Programs with the Dover Council on Aging: Get Community Center updates
COURTESY OF THE DOVER COUNCIL ON AGING
Editor’s Note: The following was submitted by Janet Claypoole, director of the Dover Council on Aging:
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Hello COA Friends,
There is a lot happening in our community. Please mark your calendars for Town Meeting on Saturday, May 1, at 10 a.m., and Special Town Meeting (to choose a future Community Center option) for Saturday, June 12, at 10 a.m. Both Town Meetings will be held outside at Dover-Sherborn Regional School, Nora Searle Field.
Dover Lifetime Learning offers course on Impressionism
COURTESY OF DOVER LIFETIME LEARNING
The Friends of the Dover Council on Aging, with support of the Dover Council on Aging, are sponsoring the following three-part Lifetime Learning series:
Painters of Modern Life: Transatlantic Impressionism
Thursdays, 1:30-3 p.m., May 13, 20 and 27. Cost is $30.
Classes conducted on Zoom: Instructions on how to join these meetings will be e-mailed to participants.
Course Description:
Throughout the history of art, artists have painted modern life. So, why, when we use the term “painters of modern life” do we usually think of the Impressionism movement? This three-session course aims to examine that question, working from the presumption that when the 19th-century Impressionists focused on modern life they did so as part of a concerted effort to not only reject traditional subject matter but also traditional artistic goals, techniques, and approaches to the marketplace. We will lay the