• Home
  • About Us
  • Programs
  • Consulting
  • Testimonials
  • Calendar
  • FAQ
  • Contact
  • More
    • Home
    • About Us
    • Programs
    • Consulting
    • Testimonials
    • Calendar
    • FAQ
    • Contact
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Programs
  • Consulting
  • Testimonials
  • Calendar
  • FAQ
  • Contact
Culturally Curious

Art Appreciation Programs

Our in-person and virtual programs are ideal for libraries, historical societies, garden clubs, lunch & learns, board and volunteer trainings, in addition to independent and assisted living communities.

Schedule a Program

2026 Programs & America at 250

Planning Ahead?

Our Slate of 2026 Programs is Here!

Our Slate of 2026 Programs is Here!

Our Slate of 2026 Programs is Here!

Get a sneak peek at next year's offerings! 

Programs for America at 250

Our Slate of 2026 Programs is Here!

Our Slate of 2026 Programs is Here!

Learn more about programs that explore America at 250.

2025 Featured Monthly Programs

JANUARY

JANUARY

JANUARY

Devil With a Brush: Caravaggio's Dramatic Masterpieces

FEBRUARY

JANUARY

JANUARY

Rhythm and Hues: The Harlem Renaissance and Its Legacy 

MARCH

JANUARY

MARCH

Fierce Females:  Women in Art, Part III

APRIL

APRIL

MARCH

Treasures of the Gardner Museum: A Journey Through Art and History 

MAY

APRIL

JUNE

Perennial Muses: Flowers in Art 

JUNE

APRIL

JUNE

From Graffiti to Museum Galleries: The Art & Advocacy of Keith Haring 

JULY

SEPTEMBER

AUGUST

The Art of the Selfie: Artist Reflections from the Renaissance to Today 

AUGUST

SEPTEMBER

AUGUST

American Palaces: The Grandeur of Biltmore and Vizcaya 

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER

Impossible Realities: The Art of M.C. Escher 

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

SEPTEMBER

The Swirling World of Art Nouveau

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER

The Mysterious Dreamscapes of Salvador Dali

DECEMBER

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER

Behind the Curtain: Edgar Degas, the Ballet & Beyond 

Norman Rockwell Programs

Rockwell Fans Rejoice!

We have five programs featuring different aspects of the work  of "America's Favorite Illustrator," Norman Rockwell. 


Click here for detailed program descriptions and prices.

Schedule a Program

Norman Rockwell: Painting America's Stories

Norman Rockwell: Inclusion, Exclusion & Representing America

Norman Rockwell: Inclusion, Exclusion & Representing America

An introduction to the artist and his heartwarming and humorous paintings.

Norman Rockwell: Inclusion, Exclusion & Representing America

Norman Rockwell: Inclusion, Exclusion & Representing America

Norman Rockwell: Inclusion, Exclusion & Representing America

The artist who helped define American culture paints the Civil Rights era.

Heroes and Homecomings: Norman Rockwell and WWII

Norman Rockwell: Inclusion, Exclusion & Representing America

Heroes and Homecomings: Norman Rockwell and WWII

What happens when an artist known for his use of humor tackles the serious subject of war? 

Norman Rockwell on Art

A Very Rockwell Holiday

Heroes and Homecomings: Norman Rockwell and WWII

How did Rockwell explore the world of fine art in his paintings for middle class Americans?

A Very Rockwell Holiday

A Very Rockwell Holiday

A Very Rockwell Holiday

Delightful Rockwell pictures images of holiday traditions and celebrations.

Extended Catalog of Programs

Extended Catalog of Programs

We have more than 70 art appreciation programs in our catalog, featuring a wide variety of topics and artists. Schedule one presentation or a series! 


Click here for detailed program descriptions and prices for the extended catalog of programs.

Schedule a Program

Art World Intrigue, Secret Stories & Hidden Meanings

  • The Art of the Scandal: Thefts, Vandals and Forgeries
  • Shaken: Art that Rocked Audiences from the Renaissance to Today
  • Frenemies: The Art World's Greatest Rivalries
  • Made For Each Other: Famous Couples from the World of Art
  • Secret Stories Behind the World's Most Iconic Paintings (Parts I & II)
  • The Power of Pigment: Understanding Color in Art
  • Treasures of the Gardner Museum: A Journey Through Art and History
  • Perennial Muses: Flowers in Art
  • The Art of the Selfie: Artist Reflections from the Renaissance to Today
  • Art & World War II: Hitler's Cultural Ambitions and Nazi Theft
  • Off with Their Heads! The Art of the French Revolution
  • The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: A Medieval Fantasy
  • Art History's Best Dressed
  • Don't Judge a Library By Its Building: Library Architecture & Design

From Sacred Beauty to Baroque Drama: Renaissance & Baroque Masters

  • Botticelli: Beauty, Virtue and the Bonfire of the Vanities
  • Sacred Symbols and Devilish Details: Northern Renaissance Painting from Campin to Bosch
  • Michelangelo and the Sistine Chapel
  • Leonardo da Vinci: Invention & Creation
  • From Durer to Bruegel: Masterworks of the Northern Renaissance
  • Devil With a Brush: Caravaggio's Dramatic Masterpieces
  • Rembrandt & Vermeer: Masters of the Dutch Baroque

Bold Strokes: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism

  • Claude Monet: Impressions from Nature
  • Parisian Cafes and Impressionist Painting
  • Cassatt & Company: The Women Impressionists
  • Behind the Curtain: Edgar Degas, the Ballet & Beyond
  • Sunflowers and Starry Nights: Inside the Genius of Van Gogh
  • Paul Gauguin: Escape to Tahiti
  • Toulouse-Lautrec: Parisian Nights and Post-Impressionism
  • Childe Hassam & American Impressionism

Women Who Changed Art

  • Fierce Females: Women in Art (Parts I, II, & III)
  • Cassatt & Company: The Women Impressionists
  • Faith Ringgold: Quilts, Paintings & Politics
  • Georgia O'Keeffe: Beyond the Blossoms
  • Frida Kahlo: Love, Pain and Painting
  • Masquerading as Cindy Sherman: Self-Portraits and Shifting Identities

African American Voices in Art

  • Bending Towards Justice: African Americans as Subject and Creators in American Art
  • Rhythm and Hues: The Harlem Renaissance and Its Legacy
  •  The People’s Painter: Jacob Lawrence and the Black American Experience 
  • Faith Ringgold: Quilts, Paintings & Politics
  • Heavy Lies the Crown: The Brief & Brilliant Career of Basquiat
  • Kehinde Wiley: Color & Splendor

American Art: People, Places & Perspectives

  • Creating a Nation: The Founding Fathers in American Art
  • War and Peace and Winslow Homer: The Civil War & Its Aftermath
  • John Singer Sargent: Master with a Brush
  • American Palaces: The Grandeur of Biltmore and Vizcaya
  • Cassatt & Company: The Women Impressionists
  • Childe Hassam & American Impressionism
  • Georgia O'Keeffe: Beyond the Blossoms
  • Edward Hopper: Sunlight and Solitude
  • The Wyeths: An American Artistic Dynasty
  • George Tooker: Modern Life & Magical Realism 
  • Defining America: Illustrators and the Saturday Evening Post
  • Faith Ringgold: Quilts, Paintings & Politics
  • Masquerading as Cindy Sherman: Self-Portraits and Shifting Identities


Focus on New England Art

 

  • Granite State Gallery: NH Art & Artists through the Years
  • Downeast Connections: Artists Inspired by Maine
  • Seaside Escapes: The Art & Architecture of the New England Coast
  • Introduction to Frank Lloyd Wright and NH's Usonian Architecture
  • Maxfield Parrish: Myth & Whimsy
  • Revolutionary Design: Modern Architecture in New England


Modern & Contemporary Visions

  • The Swirling World of Art Nouveau
  • All that Glitters is Gold: Gustav Klimt
  • Marc Chagall: Joy, Color & a Celebration of Jewish Culture
  • Picasso's Women
  • Frida Kahlo: Love, Pain and Painting
  • The Mysterious Dreamscapes of Salvador Dali
  • The Surreal World of René Magritte
  • Impossible Realities: The Art of M.C. Escher
  • George Tooker: Modern Life & Magical Realism 
  • Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner & Abstract Expressionism
  • The Landscape as Canvas: Earth Art
  • Revolutionary Design: Modern Architecture in New England
  • Andy Warhol's Fifteen Minutes of Fame
  • Heavy Lies the Crown: The Brief & Brilliant Career of Basquiat
  • From Graffiti to Museum Galleries: The Art & Advocacy of Keith Haring
  • Masquerading as Cindy Sherman: Self-Portraits and Shifting Identities
  • Kehinde Wiley: Color & Splendor

Winter Holidays & Delights

  • A Very Rockwell Christmas/Holiday
  • Away in a Manger: The Nativity in Art from the Renaissance to Modern Day
  • Snowy Scapes & Celebrations: The Artist's Holiday
  • Sacred Symbols and Devilish Details: Northern Renaissance Painting from Campin to Bosch
  • Marc Chagall: Joy, Color & a Celebration of Jewish Culture 

Social


Copyright © 2025 Culturally Curious - All Rights Reserved.

Powered by