Leisure Course

Tania Harrington is back with a series of 6 two hour talks about the development of art in America. July's talk is: Social Realism 1930’s and beyond Social Realism prevailed throughout the Modern period in the States in both rural and metropolitan contexts. We look at artists such as Edward Hopper and Grant Wood who […]

Tania Harrington is back with a series of two hour talks about the development of art in America. Septembers talk is: Art of the New Deal (1930s) We look at Roosevelt’s campaign to revive the arts in his ‘New Deal’ programme. Struggling and unemployed artists such as Diego Rivera were given opportunities to create state […]

Tania Harrington is back with a series of two hour talks about the development of art in America. Octobers talk is: Abstraction and Abstract Expressionism (1950s and beyond) We look at all forms of Abstraction including nature based (Georgia O’Keeffe), Action painting (Jackson Pollock) as well as Colour Field painting (Mark Rothko) £12.50 per session, Includes […]