REGIONAL EVENTS for the 2009-10 academic year:

BOSTON
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009
Event: Artist talk by Nan Tull '59 and tour of her exhibition. Reception to follow.
Time: 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Place: Danforth Museum, Framingham
Contact: Claire Shaw, DS'96 at (508)359-6928 or (sqz812@gis.net)

CHICAGO
Date: Tuesday, October 20, 2009
PATRONS EVENT: Private tour of the Carl Street Studio historic apartment complex originally designed by former Chicago Art Institute students Sol Kogan and Edgar Miller.
Time: TBD
Place: Location and directions will be provided.
Contact: Sylvia Fergus '76 at (sfergus@uchicago.edu)

HOUSTON
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Event: House tour of private collection
Time: TBD
Place: Location and hosts' information to be provided.
Contact: Emily Steiner '59 at (emilysteiner@sbcglobal.net)

NEW YORK
Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Event: Private tour of Georgia O'Keeffe exhibition with curator Barbara Haskell
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: The Whitney Museum
Contact: Gretchen Smits Adkins '61at (gretchen.adkins@verizon.net)

Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Event: Annual Coffee -- one of our favorite December events! Hear news on the arts at Wellesley from Dennis McFadden, interim director of the Davis Museum, and from Wellesley Art Department professors
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Place: an alumna's residence, TBD
Contact: Caroline Wamsler '91 at (caw35@columbia.edu)

SAN FRANCISCO
Date: Sunday, September 13, 2009
Event: Private walking tour of the Oliver Ranch, internationally renowned home of 20 site-specific sculptures. Owner Steve Oliver will lead the tour.
Time: 9:30 a.m. Tour at 10:00 followed by lunch at The Vineyard Club.
Place: We will meet in Geyserville to take a bus together to the ranch. Directions provided.
Fee: $75 FoA members. $125 guests. Space limited to 40.
Contact: Linda Gruber at (415) 453-8761 or (lwg@comcast.net)

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Date: Friday, October 16, 2009
Event: Behind-the-scenes at the Foundation for Art and Preservation in Embassies (FAPE). We will be hosted by Maryscott Greenwood, FAPE board member, and FAPE director, Jennifer Duncan.
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Place: McKenna Long & Aldridge, 1900 K Street, NW
Reservations: Advance reservations are required.
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 (c_rhind@yahoo.com)

Date: November 14 or 15, 2009 (TBD)
Event: Visit the renowned Glass Collection of Elmerina and Paul Parkman
Time: TBD
Place: Kensington, MD
Reservations: Advance reservations are required.
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 (c_rhind@yahoo.com)

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Highlights of the 2008-09 year -- wonderful events all over the country

BOSTON
Date: May 12, 2009 - Back by popular demand!
Event: Private tour of "Splendor and Elegance: European Decorative Arts and Drawings from the Horace Wood Brock Collection" with Rebecca Tilles '03, Curatorial Research Associate in the Decorative Arts and Sculpture dept. After the tour, you will have time to explore the rest of the museum.
Time: 6:30 - 9:00 p.m.
Place: Museum of Fine Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue. Meet at the Sharf Information Center.
RSVP: By May 5th at (wcab_rsvp_members@yahoo.com). Event is co-sponsored by WCAB and Friends of Art. Group limited to 20.

Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009
PATRONS EVENT: Private tour of Tufts University art at the home of Adele Fleet Bacow '73 and her husband Larry Bacow, president of Tufts
Time: 4-6 p.m. with reception
Place: Gifford House, Tufts campus, 161 Packard Avenue, Medford
Contact: Mary Norton '54 at (marlarnort@msn.com) or (781) 326-7385

Date: Sunday, March 15, 2009
Benefit Event: Lecture and appraisals by Skinner's jewelry expert, Gloria Lieberman
Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Place: Skinner's showroom, 63 Park Place, Boston
Contact: Joan Hass '66 (joanhass@alum.wellesley.edu)

CHICAGO

Date: Thursday, June 4, 2009
Event: River North Art Gallery District Tour led by Northwestern Univ. Art History Professor Susan Hollis Clayson '68 and former art consultant Carlyle Madden '82
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m. followed by a reception at Schwebel & Co.
Place: Tour starts at I Space Gallery, 230 West Superior Street, second floor, with lecture by architect Edward Keegan
Contact: Annie Khan '81 (anniekhan@mac.com) or (773) 248-0773

Date: Sunday, August 24, 2008
Event for Patrons and Benefactors: Private tour with museum director Rhoda Rosen of the new Spertus Museum of Jewish Studies
Time: 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. Tea follows tour
Place: Spertus Museum, 610 S. Michigan Avenue
Contact: Sylvia Fergus '76 (sfergus@uchicago.edu) or (773) 702-1727 (day)


HOUSTON

Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Event: Private reception with author Kate Sayan Kirkland '66, speaking on her new book, "The Hogg Family and Houston: Philanthrophy and the Civic Ideal"
Time: 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Place: Bayou Bend, 1 Westcott Street. Stroll through the gardens in peak azalea bloom.
Contact: Winnie Davis '54 (wdavis11@comcast.net) or (281) 298-6080


PHILADELPHIA

Date: Saturday, April 18, 2009
Event: Tour of "Grand Scale: Monumental Prints in the Age of Durer and Titian," exhibition organized by the Davis Museum at Wellesley. With Elizabeth Wyckoff (Davis Museum curator) and Lilian Armstrong (Wellesley Art professor emerita).
Time: Meet at 10:45 for 11:00 a.m. tour. Optional Dutch treat lunch after with opportunity to hear news from the Davis Museum and the Wellesley art department
Place: Philadelphia Museum of Art
Contact: Lisa Cowley, Friends of Art Director (781)283-2081 or lcowley@wellesley.edu

NEW YORK

Date: May 20, 2009
Event: An Evening of Private Tours in Chelsea. Begin with a private tour of "Vague Terrain," an exhibit at The Flag Foundation. Next, a reception at PaceWildenstein Gallery with the opportunity to view the works of Chuck Close when the gallery is closed to the public.
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Place: The Flag Foundation is located in the Chelsea Arts Tower, 545 W. 25th St., 9th floor (www.flagartfoundation.org) Current exhibit thru April 18 is curated by Lisa Dennison '75.
RSVP: Maureen McMahon '05 at (NewYorkFoA@gmail.com) or 671-939-3445

Date: Thursday, February 26, 2009
PATRONS EVENT: Private Tour of the Barbara Zidell Sedlin Family Collection of 130 carpets drawn from Sedlin's private and gallery collections.
Time: 4:00-6:00 p.m. followed by a wine reception
Place: Sotheby's, 1334 York Avenue at 72nd Street
Contact: Wendy Belser '72 at (wendybelser@aol.com).

Date: Monday, February 23, 2009
Young Alumnae Event: Wellesley art professor Meredith Martin will explore the architectural phenomenon of the "pleasure dairy" in old regime France.
Time: 6:30 p.m. reception, 7:00 p.m. lecture
Place: UJA Federation of New York, 130 E. 59th Street
Contact: Susan at NewYorkFoA@gmail.com

Date: Monday, January 26, 2009
Event: Private tour by Wellesley Art Professor Jacki Musacchio of the exhibition "Love and Marriage in Italian Renaissance Art"
Time: 3:15 p.m. sharp
Place: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contact: Caroline Wamsler '91 (caw35@columbia.edu) or Gretchen Adkins '61 (gretchen.adkins@verizon.net)


SAN FRANCISCO

Date: Friday, April 24, 2009
Event: Private tour of two homes with contemporary collections in Hillsborough area
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lunch included.
Place: Locations will be made known to those who register
Fee: $25 FoA members, $35 non-members. Space limited to 20.
Contact: Linda Gruber at (415) 453-8761 or (lwg@comcast.net)

Date: Friday, October 31, 2008
Event: Private tour of "AFGHANISTAN: HIDDEN TREASURES" from the National Museum in Kabul, with Curator Forrest McGill
Time: 9:15 a.m.
Place: The Asian Art Museum
Contact: Linda Gruber at (415) 453-8761 or (lwg@comcast.net)

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Date: Saturday, May 16, 2009
Event: Lecture by Wellesley art professor Jay Oles - "Modernizing the Maya: Archeologists and Artists at Chichen Itza"
Time: 11:00 a.m., followed by an optional Dutch treat lunch nearby
Place: Mexican Cultural Institute, 2829 16th St., NW (near Columbia Heights Metro)
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 at (240) 381-7131 or (c_rhind@yahoo.com)

Date: Friday, May 15, 2009
PATRONS EVENT: Tour and reception at Dumbarton Oaks
Time: TBA
Place: Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown (www.doaks.org)
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 at (240) 381-7131 or (c_rhind@yahoo.com)

Dates: Thursday, April 23 or Friday, April 24
Event: Private tour (offered on both days) of the Smithsonian Craft Show's Award Winners with option for Dutch treat lunch afterwards
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Place: the National Building Museum, 401 F Street, NW (www.smithsoniancraftshow.org)
Fee: $10 group rate. If you cannot join us for either tour, you can still get a group rate ticket by contacting C. Robey. The Craft Show runs from April 23-26.
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 at (240) 381-7131 or (c_rhind@yahoo.com)

Date: Sunday, March 1, 2009
Event: Private tour of "Timbuktu to Tibet: Rugs and Textiles of the Hajji Babas"
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Place: The Textile Museum, near Dupont Circle
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 at (240) 381-7131 or (c_rhind@yahoo.com)

Date: Saturday, January 10, 2009
Event: Tour of Carolyn Alper's private collection of 20th century American drawings, paintings, sculpture and furniture
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Location: Those with confirmed reservations will receive directions.
Lunch: If interested in "Dutch treat" lunch afterward, please so indicate on reservation form.
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 at (240) 381-7131 or (c_rhind@yahoo.com)

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008
Event: Talk on "The Story of a Painting: Glimpsing the Work of a Conservator" led by alumna Sarah Fisher '67, Director of the Conservation Department at the National Gallery of Art
Time: 7-10 p.m.
Place: Reston, VA - contact Najwa Saad for directions
Fee: $30 wine and buffet included
Contact: Najwa Saad '81 at (najwa@nmsenterprises.com)

Date: Sunday, November 15, 2008
Event: Tour of Carol Brown Goldberg's private studio and her husband Henry's, and her own, 20th century art collection
Time: 2:00 p.m. tour followed by optional 'Dutch treat' appetizers and drinks
Place: Those with confirmed reservations will receive directions to Carol Goldberg's studio
RSVP necessary as space is limited. Current FoA Members are given priority till Nov. 7
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 at (240) 381-7131 or (c_rhind@yahoo.com)

Date: Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Event: We join the Corcoran's Business and Professional Women for a luncheon and tour of "Richard Avedon: Portraits of Power" with Paul Roth, the Corcoran's Curator of Photography and Media Arts
Time: 11:30 registration - 12 noon luncheon - 12:30 program
Place: Corcoran Gallery of Art
Fee: $25 and reservations by Tuesday, September 16
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 (c_rhind@yahoo.com) or reserve online at www.corcoran.org/bpw
or Membership Office (202) 639-1753

Date: Thursday, July 17, 2008
Event: An Artful Evening at the Phillips Collection
Time: American Tour of Wine at 6:00 and 7:15 p.m. (Make reservation directly with the Phillips at 202-387-2151 x-247);
6:30 p.m. Concert, "The Golden Age of Jazz" led by bassist James King
Place: 1600 21st St., NW, two blocks from Dupont Circle
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 (c_rhind@yahoo.com)