From lunchtime tours to evening book signings, lectures at the Fenimore Art Museum cover a broad range of topics in art, history and culture and introduce visitors to many interesting, knowledgeable speakers from around the world.
Food for Thought programs are a lunch and lecture series which offer visitors a more in depth understanding of our exhibits and programs. All programs begin at noon on Wednesdays and include lunch. $15 members/$20 non-members. Registration is required at least three days in advance. Cancellations without advanced warning will be charged. Please call (607) 547-1461 to reserve.
Evening Lectures bring engaging scholars and experts for talks related to our season’s programming. The spring series highlights the exhibits Gustav Stickley: The Englightened Home and Gilded Lions and Jeweled Horses: The Synagogue to the Carousel. All lectures begin at 7:00pm in the Fenimore Art Museum Auditorium. The cost is $5 for members and $7 for non-members. No advanced reservations are required.
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Food for Thought: New York at Gettysburg | July 9 2008 | 12:00pm-2:00pm
Join Ted Shuart, a reenactor with the 125th New York State Volunteer Infantry, for a lecture and discussion of the pivotal role that New York soldiers played in one of the most important battles of the Civil War.
Fee: $15 members/$20 non-members
Location: Fenimore Art Museum, Study Center
An Evening with Christopher Tadgell | August 20 2008 | 6:00pm
Join the Fenimore Art Museum in welcoming back Dr. Christopher Tadgell for another fascinating lecture. This season, Dr. Tadgell will be discussing his new five book series which describes and illustrates the most important architectural traditions of the world. More than a simple catalog of buildings and places, Dr. Tadgell’s work provides the social, cultural, political, and economic contexts that truly bring the buildings—and the societies that created them—to life.
Fee: $5 members/$7 non-members
Reservations are not required.
Food for Thought: Through the Eyes of Others | September 17 2008 | 12:00pm-2:00pm
See this thought-provoking exhibit from the perspective of the curator who created it. Gretchen Sorin, guest curator and director of the Cooperstown Graduate Program for museum studies, will lead participants on a tour that truly brings the exhibit to life.
Fee: $15 members/$20 non-members
Location: Fenimore Art Museum, Study Center
Food for Thought: History of Fenimore House | September 24 2008 | 12:00pm-2:00pm
Join museum staff on a tour which will allow visitors to imagine the museum as the home that it once was. Learn about the history of the land, house, and family who lived in it.
Fee: $15 members/$20 non-members
Location: Fenimore Art Museum, Study Center
Food for Thought: Presidential Folk Art | October 8 2008 | 12:00pm-2:00pm
Flex your political muscle on this tour with Vice President and Chief Curator Paul D’Ambrosio of our collection’s most exciting examples of folk art related to presidents, politics, and elections.
Fee: $15 members/$20 non-members
Location: Fenimore Art Museum, Study Center
Food for Thought: Highlights from the Thaw Collection | October 29 2008 | 12:00pm-2:00pm
Eva Fognell, curator of the Eugene and Clare Thaw Collection of American Indian Art, leads this tour of some of the most remarkable objects from our renowned collection of American Indian art.
Fee: $15 members/$20 non-members
Location: Fenimore Art Museum, Study Center
Food for Thought: Earl Cunningham's America | November 5 2008 | 12:00pm-2:00pm
Join Chief Curator Paul D’Ambrosio for a tour of this exhibit which highlights the fascinating imaginary landscapes of folk artist Earl Cunningham. More than 50 paintings will reveal the unique perspective of a great American artist.
Fee: $15 members/$20 non-members
Location: Fenimore Art Museum, Study Center
