Where the art world comes to you! Program Programs provide education as well as entertainment. The lecture series is a cognitive program for moderate and high level functioning adults. Discussions are encouraged to stimulate participation and interaction. Lecturer prompts its viewers with questions relating to the artist, period, medium, style, technique and message. Explore various peoples, places and traditions by viewing the cultures and eras of the past and present via slide presentations of great artisans from antiquities, traditional masters, modern masters and contemporary artists of today. Subject matter consists of portraiture, genre scenes, landscapes, seascapes, architecture, still-life and wildlife. An emphasis is placed on historic preservation and landmark architecture as well as parks, memorials, parades, ceremonies and festivals. It's not just art, it's culture and history too!

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Topics in 2009 All topics correspond with monthly social, historical, political or cultural events. January - Martin Luther King Day: Contemporary African American Artists (20th century to present) February - Chinese New Year – Year of the Ox: Ancient Chinese Art (circa 1st century) March - Spring Flowers: French Impressionism (mid to late 19th century) April - Passover: Chagall (early 20th century) May - Cinco de Mayo: Ancient Mayan Ruins Tulum (circa 1st century) June - Flag Day: History of the US Flag (1776 to early 20th century) July - National Park & Recreation Month: The World’s Fair at Flushing Meadows Park (1939 & 1964) August - National Beach Day: Howard Pyle and Andrew Wyeth’s Illustrations of Pirates and Sailors (early 20th c.) September - Fall Foliage: Art & Antiques of the Berkshires including works from the Norman Rockwell Museum and Chesterwood (Historic Home & Studio of Sculptor Daniel Chester French famous for the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC) (mid 19th century to early 20th century) October - Italian Heritage Month: The Buried Treasures of Pompeii (Mosaics and Frescoes) (1st century BC) November - Thanksgiving: Fredrick Remington’s Paintings and Sculptures of Cowboys and Indians (mid 19th c.) December - Christmas: Creche-Nativity Scenes from Around the World (20th century) Please click below to view past lecture topics: Lecture Topics 2002 Lecture Topics 2003 Lecture Topics 2004 Lecture Topics 2005 Lecture Topics 2006 Lecture Topics 2007 Lecture Topics 2008