Register Here | 2026 Season Membership (4 Programs)
Oct. 22, Feb. 11, Apr. 8, May 13
10:00 AM EST
Season Ticket $180
Your Full Season Membership reserves your spot
for the complete 2026 LiterARTure Series.
This season Cindy and Stacey will explore “Breaking the Mold: Influencers in Art and Literature” with the spotlight on rebel rapscallion artists and authors and their revolutionary works.
Series Includes:
1. Oct. 22—Darkness Lurks: Could there be a bigger influencer than Caravaggio? We think not. Let’s dig into the infamous criminal artist and look at those who interpreted his innovations, including his use of chiaroscuro, and over-the-top theatricality. So much to see! Baroque artists Artemisia Gentileschi and Georges de la Tour, 20th century painters Lucien Freud, Peter Doig and Cecily Brown. Meanwhile, lurking in the shadows, we’ll reveal the plotting brilliant darkness of Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley. This incredible author and her virtuoso counterpart and criminal mastermind, Tom, still influencing writers on page and screen. Reader beware!
2. Feb. 11—Love Crush: Lovers, rivalry and the possessed have nothing on the greatest enmity of the 20th century that of Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse. As a love letter to two giants who changed the way we look at art, we will analyze these icons and their fascination with the female form in paintings and sculptures. Speaking of Possession, we’ll turn the page on Love Crush and learn about the entanglement of desire bound in letters, books and hidden in archives with A. S. Byatt’s 1990 Booker Prize winner of the same name. Gripping. Intense. How much more can you handle?
3. Apr. 8—Anne Remembered: Why pair contemporary artists Felix Droese, Jack Lahav, Keith Mayersohn, Gerhard Richter, Rebecca Horn and Maya Lin? Each have been inspired by the profound writing of Anne Frank’s diary. With the latest book, Ruth Franklin’s The Many Lives of Anne Frank, we talk a new look at the young Jewish girl whose diary has captivated millions, and the different ways that artists have been inspired by her story. Its themes of memory, resilience and hope continue to elevate her special legacy.
4. May 13—American Stars: The stars are shining brightly in the American artistic firmament under the leadership of 19th century influencer Winslow Homer, painter and water colorist extraordinaire. Included in his galaxy are Robert Henri, Frederick Remington, N.C. Wyeth, and Bo Bartlett. We will analyze Homer’s works and see how his style paved the way for new avenues of interpretation and storytelling in painting. Mark Twain’s Innocence Abroad will provide his iconoclastic perspectives of world travel, prepping us for summer adventure. His writing and wit still imprinting the success of best seller’s today. Homer and Twain, truly American Stars. How glorious is that?
Doors will open at 9:15 am for you to enjoy a coffee with friends. At 10 am we shall start.
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