Sawyer Free Library
Join us for a screening of the 2001 BBC documentary, “Secret Knowledge,” a film based on a thought-provoking art history book by David Hockney that argues great Old Masters used optical devices like concave mirrors and lenses to achieve hyperrealistic detail and perspective centuries before photography. Followed by a Q&A with Manship Artist and close...
Sawyer Free Library
David Hockney explores Eastern versus Western perspectives. He compares the fluid, moving viewpoint of the Chinese scroll—created before Western linear perspective took over—with his own ideas on space and art. Shown in conjunction with the exhibition Hockney Reproduction(s). On view through October 18, 2026, Hockney Reproduction(s) is a major exhibition exploring the artist’s six-decade engagement...
Stevens-Coolidge House & Gardens
Prepare your garden for winter while setting the stage for a healthier, more productive spring. This lesson explores what to cut back, what to leave standing for wildlife, what, how...
Cape Ann Museum
CAM welcomes sculptor Robert Shure for an engaging gallery talk on the Seated Cat, his newly installed bronze in the Museum’s renovated courtyard, an enlargement of Katherine Lane Weems’ iconic work of the same name and modeled in 1941. Shure will reflect on his past work with Weems, the artistic dialogue that emerged between their...
