Docent Art Program

Presented by Cathleen Drinan

Halifax Elementary School 2009-2010

Meetings:  All are held at the Holmes Public Library, 470 Plymouth St. Halifax from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m. 

Anyone and all are invited to listen in. 
 

The meetings are always on a Friday and are in preparation for the following month.  September 25 (for Oct.), Nov 6 (for Nov), Jan 8 (for Jan.) Jan 29 (for Feb), Feb 26 (for Mar), March 26 (for Apr), April 30 (for May)

October:    Transportation (Currier & Ives) (96/97) (02/03)(09-10)
a.    Champion of the Mississippi: A Race for the Buckhorns
b.    American Express Train
c.    A Spill Out on the Snow

November: Peace ((96/97) ( 02/03)(09-10)
a.   Peace by Carl Frieseke, 1880
b.   The Peaceable Kingdom by Edward Hicks, 1820
c.   Woman with Coif by Rufino Tamayo, 1946

January: Shelter (02-03) (09-10)
a.   The Chateau by Maurice Utrillo, 1916
b.   Farmhouses by Van Gogh,
c.   Les Sables d’Olonne by Albert Marquet

February: Three Black Artists (92/93) (02/03)(09-10)
a.   Sunny Side of the Street by Philip Evergood, 1950
b.   Parade by Jacob Lawrence, 1960
c.   Tempo by Geoffrey Holder, 1963

March: Our Love of Pets (Women Artists, Women’s History Month) (96/97) (02/03)(09-10)
a. Sita and Sarita by Cecilia Beaux, 1880
b. Woman with Dog by Mary Cassatt, 1900
c. Portait of Mademoiselle Chanel by Marie Laurencin, 1923

 April: Van Gogh (02/03)(09-10)
a. Bedroom at Arles, c. 1889
b. Self Portrait 1889
c. Starry Night 1889
     
May: Imagination (96/97) (03/04)(09-10)
a. Viaducts by Paul Klee, 1925
b. Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dali, 1931
c. The Lady of Shallot by William Holman Hunt, c. 1857