Salon
A RiverArts Salon is a (virtual) place to learn something new, share ideas, explore interesting topics, see and be seen, and have fun.
Tuesdays at 5pm on Zoom
This 90-minute salon will be longer than our usual session!
Register below to get the Zoom link provided by the Smithsonian, which is unique to this week (& different from our usual weekly Zoom).
Join Bob Ferguson, a docent with the Smithsonian American Art Museum, for an online tour with the theme of Artists and Social Change. Look at their collection online & bring your questions for this interactive and engaging experience. Bob wants participants to feel that they're in a conversation, not a lecture.
During the tour, we look at how American artists have responded to moments of significant social change across the history of our country. The general topics & artists include:
https://www.si.edu/newsdesk/factsheets/smithsonian-american-art-museum
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I'm a retired psychology professor who, while leading a group of students through Europe, realized how little I knew about the world of art. As a result, I audited my university's four art history courses. Then, when my wife and I moved to the DC area after retirement, I had an opportunity to join a new training class for docents at SAAM. After a year and a half of more art history and other training, I began leading tours at the museum in 2015. With the closure of the museum last year because of Covid, I've missed the interaction with the public but have found that leading these virtual tours is very rewarding.
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