STUDY TOURS PAGE: Abroad — Around the U.S. — Around Central Texas
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STUDY TOURS ABROAD
Destinations chosen for significant art historical interest, particularly including special exhibitions and concentrations of material from the "modern" period--eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: museum collections, historic houses and other sites
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| Full Moon Uji Bridge |
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ONCE MORE TO JAPAN
October 22-30, 2019
The final Two-Karens study tour to Japan, focused on the places and themes that will animate the themes of Japonisme: the West's enthusiasm for Japanese art and culture and the responses of Western artists, c. 1860-1920 (Whistler, Degas, Cassatt, Van Gogh, Frank Lloyd Wright, Georgia O'Keeffe)
Itinerary and registration information in .pdf at left.
Tour designed for 10 travelers, ALL PLACES FILLED as of January 2019. Feel free to send an email if you'd like to be on the waitlist to join the tour in the case of a vacancy.
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Japan 2019 description and registration form |
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SPRING 2020 -- Vienna: Old Masters to Modernity
May 11-22, 2020
Great art museums, splendid architecture, and a powerful musical heritage:
- Upper Belvedere Palace collections
- Museum of the City of Vienna
- Secession
- MAK (Museum of Applied Art)
- Albertina (world's greatest museum of prints and drawings)
- Burgtheater (fin-de-siècle opulence, Klimt et al)
- Klosterneuberg Abbey (f. 1114)
- Kirche am Steinhof (c. 1900, Secession tour-de-force of architecture, mosaic, glass, sculpture)
- Church of the Holy Trinity (1976, Brutalist design by Fritz Wotruba)
- Kunsthistorisches Museum (world-famous collection of Old Masters)
- Leopold Collection of Modern art
- Free time for choices e.g., Vienna Choir Boys, Spanish Riding School (Lipizzaner Stallions)
Group size limited to 12
Background reading recommendation: Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes
Detailed tour description and registration form at left
(arrangements by Four Seasons Travel, under new leadership)
4 places left as of September 26
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| Josef Maria Olbrich, Secession Building (detail), 1902 |
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Vienna 2020 description + registration form |
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| Book of Kells, c. 800: Folio 292r, Incipit to John. In principio erat verbum. (Dublin: Trinity College Library) |
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| STUDY TOURS ABROAD: Additional Destinations Contemplated
Ireland of the Celts
Castles, monasteries, libraries, and museums with focus on the sites and monuments
from the times of the Celts and Celtic reverberations in later times
A Return to Constable Country
An excursion around East Anglia, with Cambridge as home base, to explore cathedrals, country houses, related historic sites and the uniquely intact landscapes of John Constable, England's first great painter of his native countryside
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TOURS AROUND THE U. S.
Long weekends in spring and fall, with focus on major art collections and historic architecture
Group arrangements include historic hotels and special receptions
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| SPRING 2020: FRIENDS OF THE NEILL-COCHRAN HOUSE MUSEUM STUDY TOUR #16
SAVANNAH
March 4 - 9, 2020
Legendary houses, a fine historic hotel, delightful dining, good company . . . .
Dust off your copy of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and stay tuned for more info!
Planned visits:
- Savannah History Museum
- Owens-Thomas House (1816)
- Telfair Academy (1818) oldest art museum in the South
- Davenport House (1820)
- Harper-Fowlkes House, Greek Revival HQ of Society of the Cincinnati in Georgia
- Andrew Low House (1848)
- Juliette Gordon Low House, birthplace of the Girl Scouts
- Mercer Williams House (1868)
- Cathedral of St John the Baptist (1876)
- Savannah College of Art & Design (1978)
- Flannery O'Conner Childhood Home
- Jepson Center for the Arts (2006, Moshe Safdie)
- Excursion to Beaufort, South Carolina, "the South's Best Small Town"
- An afternoon in Gullah country to explore its history, culture, cuisine
Historic hotel, Marshall House (1851)
Tour is being designed and managed for NCHM by Barbara Newey, Art Wise TX.
Feel free to let Barbara know of your interest: barbara@artwisetx.com.
All places filled as of October 1.
Send an email to be added to the short waiting list: barbara@artwisetx.com
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Savannah 2020 flyer + registration form |
DAYTRIPS in Central Texas
Chartered coach transportation, lunch, museum admissions, snacks, handouts.
Email to reserve; follow with your check.
Cancellations because of illness, etc., are understandable; however, a flurry of last-minute cancellations can make it impossible to meet the budget. Same-week cancellations may not be eligible for refunds. You are always welcome to give your place to a friend.
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| A glimpse of Rienzi, Home of Carroll and Harris Masterson, filled with European sculpture, painting, and decorative arts |
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DAYTRIP for FRIENDS* of the NEILL-COCHRAN HOUSE MUSEUM: Houston
September 12, 2019
- Rienzi, English collection of art and decorative arts in Masterson home-cum-museum
- Bayou Bend buffet lunch and "expert" tours in small groups
Coordinated by Barbara Newey Art Wise Tx
One-page flyer at left contains approximate schedule, details, registration info
THIS DAYTRIP IS OPEN TO EVERYONE! Friends of the NCHM pay a lower registration fee than non-Friends--and of course you are welcome to BECOME A FRIEND to enjoy the lower cost.
Details are all in the flyer!
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Flyer + registrations details: Houston Daytrip Sept 12 |
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| First publication of Debussy's score, 1905, evoking The Great Wave by Hokusai, a source of inspiration for the composer, who owned the print |
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| REGISTRATION OPEN: BELLE EPOQUE WEEKEND
Saturday-Sunday, November 9-10, 2019
A collaboration between Art inSight and KMFA 89.5
French music, art, and ambiance from the period of Impressionism
in the cultural arts districts of Dallas and Fort Worth
Highlights:
Dallas Symphony Orchestra: Claude Debussy’s “La Mer”
Center Orchestra seating for a four-part concert including this and Debussy’s “Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun,”
led by the DSO’s new Principal Guest Conductor, Gemma New
Kimbell Art Museum: “Renoir: The Body, The Senses”
A special exhibition exploring Renoir’s defining subject, given context through juxtaposition with works by a range of other major painters
The Adolphus:
Overnight accommodations at Dallas’ historic 4-star hotel, famous for its gracious French décor and distinguished art collection
Plus:
Dallas Museum of Art:
A stroll through the Impressionism, Art Nouveau and Reves Collections with Austin art historian Karen Pope
Allegro: Pre-concert dinner in Meyerson Hall
Café Modern: Sunday brunch in the popular restaurant of The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
And:
Background readings, chartered coach transportation from Austin to Dallas, Fort Worth and return; boxed lunch en route Saturday; art history and music commentary en route from Art inSight’s Karen Pope and KMFA’s Sara Schneider
Group size limited to 30; details at left (flyer to open/download).
Send an email to reserve a spot: karen_pope@mac.com
A portion of the tour proceeds will benefit KMFA 89.5
ALL SPOTS TAKEN as of 8-25-19. Send an email to be placed on the waiting list.
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Belle Epoque tour flyer + regi form (2 pages) |
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| Kate Elizabeth Bunce, Musica, c. 1895 |
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YEAR END DAYTRIP: Legends and English Art in San Antonio
Saturday, December 14th, 2019
Highlight:
San Antonio Museum of Art special exhibition
"Victorian Radicals: From the Pre-Raphaelites to the Arts & Crafts Movement"
Major loan exhibition from world's largest collection of PRB (Birmingham, England)
(a perfect complement to the Ransom Center's exhibition (on view until July 14, 2019)
"The Rise of Everyday Design: The Arts & Crafts Movement in Britain & America"
Lunch at the historic Argyle Club
Steves Homestead Museum in the King William District
Cost per person: $150 (coach has increased in price, the museums have increased their admissions dramatically, and the private Argyle Club is a year-end splurge!)
Send an email to have your name added to the list, then send a check to: Art Wise TX
This is an Art inSight event with Karen Pope; Barbara Newey is handling the arrangements
Barbara Newey
Email: barbara@artwisetx.com
Postal address: ART WISE TX, LLC, 3207 Warren Street, Austin TX 78703
FLYER AT LEFT
ALL PLACES FILLED as of August 10; feel free to contact Barbara to add your name to the short waiting list.
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December 14 Daytrip: PRB @ SAMA |
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| Renoir, Study: Nude, Effect of Sunlight, 1875-6 |
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NEW YEAR DAY TRIP: FORT WORTH
Tuesday, January 14, 2020
A collaboration of Art inSight and Art Wise TX
Highlight: "Renoir: The Body, The Senses"
Lunch: Café Modern
Time for MAMFW and for Amon Carter Museum of American Art, just reopened
Flyer with exhibition description and registration information at left
A dozen places still open as of August 10
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January Daytrip to Fort Worth: Kimbell's Renoir exhibition |
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