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Ansel Adams Exhibit First Topic

Of Fenimore Luncheon Lectures

"Ansel Adams: Early Works," opened Friday, April 1, at The Fenimore Art Museum.  (Photo courtesy NYSHA)
“Ansel Adams: Early Works,” opened Friday, April 1, at The Fenimore Art Museum. (Photo courtesy NYSHA)
Michelle Murdock
Michelle Murdock

COOPERSTOWN – The Fenimore Art Museum’s weekly “Food for Thought” luncheon lectures will start up again next week with Michelle Murdock, director of exhibitions, discussing Ansel Adams, whose “Early Works” exhibit opened April 1.

The first Food for Thought will be Wednesday, April 13, and all run from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.  Pre-registration required; call 547-1461.  $22 for NYSHA members; $25 for non-members.

Here’s the rest of the 2016 schedule:

  • April 27: Robert Schneider (with artist Robert Schneider discussing his new exhibition)
  • May 11: Traditions of Celebration and Ritual (with Eva Fognell, Curator of the Thaw Collection, discussing the new Thaw Collection exhibition)
  • May 25: Ansel Adams (with Michelle Murdock, Director of Exhibitions)
  • June 8: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (with Paul D’Ambrosio, President and CEO of the Fenimore Art Museum)
  • June 22: Toulouse-Lautrec/La Boheme (with Paul D’Ambrosio, President and CEO of the Fenimore Art Museum)
  • July 13: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (with Michelle Murdock, Director of Exhibitions)
  • July 27: Toulouse-Lautrec/La Boheme (with Chris Rossi, Associate Curator of Exhibitions)
  • August 10: Ansel Adams (with Michelle Murdock, Director of Exhibitions)
  • August 24: Toulouse-Lautrec/La Boheme (with Chris Rossi, Associate Curator of Exhibitions)
  • September 14: James Abbott McNeill Whistler (with Paul D’Ambrosio, President and CEO of the Fenimore Art Museum)
  • September 28: Special Thaw Collection Program (with Eva Fognell, Curator of the Thaw Collection)
  • October 12: Schoolgirl Art (with Paul D’Ambrosio, President and CEO of the Fenimore Art Museum)
  • October 26: Arnold Newman (speaker TBD)

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