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Campus on the Lake
All programs take place in the Dixon Education Building, unless noted Tickets and reservations are required for all programs The Four Arts app ■ www.fourarts.org ■ customerservice@fourarts.org ■ (561) 655-7226
LECTURES
Joanne Freeman, Ph.D.
Dirty, Nasty Politics in Early America
Monday, January 10, 2022 at 3 p.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members • Book signing to follow Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium Generously sponsored by Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Buckley
America’s first decade under the Constitution was a contentious one, featuring extreme polarization, splintering political parties, dirty campaign tricks, and personal accusations. How did this struggle fundamentally shape party politics in America? Joanne B. Freeman, Professor of History and American Studies at Yale, was scheduled to be a Founders & Us Speaker in 2020.
Dean Norton
Welcome Home George Washington
Monday, January 24, 2022 at 3 p.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members Generously supported by the Society for Colonial Wars
Dean Norton began employment at Mount Vernon Estate on June 23, 1969 - and has never left. Enjoy this informative yet entertaining look at the gardening world of George Washington, the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, and personal stories about Washington’s home. The beauty, use and importance of Mount Vernon’s gardens and landscape will be discussed as well as their preservation over the years. Norton has received awards for conservation from the DAR and the Garden Club of America. ALSO IN JANUARY
Peter Callahan
Bite by Bite
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 11 a.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members Book signing to follow
Frederick Ilchman
Turner’s Modern World
Monday, January 17, 2022 at 3 p.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members
Jeffrey Small, Jr. God and the Brain?
Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 11 a.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members
Michel Witmer
The Society of the Four Arts at 85, Part II
Wednesday,
January 26, 2022 at 3 p.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members
Eighty-five years ago, The Society of the Four Arts began its work with numerous art world luminaries. Exhibitions ranged from small watercolor exhibitions and local art shows to artistic treasures that today grace the walls of museums. In The Four Arts’ early days, relationships with leading collectors were developed, which resulted in loans of priceless masterpieces. Michel Witmer, Chairman of the Fine Art Committee at The Society of the Four Arts, discusses the paintings from 85 years of exhibitions, the state of the Society’s current art collection, and possible future directions.
Priscilla Rattazzi
Hoodooland
Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 11 a.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members
Priscilla Rattazzi sealed her reputation as a fashion photographer in the 1980s. By the end of that decade, Ms. Rattazzi, an Italian Roman living in New York, had turned from fashion to portraiture. In her latest series, “Hoodooland,” Rattazzi brings to life the amazing, endangered Hoodoo rock sculptures of southern Utah. Her work is a simultaneous homage to a magical landscape and an impassioned retort to the 2017 Presidential order to reduce the area’s protected lands by nearly half. She will discuss her career in photography, and what moved her to fix her lens on the region around Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, in Utah.
Lisa Dennison
Navigating the Art Market: What You Need to Know Now
Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 11 a.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members
2021 has been a year of innovation and evolution for the art market, driven by new formats for buying and selling art, technology and digital transformation, the rise of NFTs, virtual art fairs, the impact of social media, and a focus on diversity and inclusion that has impacted what art is bought and sold. Lisa Dennison, Chairman, Americas at Sotheby’s, will address what this means for the future of the market, and provide insights on how collectors can best navigate this brave new world.
ALSO IN JANUARY
Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Buckingham Palace: Its Art and Interiors
Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 3 p.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
Melissa Conn
Saving Venice: Fifty Years On
Monday, January 31, 2022 at 3 p.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members
John Elderfield
Willem de Kooning: Changing to Stay the Same
Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 11 a.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members
Willem de Kooning (1904-1997) was one of the greatest of all American artists - but, unlike his Abstract Expressionist contemporaries such as Jackson Pollock or Mark Rothko, he constantly changed his style of working. In this informal talk, John Elderfield discusses what de Kooning meant by saying, “you have to change if you are going to remain the same.” Elderfield is Chief Curator Emeritus of Painting and Sculpture at The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Phong H. Bui, Portrait of John Elderfield, pencil on paper
ALSO IN FEBRUARY
Jonna Mendez
The Moscow Rules
Monday, February 7, 2022 at 11 a.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members Book signing to follow
Lynne Olson, Ph.D.
How America’s Top Polo Player Helped Win World War II
Frederica “Flicka” Von Stade
A Life in Song
A mini concert with songs and talk, followed by a Q&A
Thursday, February 24, 2022 at 6 p.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
Frederica “Flicka” von Stade is one of the most beloved opera singers in the world, with a career spanning four decades. A prolific recording artist, Flicka has performed in the world’s most hallowed venues. A mezzo-soprano equally at home in lyric music and in coloratura, she has prepared a special presentation for The Four Arts, a grand medley of recollections, anecdotes, and a few musical surprises!
Marta Weiss
Autofocus: The Car in Photography
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 at 3 p.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members Book signing to follow Presented in partnership with the V&A Museum, London
Cars are a ubiquitous aspect of life, yet sometimes it takes a photographer’s eye to make them visible. Marta Weiss, V&A Senior Curator of Photography, will present photographs that range from the celebratory to the surreal, drawing parallels between two 19th-century inventions – photography and the automobile – that still have a tremendous impact on our lives.
CLASSES & WORKSHOPS
American Foreign Policy with Jeffrey Morton, Ph.D.
Thursdays from 3 to 4:30 p.m. 5-part series starts January 20 $125 for 5-part series or $35 a lecture Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
January 20: Artificial Intelligence February 10: China in Africa
Dr. Jeffrey Morton will address global challenges that are rapidly changing. Not one of the topics is what it was a decade ago and each one’s future evolution will have enormous strategic implications for the United States and the international system. Morton is Professor of World Politics at Florida Atlantic University and a Fellow at the Foreign Policy Association.
America from the Gay 90s to the Roaring 20s
with Taylor Hagood, Ph.D.
Mondays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. 4-part series starts January 24 $100 for series January 24: Writing a Nation in the World February 28: The Grand Musical Pageant
This series offers an exploration of wondrous moments in American cultural and artistic history from the 1890s to the 1920s. The literary works of Henry James, Edith Wharton, and F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, were set against a musical backdrop of John Philip Sousa, Scott Joplin, Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, and Ma Rainey.
Reading the Divine Comedy: The Inferno with Joseph Luzzi, Ph.D.
** VIRTUAL PROGRAM ** 10 to 11:30 a.m., February 15, 17, and 22 ■ $225 for series
This course will explore the fascinating Inferno of Dante in all its cultural and historical richness, as we consider Dante’s relation to his beloved hometown of Florence, his lacerating experience of exile, and his lifelong devotion to his muse Beatrice. The class will be conducted online in three sessions by Joseph Luzzi (Ph.D., Yale), Professor of Comparative Literature and Faculty Member in Italian Studies at Bard College. Participants will receive a study guide for each class.
Freeform Expression in Charcoal, Pastels, and Acrylic Inks
with Yelitza Károlyi
Mondays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. January 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 $350
Color Theory and The Power of Planning
with Sue Archer
Meets from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. February 28; March 2, 4 $450
The History of the Grands Châteaux of the Loire Valley and Île-de-France
with Russell Kelley
Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to noon March 2, 9, 23, 30; April 6 $100 for 5-part study
SPECIAL PRESENTATION! African Wildlife Foundation 60th Anniversary Celebration Event
Monday, February 7, 2022 at 5:30 p.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members • Reception to follow
The African Wildlife Foundation is celebrating its 60th anniversary year with a panel discussion featuring high-level staff and a reception. The panel will discuss the topic of African Leadership in Conservation and feature video and slide show materials highlighting this theme. The 2021 Benjamin Mkapa African Wildlife Photography Awards winning images will also be displayed.
THE GARDEN CLUB OF PALM BEACH
ANNUAL SPEAKER
Peter Wirtz
Texture and Plant Knowledge in Building Landscapes with Character
Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 3 p.m. No charge ■ Reservations required Walter S. Gubelmann Auditorium
Peter Wirtz is an acclaimed Belgian landscape architect who joined the family firm of Wirtz International in 1988. Peter, along with his brother Martin Wirtz and late father Jacques Wirtz, built the firm whose designs have graced gardens of private residences, large estates, public parks, museums, college campuses and corporate headquarters worldwide.
While there is no typical Wirtz garden, the firm’s designs include bold geometry, tamed nature, and unapologetic structure. Wirtz International’s philosophy is based in the classical elements of formal garden design with an intersection of modern sculpture as in the treatment of hedges.
Sarah Boynton
Techniques and Secrets of Botanical Arts Entries
Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 3 p.m. $20 • No charge for Four Arts members
Have you ever wondered how flower show exhibitors make jewelry and other items out of plant material? Sarah Boynton, a flower show award winner whose Botanical Arts creations have won several First Place awards in major shows across the country along with numerous top Artisan, Creativity and Best of Show awards, will show you how! She will share techniques, secrets and planning ideas that help create award winning entries for flower shows.
House & Garden Day
Sunday, March 6, 2022 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. An outdoor boutique with local vendors opens in front of the O’Keeffe Building at 9:30 a.m. Tickets to the tour of homes must be purchased in advance, with shuttle bus service to and from The Four Arts available from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
