BOSTON

Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008
Event: Tour of Trinity Church, Boston led by retired Wellesley art professor James O'Gorman and architect Jean Carroon. Followed by lunch at St. Botolph Club at 199 Commonwealth Ave.
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Contact: Claire Shaw DS '96 at 508-520-9551 or (medren96@yahoo.com)

Date: Sunday, May 4, 2008
Event for Patrons and Benefactors: Reception and tour of the private collection at the home of Dr. Nina Longtine '76
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Contact: Mary Hammond Norton '54 (781)326-7385

Date: Friday, November 16, 2007
Event: Visit the Boston International Fine Art Show, The Cyclorama, Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont Street, in the South End, open 11:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Time: 7:00 p.m. rendez-vous
Admission: Free with Friends of Art flyer
Rendez-vous: Dutch treat drinks at the Beehive Bar & Eatery, next door to the art show, at 547 Tremont Street
Contact: Alexandra Lee '06 (alexandralee@alum.wellesley.edu)

Date: Sunday, September 30, 2007
Event: Talk by Jeffrey Stamen, expert in Chinese ceramics of the Kangxi period (1662-1722). Wellesley adjunct art professor Heping Liu will be there as well.
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Place: Brookline home of Dorothy Edinburg '42
Contact: Lisa Cowley CE/DS '93 at 781-283-2081 (lcowley@wellesley.edu)


CHICAGO

Date: Sunday, June 8, 2008
Event: Brunch and discussion with Jumani N'Namdi, owner of N'Namdi Gallery, on gallery ownership and collecting, with focus on African American art
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Place: G. R. N'Namdi Gallery, 110 North Peoria Street
Contact: Annie Khan '81 (anniekhan@mac.com)

Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008
Event: The Role of Women in Architecture - lecture by Alice Friedman, Grace Slack McNeil Professor of Art at Wellesley
Time: 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Place: The Art Institute of Chicago
Dinner: If you would like to get together after the lecture, RSVP and join the group for dutch treat dinner at The Gage Restaurant
RSVP: Carlyle Madden '82 (carlyle.madden@morganstanley.com) or 773-975-5897

Date: Saturday, September 15, 2007
Event: Mies van der Rohe and IIT: An Architectural Tour, followed by dutch treat lunch
Time: 10:00 a.m - 1:00 p.m.
Place: McCormick Tribune Campus Center, 3201 South State Street. Meet at the Welcome Center, inside sliding glass doors at the north end.
Contact: Annie Khan '81 (anniekhan@mac.com) SPACE LIMITED


HOUSTON

Date: Saturday, January 12, 2008
Event: Private tour of "Traces of the Calligrapher" at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, led by Mary Anderson McWilliams '76, curator at Harvard's Sackler Museum
Time: Brunch 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. and tour 12:30 - 1:15 p.m.
Place: Brunch at home of Susie Kibler Morris '44 and tour at the Caroline Wiess Law Building, MFAH, 1001 Bissonet Street
Contact: Winnie Davis ’54 (wdavis11@comcast.net)

NEW YORK

Date: Saturday, April 26, 2008
Event: ANNUAL BENEFIT - Day trip to Princeton, NJ to visit three outstanding private art collections
Time: Bus departs 8:45 a.m. sharp (336 West End Avenue at 76th Street)
Contact: Janice Haggerty '79 (jphaggerty@alum.wellesley.edu)

Date: Saturday, April 5, 2008
Event: Private tour of The Hispanic Society of America, which has the finest collection of Spanish paintings in the U.S.
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Place: Audubon Terrace, Broadway between 155 and 156 Streets
RSVP: Space is limited. Dovanna Pagowski '77 (dpagowski@warburgrealty.com)

Date: Friday, March 14, 2008
Event for Patrons and Benefactors: A breakfast reception followed by special viewing of jade, ceramics, archaic bronzes, bamboo carvings, samurai arms and armor before this auction opens to the public. Led by Mee-Seen Loong '72 of Sotheby's.
Time: 9:00 a.m. sharp
Place: Sotheby's, Fifth Floor exhibition, 1334 York Avenue at 72nd Street
RSVP: By March 10, to Eve Donatelli '85 (eve@eaclp.com)

Date: Saturday, December 1, 2007
Event: Annual Coffee
Program: Wellesley news from David Mickenberg (Director, Davis Museum), Heping Liu (Chair, Art Dept.), Lilian Armstrong (Faculty emerita), and Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz (Professor of Studio Art)
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.; program starts at 11:30
Place: Home of Pat Bakwin Selch '51, 132 E. 71st Street
Contact: Ellen Steinberg Coven '88 (ellencoven@mac.com)

Date: Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Event: Private tour of Kara Walker exhibition with curator Chrissie Iles
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Place: Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave. at 75th St.
Reception: After the tour, reception at home of Laurel Cutler Israel and Ted Israel
Contact: Maureen McMahon (maureen.mcmahon@gmail.com)


SAN FRANCISCO

Date: Thursday, May 15, 2008
Event: Tour of a Wellesley alumna's private art collection and contemporary home in Palo Alto, recently featured in Architectural Digest
Time: 11:00 a.m. followed by al fresco lunch
Contact: Linda Gruber at 415-453-8761 or (lwg@comcast.net)

Date: Thursday, October 11, 2007
Event: Dabney Hailey, Davis Museum curator who led the reinstallation team, presents a "virtual walk-through" of the newly reopened Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Place: Home of Lindsay Joost '88
Contact: Linda Gruber at 415-453-8761 or (lwg@comcast.net)

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008
Event: Parisian Happy Hour at the Phillips Collection; Wellesley group meet near entrance for name tags
Time: 6:15 p.m. on, tours at 6:30 and 7:30
Place: Phillips Collection, two blocks from Dupont Circle metro
To register for the Happy Hour, call the Phillips (202) 234-7911 ext. 16 or ext 31.
Contact: Ruth Perlin '57 (rperlin@phillipscollection.org)

Date: Sunday, April 13, 2008
Event: Visit the home and art collection of Elisabeth Griffith '69
Time: 2:00 p.m.
Place: McLean, VA (directions provided upon registration)
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 (c_rhind@yahoo.com)

Date: Saturday, April 5, 2008
Event: Wellesley at the Walters Art Museum - event sponsored by Baltimore Wellesley Club. Tour of exhibit Maps: Finding Our Place in the World and visit Art Blooms 2008: All Mapped Out with Flowers.
Time: Luncheon 12:30 at Mount Vernon Club, downtown Baltimore. Speakers are Dr. Gary Vikan, Director of the Walters Art Museum, and Terry Ulmer, Women's Committee of the Walters
Contact: Anne Nelson Apgar '70 (anapgar@comcast.net) or Connie Rhind Robey '81 (c_rhind@yahoo.com)

Date: Wednesday, December 5, 2007
Event: Wine, art, and holiday cheer at Osuna Art gallery; show features 15 local women artists; several will be there to discuss their work; gallery director Ramon Osuna will speak on collecting
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Place: Osuna Art and Antiques, 7200 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda. The gallery is 2-3 blocks south of the Bethesda Metro.
Contact: Kristin Thompson '81 (k-d-thompson@comcast.net)

Date: Sunday, October 14, 2007
Event: Reception, talk, and book-signing featuring Judith Martin '59 ("Miss Manners") with Erik Denker, co-authors of No Vulgar Hotel: The Desire and Pursuit of Venice
Time: 3:00 p.m.
Place: Chevy Chase Village Hall, 5906 Connecticut Avenue
Contact: Connie Rhind Robey '81 (c_rhind@yahoo.com)