Art in Context | Catskills to Contemporary: A History of Art in the Hudson River Valley -Part 6 of 6

Name: Art in Context | Catskills to Contemporary: A History of Art in the Hudson River Valley -Part 6 of 6
Start: 2024-11-13T11:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-11-13T12:00:00-08:00
Location: Bowers Museum

Wed Nov 13 2024 at 11:00 am to 12:00 pm UTC-08:00

Bowers Museum | Santa Ana

Publisher/HostBowers Museum

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Art in Context | Catskills to Contemporary: A History of Art in the Hudson River Valley -Part 6 of 6

Presented by Annalee Andres, Art Historian.
Annalee Andres will explore the history and development of the arts in New York’s historic Hudson River Valley.
Nov 13 | Displaying Art in the Hudson River Valley
In 1864, Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, established the first art gallery in an American university, integrating the display of art and art education as a central tenet of their educational plan. We will discuss the centrality of art exhibition and its continuation into the 21st Century with the opening of DIA: Beacon in 2007, a massive contemporary art space.