March 2023
Museum Trip: National Gallery of Art
This spring, visit some of the most exciting exhibitions coming to the region’s best museums, and leave the planning to us. On Monday, March 20, we’ll travel to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. to see Philip Guston Now, a new exhibition charting the 50-year career of one of America’s most influential modern artists. Through more than 150 paintings and drawings, the exhibit tells “a story of epic change — of artistic styles, from muralism to abstract expressionism to figuration, of degrees of political and social involvement, and of levels of personal confession in his work.” We will be…
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Museum Trip: Chrysler Museum
This spring, visit some of the most exciting exhibitions coming to the region’s best museums, and leave the planning to us. On Saturday, April 1, we’ll travel to the Chrysler Museum with a group of William & Mary students to see Preston Singletary: Raven and the Box of Daylight, an immersive exhibition that merges visual art and theatrical storytelling. Featuring the work of internationally acclaimed glass artist Preston Singletary, the show tells the Native American story of Raven and his transformation of the world — bringing light to people by means of the stars, moon and sun. We’ll first gather…
Find out more »Museum Trip: Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art
This spring, visit some of the most exciting exhibitions coming to the region’s best museums, and leave the planning to us. On Thursday, April 20, we’ll travel to the VA MOCA in Virginia Beach to see the newly opened exhibition Kara Walker: Cut to the Quick. Featuring more than 80 works from the collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer, the exhibition offers a broad overview of Walker’s career. “A leading artist of her generation, Kara Walker (b. 1969) works in a range of mediums, including prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, film, and the large-scale silhouette cutouts for which she is perhaps most…
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Museum Trip: Inside the Renovations at the VMFA & the Virginia Museum of History and Culture
Join Muscarelle Director David Brashear for an insider's view of the recent and upcoming renovations at two of Richmond's premier museums. We'll start the day at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, home of the Virginia Historical Society, the oldest cultural organization in Virginia. A guided tour with museum leadership and architects will take us inside the recently completed, award-winning renovations that transformed nearly 2/3 of the museum's 250,000 square feet of space. After a break for lunch, we'll hear from Michael R. Taylor, Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Art and Education at the Virginia Museum of Fine…
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Members Trip to D.C.
The registration deadline for this trip has passed; please stay tuned for future trips! On this special, two-day members trip to Washington, D.C, we'll visit three fantastic museums. We’ll first travel to Glenstone, a private art museum on an idyllic 230-acre campus in Potomac, MD. Housing the art collection of Emily and Mitchell Rales, the museum was designed to be “not only a place, but a state of mind created by the energy of architecture, the power of art, and the restorative qualities of nature.” In addition to their permanent collection of post-WWII art, we’ll see a special exhibition celebrating Ellsworth Kelly…
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Museum Trip: National Gallery of Art
In conjunction with our spring exhibition focused on photography, join the Muscarelle on a bus trip to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. We’ll see some of the most iconic portraits of the 20th century in the National Gallery’s special exhibition, Dorothea Lange: Seeing People. The exhibition addresses Lange’s innovative approaches to picturing people, emphasizing her work on social issues including economic disparity, migration, poverty and racism. We’ll enjoy a guided tour of the Dorothea Lange exhibition with an educator from the National Gallery, then you’ll have free time to explore the rest of the museum and have lunch…
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