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Yale Center for British Art
1080 Chapel St.
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays and major holidays. During the International Festival of Arts & Ideas, the center will be open the following Mondays: June 18 and 25
Admission is free
Info. and schedules: (203) 432-2800 or www.yale.edu/ycba
"The Line of Beauty: British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century" features over 100 drawings and watercolors that examine the professional and social roles of draftsmanship in 18th-century Britain. Among the artists represented are William Blake, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, Henry Fuseli, Thomas Gainsborough, William Hogarth and Paul Sandby. Through Sept. 2.
"Snowdon" features over 180 works by photographer Lord Snowdon, who for over 50 years has captured on film the leading figures in the world of art for Vogue, Vanity Fair and London's Telegraph magazine. June 16-Sept. 2.
During the International Festival of Arts & Ideas (June 14-
1111 Chapel St.
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 1-6 p.m. Sunday; closed Mondays and major holidays
Admission is free; donations are welcome
Info.: (203) 432-0600 or www.yale.edu/artgallery;
"Art for Yale: Defining Moments," a celebration of Yale's Tercentennial, includes 150 significant works from each of the museum's curatorial departments that chart the growth of the gallery's holdings from 1832 to the present day. Included are masterpieces by van Gogh, Picasso, Manet, Monet, Eakins, Homer, Hopper, Rothko and Pollock, as well as works of singular quality from a wide range of world cultures. Through Aug. 19.
"Lipstick (Ascending) on Caterpillar Tracks," a sculpture by Claes Oldenburg, Yale Class of 1950, has been transported from Morse College, where it has resided since 1974, to the art gallery's Sculpture Garden as part of the "Defining Moments" exhibition. A trove of sketches and models related to the sculpture's creation are also on display. Through late fall.
"A Moment Ongoing: The Legacy of Everett V. Meeks" features 50 works acquired through an endowment established by the former School of Art dean in 1956. Included are prints by Albrecht Dürer, Marcantonio Raimondi, Jacques Callot, Rembrandt and Honoré Daumier; drawings by Giulio Romano, François Boucher, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Georges Seurat and Charles Demuth; and photographs by Hippolyte-Auguste Collard, Peter Henry Emerson and Gertrude Käsebier. Through Aug. 5.
"Ancients and Moderns: Tradition and Transformation in the Arts of Asia II" explores the ways the past has served as a source of inspiration for Asian artists working in a variety of media. Juxtaposing early and modern art works, the exhibit features ceramics, paintings, calligraphy and prints. Some date back to the 4th-3rd millennia B.C.E. Through Sept. 2.
Special events in conjunction with the "Ancients and Moderns" exhibit include "Living Traditions: Asian Arts in Practice," a series of three programs presented on alternate Thursdays in May, each focusing on an ancient Asian art form. Space is limited, and registration is required. There is a $5 fee per session. For information, call (203) 432-8459.
"A Gallery of Poems" pairs 22 poems by men and women who graduated from Yale with images from the Yale Art Gallery's permanent collection. Each of the poets represented in the exhibit responded to a 20th-century painting, sculpture, photograph or drawing of his or her choosing. Aug. 21-Nov. 4.
The Yale Art Gallery's Galleries of American Paintings, Sculpture and Decorative Arts recently reopened in a renovated space. Visitors to these galleries can observe art works, furniture and decorative objects dating back to the colonial period, as well as objects that demonstrate the Hispanic, Native American and Dutch aspects of American material heritage.
121 Wall St.
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturdays in June and July; closed July 4 and Labor Day
Admission is free
Info.: (203) 432-2977 or www.library.yale.edu/beinecke
"Heinrich Schütz to Henry Miller: Selections from the Frederick R. Koch Collection" is an exhibition of musical, literary and historical manuscripts, including a score in Mozart's hand, a recently discovered manuscript of Offenbach's "Les contes d'Hoffmann" and the single most important manuscript of Debussy's "Pellèas et Mèlisande." The 65 items on display also include works by numerous other famous composers, as well as by A.A. Milne, Genet and more. Through July 14.
"Manuscript Commonplace Books" is an exhibition of British commonplace books from the 16th through 19th centuries, all drawn from the Beinecke's James M. and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection. July 23-Sept. 29.
170 Whitney Ave.
Hours: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sunday; closed July 4 and Labor Day
Admission is free to members of the Yale community with a valid Yale I.D.; for others, admission is $5 for adults, $3 for children (ages 3-15) and senior citizens (65+)
Info.: (203) 432-5050 (InfoTape) or www.peabody.yale.edu
"The Muskrat & The Osprey: The Hidden Quinnipiac Marsh" explores the fiora and fauna of one of Connecticut's "hidden treasures": the local tidal salt marsh, which was designated by The Connecticut Audubon Society as one of its "important bird areas." On view indefinitely.
"The African Roots of the Amistad Rebellion: Masks of the Sacred Bush" features masks and artifacts from Sierra Leone in Africa that illustrate the cultural traditions of the captives aboard the Spanish ship "La Amistad." On view indefinitely.
"The Hall of Native American Cultures" showcases 360 objects from the Peabody Museum's Native American collection, representing five geographical and cultural regions: the Arctic, the Subarctic, Northwest Coast, Southwest and Great Plains. The objects convey the artistic skills of native peoples from these areas and illustrate facets of their family, social and ceremonial lives. On view indefinitely.
Permanent exhibits include Ancient Egypt, Native North America, the Pacific Islands, Mesoamerica and South America, plus the Great Hall of Dinosaurs, Bird Hall, minerals, meteorites, mammals and 11 dioramas. A "hands-on" Discovery Room for children and the Museum Store are open during regular museum hours. The museum is wheelchair accessible.
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30, see page 3A), the center will host a variety of lectures, concerts, films and family events. Among these are a conversation with Lord Snowdon at 5:15 p.m. on June 15, a "Celebration of 18th-Century Art, Life and Ideas" the following week and a series of British films from the '60s during the last week of the festival. Watch future issues of the Yale Bulletin & Calendar for further details about these events.
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(203) 432-0606 for information on wheelchair access
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