Mitchell Gallery

Art Educator Lucinda Edinberg will lead a tour of the exhibition. This exhibition of thoughtful and whimsical interpretations of tools as objects of beauty, or instruments of satire, features more than 40 imaginative works in sculpture, painting, photography, and works on paper. Berenice Abbott, William Eggleston, Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, Arman, Richard Estes, Red Grooms, Fernand Léger, and Roger Shimomura are among the 28 artists represented. These creations serve as reminders that tools embody the “can-do” spirit and may be an extension of oneself. The works on view...

Join members of the Mitchell Gallery Book Club for a docent tour followed by a discussion of Bill Bryson’s At Home: A Short History of Private Life, led by woodworker Dr. Richard Falk. Free. Registration required.

With the guidance of wood and metal craftsman Shannon McDowell, participants will create an exhibition-inspired utilitarian sculpture from cast-off tools, metal scraps, and other found objects. No experience required. Materials supplied. $15 Members. $25 Non-members. Registration required.

Hear Hechinger Collection artist/sculptor Mark Blumenstein speak about his kinetic and free-standing sculptures created from recycled farm machinery, tools, and other metals. Free. Immediately followed by Mitchell Gallery Members Libations and Conversations. Snow Date: February 2. Registration required. Register online for the Mark Blumenstein lecture.

Join Art Educator Lucinda Edinberg for a tour of the exhibition. This exhibition of thoughtful and whimsical interpretations of tools as objects of beauty, or instruments of satire, features more than 40 imaginative works in sculpture, painting, photography, and works on paper. Berenice Abbott, William Eggleston, Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist, Arman, Richard Estes, Red Grooms, Fernand Léger, and Roger Shimomura are among the 28 artists represented. These creations serve as reminders that tools embody the “can-do” spirit and may be an extension of oneself. The works on view...

Art Educator Lucinda Edinberg will lead a tour of the exhibition. Cartoonist Mary Petty (1899-1976) is known for the witty and pointed cartoons of the upper class of early 20th century America that appeared in The New Yorker for 39 years. Some of Petty’s earliest illustrations featured independent, free-thinking women, while her later works concentrated on the lifestyles and attitudes of inherited wealth and her invented Peabody family. Petty was married to fellow New Yorker cartoonist Alan Dunn, whose works are also included in the exhibition. Dunn’s works, which comment...

Join members of the Mitchell Gallery Book Club for a docent tour followed by a discussion of Bob Mankoff’s How About Never—Is Never Good for You?: My Life in Cartoons, led by cartoonist Eric Smith. Free event, registration required.

Join Art Educator Lucinda Edinberg for a tour from 12:15 to 12:45 p.m. Cartoonist Mary Petty (1899-1976) is known for the witty and pointed cartoons of the upper class of early 20th century America that appeared in The New Yorker for 39 years. Some of Petty’s earliest illustrations featured independent, free-thinking women, while her later works concentrated on the lifestyles and attitudes of inherited wealth and her invented Peabody family. Petty was married to fellow New Yorker cartoonist Alan Dunn, whose works are also included in the exhibition. Dunn’s works,...

Bob Mankoff, American cartoonist, author, and former cartoon editor of The New Yorker, will lecture on “This Petty Place: Mary Petty of The New Yorker.” Free event, registration required (online registration coming soon). Immediately followed by Mitchell Gallery Members Libations and Conversations.

Art Educator Lucinda Edinberg will lead a tour of the exhibition. American art changed significantly between the late 19th and early 20th centuries when artists moved from European-style landscapes and monumental portraits to intimate subjects of the American countryside and portraits of those around them. This exhibition of over 40 works highlights this shift through the visions of artists Arthur Bowen Davies, Henry Ward Ranger, George Inness, Ernest Lawson, Willard Metcalf, Edward Redfield, Charles Hawthorne, Georg Luks and John Sloan. Also included in the exhibition are “The American Ten,” a...