Join Chief Sustainability Officer Paul Tukey for a short presentation about the sustainability and regeneration efforts at Glenstone, an internationally-recognized art museum with a strict environmental mandate. The talk will be followed by a tour of the Environmental Center and surrounding grounds.  Comfortable and durable footwear is recommended.  The walking distance will be 1 - 2 miles. Participants are responsible for their own transportation.  The Glenstone Environmental Center has its own entrance and parking lot, separate from the Glenstone Museum entrance.  The Environmental Center is located at 12180 Glen Road, Potomac, MD 20854.   Mr. Tukey will meet participants in the parking lot. Outside food and drink are prohibited, with the exception of water.  Food and drink are available for purchase on the premises if you wish to take a refreshment break after the tour.  Restrooms are also available. After the tour, you are welcome to stroll the Museum grounds. Limit: 25

Gustav Klimt symbolizes the height of Viennese art at the beginning of the 20th century---an unusually creative and innovative period in painting, music, and literature. At the core of his works are the iconic The Kiss and his “golden” portraits of the Viennese super-rich such as the $135 million dollar masterpiece of Adele Bloch-Bauer. This program will provide a retrospective of his often dramatic (and sometimes scandalous) life and career, focusing particularly on the collections of the Belvedere Palace in Vienna (home of The Kiss and numerous other Klimt works) and Neue Galerie in New York where Adele Bloch-Bauer’s famous portrait hangs today.

Ellison published only one novel in his lifetime, and it won the 1953 National Book Award for Fiction.  The unnamed narrator describes his life from childhood in the South to adulthood in New York City – “unseen” wherever he goes.  As Juneteenth approaches, join us to discuss this acclaimed view of twentieth-century racism.  Please read the book so you can participate in our structured, facilitated, Zoom discussion.  (Note: Please join the meeting at 3 pm if you would like some assistance using the features of Zoom.  Otherwise, join us at 3:15 pm for the start of our discussion.) (See other book discussions: #362, 401, 440)

Would you like to learn about some of the visionary artists of Canada, our neighbor to the North? This program will be focusing on the Group of Seven, famed for their dramatic and striking landscapes inspired by the Canadian wilderness. You may not have heard of artists like Franklin Carmichael or J.E.H. MacDonald or Lawren Harris who worked mainly in the early 20th century. However, their colorful depictions of the forests and mountains of their native country led to the establishment of a national art.