Lectures and Tours
Highlights Tours
Tuesday, Thursday at 1:30 plus 2:30 Saturdays and Sundays (Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve excepted). Meet in the east wing near the portholes.
No registration necessary.
Forgotten Treasures and Pleasures
Tuesday, January 19, 1:30 pm
Anne Poirson
Water, Water Everywhere
Thursday, January 21, 1:30 pm
Judith Spencer
American Art
Friday, January 22, 1:30 pm
Lowell Good
Viewers Choice
Saturday, January 23, 1:30 pm
Bill Ott
Treasures of the CMA
Saturday, January 23, 2:30 pm
Mark Krzysiak
Impressions and Expressions
Sunday, January 24, 1:30 pm
Julie Kurtock
A Relief Sculpture by Mino de Fiesole
Sunday, January 24, 2:30 pm
Pat Ashton
Landscape Evolution
Tuesday, January 26, 1:30 pm
Susan Manross
Art Mirrors Life
Thursday, January 28, 1:30 pm
Nancy Persell
Figure Painting
Friday, January 29, 1:30 pm
Jack Wilson
Mystery, and Mayhem: Tales from the Old Testament
Saturday, January 30, 1:30 pm
Carol Blixen
Dramatic Light
Saturday, January 30, 2:30 pm
Margie Moskovitz
Impressions and Expressions
Sunday, January 31, 1:30 pm
Julie Kurtock
Do You Know Where the Children Are?
Sunday, January 31, 2:30 pm
Cheryl Piper & Judith Spencer
Gallery talks
A Relief Sculpture by Florentine Mino da Fiesole Sunday, January 24, 2:30. Pat Ashton discusses the sculpture acquired by the museum this fall.
Learning to Look
8 Fridays, January 8–February 26, 11:00–12:00. Explore the museum’s collections with enthusiastic CMA artists, discussing composition, color, perspective, and technique. Develop your looking skills to add enjoyment when you visit your museum or other art institutions. Talks include Flat as a Flounder January 22, and In the Round: Materials of an Artist in Three Dimensions February 19, both by Michael Starinsky.
Rembrandt Lecture Series
A Portrait of Rembrandt as an Artist
3 Wednesdays, February 3–17, 10:30–12:00. Catherine Scallen, Professor of Art History, Case Western Reserve University. The 17th-century Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn was famous in his own time and remains so to this day. Three different aspects of Rembrandt’s art are examined to shed light on his achievements. February 3 Rembrandt the Narrator; February 10 Rembrandt the Innovator; February 17 Rembrandt the Conservative. $70, CMA members $54; individual lectures $25, CMA members $18.
Symposium
Engage! Making Art Accessible to People with Dementia Wednesday, February 24, 10:15–3:00. Conference co-sponsored by the Cleveland Clinic Arts & Medicine Institute and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Join us for a special conference exploring the role of the arts in lives of individuals with memory loss. The morning talks feature prominent physicians and experts who discuss Alzheimer’s disease as a human experience and the impact of the arts in enhancing the quality of life. The Meet Me at MoMA program, a special project for Alzheimer’s patients and their caregivers will be introduced by Amir Parsa, Department of Education, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Registration is required for this free event. A limited number of free lunches available. For information or reservations, call 216-707-2464 or e-mail
educationrsvp@clevelandart.org.
CWRU Audits
January 11–April 26
Members may audit art history classes (space permitting) offered by Case Western Reserve University. $200; contact the box office to register.
Acts of Genius: The Renaissance to the Present ARTH 102 MWF 10:30–11:20 Adams
American Art and Culture ARTH 270 MW 12:30–1:45 Adams
Buddhist Art in Asia ARTH 302/402 MW 12:30–1:45 Giuffrida (at CMA)
The Art of Classical Greece ARTH 334/434 T TH 10:00–11:15 Neils (at CMA)
Late Gothic Art in Italy ARTH 351/451 MWF 11:30–12:20 Olszewski
Arts of East Asia ARTH 204 T TH 1:15–2:30 Giuffrida (at CMA)
Kant and Modernism ARTH 392/492
W 5:45–8:15 Carrier
Art and Fiction Book Club
This structured look at art history through fiction and narrative non-fiction is a collaboration between the museum’s library and education departments, intended for adult patrons. $45, CMA members $35.
Olympia, by Otto Frederic
3 Wednesdays, February 3–17, 1:30–2:45
His Masterpiece, by Emile Zola
3 Wednesdays, March 3–17, 1:30–2:45. A painter who bears a resemblance to Paul Cézanne attempts to conquer the Parisian art scene.
The Walking Boy, by Lydia Kwa
3 Wednesdays, April 7–21, 1:30–2:45. A compelling saga set in 8th-century China during the final years of the reign of the country’s only female emperor.
Art in Focus Talks
Wednesdays, 1:30. Meet near the portholes in the east wing.
Naturalism v.s. Idealism in 17th Century Painting
January 20, 1:30 pm
Nancy Persell
Forty Five Minutes with Benjamin West
January 17, 1:30 pm
Lowell Good
Exciting French Artists
February 3, 1:30 pm
Zsuzsa Racz
Reach to the Mountains and the Sky: Bierstadt and Cezanne
February 10, 1:30 pm
Nancy Persell
A Visit to the Spiritual Side
February 17, 1:30 pm
Marilyn Butler
Love Stories in Art
February 24, 1:30 pm
Kermit Greeneisen
Art and Poetry: Rodin and Douglas
March 3, 1:30 pm
Gwen Johnson
Don Quixote Meets the Surrealists
March 10, 1:30 pm
Laura Martin
North American Indian Basketry, Thaw Collection
March 17, 1:30 pm
Barbara Kathman
Rembrandt and Turner: Colors of their Palette
March 24, 1:30 pm
Ran Datta
Damien Hirst: Bring Forth the Fruits of Righteousness
March 31, 1:30 pm
Kate Hoffmeyer
Artists and their Patrons: a Look at American Portraiture
April 7, 1:30 pm
Pat Simpfendorfer
Two Van Goghs
April 14, 1:30 pm
Bob Walcott
Voluble Still-Life’s
April 21, 1:30 pm
Maya Hercbergs
Mino da Fiesole and Auguste Rodin: Sculpture in the CMA
April 28, 1:30 pm
Nancy Persell
Ingalls Library
Collection in Focus: Greetings from Cleveland—Postcards from the Ingalls Library Collection Thursday, February 18, 2:00–3:30. Sixty-five years ago, Cleveland was America’s fifth largest city and an enviable destination. Join us in visiting the landmark buildings, vistas, parks, and neighborhoods of Cleveland and northeastern Ohio towns using postcards from the Ingalls Library collection. Limit 20; pre-registration required. $20, CMA members free.
Ongoing Book Sale
Every month, a new selection of sale books is located on the shelves opposite the library’s recent acquisitions area. Deeper discounts each week.
Except for Research Roadshow, all reservations are through the box office. For specific questions regarding Ingalls Library programs, please call the reference desk at 216–707–2530.
Treasure Hunts
Stop at the information desk to pick up clever, witty scavenger hunts to have fun exploring the new east wing galleries, looking at art in ways you may have never imagined—you may even win a prize. Available for all ages during regular museum hours.
Talks to Go
Building for the Future
Join us as the Cleveland Museum of Art builds for the future. Enjoy free talks by our museum staff for your community group at your location. The presentation introduces the museum’s $350 million renovation and expansion, and gives a preview of what is coming as the CMA expands its spaces for collections as well as educational and public programs. To request a speaker, call Sarah Dagy at 216–707–2458.