Mondays at the Museum

…A unique series of art seminars, featuring food and wine pairings
plus guided tours of current exhibitions.

Sponsored by Harris Private Bank
Co-Sponsored by The Learning Curve

Monday, March 8, 2010
3:00 – 4:30 pm Wine, Chocolate and Warhol - SOLD OUT Join Ryan Granruth, sommelier, The Lodge at Ventana Canyon, and experience the decadent pairing of wine and chocolate, and then tour the Andy Warhol Portfolios: Life & Legends exhibit with Chief Curator Julie Sasse.

Andy Warhol – painter, illustrator, writer, filmmaker, photographer – was a true radical in his approach to art. His Pop sensibility broke the traditional boundaries between art, business, and life. Included in the exhibition are portraits of Muhammad Ali, brilliantly colored flowers, illustrations of endangered species and portrayals of characters from American pop culture that give insight into Warhol’s forms and ideas that continue to influence artists today.

Monday, March 22, 2010
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Wine and Western Vistas - SOLD OUT Join Jean Cooper, Cooper Vineyards, for the The Three W’s: The What, Where and When of Wine seminar. Using a variety of Western wines and tastes from Café a la C’Art, Jean will demonstrate how appropriate pairing brings out the best flavors in both food and wine. Following the seminar Executive DirectorRobert Knight will lead a tour of the Ed Mell: Paintings of the New West exhibition.
Melding modern and contemporary aesthetics with Western themes, Ed Mell creates luminous panoramic vistas of the desert southwest. Mell’s cloud formations and incandescent sunsets have earned him distinction in the Art of the American West genre, while his flower compositions that glow with a sense of inner light have brought his work to the attention of Western aficionados and contemporary art enthusiasts alike.

Monday, March 29, 2010
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Spanish Flavors and Tineo's Palette - SOLD OUTExperience an explosion of color and a flurry of bold flavor as you taste Spanish wines and cheeses and learn about the life and work of Tucson painter and muralist David Tineo. The afternoon begins with a tasting of Spanish wines and cheeses offered by Doug Levy, chef/owner of Feast. After the tasting, Tucson gallery owner and art lecturer Mike Dominguez will tour ¡Viva David Tineo! A Retrospective of Tucson’s Muralist and Art Educator and discuss Tineo’s work in the context of contemporary and historic Mexican-American art.

Throughout the 30 years of his prolific career, Tucson artist David Tineo has remained committed to preserving and celebrating Mexican-American culture. This exhibition features a selection of the artist’s easel paintings, moveable murals, drawings for public commissions and decorated architectural artifacts, spanning the late 1970s to the present. 

All seminars will take place at the Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N Main Avenue in historic downtown.
All three seminars are SOLD OUT

 

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