Events for the Week of October 25-31, 2010

EVENTS FOR THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 25 - OCTOBER 31, 2010 WORKS IN PROGRESS   October 25 at 12:10 and 1:10 pm Why Make Prints? An Artist's Epiphanies Charles Ritchie, associate curator of modern prints and drawings, National Gallery of Art East Building Concourse, Small Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures/#wip WEEKEND LECTURE   October 31 at 2:00 pm Michelangelo: In the Beginning John T. Spike, faculty of the masters in sacred architecture, arts, and liturgy organized by the European University of Rome and the Pontifical Athenaeum, "Regina Apostolorum" Book signing of Young Michelangelo: The Path to the Sistine follows. East Building Concourse, Auditorium www.nga.gov/programs/lectures GALLERY TALK   October 27 at 1:00 pm Picture This: Old Master Paintings for People with Visual Impairments Wilford W. Scott (50 minutes) West Building Main Floor, Rotunda October 29 at 11:00 am "Composition around White" by Charles Sheeler Charles Brock (30 minutes) East Building Ground Level, Information Desk www.nga.gov/programs/galtalk GUIDED TOURS   Through October 31 - Weekdays at 11:30 am and 1:30 pm, Weekends at 11:30 am and 3:30 pm 1900 to Now: An Introduction to the East Building Collection East Building Ground Level, Information Desk Through October 31 - Weekdays at 10:30 am and 3:30 pm, Saturday at 10:30 am, 1:30 and 3:30 pm, Sunday at 11:30 am and 4:30 pm Early Italian to Early Modern: An Introduction to the West Building Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31 - Weekdays at 1:30 pm, Saturday at 3:30 pm, Sunday at 2:30 pm American Collection  West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31 - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday at 12:30 pm, Sunday at 3:30 pm French Collection: Nineteenth Century  West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31 - Monday-Friday at 2:30 pm, Saturday at 3:30, Sunday at 1:30 pm Italian Renaissance Collection West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31 - Friday at 12:30 pm Points of View: The Painter's Choices West Building Main Floor, Rotunda Through October 31- Friday, 12:30 (Weather Permitting) Sculpture Garden Sculpture Garden Through October 31 - Wednesday and Sunday at 12:30 pm, Saturday at 11:30 am The Sculpture Galleries West Building Main Floor, Rotunda www.nga.gov/programs/tours/ Events are free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first-come, first-seated basis. Registration is not required. Join us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter Watch our videos on ArtBabble Notable Lectures Podcasts: The National Gallery of Art provides access to lectures by well-known artists, architects, authors, curators, and historians. RSS | iTunes | www.nga.gov/podcasts

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