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Fall 2024
Builders, Heroes, and Unicorns: Exploring the History and Treasures of The Met Cloisters
Fridays, October 18 – November 8, 1 pm– 3 pm ET
Join the curator-in-charge of the Cloisters for a deep dive into the museum’s history, architecture, and collections.
Instructor: C. Griffith Mann
Chromophilia: Modern Art and the Re-Invention of Color
Fridays, September 6 – September 27, 1 pm – 3 pm ET
Take a closer look at how artists like Manet and Matisse redefined color and its use in modern art.
Instructor: Paul Galvez
Close-Looking Immersion: El Greco’s Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Hyacinth
Wednesday, September 11, 12 pm– 1:30 pm ET
This new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. In this session, we’ll examine El Greco’s Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Hyacinth.
Instructor: Kaelin Jewel
Close-Looking Immersion: Gauguin’s Haere Pape
Wednesday, December 11, 12 – 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 Gauguin’s Haere Pape.
Instructor: Naina Saligram
Close-Looking Immersion: Maurice Brazil Prendergast’s Marblehead Harbor
Wednesday, October 9, 6 pm – 7:30 pm ET
This new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. In this session, we’ll examine Maurice Brazil Prendergast’s Marblehead Harbor.
Instructor: William Perthes
Close-Looking Immersion: Picasso’s Woman Seated on Striped Floor
Wednesday, November 13, 6–7:30 pm ET
Our new series of single-session immersions provides opportunities to study and discuss individual works. In this session, we’ll examine Picasso’s Woman Seated on Striped Floor.
Instructor: Naina Saligram
Collection Concentration: Paul Cézanne (9.24)
Thursdays, September 12–December 19, 1–4 pm ET (no class November 28)
Please note: The fourth session of this class will take place Monday, September 30 (there will be no class on Thursday, October 3).
Study Cézanne’s influence on European modernism and trace the development of his visual language.
Instructor: William Perthes
Degas and Impressionism: 150 Years Later
Mondays, September 9 – September 30, 2 pm – 4 pm ET
An in-depth look at Degas’s technical innovations and his contribution to the impressionism movement.
Instructor: Michael Foa
Fall 2024
Mickalene Thomas, Visual Pleasure and Arts Activism
Thursdays, October 24 – November 14, 2 pm – 3:30 pm ET
Take a deeper dive into Thomas’s career and influence with the curator of All About Love.
Instructor: Renée Mussai
Modern Painters Take the Stage: Set and Costume Design in 20th-Century Theater
Wednesdays, October 9 – October 30, 1 pm– 3 pm ET
Explore groundbreaking collaborations that brought important visual artists to the stage.
Instructor: Caterina Pierre
Order and Invention
Wednesdays, November 5 – December 3 (no class November 26), 6 pm– 8 pm ET
How does an idea become a finished work of art? This class explores some of the tools that aid artists in making images.
Instructor: Michael Williamson
Painting and Poetry
Thursdays, September 12 – October 10 (no class on October 3), 5-7 pm ET
This course looks at the connections between painting and poetry and how they communicate an artist’s philosophy, desires, or cultural orientation.
Instructor: Laura L. Watts
Size Does Matter: A History of Miniatures in Art
Wednesdays, November 6 – December 4 (no class November 27), 2–4 pm ET
What makes miniatures so fascinating? And what compels artists to work on such a tiny scale? This course shines a spotlight on the art and history of miniatures.
Instructor: Julie Steiner
The Elements of Art (9.24)
Wednesdays, September 11 – December 18* (no class November 27), 6–9 pm ET
Please note: The fourth session of this class takes place on Monday, September 30 (there is no class on Wednesday, October 2)
Learn basic aesthetic principles and discover art’s communicative power by studying works in the Barnes collection.
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
The Elements of Art On-Site (9.24)
Tuesdays, September 10 – December 17 (no class November 26), 6–9 pm ET
Learn basic aesthetic principles and discover art’s communicative power by studying works in the Barnes collection.
Instructor: William Perthes
The Traditions of Art On-Site (9.24)
Tuesdays, September 10 – December 17 (no class November 26), 1 – 4 pm ET
Learn how modern artists adapted earlier traditions in developing new visual languages.
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Zooming In on Van Gogh
Mondays, October 21 – November 18, 6 pm– 8 pm ET
Delve into the life and work of Van Gogh, one of the greatest, and most mythologized, painters of the modern era.
Instructor: Martha Lucy
