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Art Study Center Seminar at Home: Adventures in Teaching “Drawing Lessons”

A chalk drawing depicts a figure study of six women’s heads in a mostly light red palette, with some black and white.
Jean-Antoine Watteau, French, Six Head Studies, c. 1715. Red, white, and black chalk on light tan antique laid paper. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Meta and Paul J. Sachs, 1965.336.

Seminar

Among its many disruptions, the pandemic robbed students of the opportunity to explore works of art, in person, in the Harvard Art Museums. With considerable help from colleagues and some simple technology, however, visiting lecturer and senior scholar Margaret Morgan Grasselli was able to teach her seminar Drawing Lessons from the Art Study Center and to approximate for her students the joy of experiencing artworks up close. Join her as she talks about the challenges she faced and presents favorite drawings by Michelangelo, Rubens, Watteau, and Van Gogh, among others.

Led by:
Margaret Morgan Grasselli, Visiting Senior Scholar for Drawings, Division of European and American Art; and Visiting Lecturer, Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University

This talk will take place online via Zoom. Free admission, but registration is required. To register, please complete this online form.

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While our events will continue to be offered virtually, the Harvard Art Museums will reopen to the public on Saturday, September 4, 2021. Reservations are required and can be made up to three weeks in advance, beginning Friday, August 20. Please visit the Harvard Art Museums website for more information.