Date:
Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 10:00am to 1:00pm
Repeats every week every Wednesday until Thu Oct 20 2022
Location:
Harvard Art Museums, 32 Quincy St., Cambridge
In this two-part workshop, join us first in the exhibition galleries with curator Susanne Ebbinghaus and conservator Kate Smith for a close look at the portraits and learn what our curators, conservators, and scientists have discovered about them. Then take that experience to the Materials Lab, where you’ll make your own version of an ancient tempera painting using some of the same materials and techniques used by Roman-period artists. This workshop aims to honor and remember the woman in the ancient portrait we will copy, and to celebrate the relationship between artist and sitter that allowed the woman’s essence to be captured so powerfully.
Cost: $15 materials fee
See also: Cambridge, On Campus, Exhibition, Lectures, Lifelong Learning, Paid, Arts & Culture, History