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2011–2012 Arts
Season - Celebration
of the Arts
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
Season's Opening Gala
This reception
for members and prospective members begins at 6:00 p.m.
For more information on membership and programs, please email
either
Tish Grant, letitiagrant@yahoo.com or Pat Bohon, hlpdb@aol.com.
OCTOBER 20, 2011 Art
Speaks Series - First Lecture
Opera for People Who Don't Like OperaSpeaker:
Dr. Glenn Winters, Community Outreach Musical Director, Virginia Opera
NOVEMBER 17, 2011Art Speaks
Series - Second Lecture
Freedom in Pigment: Henry O. Tanner
Speaker: Elizabeth O'Leary, Associate Curator of American Art, VMFA
DECEMBER 15, 2011 Champagne
and Mistletoe Gala
Members only reception begins
at 6:00 p.m.
JANUARY 19, 2012 Art Speaks Series - Third Lecture
Faking It: History of Art Forgery Speakers:
Donald Schrader, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
FEBRUARY 16, 2012 Art Speaks Series - Fourth
Lecture
Our Ever Popular Antique Road Show Speaker:
Bob Mayo and Bill Hodges
Due
to time restraints, only members may bring one item per person to be verbally discussed.
MARCH 15,
2012 Art Speaks Series - Fifth Lecture
The Great
Road: Decorative Arts From S.W. Virginia
Speaker: Betsy White, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
APRIL 19, 2012 Art Speaks Series - Sixth Lecture
Mother, Model, Mistress, and
Master: Susanne Valadon Speaker: Jeffrey Allison, Paul Mellon Collection
Education, VMFA
MAY
17, 2012 Season's End Gala
The Finale Reception
begins at 6:00 p.m.
PLEASE NOTE:
MPFAA
Art Speaks Lecture Series will NOW be held at Abingdon Episcopal Church Parish House, 4645 George
Washington Memorial Highway, Gloucester, Virginia. All lectures are open free of charge to the public at 8 PM.
Before each Arts Speaks lecture there is a reception beginning at 6 PM to introduce the speaker, followed by a
catered dinner at 7:00 PM, and the lecture at 8:00. Gala receptions begin at 6:00 PM. Both receptions
and galas are for members and their guests. Reservations are required
and are made no later than 5 PM Sunday before the scheduled date to Alice May, phone, (804) 642-0163. Price for receptions, dinners and galas is $15 per person;
$16 per guest.
Membership is
open to everyone. When you become a MPFAA member, you embark on a journey through the world of art. Our annual
dues are $20, single; $35, couple. Payable to: MPFAA, David May, 3895 Tom Tom Lane, Hayes, VA
23072. New members are accepted throughout the Season.
For more information, call (804) 693-1774 or email
betsyp5@verizon.net .
"At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in
the world has ever made something this beautiful and important." M.C. Escher
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