Madison: Thursday Morning Club Hosts Luncheon and Matisse Program

By suzanne

The Thursday Morning Club invites the public to attend its WISE WONDERFUL WOMEN Lecture and Luncheon series on October 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Madison Community House, 25 Cook Avenue, Madison.

The program: “Matisse: The Cut Outs” – An Insider’s Look at the spectacular MOMA exhibit which ran from October 2014 until February 2015.

During the last decade of his life, artist Henri Matisse created a world of plants, animals, figures and shapes in a wide range of color and complexity, using paper and a pair of scissors.

Samantha Friedman, Assistant Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, will be presenting us with a behind the scenes look at the most comprehensive exhibition of Matisse’s cut outs ever mounted. As we examine this final chapter in Matisse’s long career we will learn how his skills as master colorist and draftsman gave him the ability to “cut directly into color” and “draw with scissors.”

In addition to curating the extraordinary exhibit, Ms. Friedman has organized “Van Gogh, Dali and Beyond: The World Re-Imagined,” and “Picasso to Warhol: Fourteen Modern Masters” as well as other exhibits. She is also the author of the children’s book Matisse’s Garden.

The cost per person for the presentation and luncheon is $35.00 and can be mailed to Wise Wonderful Women, TMC, and P.O. Box 345, Madison, NJ 07940 no later than October 8, 2015. Your canceled check is your receipt and is nonrefundable. For additional information, please call MCH at 973-377-0244.

The Thursday Morning Club is a member of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs and The New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs.

**Pictured is Samantha Friedman, Assistant Curator in the Department of Drawings and Prints at the Museum of Modern Art.