Tue, Oct 8 | 11–11:30 am
Thu, Oct 10 | 6:30–7 pm
Meet at Visitor Services
Children’s picture books often provide fascinating insights into artists and their work. Come and discover how beautifully illustrated children’s books can inspire investigations of Dave the Potter, Mary Cassatt’s Child Picking a Fruit, and Sergei Maliutin’s “Teremok” Chair
with Dr. Jennifer Thompson, The Gloria and Jack Drosdick Curator of European Painting & Sculpture & Curator of the John G. Johnson Collection, Philadelphia Museum of Art
Sun, Nov 10, 2:00–3:00 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
Claude Monet once advised a young artist to “paint . . . just as it looks to you,” yet he and his fellow Impressionists did more than simply observe and record the world around them—they carefully selected points of view, materials, and graphic tools such as cropping or unexpected perspectives. Dr. Jennifer Thompson will explore…
with Dr. Sarah Powers, Curatorial Research Specialist for the exhibition Edward Hopper and the American Hotel
Tue, Dec 3, 1 – 2:30 pm
Thu, Dec 5, 6 – 7:30 pm
Conference Suite & Galleries
Edward Hopper divided his time between his New York studio, located on Washington Square, and a cottage he built on a beach in South Truro, in Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The act of shuttling between these two sites of creativity meant that Hopper developed a love for the road and mobility at a time when our…
with Dr. Susan J. Rawles, Associate Curator of American Painting and Decorative Art
Tue, Sept 10 | 6:00 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
On Thursday, January 16, 1936, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts opened its doors for the first time. The occasion marked the culmination of more than sixteen years of effort that began in December 1919 with a gift of artworks from Judge John Barton Payne. A century on, join Dr. Susan J. Rawles, Associate Curator…
Nov 4, Dec 2, Jan 13, Feb 3
Enjoy a series of four special evenings that provide VMFA members the opportunity to view Edward Hopper and the American Hotel on a night the museum is closed to the general public. Members are encouraged to bring up to two guests (per membership). Check in to Edward Hopper’s hotels, motels, tourist homes, and boarding houses…
Oct 24–25
Altria and New Market Galleries, Level LL
Check in to Edward Hopper’s hotels, motels, tourist homes, and boarding houses in this first investigation of the celebrated artist’s images of hospitality settings. Culturally probing and formally beguiling, the selected paintings and works on paper explore America’s hotel consciousness and cultural landscape in the early to mid-20th century. At VMFA, the exhibition’s only East…
Thu, Sep 26 | 6–7:30 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
Join us September 26 as we welcome Lonnie Holley to the Leslie Cheek Theater. Beginning at 6 we will view Lonnie’s recent Sundance film I Snuck Off the Slave Ship. Following the film, we will get to hear Lonnie talk about his art as well as enjoy a live performance of his music with his…
Aug 22 | 6:30–7:30pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
Join us for a presentation of Indian Dances performed by local artists inspired by the life of Tirthankar Mahavir, born 599 BCE. Lord Mahavir was an enlightened being who practiced Jainism, an Indian religion teaching a path to spiritual purity and enlightenment through disciplined nonviolence. This original production combines Raas-Garba (an Indian folk dance style)…
Sat, Nov 16, 2020 | 9:30 am–4:30 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
Join us for a two-day symposium of lectures inspired by the special exhibition Edward Hopper and the American Hotel. A distinguished group of scholars provides new insights into one of the most celebrated artists of the American Realist movement. Symposium Schedule Fri, Nov 15, 2020 | 6:30 pm–7:30 pm Keynote Lecture: Edward Hopper and the…
with Dr. Erika Doss, Professor of American Studies, University of Notre Dame
Fri, Nov 15, 6:30–7:30 pm
Leslie Cheek Theater
Edward Hopper is well known for his paintings of dwellings—houses, apartments buildings, and hotels. Traveling throughout the United States and Mexico with his wife, the painter Jo Nivison, and often staying in tourist houses or rooms for rent, Hopper was deeply familiar with how Americans made themselves at home. Recounting his travels and his pictures…
