December 2021
Music in the Galleries: Appalachian Music Ensemble
December 6 @ 7:00 pm
Contact: Phone: 757.221.2700 , museum@wm.edu
Free with registration
Muscarelle Museum of Art, Sheridan Gallery
Join us for a performance by The William & Mary Appalachian Music Ensemble sponsored by the Friends of the Muscarelle Museum of Art against the backdrop of the Shared Ideologies exhibition. The ensemble players utilize a multitude of stringed instruments, including banjo, fiddle, guitar, and mandolin, to explore the rich heritage of traditional Southern Appalachian tunes and songs.
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Members’ Lecture- Ravenna: The Twilight of the Roman Empire
December 11 @ 2:00 pm
Speaker: Elaine Ruffolo, Art Historian
Contact: Phone: 757.221.2700 , museum@wm.edu
Free to Muscarelle Members with registration
Virtual
For a brief, dazzling moment, Ravenna was an unlikely refuge for a world falling apart. The city’s history, enshrined in superb Byzantine mosaics, reflects the twilight of the Roman Empire and the beginning of the Middle Ages. As the capital of the Western Roman Empire in its last days, then of the occidental provinces of the Byzantine Empire, it offered a refuge of luxury and splendor, a return to antique civilization rising above the relentless seas of barbarism.
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Exhibition On Screen | Degas: Passion for Perfection
- Related Exhibition: EDGAR DEGAS: The Private Impressionist
Muscarelle Museum of Art
Directed by David Bickerstaff
(Run time: 85 minutes) On the occasion of 100 years since the death of Edgar Degas, in 2017, the Fitzwilliam Museum
in Cambridge organized an exhibition from their extensive holdings of works in commemoration of the celebrated artist. This film provides exclusive access to view rare and diverse works in the Fitzwilliam collection and provides insights into the fascinating story of Degas’ pursuit for perfection through both experimentation with new techniques and through lessons he learned from studying past masters. Using written accounts by friends and commentators, and the narration of letters written by Degas himself, this film reveals a more complex truth behind one of the most influential French artists of the late 19th century and serves as an
exploration of the complex workings of Degas’ artistic mind.
FREE
Find out more »Mardi Gras After Party
Muscarelle Museum of Art 2022 Chalk Art Competition Kick-Off!
1 PM - 6 PM
at The Muscarelle Museum of Art
+ Live Music Until 9:30pm
Arrive anytime, register now or at the event (April 22)!
All materials (chalk and other supplies) & images from our collection will be provided free of charge when you arrive at the check-in tent on the day of the competition.
It's 100% free to register and participate!
Find out more »Music in the Galleries: Musical tastes and passions of Edgar Degas
- Related Exhibition: EDGAR DEGAS: The Private Impressionist
The William & Mary Gallery Players
Muscarelle Museum of Art The William & Mary Gallery Players will present a concert to celebrate the musical tastes and passions of Edgar Degas. String ensemble works by Claude Debussy, Donizetti, Gluck, and Mozart will be featured in this homage to this enigmatic artist. These musical compositions represent the work of a fellow Impressionist, as well as Degas’ love for grand style opera and 18th century composers. Book Club
FREE
Find out more »Masquerade at the Muscarelle
The William & Mary Asian Centennial Committee cordially invites you to a gala fundraiser for the Asian Pacific Middle Eastern Project Fund. Enjoy an evening of dance and cultural performances and a private viewing of Edgar Degas: The Private Impressionist. In person tickets includes a champagne toast and hors d’oeuvres reception as well as a raffle ticket for grand prize drawing of a limited edition original artwork by Roberto Jamora.
More information and tickets are available here.
Find out more »May 2022
Vintner Dinner: Thursday, May 5, 2022
Multi-course menu by Chef Travis Brust paired with wines in the Regency Room at the Williamsburg Inn. This evening is sure to sell out quickly.
6:00 PM Reception I 6:45 PM Dinner
136 E. Francis Street
Tickets $250 inclusive
Special thanks to Joe Montgomery and The Optimal Service Group of Wells Fargo Advisors for sponsoring this special evening.
Find out more »Wine & Run for the Roses: Saturday, May 7, 2022
A Virginia Wine Reception with fabulous fare, hat contest, race raffle and live telecast of the 148th Kentucky Derby.
Dress code is Derby Attire
Valet parking is available
At The Williamsburg Lodge, Virginia Room
310 South England Street
2:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Tickets $250
$150 for Young W&M alums ‘12 – ’21
Purchase your tickets by April 1 and receive a raffle ticket for a special prize.
Thank you to our presenting Sponsors MCV Foundation and VCU Health.
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Muscarelle Reads
- Related Exhibition: EDGAR DEGAS: The Private Impressionist
Virtual Event:
Picasso Looks at Degas
(Published by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute and the Museu Picasso, Barcelona, 2010)
Please join us for a virtual book club co-hosted by David Brashear, Museum Director, and Charles Palermo, Professor of Art History at William & Mary. Our featured book presents Pablo Picasso’s direct responses to Edgar Degas’ works, as well as more conceptual and challenging affinities between their individual bodies of work. Illustrated essays explore the artists’ parallel interests in modern urban life, ballet dancers, activities such as bathing and combing the hair, photography, and the challenges of sculpture. The book also provides the first extended analysis of Picasso’s engagement with Degas’ art in his final years, when he acquired several of the French artist’s brothel monotypes and reworked some of them in his own prints.
FREE
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