SAGES: Tulipmania Lecture and Lunch

Thursday April 5, 2018 • 10:30AM-1PM • Powell Gardens • $35 includes lunch

10:30AM-1PM

Celebrate spring and spring flowers by joining us for an illustrated talk about the history of the tulip craze as depicted in Dutch works of art. This talk, presented by Powell Gardens, will feature a presentation by Rima Girnius, Associate Curator of European Painting and Sculpture at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art who will share insight about the significance of the tulip in Dutch culture, trade, and art. A native Lithuanian speaker and U.S. citizen, Girnius was raised in Munich and Prague before earning a bachelor’s in art history at Notre Dame and a Masters and Doctorate in Dutch painting at Bryn Mawr College. Prior to her work at The Nelson-Atkins, she was a curator at the Figge Art Museum in Davenport, Iowa. Her favorite flower is the tulip. A box lunch will be served following the talk and after lunch, participants are invited to stroll the Kauffman Memorial Gardens with Duane Hoover, Kauffman Gardens horticulturalist.

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