Saturday, July 9, 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. at the Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library for the Opening Reception of Arts and Archives on the ARTWALK: The Intersection of History and Art.
This event features Distinguished Cultural Anthropologist and Best-Selling Author Mary Catherine Bateson.
Arts and Archives on the ARTWALK is Hartford Public Library’s showcase exhibit of original works created by burgeoning artists in the “Arts and Archives: Master Classes in the Arts and Humanities for Older Adults” workshop series held at the library this past year. Master artists provided hands-on instruction in sculpture, pen-and-ink drawing, visual arts, poetry writing, memoir writing, digital photography, and music appreciation with a focus on blues and jazz. Each series included a Hartford heritage-based seminar and made available the special collections of the library’s Hartford History Center.
Mary Catherine Bateson, daughter of noted anthropologists Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson, lectures extensively on creative aging. Four of her books, including her most recent title, Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom, will be available for purchase, with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit the Hartford Public Library’s services to the community. Dr. Bateson will sign books after her remarks.
“Arts and Archives: Master Classes in the Arts and Humanities for Older Adults” is funded in part through the Library Services and Technology Act of the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The reception and exhibition is free and open to the public. The exhibition will run on the library’s third floor ARTWALK through September 2, 2011.
“We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn.” ~ Mary Catherine Bateson
For more information contact Brenda J. Miller, Curator, Hartford History Center, Hartford Public Library, 500 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103-3075, 860 695-6347.
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