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Art Association in Roxbury bus trips to art galleries and museums are reasonably priced and provide opportunities to visit New York City, Philadelphia, and other places that our members might not get a chance to see. This is a great way to expand the mind and spur creativity.

Art Association in Roxbury Spring 2008 Bus Trip:

American Watercolor Society’s Annual International Exhibition

 at the Salmagundi Club and

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Saturday, April 26, 2008

$28.00 per person prepaid -- payment deadline 4/3/08

Met admission separate. Special Exhibits at the Met feature the work of two major French artists:

-  Poussin and Nature: Arcadian Visions explores the artist’s achievements as a painter of landscapes. 

- Gustave Courbet, the first retrospective in 30 years of this 19th–century   pioneer.

Also new galleries for 19th and Early 20th-century European Paintings and Sculpture.

ITINERARY: 

9:00 am  Depart from Rockaway Mall - across from Sizzler & Hilton Garden Inn Hotel --
                Aristocrat Bus Company
10:00     Arrive at the Met
1:30        Depart and proceed downtown to the Salmagundi Club
4:30        Depart for home
6:00         Arrive home

Lunch? –A café at the Met and many nearby restaurants.  There are restaurants and small cafes close to the Salmagundi also.  Option - bring snacks and/or lunch to eat on the bus.

Payment deadline:  Apr 3rd. Make checks payable to Art Association in Roxbury  - pay at the March meeting, or mail to:  Elaine Moscola, 29 Franklin Rd., Denville, NJ  07834

Questions?? Call Elaine (973) 627-2881 or email elainetours@verizon.net.

YOUR CHECK IS YOUR CONFIRMED RESERVATION

 

Art Association in Roxbury Fall 2007 Bus Trip:

Yale University Art Museums

Saturday, Nov 3, 2007

$35.00 per person prepaid -- payment deadline 10/18

Price includes
* Round trip  Motor Coach Transportation to New Haven, CT
* Guided tour of the University
* Yale University Art Gallery  http://artgallery.yale.edu/ – 4 Floors with various galleries
* Yale Center for British Art   http://ycba.yale.edu/index.asp -- 4 floors (1,900 paintings & 100 sculptures)

Yale University Art Gallery is the oldest university art museum in the Western Hemisphere, founded in 1832 with a gift from patriot and artist John Trumbull.  The galleries have classical and contemporary pieces, noted collection of early Italian paintings and works by Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Picasso and Vincent van Gogh.

Special Exhibit“Art for Yale” – over 300 pieces of  Best of the Best from the last 10 years http://artgallery.yale.edu/pages/collection/exhibitions/ex_onview.html

4 floors with European, American, African and Asian art
Docents at various times of the day will give various gallery talks.

Yale Center for British Art (4 Floors)   A gift from Paul Mellon, the Collection consists of 1,900 paintings and 100 sculptures narrating the story of British art, life and culture since the end of the middle ages. 

Guided tour of the University (Founded in 1701):  Learn about the history, architecture and student life. The Memorial Quadrangle, a block of Gothic-style dormitories, contains both the 216-ft Harkness Tower and the Wrexham Tower, a duplicate of the cathedral tower in Wrexham, Wales.

ITINERARY: 

8:30am  Depart from Rockaway Mall - across from Sizzler & Hilton Garden Inn Hotel --
                Aristocrat Bus Company
10:30     Arrive at Yale University -- guided tour
11:30     Visit the 2 museums (in separate buildings) -- at your leisure, self-guided
Lunch    Various restaurants, cafes and deli-type places to eat close by. You may bring snacks
                 to eat on the bus if you like.
4:00         Depart for home
6:00         Arrive home

Payment deadline:  Oct 18th. Make checks payable to Art Association in Roxbury  - pay at the October, or mail to:  Elaine Moscola, 29 Franklin Rd., Denville, NJ  07834

Questions?? Call Elaine (973) 627-2881 or email elainetours@verizon.net.

General information:

Call Elaine (973-627-2881) or email at elainetours@verizon.net for more information on all bus trips. All checks should be made payable to the Art Association in Roxbury. Please mail your checks to Elaine Moscola, 29 Franklin Road, Denville, NJ 07834 to reserve your seat. Refunds will be made only if the bus company cancels due to inclement weather. 

Last Updated: 02/23/2008