ArtBreak: Meet the Collection

Hidden in storage and out on loan, M&G’s European Old Masters have been sorely missed during our preparation to move. Whether this is your first introduction to the collection or a reunion with old friends, come to hear from nationally recognized, engaging specialists from across the country as they introduce the richness and renown of the internationally respected Bob Jones Collection. It’s time for Greenville to meet… its Collection!

Dates: 3rd Tuesdays at Noon, during academic year

Location: The Davis Room, Dixon-McKenzie Dining Common on the campus of Bob Jones University

Parking: reserved spaces will be available in M&G’s parking lot.

Note: Aramark Catering will provide a Deli Bar with the following spread: sliced oven-roasted turkey, roasted beef, and ham, and tuna; a cheese and relish tray; a variety of baked breads and rolls, two green salads, chips, assorted cookies, and beverages.

Cost:

• Member without lunch: FREE
• Member with lunch: $17.00
• Non-member without lunch: $6.00
• Non-member with lunch:  $19.00

Registration will open in September.

Presenting Sponsors: Glenn & Joyce Bridges

Contributing Sponsor: Hughes Investments

Fall Lectures:

October 15: Going for Baroque: Collecting 17th-Century Paintings in 20th-Century America

Specialist Richard P. Townsend

November 19: Luminous Devotion: The Fountain of Life window from the Château of Boumois

Emory art historian Professor Elizabeth Pastan and Metropolitan Museum of Art Conservator Drew Anderson join forces to examine the Museum & Gallery’s resplendent early 16th-century Fountain of Life window.

December 17: Communal Worship, Private Devotion, Art, and Politics: Contemplating the Icon Collection of the Museum & Gallery at Bob Jones University

Dr. Asen Kirin, professor at the University of Georgia and Parker Curator of Russian Art at the Georgia Museum of Art will focus on different examples of devotional images created for ecclesiastical or domestic use. M&G’s Russian icon collection will demonstrate both the instances of high artistic accomplishment and cases when images reflect the political ideology of the late medieval era.

Spring Lectures:

February 18

March 18

April 15