Members’ Day Trip to D.C. – Addressing Change: Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change at the NMAA & a visit to the Rubell Museum’s Singular Views: 25 Artists

David Curry, 2020–21 Senior Fellow at the Colby Museum’s Lunder Institute for American Art

Bus pick up/drop off in the Central Presbyterian Church lot (7308 York Rd @ Stevenson Ln)

Join curator David Curry on a guided tour to discuss the National Museum of Asian Art’s unparalleled collection of works by American expatriate artist James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) in a groundbreaking exhibition that explores European cities in an era of rapid change. The show brings together oil paintings, watercolors, pastels, and prints - some on view for the first time in the museum’s history - documenting the artist’s career-long fascination with urban landscapes undergoing drastic transformations at the end of the nineteenth century.

Change is also at the center of the work on view at the Rubell Museum. During this day trip members will engage in a self-guided tour of Singular Views: 25 Artists. Drawn entirely from the Rubells’ unparalleled and ever-growing collection of contemporary art, Singular Views encompasses over 120 artworks across media, through solo presentations by Jenny Holzer, Matthew Day Jackson, William Kentridge, Raymond Pettibon, Hank Willis Thomas, Mickalene Thomas, and John Waters among others.

$75 fee, members-only; register online here: https://www.artseminargroup.org/payment-by-credit-card/registration/members-day-trip-to-dc-whistler-singular-vision

Cancellation policy: Refunds possible at the rate of $40, no refunds after Thursday, March 14.