November Events at the McNay
Adult Workshop, part 2
Small Color Constructions CPE
Saturdays, November 6, 12:30–3:30 pm
Valero Learning Centers
In this two-part workshop, artist Mark Hogensen explores Josef Albers’s color theories, as used in the greeting cards of Richard Anuskiewicz. Create small color constructions for scanning and printing from the computer. Ages 15+. Fee: McNay members $30; nonmembers $35. Space is limited; registration deadline October 25. To register, call 210.805.1768 or email education@mcnayart.org.
Teacher Sharing Session
Mobile Math CPE
Thursday, November 11, 5:30 pm
Valero Learning Centers
Learn about geometry and art through the sculpture of Alexander Calder. Educator Debra Van Leeuwen, Comstock Elementary, connects math, science, and art. Earn one hour of continuing professional education credit.
Space is limited and registration is required. To register, email education@mcnayart .org or call 210.805.1768 by November 10.
Distinguished Lecture
Picasso’s Nudes: Sex, Lines, and Decoration CPE
Thursday, November 11, 6:30 pm
Chiego Lecture Hall
Highlighting the McNay’s two new acquisitions of oil paintings by Pablo Picasso, the celebrated author and art historian Pepe Karmel, PhD, discusses “the great erotic nudes of 1932, one of the highpoints of the artist’s career,” as well as Picasso’s other female figures. Currently associate professor and chair of the Department of Art History at New York University (NYU), Karmel holds a distinguished position among academic and museum Picasso scholars.
A magna cum laude graduate of Harvard with a bachelor’s degree in French history and literature, Pepe Karmel obtained master’s and doctoral degrees in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU. His doctoral dissertation focused on the role of Picasso’s drawings in the development of Cubism from 1910 to 1914.
In 1989, while completing his doctoral degree, Karmel served as a Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) consultant working with William Rubin on the exhibition Picasso and Braque: Pioneering Cubism. In 1995–96, he worked as a New York Times art critic before joining MoMA’s Department of Painting and Sculpture as an adjunct assistant curator for three years. With the late Kirk Varnedoe at MoMA, Karmel curated the exhibitions Picasso: Masterworks from The Museum of Modern Art and Jackson Pollock. In addition, he curated The Age of Picasso: Gifts to American Museums, which appeared in Rome, Italy; and Santander, Spain.
Since 1999, Pepe Karmel has taught at NYU, receiving the Golden Dozen Award for excellence in teaching in 2002. His book Picasso and the Invention of Cubism was published by Yale University Press in 2003. Karmel has contributed to numerous exhibition catalogues, and writes widely on modern and contemporary art for publications including Art in America and the New York Times.
Funding for Pepe Karmel’s lecture is generously provided by the William Randolph Hearst Fund for Education Programs and by Mrs. Louis A. Wagner.
Tickets for this lecture on November 11 are available for $10 McNay members, $15 nonmembers, $5 for educators and students with an I.D. Make ticket reservations beginning October 11, by calling 210.805.1768 or emailing education@mcnayart.org.
Concert
Blurring the Lines: Impressionist Music
Sunday, November 14, 2:00 pm
Leeper Auditorium
Chamber group Musical Offerings presents a landscape of Impressionist sounds with harp, violin, viola, and flute. Celebrated composers of the Impressionist period include Claude Debussy, Jacques Ibert, and Maurice Ravel.
Tickets: McNay members $8, nonmembers $15. To purchase advance tickets, call
210.805.1768 or email education@mcnayart.org through noon, November 12.
Curators’ Panel
Acquiring Minds Want to Know CPE
Thursday, November 18, 6:30 pm
Chiego Lecture Hall
William J. Chiego, Director, and Curators René Paul Barilleaux, Jody Blake, and Lyle Williams discuss recent acquisitions and offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how the museum’s collection grows.
Family Activity
Creative Card Making
Sunday, November 28, 2:00 pm
Valero Learning Centers
Learn about artist Richard Anuskiewicz’s screenprinting process.Then design and print your own greeting cards.
This program is made possible by generous support from the Jack H. and William M. Light Charitable Trust.
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