The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

"Getting” Contemporary Art: Martha Diamond and The Garden of Promise and Dissent, full series

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Through this three-session course, participants will engage deeply with The Aldrich’s current exhibitions while having access to our galleries and the Museum’s Studio learning space in private evening sessions. Designed to provoke open and dynamic dialogue, these small classes will help participants learn to analyze, interpret, and discuss the contemporary artwork on view.

January 21: Martha Diamond: Deep Time
January 28: A Garden of Promise and Dissent, part one.
February 4: A Garden of Promise and Dissent, part two.

Kristen Erickson has been teaching art history and curating exhibitions for the past three decades. She spent eight years working in the curatorial field at the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, the Smith College Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art before turning to teaching. Kristen currently teaches art history at Greenwich Academy, where she also runs the campus art gallery. She holds degrees in French and art history from Vassar College and Oxford University. A resident of Ridgefield, Kristen loves making contemporary art come alive for new audiences.