CCW events
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For a complete list of upcoming events, see Cornell Club of Washington's web site.
Friday, March 7
Approximately 11:00-1:30 pm, arrive by noon... spend 1 hour+.
Meet at the Garden Cafe near the 6th street entrance to the West Building of the National Gallery of Art - info.
Join Cornell Alumni for a revitalizing event centered on honoring Federal Workers and First Responders whom we know. With this intimate event we hope to provide respite centered upon art appreciation and our gratitude for your dedication to our community.
Description:
A former high school librarian, current graduate student in Art History will lead a light discussion of "look fors" in selected pieces by some of the Masters (with the intention to focus on messages of balance, healing, strengthening, and building bridges across humanity.) With some luck, we might get a guest expert to help us "slow look" and enhance the observations we might quietly share.
11 am (optional) Sign-in as early as 11 am at Garden Cafe in the West Wing of the National Gallery of Art. Look for the Red Cornell sign and long red scarf. (We'll number fewer than 25 in total.) Our leader asks you to introduce your guest to others and congratulate our guests on achieving lives of meaning through service to others and the ongoing development of their expertise.
12:00 At noon, we'll announce a few "look fors" and begin our slow walking tour of about 60 - 75 minutes. We'll go upstairs and start our touring in Room 1, (light blue on the map.) It will not be much structured, but if you have a link to this web page on your phone, details, queries below might help you ponder the works and themes as our group meanders through the works and crowds. Keeping in mind that our event may have to be squeezed into a guest's lunchtime, it is fine to break off and depart at any time you must.
1:15 pm (optional): folks can continue to walk about the National Gallery of Art on their own, or to socialize over coffee or lunch downstairs at the Espresso and Gelato Bar or Cascade Cafe on the concourse between the East and West buildings. Menus and Info.