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Springfield Museums, à la Carte Lectures
January 9 @ 12:15 pm - 1:30 pm EST
The Springfield Museums’ lecture series Museums à la Carte celebrates 45 years of curiosity and learning. Beginning in 1979 as “Art à la Carte” with just a few dozen attendees, this popular program has reached thousands of people over the years and expanded its reach beyond the walls of the Museums when it began offering lectures digitally via Zoom in 2020.
An Exploration of Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass
The lecture is a complement to Tiffany’s Gardens in Glass, a special exhibition currently on view at the D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts.
Parrott will discuss how Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933), together with designers, artists, and artisans who shared his passion for nature’s beauty, translated natural forms faithfully into glass windows and lamps: velvety or paper-thin petals, waxy or veined leaves, dappled sunlight or shadow, and much more. Parrott will present virtually from her office in New York. Attendees can tune in via Zoom or view her talk in the Museums’ Davis Auditorium.
During her twenty-year tenure at The Neustadt, Parrott has conducted ground-breaking research on the manufacture and use of Tiffany’s opalescent flat glass, which has been published in numerous journal articles and exhibition catalogues. Parrott has curated traveling exhibitions exploring a variety of Tiffany topics. She is a member of numerous professional glass and decorative arts organizations, and in 2014 was elected as a Fellow of the Corning Museum of Glass.
Museums a la Carte Lecture
Lectures continue each Thursday at 12:15 pm. In-person tickets are available at the Museums’ Welcome Center on the day of the lecture; advance virtual registration at SpringfieldMuseums.org/programs. Admission to the lecture is free for Springfield Museums members; nonmembers are just $4—Museum admission not required. For more information, call 413.263.6800, ext. 488.
Join us in-person or online!
If you plan to attend in person at the Museums, tickets are available on the day of the lecture in the Welcome Center.
Members: FREE
Springfield residents: FREE
Nonmembers: $4
To attend via ZOOM, please register in advance.
