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A Story of Early American Painting from Winterthur Museum
Fridays, September 12–October 3, 1–3 pm ET
Learn more about the collections at Winterthur and what they tell us about early American culture.
Instructor: Kedra Kearis
Bon appétit! Food and Art in 18th and 19th-Century France
Wednesdays, November 12–December 10, (no class November 26) 6–8 pm ET
Explore the history of French food culture and how it shows up in modern paintings.
Instructor: Christa DiMarco
Cézanne’s Philosophy
Tuesdays, September 9 – October 7 (no class September 23) 6–8 pm ET
Instructor: Naina Saligram
Close Looking Immersion: Rustam Lifts Qanun from His Horse
Wednesday, November 12, 6–7 pm ET
Immerse yourself in a tiny 16th-century Persian manuscript from the Barnes collection.
Instructor: Naina Saligram
Close Looking Immersion: Seurat’s Models (Poseuses)
Wednesday, September 17, 6–7 pm ET
Get to know one of the iconic paintings in our collection through extended close looking and guided discussion.
Instructor: Naina Saligram
Close-Looking Immersion: Cézanne’s Portrait of a Woman
Wednesday, December 10, 6–7 pm ET
Spend an hour with Cézanne’s haunting Portrait of a Woman.
Instructor: William Perthes
Close-Looking Immersion: Soutine’s Flayed Rabbit
Wednesday, October 15, 6–7 pm ET
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Collection Concentration: Dawn of Modernism in Europe and the US (On-Site) 9.25
Tuesdays, September 2–December 16 (no class September 16 & September 23), from 6-9 pm ET
Discover how modernism became both a shared language and a deeply personal mode of expression.
Instructor: William Perthes
Collection Concentration: Matisse, A Global Perspective (9.25)
Thursdays, September 4 – December 18, (no class October 2 and November 27), 6–9pm ET
Learn how Matisse pulled from multiple global traditions to create a radical new visual language.
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
Courbet Reconsidered
Fridays, October 10–31, 1–3 pm ET
Learn more about Gustave Courbet and his place in the history of modern art.
Instructor: Paul Galvez
Fall 2025
Echoes in Clay and Code: Native American Art Across Generations
Mondays, November 3–24, 6–8 pm ET
From ancestral pottery to contemporary digital media, explore Native art as a living, changing cultural expression.
Instructor: Dakota H. Stevens
Fall 2025
Impressionism and the Music of Claude Debussy and His Contemporaries
Mondays, November 3–24, 1–3 pm ET
Explore the connections between impressionism in painting and music.
Instructor: Mimi Stillman
Infernal Visions: Ideas of Hell in the History of Art
Wednesdays, October 8–29, 6–8 pm ET
Learn how different cultures have visualized the underworld.
Instructor: Antongiulio Sorgini
Modernism Across Media: Joyce, Stravinsky, Picasso
Mondays, October 6–27, 6–8 pm ET
Explore the connections between three key figures in early 20th-century modernism.
Instructors: Naina Saligram, Paul Saint-Amour, Mimi Stillman
The Garden Design of Piet Oudolf
Tuesday, November 18, 10 am–4 pm ET
Explore the naturalistic design philosophy of Piet Oudolf, whose iconic projects include New York’s High Line and the newly planted Calder Gardens. Instructors: Erin Monda & Andrew Bunting
Primitivism and Modern Art
Fridays, November 7–December 5, (no class November 28), 2–4 pm ET
Learn about the concept of primitivism and its enormous role in modern European and American art.
Instructor: Alison Boyd
The Elements of Art On-Site (9.25)
Tuesdays, September 2–December 16 (no class Sept. 16 & 23) , from 1:30–4:30 pm
Learn basic aesthetic principles and discover art’s communicative power by studying works in the Barnes collection.
Instructor: Kaelin Jewell
The Traditions of Art (9.25)
Thursdays, September 4 – December 18, (no class October 2 and November 27), from 1–4 pm ET
Explore how artists engage with and transform artistic traditions.
Instructor: William Perthes
