gargoyles on Medieval Buildings (and a Bit of “Medieval Mischief”) by Janetta Rebold Benton, Ph.D.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
The Heirloom Tomato: From Garden to Table by Amy Goldman
Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 10:30 a.m.
“Bethesda by the Sea – A Visit to Palm Beach’s Repository of Heraldic Art” with Jethro Hurt
Thursday, January 21, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Language of Architecture Series, I:
The Original Green Initiative with Steve Mouzon
Wednesday, January 27, 2010 at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
A Day of Art in New York City – Back-to-Back Lectures Examining the NYC Art Scene with Lacy Davisson Doyle
Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
‘Art About Art’ — A 20TH Century Phenomenon with Barbara Spector
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
A Diva Recalls with Virginia Zeani
Thursday, February 4, 2010 at 2:30
Amazing Cartier – Setting the Supreme Standard for World Jewelry Frédéric de Narp
Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Simply the Best in the World: Maastricht and The European Fine Art Fair with Michel Cox Witmer
Saturday, February 13, 2010 at 11 a.m.
A Literary Interlude Featuring Three American Poets with Francisco Aragón, Rita Maria Martinez and Emma Trelles
Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 6 p.m. King Library
French Women Don’t Sleep Alone by Jamie Cat Callan
Tuesday, February 16, at 2:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 17 at 2:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Portraits of Artist Couples – A Three Part Series with Marlene Strauss
Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Behind the Doors of Covent Garden by Elizabeth Sharland
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
All That Glitters – The Famous Clients of Cartier, Jeweler to Kings and King of Jewelers with John Fransico Andreu with Introductory Remarks by Cartier Director John Terracino
Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
The Language of Architecture Series, II:
Thinking Forward in the Color Green with Campion Platt
Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 11 a.m.
Back in Time and Into the Future: Florida’s Everglades, Nature’s Masterwork with Claudine Laabs
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Journey Interupted with Hildegarde “Hillie” Merritt Mahoney
Lecture and film (68 minutes)
Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. (A two-part lecture)
Marie Antoinette and the Last Gardens of Versailles with Christian Duvernois
Wednesday, March 17, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
IRELAND’S MAGICAL, MUSICAL SON… PERCY FRENCH presented by Barrie Ingham
March 18, Thursday, 2:30 p.m.
King George III: “The Most Cultured Monarch”, Art Collector, Friend of America and Family man with Oliver Everett
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
Teas and Treasures … a full-filling afternoon with Vivien Highberg and Carole Pichney
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
First Ladies: An Intimate Group Portrait of White House Wives by Margaret Truman
Dramatized and brought to life through the talent of Barbara Rinella
Wednesday, March 31, 2010 at 6 p.m.
Words from the Water with Greg Tindall
Thursday, April 1 at 2:30 p.m.
The Art of Exquisite Tables: Tradition and Innovation In New Porcelain Designs with Bernd H. Dams and Andrew Zega. Introductory Remarks by Acclaimed Interior Designer Jennifer Garrigues
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 2:30 p.m.
The Winter Palace: Eye-witness Recollections 1879-1929 translated and edited by Stephen R. de Angelis, Ph.D.
Campus on the Lake Workshops
November 2 2009 to May 28, 2010
Yoga & Pilates with Larkin Barnett
Opera 1 with Ariane Csonka Comstock
Session I: November 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; December 7, 14; January. 4, 11, 18
Session II: January 25; February 1, 8, 22; March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; April 8 (Thursday luncheon)
Making Friends with your Digital Camera with Katie Deits
Session one: November 3, 17; December 1, 15; January 12, 26
Session two: February 9, 23; March 9, 23; April 6, 20
How to Listen to Classical Music with Juliette de Marcellus
Session I: November 4, 11, 18; December 2, 9, 16; January 6, 13, 20, 27;
Session II: February 3, 10, 17, 24; March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; April 7
The Flowering of the Arts and Culture of France: From Louis XIV and the Court of Versailles to World War I with Juliette de Marcellus
Session I: November 6, 13, 20; December 4, 11, 18; January 8, 15, 22, 29
Session II: February 5, 12, 19, 26; March 5, 12, 19, 26; April 9, 16
Opera II with Ariane Csonka Comstock
Session I: November 5, 12, 19; December 3, 10, 17; January 7, 14, 21, 28
Session II: February 4, 11, 18, 25; March 4, 11, 18, 25; April 1, 8 (Luncheon)
Digital Photography: Beyond the Basics with Katie Deits
Session one: November 10, 24; December 8; January 5, 19
Session two: February 16; March 2,16; April 13, 27
Art in the Garden – A Master Class with Richard J. Frank
November 12, December 10, January 14, February 11, March 11, April 8
Friday, December 4, 2009 from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Art Basel Miami Beach Fair with Sarah Gavlak
Living with Flowers with John Klingel AAF, AIFD, PFCI
December 12, January 16, February 6, March 13 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Intermediate Bridge with Sterling Odum
January 7, 14, 21, 28; February: 4, 11 from 4:15 p.m. -6:00 p.m
Shakespeare at the Four Arts with Drs. Jones, Avery, and Rodewald
January 7, 14, 21, 28; February 4, 11 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
The Passionate Kitchen with Roberta Sabban
French Family Cooking – January 11, 18, 25 & February 1 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Mediterranean Cuisine – March 1, 8, 15. 22 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Writing About Food with Judith Olney
Monday, January 25, 2010 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
French/English Study and Discussion Group with Yvonne Campbell
February 1 8, 22; March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Alas, Poor Jaws… The Power of Shakespeare with Barrie Ingham
Tuesdays, February 16, 23 March 2, 9, 16, and 23 from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana Master Class
Monday, March 8, 2010 from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Present with !mpact…You at Your Best with Elizabeth Lindsay Kuhnke
Tuesday, March 9, 2010 from 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
The Perfect Marriage of Art & Nature
Creating Botanicals: A Nature Lover’s Art Workshop with Judith Olney
The Dynamics of Drawing: From Basics to Magic with Nancy Tart
January 5, 12, 19, 26 and Feb 2, 9, 16, 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Monday, March 15, 2010 from 12:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Camera Safari and Excursions with Claudine Laabs: An Afternoon in the Park . . . Everglades National Park
Tuesday, 13, 2010 from 2:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Camera Safari and Excursions with Claudine Laabs: Photo Safari to Green Cay Wetlands and Nature Center
Children’s Library
The Children’s Library will have Story Time on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Story Time features books, crafts, songs and more. For information on this free program, call the Children’s Library at (561) 655-2776.
Friday Film Series
Shows at 2:30 p.m., 5:15 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium. Tickets available at the door immediately before the show. Admission is free for members and $3 for all others. Members MUST show card for admission.
January 8 The Duchess
January 15 Before Tomorrow
January 29 Captain Abu Raed
February 5 Brideshead Revisited
February 12 The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
February 19 Valentino: The Last Emperor
March 5 Gloomy Sunday
March 19 Prisoner of the Mountains
March 26 Roman De Gare
April 2 Lemon Tree
April 9 Last Chance Harvey
April 16 Elsa & Fred
Sunday Film Series
Sunday films begin at 2:30. Admission is free.
January 31 Heroes of Conscience
February 14 WorldScape by John Stobart
The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD
Tickets go on sale October 1 in the Esther B. O’Keeffe Gallery Building or by phone, (561) 655-7226. Tickets are $22 for both members and public. Students with valid I.D. admitted for $15. All performances are telecast live unless otherwise noted.
November 7, 2009 – 1 p.m. “Turandot” (Live)
November 21, 2009 – 1 p.m. “Tosca” (Encore performance)
December 19, 2009 – 1 p.m. “Les Contes d’Hoffmann” (Live)
January 9, 2010 – 1 p.m. “Der Rosenkavalier” (Live)
January 16, 2010 – 1 p.m. “Carmen” (Live)
February 6, 2010 – 1 p.m. “Simon Boccanegra” (Live)
February 27, 2010 – 1 p.m. “Aida” (Encore performance)
March 13, 2010 – 1 p.m. “Carmen” (Second showing – encore performance)
March 27, 2010 – 1 p.m. “Hamlet” (Live)
April 10, 2010 – 1 p.m. “Tosca” (Encore performance)
April 17, 2010 – 1 p.m. “Der Rosenkavalier” (Second showing – encore performance)
