Princeton University Art Museum : American Art (Online)

Each month, April through July, docents from the Princeton University Art Museum will use art works from the Museum's Collections to discuss diverse artists and their work. Some presentation may be focused on a specific theme. Participants will be invited to ask questions, share observations and engage in a lively discussion about the art.  

April 20 : Highlights of the Collections

Enjoy selections from across time, geography, and medium that showcase the truly universal scope of the Art Museum’s collections. A program might include an ancient Mediterranean vase, an Asian hanging scroll, pre-Columbian ceramics, African sculpture, European paintings, American photography, and recent acquisitions of twenty-first-century art.

May 18: American Art

Examine the depth and breadth of American art, including historical and contemporary Indigenous art, Euro-American portraiture and landscapes, and groundbreaking modern paintings.

Docent Ximena Skovron is originally from Miami, Florida, where she attended the University of Miami and earned a Bachelor’s degree in English Literature and a law degree. After a decade of practicing law as a federal litigator in New York City, she settled in Princeton with her husband and daughter. When Ximena is not painting, hiking with their dog Nala or traveling with her family, she can be found roaming the galleries of art museums throughout the area, virtually and in person. She is delighted that serving as a docent has allowed her lifelong journey of art exploration and appreciation to continue in the company of people of all ages

Credit: To Be Sold, Titus Kaphar, Oil on canvas with rusted nails, 2018, Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund, American

June 15 : European Treasures

Travel across Europe through a sampling of sculpture, works on paper, and paintings from the from the 12th to the 20th century.

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July 20 : World Cultures

Discover what art reveals about the life, traditions, and beliefs of earlier cultures through objects such as Roman mosaic floors, an ancient Olmec sculpture, a Northwest Coast rattle, African ceremonial masks, and early Chinese bronze vessels.

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Please register with an email address to receive an immediate registration confirmation with a link to join the class/event. This email will also contain the dial-in information if you wish to participate by telephone.