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Discover the Museum Collection With First Friday Shorts Join us monthly on the first Friday for a short (15 minute) talk about an artwork in the permanent collection. Free and open to the public. » Discover the Museum Collection With First Friday Shorts Art and Yoga For Mind, Body and Spirit Saturday, July 11, 18 and 25 10:30 to 11:45 am Single session: $10 MWPAI members; $15 general public July/August Session (7 classes) summer special: $40 MWPAI members; $60 general public Meet in the Edward Wales Root Sculpture Court Art and Yoga takes place in a variety of the museum's galleries. Each session begins with a 15-minute introduction to a work of art by Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art Mary E. Murray, followed by one hour of yoga and meditation led by certified yoga instructor, Barbara Hays Klein. All levels of ability are welcome. Wear comfortable clothing and bring your own yoga mat. For more information, contact the Museum Education Department at 315-797-0000, extension 2158. Morning Garden Tour and Tea Saturday, July 18, 2009 10 am $25 MWPAI members; $35 general public Registration is requested by July 11. Tour the MWPAI campus perennial and annual flower beds and the gardens at her nearby historic home with the Institute’s own flower gardener, Marcia Menuez-Commerford. Beginning with the Victorian-style garden behind Fountain Elms, the flower beds and container gardens have grown in number as the campus has expanded, brightening the lawns with brilliant color thanks to Marcia, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute employee for many years. Marcia’s love of gardening and flawless talent for combining striking colors and textures has garnered much deserved attention and praise from visitors to the campus. Following the tour, enjoy a leisurely tea with savories and sweets on the covered outdoor terrace at Fountain Elms. Registration Form for Morning Garden Tour and Tea July 18, 2009   LunchArt Videos Wednesdays at Noon Easton Pribble Conference Room Free and Open to the Public » LunchArt Videos Art Talk and Cooking Workshop Grilled Tapas for a Summer Party Wednesday, July 22, 2009 6 to 9:30 pm $30 MWPAI members; $40 general public Museum Galleries and Fountain Elms Terrace Registration is requested by July 15. Taught by Susan Sady Join Mary E. Murray, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, in the galleries for a talk about artist Liliana Porter’s Drum Solo (Solo de Tambor), to be followed by a cooking lesson with Susan Sady at Fountain Elms. In a relaxed party atmosphere, Susan will show participants several tapas recipes using a charcoal grill. Taste and learn to make these bite-sized flavorful foods for your next summer party: grilled flatbread with olive oil (made with fresh dough), summer veggies and roasted pine nuts; apricot glazed chicken kebabs; grilled garlic shrimp with fresh lemon and basil; tabouli salad with grilled pita bread; dessert: fresh fruit bites and grilled cinnamon bread sticks. A glass of wine will be served Registration Form for Art Talk and Cooking Workshop July 22 2009   Exhibition Organized by Area Students Examines Passages in Art Katherine Dreier American, 1877-1952, The Psychological Abstract Portrait of Ted Shawn, 1929, Oil on canvas, 32 x 27 1/2 in., Purchased in honor of the museum’s current and former docents, 96.29   March 28 - July 5, 2009 Points of Passage, an exhibition of fine and decorative arts opening to the public Saturday, March 28 in the Museum of Art, examines works from the Museum of Art permanent collection that suggest passages of many varieties. The exhibition will represent psychological, physical, and cultural interpretations of the idea of a “passage.” Sponsored by HSBC Bank USA, N.A. » Exhibition Organized by Area Students Examines Passages in Art The Fabrics of the Home Chair with original upholstery, ca. 1873-80 Unknown maker, San Francisco, California   April 4 - August 16, 2009, In the second half of the nineteenth century, design books and popular periodicals stressed the importance of surface treatment in the conception of a unified domestic interior. The exhibition The Fabrics of the Home, on view April 4 through August 16, 2009 at the Museum of Art, will focus on upholstery and wallpaper treatments from 1850 to 1900 as elements of cohesively conceived interior designs and as works of art and historical documents. » The Fabrics of the Home Newly Remodeled Galleries Showcase Nineteenth-Century Fine and Decorative Arts Collection. The Museum’s historical American paintings and decorative arts have been reinstalled in renovated galleries. Divided into four chronological sections, the exhibition traces art historical movements from the middle of the 18th through the early 20th century focusing on neoclassicism, the Hudson River School, and the influence of European taste on American fine and decorative arts. Thomas Cole’s series of four paintings, The Voyage of Life (1840), is shown in an intimate gallery where visitors can sit surrounded by the artworks, viewing them in a way that approximates what Cole intended. Some of the Museum’s newest acquisitions, including an impressive cabinet (ca. 1875) by Philadelphia maker Daniel Pabst as well as Thomas Doughty’s upstate New York winter landscape Early Winter, Hiawatha Island, Owego, New York (ca. 1853), are on view for the first time. James E. Freeman 1808-1884 An American Painter in Italy James E. Freeman (1808-84), Costume Picture, 1857. Oil on canvas, 59 x 45 in. Private collection. September 13 - January 17, 2010 The exhibition, James E. Freeman, 1808-1884: An American Painter in Italy, will open at the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art September 12, 2009. This first-ever retrospective on the fancy pictures and portraiture of James Edward Freeman, organized by the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art, will remain on view through January 17, 2010. » James E. Freeman 1808-1884 An American Painter in Italy A Little Look at Dada Marcel Duchamp Boite-en-valise mixed media, museum purchase, 2005.5.1 October 3 - January 3, 2010 Featuring art work by Jean Arp, Marcel Duchamp, Kurt Schwitters and other. Victorian Yuletide November 27 - January 3, 2010 Each year the Museum’s Victorian Yuletide exhibition offers carefully researched representations of the origins of many of today’s holiday customs. Featuring lavish and festive decorations including tabletop Christmas trees, greenery trimmed with ribbon, and homemade ornaments and gifts, this exhibition explores many holiday traditions. » Victorian Yuletide