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Art and Splendor in Ancient Rome (3.24)
Tuesdays, March 5 – March 26, 6 pm – 8 pm ET
Explore the major achievements of the Roman world by looking closely at key examples of architecture, painting, and sculpture.
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Art of the Great Migration
Wednesdays, March 6 – March 27, 1 pm– 3 pm ET
Examine important works by African American artists who migrated from south to north after the Reconstruction era.
Instructor: Michael Williamson
Artists As Cultivators
Tuesdays, April 9 – April 30, 6 pm – 8 pm ET
Learn about American impressionism and the garden movement with the curators of the PAFA exhibition Artists as Cultivators.
Instructors: Anna O. Marley and Leah Triplett Harrington
Charles Demuth: The Erotic Watercolors
Mondays, January 8 – January 29, 6 pm– 8 pm ET
Examine works by the master American watercolorist that explore his sexuality and identity as an openly gay artist.
Instructor: Ty Vanover
Close-Looking Immersion: Cézanne’s Ginger Jar
Wednesday, March 13, 12 pm – 1:30 pm ET
Our new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. In this session, we’ll examine Cézanne’s Ginger Jar.
Instructor: William Perthes
Close-Looking Immersion: Picasso’s Acrobat and Young Harlequin
Wednesday, April 10, 12 pm – 1:30 pm ET
This new series of single-session intensives provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. In this session, we’ll examine Picasso’s Acrobat and Young Harlequin.
Instructor: Michael Williamson
Close-Looking Intensive: Matisse’s Red Madras Headdress
Wednesday, May 8 , 12 pm – 1:30 pm ET
This new series of single-session intensives provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. In this session, we’ll examine Matisse’s Red Madras Headdress.
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Collection Concentration: Paul Cézanne
Tuesdays, January 23 – April 23, 6pm – 9 pm ET
Study Cézanne’s influence on European modernism and trace the development of his visual language.
Instructor: William Perthes
Decoding Barnes’s Ensembles (2.24)
Tuesdays, February 6 – February 27, 2 pm – 4 pm ET
Get a better understanding of why Dr. Albert Barnes arranged his collection in such an unconventional way.
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Dutch Art in the Time of Rembrandt and Vermeer: A Look at the ‘non-Golden’ Age
Fridays, April 5 – April 26, 12 pm – 2 pm ET
The Dutch Golden Age was a time of exceptional art production. Examine the masters of this period while also considering the social and political issues of the time.
Instructor: Ashley West
Spring 2024
El Greco: Renaissance Mystic and Modernity's Vanguardist
Saturdays, January 6 – January 27, 11 am– 1 pm ET
Learn how the Renaissance painter was inspired by mysticism and how his work found favor with impressionists and modern artists.
Instructor: Sheila Barker
Exploring Pictorial Space (5.24)
Tuesdays, May 7 – May 28, 1 pm – 3 pm ET
Take a closer look at the ways artists create the illusion of depth in paintings and other works of two-dimensional art.
Instructor: Michael Williamson
Fashion Photography: The Magazine as Canvas
Wednesdays, April 24–May 15, 6:30–8:00 pm ET
Survey the key artists who blurred the lines between fine art and commercial photography, forever changing print media.
Instructor: Stephanie Sporn
Flower Power: Symbolism and Science in the Barnes Collection
Tuesdays, March 5 – March 26, 1 pm – 3 pm ET
In celebration of spring, take a closer look at floral works in the collection, considering the aesthetics and symbolism of nature in art.
Instructor: Amy Gillette
Horace Pippin’s Modernism (2.24)
Fridays, February 2 – February 23, 2 pm– 4 pm ET
Reexamine Pippin’s art and legacy in the context of the galleries in which he once studied.
Instructor: Alison Boyd
Learning to See (1.24)
Mondays, January 8 – January 29, 2 pm– 4 pm ET
Learn how artists use visual media to communicate their unique experience of the world.
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Mysticism, Spirituality and Modern Art
Wednesdays, January 10 – January 31, 6 pm– 8 pm ET
Learn how spiritual ideas and mystical experiences influenced painters in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Instructor: Roksana Filipowska
Spring 2024
Paintings from an Artist’s Perspective
Wednesdays, April 3 – April 24, 1 pm – 3 pm ET
This class explores visual imagination from an artist’s point of view, providing a close-up view of how a painter transforms their ideas into physical works of art.
Instructor: Stuart Shils
Photography and Painting (1.24)
Thursdays, January 4 – January 25, 6 pm– 8 pm ET
Explore how painting was irrevocably changed by the invention of photography.
Instructor: Michael Williamson
Portraiture at the Barnes: From the 15th Century to Modernism
Thursdays, May 2 - May 23, 6 pm – 8 pm ET
Uncover the wide range of expression that portraits at the Barnes offer.
Instructor: Laura L. Watts
