Samplers and Pictorial Embroidery:
Evidence of Women’s Education 1640-1840
Lecture by Betty Ring, Guest Curator of the exhibition Rhode Island Needlework, 1730-1830
Theexhibition Rhode Island Needlework 1730-1830 will be on view in the American Wing from July 19 to September 23,1984. The exhibition was made possible, in part, by the National Endowment for the Humanities. The installation at the Metropolitan was the gift of an anonymous donor.
Uris Center Auditorium Tuesday, July 24 at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 11 at 6:00 p.m.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Division of Education Services
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Head of a King, silver with mercury gilding, Iran, Sasanian period, 4th century a d, 1534", Fletcher Fund, 1965
The Epic of Gilgamesh
A dramatic presentation from the Epic of
Gilgamesh featuring masked actors, music, and images of work from the Ancient Near Eastern Collections. The presentation will be preceded by explanatory remarks giving the background of the epic and its continued influence in western culture The epic recounts the legendary exploits of the semi-divine hero, Gilgamesh, who sought, found, and then lost the secret of eternal life.
Introductory remarks by Trudy S. Kawami, Columbia University
Adapted and directed by Bevya Rosten Music composed by Michael Canick Masks by Barbara Pollitt
Uris Center Auditorium Tuesday, July 10 at 6:00 p.m. Friday, July 13 at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, July 14 at 1:30 p.m.
Summer
Programs
Sampler, Patty Coggeshall, silk and metal cn linen, c. 1792, 20% x 16%". Bristol. New England, Regers Fund, 1913
