BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220526T220000Z DTEND:20220526T230000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Talk with William R. Cross\, author of Winslow Homer: American Passage DESCRIPTION:An evening with curator and author William R. Cross at the Sawyer Free Library\n\n \n\nThe Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library is pleased to welcome curator and local author William R. Cross for a discussion of his book Winslow Homer: American Passages on Thursday\, May 26 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. \n\n \n\nCross' newly published book Winslow Homer: American Passage is a definitive biography of the painter. It studies Homer in the context of how his life as an artist was shaped by the turbulent\, dramatic political times he lived through\, from the Panic of 1837 to the Civil War and Reconstruction. Filmmaker Ken Burns (The Civil War) comments that curator/author William Cross "has done an admirable job bringing to life this most American of painters. Finally\, Winslow Homer's brilliant work and fascinating life are united in one volume." \n\n \n\nDuring this special presentation\, Cross will discuss Homer and his art\, illustrated with slides of images and photos collected from his research. \n\n \n\nWilliam R. Cross is an independent scholar and a consultant to art and history museums. He served as the curator of Homer at the Beach: A Marine Painter's Journey\, 1869 1880\, a nationally renowned 2019 exhibition at the Cape Ann Museum on the formation of Winslow Homer as a marine painter. Bill is a graduate of Yale College\, magna cum laude\, and received an MBA at Harvard Business School. He and his wife live on Cape Ann. \n\n \n\nWinslow Homer: American Passage will be available for sale at The Bookstore of Gloucester\, located at 61 East Main Street in Gloucester\, for those interested in having it autographed at the event. \n\n \n\nThis event is free and open to the public at the Sawyer Free Library\, located at 2 Dale Avenue in Gloucester. Registration is not required. For more information\, visit sawyerfreelibrary.org. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:An evening with curator and author William R. Cross at the Sawyer Free Library
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\nThe Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Library \;is pleased to welcome curator and local author \;William R. Cross \;for a discussion of his book \;Winslow Homer: American Passages \;on Thursday\, May 26 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. \; \;
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\nCross&rsquo\; newly published book \;Winslow Homer: American Passage \;is a definitive biography of the painter. It studies Homer in the context of how his life as an artist was shaped by the turbulent\, dramatic political times he lived through\, from the Panic of 1837 to the Civil War and Reconstruction. Filmmaker Ken Burns (The Civil War) comments that curator/author William Cross &ldquo\;has done an admirable job bringing to life this most American of painters. \;Finally\, Winslow Homer'\;s brilliant work and fascinating life are united in one volume.&rdquo\; \;
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\nDuring this special presentation\, Cross will discuss Homer and his art\, illustrated with slides of images and photos collected from his research. \; \;
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\nWilliam R. Cross is an independent scholar and a consultant to art and history museums. He served as the curator of Homer at the Beach: A Marine Painter&rsquo\;s Journey\, 1869&ndash\;1880\, a nationally renowned 2019 exhibition at the Cape Ann Museum on the formation of Winslow Homer as a marine painter. \;Bill is a graduate of Yale College\, \;magna cum laude\, and received an MBA at Harvard Business School. \; \;He and his wife live on \;Cape Ann. \;
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\nWinslow Homer: \;American Passage \;will be available for sale at The Bookstore of Gloucester\, located at 61 East Main Street in Gloucester\, for those interested in having it autographed at the event. \;
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\nThis event is free and open to the public at the Sawyer Free Library\, located at 2 Dale Avenue in Gloucester. Registration is not required. For more information\, visit sawyerfreelibrary.org. \; LOCATION:Sawyer Free Library\, 2 Dale Avenue\, Gloucester\, MA UID:e.2981.22076 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260512T212301Z URL:https://business.capeannvacations.com/events/details/talk-with-william-r-cross-author-of-winslow-homer-american-passage-22076 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR