The Silk Road with the Walters Art Museum (Online)

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Art, Movies & Music, Community Events, History & Genealogy, Race, Equity & Inclusion

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Adults
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What do you think of when you hear the term “Silk Road?” Cross-cultural trade between Asia, Persia, the Roman Empire and others circulated goods, technology, art, and religion. Explore works from the Walters Art Museum that illuminate the expansive story of the Silk Road.

Jill Reynolds has been a volunteer docent at the Walters Art Museum for eight years and a frequent visitor for far longer. In addition to being a docent Jill teaches for the Baltimore School of Independent Learners and her classes have included Art History and Ancient Civilizations.  Jill holds her MA and M.Ed in Education from Columbia University and is currently pursuing additional graduate work at Johns Hopkins University in Museum Studies.

This event is presented in partnership with The Walters Art Museum.

Image on the left is credited to: 

Portrait of the Scribe Mir 'Abd Allah Katib in the Company of a Youth Burnishing Paper, India (Allahabad), 1602, ink and pigments on biscuit-colored laid paper.  Bequest of Henry Walters, 1931, acc. no. W.650.187A. © The Walters Art Museum

 

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This event is part of HCLS Racial Equity and Inclusion series