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January 16, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Heather Egan Stalfort (410) 516-0341 ext. 17 hestalfort@jhu.edu |
January through March 2009
Exhibition & Programming Highlights
AT HOMEWOOD MUSEUM
The Johns Hopkins University
3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD 21211
410-516-5589,
homewoodmuseum@jhu.edu,
www.museums.jhu.edu
Guided tours on the half-hour 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-
Friday, and noon-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday (last tour at 3:30
p.m.)
$6 adults; $5 seniors; $3 students and children 6 and over;
FREE for members
A National Historic Landmark built in 1801 by Charles
Carroll Jr. and one of the nation's best surviving examples
of Federal period architecture, Homewood
Museum is renowned for its elegant proportions,
extravagant details and superb collection of American
decorative arts, including Carroll family furnishings.
Exhibition
"NEXT TO GODLINESS: CLEANLINESS IN EARLY MARYLAND"
Thursday, Jan. 29 Sunday, March 29
Opening Reception: Wednesday, Jan. 28, 5-7 p.m., Free
Free as part of regular museum tours
The adage "Cleanliness is next to Godliness" was certainly
familiar to the Carrolls of Homewood and their
contemporaries. In fact, Homewood's very reason for being
was, in large part, to promote clean and healthful living.
This student-curated focus show explores aspects of clean
and dirty in the early 19th century including laundry,
housekeeping, bathing and shaving, standards of personal
cleanliness, dental care, hair care, cosmetics, elimination
and feminine hygiene. Visitors will have the option to make
their own scented sachet souvenir.
Special Tour
'PRIVYLEGED' TOURS
Saturdays, Jan. 31 March 28
Free as part of regular museum tours
Made of brick with a wood shingle roof and two
entrances, Homewood's privy retains its original domed
ceiling and chestnut paneling, as well as the remains of
100-year-old bathroom graffiti. Saturday visitors
to Homewood will have an opportunity to visit this
extraordinarily rare outbuilding, offered in conjunction
with the focus show, Next to Godliness: Cleanliness in
Early Maryland, on view through Sunday, March 29.
Exhibition
"SPIRIT OF PLACE: BALTIMORE'S FAVORITE SPACES"
Thursday, Feb. 5 Sunday, March 1
Free with museum admission
A one-of-a-kind photographic tour based on the recently
published book, Spirit of Place: Baltimore's Favorite
Spaces, a collaboration between journalist Sarah
Achenbach and photographer Bill McAllen (Charm City
Publishing, 2008). Approximately 18 black-and-white
photographs of local celebrities and civic leaders with
their favorite buildings capture how Baltimore's
architecture, neighborhoods, and public places and spaces
resonate in our lives and memories. Included are portraits
of Duff Goldman at the Washington Monument, David Simon at
Pabst Castle, and Michael Flanigan at the McKim Free
School.
Program
"PRIVATES AND PRIVIES, TOILETRIES AND TEA"
Saturday, Feb. 7, 12:15, 1:15, 2:15, 3:15 p.m.
Free with museum admission
Acquaint yourself with early toiletry habits at this living
history presentation by re-enactor and social historian Dory
Gean Cunningham. Visitors are invited to meet 19th-century
housekeeper "Nancy," who will give a short presentation on
personal cleanliness and hygiene in early America. Museum
tours will include the winter focus show, Next to
Godliness: Cleanliness in Early Maryland, and Homewood's
200-year-old privy (or outhouse). In the wine cellar, play
traditional table games and enjoy tea and cookies.
Program
"HARRIETT'S HOUSEKEEPING HINTS"
Friday, Feb. 20, 2-4 p.m.
$7.50 public; Free for members and students. Reservations
required: 410-516-5589
Homewood director and curator Catherine Rogers Arthur
discusses traditional cleaning methods and products,
including some that would be considered 'green' by today's
standards. A tea and cookie reception follows in the wine
cellar. Offered in conjunction with Homewood Museum's winter
focus show, Next to Godliness: Cleanliness in Early
Maryland, on view through March 29.
Peabody at Homewood Concert Series
THE PEABODY CONSORT
Friday, March 6, 5:45 p.m.
$15 public; $12 members. Pre-paid reservations required:
410-516-5589
The Peabody Consort, led by renowned lutenist Mark Cudek, is
made up of early music majors, alumni, and guest artists
from the Baltimore-Washington early music community. The
program will feature music for recorder, lute, and other
early plucked strings, viola da gamba and voice.
AT EVERGREEN MUSEUM & LIBRARY
The Johns Hopkins University, 4545 N. Charles Street,
Baltimore, MD 21210
410-516-0341,
evergreenmuseum@jhu.edu
www.museums.jhu.edu
Guided tours on the hour 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday,
and noon-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday (last tour at 3
p.m.)
Housed in a former Gilded Age mansion surrounded by Italian-
style gardens, Evergreen
Museum & Library is at once an intimate collection of
fine and decorative arts, rare books and manuscripts
assembled by two generations of the philanthropic Garrett
family, and a vibrant, inspirational venue for contemporary
artists.
Exhibition
"IT'S A MAN'S WORLD: THE COLLECTIONS OF THE MALE
GARRETTS"
Through Tuesday, March 31
Free as part of regular museum tours
This student-curated focus show on the male collectors of
the philanthropic Garrett family brings attention to three
generations of connoisseurship. Prints, Chinese porcelains,
coins, and many other legendary Garrett collections
highlight how knowledge and curiosity aided and continue to
aid in defining a gentleman's social place. The objects on
view include loaned coins from the famous, but no longer
extant, John Work Garrett collection; a never before
exhibited Aesthetic Movement display cabinet, presumably
commissioned by T. Harrison Garrett; and a contemporary
painted, map-patterned floor cloth documenting the various
travels that brought about some of the most important
acquisitions by the Garretts.
Exhibition
"EVERGREEN AS MUSE"
Through Tuesday, March 31
Free as part of regular museum tours
View unique photographic perspectives of Evergreen's
artistic and architectural riches created by 10
undergraduate students at The Johns Hopkins University.
Workshop
"YOGA IN THE BAKST THEATRE"
Monday, Jan. 26, 6-8 p.m.
$60 public; $45 members. Pre-paid reservations required:
410-516-0341
Relax your mind, release your body and rejuvenate your
spirit. This yoga and meditation workshop will provide you
with the opportunity to meditate in the company of the
artistic works of Léon Bakst while being gently guided
through postures, breath-work and deep relaxation. Please
bring a yoga mat and wear comfortable clothes. Beginners
especially are encouraged to attend. Instructor Brianna
Bedigian has a bachelor's degree in art history and is a
certified yoga teacher.
Music at Evergreen Concert Series
AMEDEO MODIGLIANI QUARTET
Saturday, March 7, 3 p.m. (Bakst Theatre)
Pre-concert gallery talk at 2 p.m. (Museum)
Tickets include museum admission: $20 public, $15 members,
$10 students; available at www.missiontix.com or
410-516-0341
The 56th season of Evergreen's Music at Evergreen
concert series concludes with the Amedeo Modigliai Quartet,
which has been praised for its "stunning technical
expertise, outstanding ensemble, and a particularly
accomplished musical identity" (Le Progres, France).
Formed in 2003 at the Paris Conservatory, this young string
quartet has stunned audiences around the world playing with
what The New York Times described as "Gallic cool."
The program features Haydn's "Sunrise" Quartet in B Major,
Op. 76. No. 4; Beethoven's "Harp" String Quartet No. 10 in
E-flat Major, Op. 74; and Ravel's Quartet in F major. There
will be a free gallery talk at 2 p.m. on Modigliani at
Evergreen, and the performance will be followed by a meet-
the-artist reception.
Performance
"A CABARET EVENING WITH LAURE DROGOUL"
Friday, March 13, 8-10 p.m. (Bakst Theatre)
$10 public; $5 members; Free for students. Seating is
limited; reservations are encouraged: 410-516-0341.
Evergreen Museum & Library and The Maryland Institute
College of Art (MICA) present an evening of French
sing-a-longs in the Bakst Theatre with Baltimore-based
interdisciplinary artist and self-described "cultural
crackpot and cabaretist" Laure Drogoul (MICA '81) and Dick
Turner. The performance is offered in conjunction with
Drogoul's first large-scale retrospective, Follies,
Predicaments, and Other Conundrums: The Works of Laure
Drogoul, on view through Sunday, March 15 in MICA's
Decker and Meyerhoff galleries in Fox Building, 1303 Mount
Royal Avenue. For exhibition information, please visit
www.mica.edu/drogoul.