AMA Art Lovers Book Club
The Art Lovers Book Club at 5:30 pm every other month on the third Tuesday to discuss art-inspired novels and biographies over a glass of wine and snacks at the Albany Museum of Art. The group meets every other month to share their thoughts on books. There is no formal membership and the meetings are free and open to the public. Loves for art, books, and good company are all that are needed to join in the discussions.
Jan 20: St. EOM in the Land of Pasaquan: The Life and Times and Art of Eddie Owens Martin by Jonathan Williams is a biography of eccentric Southern visionary artist Eddie Owens Martin, creator of Pasaquan.
March 17: Ninth Street Women by Mary Gabriel is a sweeping group biography of five women artists (Lee Krasner, Elaine de Kooning, Grace Hartigan, Joan Mitchell, and Helen Frankenthaler) who transformed American art in the 20th century.
May 12: The Grand Affair: John Singer Sargent in His World by Paul Fisher is a rich, beautifully written biography that places Sargent in the broader cultural, aesthetic, and social world of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Season 7 opens on July 14 with a discussion of A Gentleman and a Thief: The Daring Jewel Heists of a Jazz Age Rogue by Dean Jobb. This is a true crime caper set in the art and jewel theft world during the Jazz Age. The club will decide the other titles for season 7 in May.
RSVP for free at the link HERE.
