Summer 2014
FOR FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN AGES 5–12 Art Trek Selected Tuesday and Thursday afternoons, Saturdays, and Sundays, 1 hour. Be an art explorer! Take a new voyage around the globe every time you visit the Met.
Members Calendar
The Cloisters Continued from page 13
GALLERY TALKS
Closed In, But Not Closed Out: Medieval Religious Life Mike Norris SAT AUGUST 23
The following are at noon and 2 p.m. Free to individual visitors with Museum admission. No reservations necessary.
The Cloisters: A Rockefeller Dream of Transformation Xavier Seubert SAT AUGUST 30
Art Trek Plus Monthly, Sunday afternoons, 90 minutes. Gallery experiences, performances, and more.
Foreigners and Outsiders in Medieval Art Mark Cruse SUN JUNE 1
GALLERY TALKS BY COLLEGE INTERNS
FOR TEENS AGES 11–18
Garden Days SAT JUNE 7 SUN JUNE 8
Explore, create, and connect with art across cultures and time periods. Join Museum educators, artists, and other teens in free classes devoted to understanding art through gallery conversations, sketching, and studio workshops. For event dates, class descriptions, and to register, go to metmuseum .org/learn/for-teens.
FOR VISITORS OF ALL AGES See pages 14 and 16 for topics and locations for Sunday Studio, Drop-in Drawing, How Did They Do That?, and other multigenerational programs.
ALSO OF INTEREST Museum Mile Festival Walk the mile on Fifth Avenue between 82nd and 105th Streets while visiting nine of New York City’s finest cultural institutions, all open free to the public throughout the evening. TUE JUNE 10, 6–9PM
The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy Continued from page 8
SUNDAY AT THE MET
Tim Barringer, Melanie Russell, Steven Wilson SUN JUNE 15, 3PM For more information, see page 17.
PERFORMANCE
The Pre-Raphaelite Legacy in Sound Space is limited; first come, first served. Meet in Gallery 955. SUN JULY 27, 11AM SUN JULY 27, 1PM
TEEN PROGRAM
Painting Experiments Ages 15–18. Play with materials in unexpected ways. Register at metmuseum.org/learn/for-teens. MON–FRI JULY 28–AUGUST 1, 1–4PM
Poised on the Spanish Frontier: The Chapel of San Martín de Fuentidueña Sigrid Goldiner SAT JUNE 14 Monsters and Marvels Frederica Law-Turner SAT JUNE 21 Relics, Tombs, and Masses: Medieval Rituals of the Dead Xavier Seubert SAT JUNE 28
Free with Museum admission, these talks take place July 29–August 1 at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. Meet in the Main Hall.
GALLERY WORKSHOPS FOR FAMILIES
Hour-long programs for children ages 4–12 and their families; free with Museum admission. Meet in the Main Hall at 1 p.m.
Art and Nature Maggie Dougherty SAT JUNE 1 The Medieval Knight Dustin Aaron SAT JUNE 21
Adornment in the Middle Ages Elizabeth Williams SAT JULY 5
From Head to Toe Zoe Tippl SAT JULY 5
The Image Before Perspective Nathaniel Prottas SUN JULY 6
Heroes and Heroines Theresa Raniolo SUN JULY 6
Cities, Crowds, and Surveillance in Late Medieval Art Sarah Lipton SAT JULY 12
A Medieval Feast Gwen Mayhew SAT JULY 19
The Art of Monasticism Lauren Mancia SAT JULY 19 German Art at The Cloisters Carol Schuler SAT JULY 26 The Annunciation: Theme and Variations Olivia Powell SAT AUGUST 2 Air in Medieval Material Culture Jeanne-Marie Musto SUN AUGUST 3 El Camino, the Road to Santiago de Compostela Nancy Wu SAT AUGUST 9 Materials and Techniques of Medieval Art Emma Wegner SAT AUGUST 16
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Dogs! Zoe Tippl SAT AUGUST 2 Wild Beasts of the Medieval World Katherine Werwie SUN AUGUST 3 Medieval Learning Nora Gorman SAT AUGUST 16
BILINGUAL FAMILY GALLERY WORKSHOPS
Hour-long workshops in English and Spanish for children ages 4–12 and their families. Free with Museum admission. Meet at 1 p.m. in the Main Hall.
Columns and Capitals SAT JUNE 28 The Medieval Castle SAT JULY 26 Real and Imaginary Animals of the Middle Ages SAT AUGUST 30 For more information on these and other programs, call 212-923-3700 or visit metmuseum.org/cloisters.
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