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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| STUDY TOURS ABROAD: Additional Destinations in the Works
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
CONTEMPLATED:
Vienna: Old Masters to Modernity
Early May 2020
Great art museums, splendid architecture, and a powerful musical heritage:
- City tour, focus on the great churches
- 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
- Danube excursion by water through Wachau Valley to visit Melk Abbey
- Free time for choices e.g., Vienna Choir Boys, Spanish Riding School (Lipizzaner Stallions)
Hoping to keep group size to 12
Background reading recommendation: Edmund de Waal, The Hare with Amber Eyes
Feel free to express your interest now, get your name on the list; firmer plans may be completed in late August
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| Book of Kells, c. 800 (Trinity College, Dublin): Book of John, incipit |
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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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| Sculpture overlooking the gardens at Philbrook (Alan Houser) |
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Heartland Collections & America’s New Art Museum: Crystal Bridges
September 21-24, 2019
A four-day adventure in Oklahoma and Arkansas to explore major collections of American and European art, the Oklahoma City Memorial, a remarkable woodland chapel, while enjoying comfortable accommodations and transportation, and like-minded companions
Detailed itinerary and registration form in pdf at the left; to be added to the short waiting list, send an email to:
Barbara@ArtwiseTX.com
(New Art inSight colleague, Barbara Newey, is coordinating the Crystal Bridges trip)
Barbara Newey
Email: barbara@artwisetx.com
Postal address: ART WISE TX, LLC, 3207 Warren Street, Austin TX 78703
Phone: (512) 701-0441
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Crystal Bridges 2019 |
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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:
- Wormsloe Plantation (1739)
- Owens-Thomas House (1816)
- Telfair Academy (1818) oldest art museum in the South
- Andrew Low House (1848)
- Fort Pulaski (1861)
- Mercer Williams House (1868)
- Cathedral of St John the Baptist (1876)
- Savannah College of Art & Design (1978)
- Jepson Ceter for the Arts (2006, Moshe Safdie)
- Excursion to Beaufort, South Carolina, "the South's Best Small Town"
Mostly walking from our well-located 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.
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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 Mastersonm 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
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Flyer + registrations details: Houston Daytrip Sept 12 |
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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
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December 14 Daytrip: PRB @ SAMA |
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