No stranger to controversy, Marie Laurencien’s life and art straddled two centuries, while her view was always firmly facing forward. Join me, ProfValFranco, as I guide us through Marie’s life and work as a Cubist painter and member of the avant garde Puteaux Group in France at the tumultuous start of the Twentieth Century.
Marie’s Painting of Coco C!
We start at 7 p m in the Friends’ Gallery and all are welcome. I look forward to seeing you there!
Note: ProfValFranco April Art & Film Lectures in the Friends’ Gallery as follows:
Good Morning! This afternoon sees us gathering in the Friends’ Gallery in person for our now only once a month free Film Appreciation class at North Castle Public Library, starting at our new time of 3 pm(from the previous 7 pm). The film ends just in time for a nice stroll around armonk, or happy hour at one of our great restaurants in town. It’s the perfect start to the weekend.
Here’s the info:
Our once a month film screening is the film Eadweard, about the incredible beginnings of moving pictures (chronophotgraphy) and the interesting and bizarre personality behind the discovery,
Eadweard Muybridge: Eadwaerd – Friday at new time 3 pm – Prof. Val Franco takes us to England and the true story of world-famous, turn-of-the-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge who discovered how to capture the theory of motion on film with his famous Stanford Horse Gaits photographs. As he became more famous, his personal life twisted into dark betrayal, murder, and a legacy that continues to amaze the world. This film is Unrated.
Finally, – the June/July/August schedules are as follows: June: THIS FRIDAY Afternoon June 23- Film – Eadwaerd NOTE: 3 PM SCREENING TIME AT LIBRARY
July
Tuesday -July 11- Art at7 pm – Art Dealer Berthe Weill and her Incredible Life
Tuesday July 18 – Art at7 pm – Art Deco
Friday July 21. – Film at3 pm- Les Invincibles (The World Pétanque Tour) – This charming French comedy starring Gerard Depardieau looks at one man’s dream to become a pétanque (boules/lawn bowling) champion. Join Prof. Val Franco as we dive into the competitive world of international pétanque, citizenship, identity and friendship. In French with EnglishNOTE: 3 PM SCREENING TIME AT LIBRARY
Tuesday August 1 – Art at7 pm – What’s on at MoMA
Tuesday August 15 – Art at7 pm – Ed Steichen: Beauty in Paintings & Photography
Friday August 18 – Film at3 pm- Juliet, Naked – Join ProfValFranco for this funny, serious thought provoking film about 3 very different people, starring Rose Byrne, and Ethan Hawke. The film follows a woman in a quirky English village, where nothing exciting happens, her non-committing boyfriend who is obsessed with a mysterious American musician, and the musician, his complex life and his original recording of an unproduced song, Juliet.
NOTE: 3 PM SCREENING TIME AT LIBRARY Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out: Cell-310-394-5214
Tonight sees us gathering in the Friends’ Gallery in person for our twice a month free art history class at North Castle Public Library, starting at 7 pm.
Here’s the info:Art Nouveau – Let’s explore the world of Art Nouveau with Prof. Val Franco today. Known by its asymmetry and whiplash lines, as well as the use of modern materials, like iron, glass, ceramics and later concrete, Art Nouveau changed the world at the end of the Nineteenth Century with its creation of unusual forms and larger open spaces. Affecting everything from train station design to the graphic arts, Art Nouveau brought beauty and the lines of the natural world into art.
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And!!! Our once a month film series returns this Friday afternoon in person at 3 pm in the Friends’ Gallery with a screening of the film Eadweard, about the incredible beginnings of moving pictures (chronophotgraphy) and the interesting and bizarre personality behind the discovery, Eadweard Muybridge. Here’s the info: Eadwaerd – Friday at 3 pm Prof. Val Franco takes us to England and the true story of world-famous, turn-of-the-century photographer Eadweard Muybridge who discovered how to capture the theory of motion on film with his famous Stanford Horse Gaits photographs. As he became more famous, his personal life twisted into dark betrayal, murder, and a legacy that continues to amaze the world.
Finally, – the June/July/August schedules are as follows: June: TONIGHT -June 20 -Art -7 pm Art Nouveau THIS FRIDAY – June 23- Film – Eadwaerd NOTE: 3 PM SCREENING TIME AT LIBRARY
July Tuesday -July 11- Art at7 pm – Art Dealer Berthe Weill and her Incredible Life Tuesday July 18 – Art at7 pm – Art Deco Friday July 21. – Film at3 pm- Les Invincibles – French comedy starring Gerard Depardieu
NOTE: 3 PM SCREENING TIME AT LIBRARYTuesday August 1 – Art at7 pm – What’s on at MoMA Tuesday August 15 – Art at7 pm – Ed Steichen: Beauty in Paintings & Photography Friday August 18 – Film at3 pm- Juliet, Naked – Join ProfValFranco for this funny, serious thought provoking film about 3 very different people, starring Rose Byrne, and Ethan Hawke. The film follows a woman in a quirky English village, where nothing exciting happens, her non-committing boyfriend who is obsessed with a mysterious American musician, and the musician, his complex life and his original recording of an unproduced song, Juliet.
NOTE: 3 PM SCREENING TIME AT LIBRARY Questions? Comments? Feel free to reach out: Cell-310-394-5214
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