FRIDAY: Westchester Sketchers at the Bruce Museum

December 27th

Sea serpents crushing ships. Seven-foot-tall giants. A mummified Porsche. What other oddities might you find to sketch in the Bruce Museum’s 2D curiosity cabinet? See for yourself by exploring the Bruce Museum’s new exhibition Collecting Reimagined: A 2D Curiosity Cabinet.

Curiosity cabinets are traditionally thought of as physical spaces filled with objects. However, scholars and artists in the past also used words and images to describe, and occasionally create, cabinets in two-dimensional form. In these works, the cabinet is shown on paper rather than displayed in a room.

Drawing inspiration from these cabinets on paper, this exhibition uses printed works, photographs, medals, textiles, and scrimshaw from the Bruce Museum collections to create a cabinet filled with two-dimensional depictions of typical three-dimensional cabinet objects.

DETAILS: 

DATE: FRIDAY, December 27, 2019. 

LOCATION: Bruce Museum

1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT.

Phone: 203-869-0376

START TIME: 10:00 AM.

DIRECTIONS: https://brucemuseum.org/site/visit_us

Transportation from NYC: Take the Metro-North New Haven Line to Greenwich Station. It is a short 5 minute walk to the Bruce Museum. To arrange for pick-up and ride to the museum, please call Marianne (914) 355-6507.

LUNCH: 1:00 PM. No food service, so please bring your own. We will meet in the Education Workshop.

SHOW and TELL: Following lunch we will share our drawings and tell stories. This is the social part of our day and not to be missed.

NOTES:

- Admission is free right now as 2 galleries are closed for renovations. 

- The Permanent Science Gallery will be open.

- Stools will be available.


Please RSVP to Cathy Gutterman (cathygutterman@verizon.net).

Looking for us? 
Call/text: Cathy at (914) 625-0766 or Marianne at (914) 355-6507.

There are no fees. All drawing skill levels are welcome.