Gallery Talks at The Met for the AMAM’s Masterworks Exhibition

In conjunction with the exhibition Side by Side: Oberlin’s Masterworks at the Met, the AMAM and The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Education department have teamed up to organize a series of gallery talks about the Oberlin works in the Met’s galleries.

March 25: Andria Derstine, AMAM Curator of Collections and Curator of European & American Art, will lead a walking tour and talk.

April 30: Nancy Thompson, Associate Museum Educator at the Met—and a 1978 graduate of Oberlin College—will lead a tour. Nancy minored in art history at Oberlin, where she was inspired by Professor Bill Hood, and worked at the AMAM during the summer of 1977. Nancy went on to receive a PhD in Classical Art and Archaeology at the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU.

June 10: Maryan Ainsworth, an Oberlin alumna of 1971 who is a Curator of European Paintings at the Met, will give a talk. Maryan received both her BA and MA from OC and her PhD from Yale University. While at Oberlin, Maryan was encouraged by Emeritus Professor Wolfgang Stechow to research works in the AMAM collection.

All talks begin at 11:00 am. Further talks will be scheduled; please check back for details.