The public is invited, at no cost, to hear Matt Rohn, Associate Professor of Art History, St Olaf College speak about the once in a lifetime MIA exhibit called Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Painting. This collection is on loan from the National Galleries of Scotland.
The centerpieces of the exhibition are a pair of sizable paintings by Titian depicting scenes from Ovid’s ancient Roman poem, Metamorphoses. Diana and Actaeon and Diana and Callisto are considered the most beloved paintings in the Scottish National Galleries and have never before traveled to the United States.
While there are favorite teachers from past sessions on this spring’s schedule, Executive Director Ed Lufkin says there are some new additions to the list. Among them, Anne Aby will teach The Turbulent Sixties, Mike Harper’s course is entitled The Dakota Sioux and Richard Crouter will discuss his recent book, “Reinhold Niebuhr: A Voice for Today.”
And really important to many, as Ed Lufkin states:
“there are no papers or examinations in these classes and the intent is to provide a satisfying learning experience for all students, regardless of their previous educational background.”
In the spirit of “life-long learning,” the Cannon Valley Elder Collegium (CVEC) provides high quality academic experiences in the humanities for students over age fifty (retired or not). The public is welcome to attend these classes. Course fee is $50 and there may be an additional cost for books or other materials. Download a course schedule with times and locations, a registration form, review the course description and notes in our newsletter or stop in at Northfield Senior Center and request the same information. You are also welcome to view a few classes in action in this slide show. Registration begins Monday, February 21, those enrolled will be notified when the registration process is complete.
Enjoy a visual review of the many CVEC pictures taken over the years. The slide show is small in size so that as many of the pictures as possible could be included. Some were not of the quality to survive enlargement and became very blurry. This is an average size of all the pictures and can not be made larger.
IMPORTANT.. If you need to print the Registration Form or Class Schedule please use the links to the individual forms in the post below. The ones included in the News Letter are not easily read.
Continuing our effort to illustrate for our public not just our plans, but also our actual classroom scenes, we bring you these photos from the class now underway at the Senior Center on Wednesday mornings. It’s entitled American Drama, and is being taught by Ruth Weiner, who is the Class of 1944 Professor of Theater and the Liberal Arts at Carleton.
This quote is taken from her outline: “The purpose of these classes is to read, read aloud, study and discuss a selection of important twentieth and twenty-first century pays. The premise of these classes is that these play defined American drama from the first half of the twentieth century to the present. By studying these plays we will gain understanding of the culture that produced them and the links that connect this culture to the transformative events of the century.”
The looks of contentment seen in the faces of her students (and of the teacher herself) strongly suggests how well this class is going. Ed
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