The Culture and Art History Club is a study group. Each month, we independently research the life and work of an artist, and then come together to learn from one another.
June 13th we will be discussing The Red Rose Girls. Illustrators Jessie Willcox Smith (1863-1935) and Elizabeth Shippen Green (1871-1954), and muralist Violet Oakley (1874-1961) captivated early-20th-century society with their brilliant careers and uncommon lifestyle. The Red Rose Girls careers unfold against a backdrop of the emerging women's rights movement in an era when female sexuality was still little understood or publicly acknowledged. What makes this group noteworthy is that club members are encouraged to do their own research on the artist and then to participate in a group discussion. A chosen art topic could be drawn from local, national, or international sources. Meetings are the second Tuesday of each month, from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.