Princeton University Art Museum : European Treasures (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.

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.

Docent Cathy Loevner graduated with a major in Politics in 1971 from Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. After moving to Washington D.C., she worked for ten years on Capitol Hill in various capacities including as a Legislative Assistant to a Congressman, a staff member of a House select committee and a lobbyist for the New York Governor. In 1981, she moved to New York City to work briefly for the State Commissioner of Social Services and then went to Columbia University where I earned a Masters in Public Health. 

In addition to raising three children, Cathy has been an active volunteer serving on the board and as President of the League of Women Voters and of HiTOPS. She was also active in various PTO organizations, including as co-chair of the Johnson Park PTO. She recently served as a co-chair of the PUAM Gala. Currently, she is serving on the Board of Trustees of Queens University in Charlotte.

Credit: Arion on the Dolphin, 1748, François Boucher, French, 1703–1770 Oil on canvas, Museum purchase, Fowler McCormick, Class of 1921, Fund, French, Signed and dated lower left: F. Boucher / 1748

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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