Cornish Colony: Arcadian American Art
Special Lecture | This course is completed
Bring a bag lunch!
This program presented by OSHER@Dartmouth Study Leader Jo Evarts will focus on the Cornish Art Colony in its seminal period, from its inception in 1884 to 1916, the year of its retrospective at Dartmouth. You will discuss its place in Arcadian American Art, ranging from the Hudson River School to Maxfield Parrish (in particular) as well as view images of the artists' works.
Lunch & Learn is a lecture series co-sponsored by Richard W. Black Center. It will be on the 4th Wednesday of every month.
Jo Evarts
A double major in English and History of Art, Jo Evarts was a Wellesley College Scholar in the Class of 1972. She earned her EdM with distinction at Harvard in 1982. She has taught English, History of Art, European and American History, and Literature throughout her adult life. From 1990-2022, Evarts and her late husband Jerry staged annual Shakespeare productions with youth, ages 5-20. She is also a writer: The Complete Hoot, a non-fiction study of Maxfield Parrish, and, currently, a novel.