SEPTEMBER
SCHOOL OF
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ICONOLOGY Monday , August 7-Saturday , August 12 , 9:00am – 4:00pm each day Tuition : Members $ 900 , Nonmembers $ 995 Registration required by July 10 . Call 978.598.5000 x121 .
Under the guidance of master iconographer Vladislav Andrejev , students will have completed an icon of Archangel Michael by the end of the course . Tuition includes instruction , all materials . Further details are available on the calendar section of our website .
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GALLERY TOUR : UNICORNS
AND DRAGONS IN MYTHOLOGY AND ICONOGRAPHY Tuesday August 8,1:30pm
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Saturday , August 12 ,
EXPEDITION : ANIMALS , 11:30am THE SYMBOL OF CHRISTIANITY , 1:30pm
13CONTEMPORARY
RUSSIAN LITERATURE BOOK GROUP Sunday , August 13 , 3:00 – 5:00pm , Free Call Mila , ( 978 ) 598-5000 x115 for more information .
A School for Fools by Sasha Sokolov Lyrical and philosophical , witty and baffling , a sort of fairy-tale quest for self-knowledge , a tale either of madness or of the life of the imagination in conversation with reason .
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17GALLERY TOUR :
EXPEDITION : ANIMALS Thursday , August 17 , 11:30pm
WEBINAR : ICONIC ISRAEL Thursday , August 17 , 6:30pm
Learn about the May 2018 tour to Israel the Museum is offering in partnership with Collette Travel . This free , interactive information session will take place online only . Visit the “ Travel with the Museum ” page under “ Learn ” on the Museum ’ s website , and click the itinerary link to register for the webinar and view the full itinerary .
CULTURES SERIES :
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AUTHOR , HISTORIAN AND HUMORIST JENNIFER EREMEEVA TALK , RECEPTION AND BOOK SIGNING Saturday , August 26 , 3:30 – 6:00pm Members $ 30 , Nonmembers $ 40 Registration required by August 22 . Call 978.598.5000 x121 . ( See article page 2 )
SEPTEMBER
THURSDAY PROGRAM :
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MUSEUM SAGE Thursday , September 7 , 5:30 – 7:30pm Free
Museum Sage is an activity that invites people to ask a question that has personal meaning for them and receive insight from a work of art , with the assistance of a trained Museum Sage Guide . The process connects you more deeply with yourself , and allows you to experience the art ( in our case , icons ) and the Museum in a new way . So come have some fun , and explore your inner sage !
Sessions will begin at 5:30 and 6:30 . The Museum Sage process is appropriate for adults and mature teens .
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GALLERY TOURS : Saturday , September 9 ,
EXPEDITION : ANIMALS , 11:30am SYMBOL OF CHRISTIANITY , 1:30pm
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GALLERY TOUR :
EXPEDITION : ANIMALS Wednesday , September 13 , 11:30am
17LECTURE BY NINA TUMARKIN
VLADIMIR PUTIN : PERSONAGE , PRESIDENT , AND POTENTATE Sunday , September 17 , 2:00pm Members $ 8 , Nonmembers $ 12 . Call 978.598.5000 x121 . ( See article page 5 )
TOUR : UNICORNS
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AND DRAGONS IN MYTHOLOGY AND ICONOGRAPHY Thursday , September 21 , 11:30am
RUSSIAN
24CONTEMPORARY
LITERATURE BOOK GROUP Sunday , September 24 , 3:00-5:00pm Free . Call Mila at ( 978 ) 598-5000 x115 for more information about the group .
Between Dog and Wolf by Sasha Sokolov Sokolov ’ s second novel has intimidated translators because of its complex puns , rhymes , and neologisms . Language rather than plot motivates the story , and time , characters , and death all prove unstable .
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FILM : THE DESERT OF
FORBIDDEN ART Saturday , September 30 , 2:00-4:00pm $ 10 Members , $ 15 Nonmembers Pre-registration suggested . Call 978.598.5000 x121 2010 , 80 mins .
The incredible story of how a treasure trove of banned Soviet art worth millions of dollars was found in the desert of Uzbekistan develops into a larger exploration of how art survives in times of oppression . A fascinating documentary about a group of visionary artists and one man who risked his life to rescue their work .