Arts Express Bus Trips
Year after year the Academy Art Museum has chosen outstanding performing and visual arts venues for the enjoyment of its patrons. This year is no different. Forget the price of gas, the hassle of crossing the Bay Bridge, or the cost of parking. Join us and you will be delivered relaxed to the front door of a world-class performance or exhibition.
George Hendrik Breitner
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A Day in DC with the Director: The Phillips Collection The Phillips Collection Sold Out! The Museum's Director, Erik Neil will lead this excursion to The Phillips Collection. Among the exhibitions on view will be Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard and Renoir's Luncheon of the Boating Party and other masterworks. Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to VuillardWe will visit the Phillips Collection and the special exhibition, Snapshot: Painters and Photography, Bonnard to Vuillard. Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard are known primarily as painters, however they and several other post-impressionist artists experimented with photography for their private use, interpreting the new medium and producing surprising, inventive results. This exhibition debuts many previously unpublished photographs taken by painters with a hand-held Kodak camera during the 1890s. Approximately 200 photographs, 40 paintings, and 60 works on paper integrate the histories of painting and photography, and explore the inspiration afforded by the new medium in such subjects as domestic interiors, city streets, nudes, and portraiture. Optional visit to the nearby Hillyer Art Space and the Marsha Mateyka Gallery. Bus leaves Creamery Lane Parking Lot at 9am. Returns at approximately 5pm. |
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HILLWOOD ESTATE MUSEUM & GARDENS Washington, D.C. Founded by American collector and heiress to the Post cereal empire, Marjorie Merriweather Post, Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens is one of the premier art collector's museums in the United States. The museum features the most comprehensive collection of Russian imperial art outside of Russia and a world-renowned collection of eighteenth-century French decorative art and furnishings. The collection includes Fabergé eggs, Russian porcelain, Russian Orthodox icons, Beauvais tapestries, and Sèvres porcelain. Encircled by woodlands, the 25-acre estate provides visitors a tranquil oasis of luscious formal gardens. Cost includes admission and guided tour. |
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SMITHSONIAN CRAFT SHOW Washington, D.C. Cost: $50 Members, $85 Non-members VTRI151 The Smithsonian Craft Show is an exhibit of 120 exceptional craft artists, representing works in basketry, ceramics, decorative fiber, furniture, glass, jewelry, leather, metal, mixed media, paper, wearable art, and wood. This is your opportunity to purchase items from the most prestigious exhibition of contemporary American crafts in the nation. |