Greetings Adventurers ~ We hope you can join us for our next adventure!

WHAT:            Posing Modernity: The Black Model from Manet and Matisse to Today  (closes February 10, 2019)

This art exhibition explores the changing modes of representation of the black figure as central to the development of modern art. ” In New York, the presentation focuses specifically on the black female figure, beginning with Edouard Manet’s 1860s portrayals of Laure, the model who posed as the maid in Olympia. In Paris, a broader and expanded treatment of the black figure begins with portaits by Marie-Guillemine Benoist and Jean-Louis André Théodore Géricault at the start of the 19^th century.”  For more info, visit their website.   https://wallach.columbia.edu/exhibitions

WHERE:        Wallach Art Gallery, Columbia University ~ Lenfest Center for the Arts

615 West 129th Street (in between Broadway and Riverside Drive)

WHEN:           Friday, February 8, 2019

TIME:             Meet at 12:15 pm  (the exhibit opens at noon)

ADMISSION: Free

OPTIONAL: Join us for lunch at Dinosaur BBQ, 700 West 125th Street, Harlem, NY 10027.  If you are coming, let us know in your email back to us.    Take a look at their menu http://www.dinosaurbarbque.com/location/harlem/menus/

TO JOIN US – PLEASE DO THE FOLLOWING:  Send an email to [email protected] to reserve your place.  Please provide us with your name and cell phone number if this is your first outing with us OR  if you haven’t given us your cell phone number before.

TRAVELING OPTIONS:

Take any of the following lines to 125^th Street:

Broadway: 1 (The Wallach Art Gallery is ½ block west of the station) (Closest)

8th Avenue: A, B, C, D (The Wallach Art Gallery is 3 blocks west of the station)

7th Avenue:  2, 3 (The Wallach Art Gallery is 6 blocks west of the station)

Lexington Avenue: 4, 5, 6 (The Wallach Art Gallery is 10 blocks west of the station)

  Bus: BX-15, M-4, M-5, M-11, and M-104

For specific directions from your location, visit MTA trip planner http://tripplanner.mta.info/MyTrip/ui_web/customplanner/TripPlanner.aspx 

We hope you can join us for this wonderful, unique exhibit.

USA’s “Committee of Five”

Becca Bean,  June Davis, Jessie Gibbons, Mary Ann Sekely, and Diana Torres.