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In our fast-paced modern world, MMoA invites you to take one hour, once a month, to unplug, unwind, and simply contemplate art in Speaking of Art—part gallery talk, part discussion, where we take the opportunity to look at art up close, in person, and from diverse perspectives. Featured speakers include curators, artists, educators, and more.

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Join us on December 15 as special guest and MMoA artist educator, Lisa Miceli, talks about the incredible story of her grandmother, WPA artist Lucille LaCoursiere Gauthier. 

Born in a one-room log cabin where her parents were homesteading in Alberta, Canada in 1916, Lucille was the 5th of 9 children and developed an independent spirit and perseverance that would help her through many challenges and hardships. After her family returned to New Hampshire and settled on a farm, she studied illustration at Swain School of Design. During the Great Depression, she became one of 300 female artists to create work for the Index of American Design as part of the WPA’s Federal Art Project, for which she painted watercolors of American decorative and folk art objects in 1938-1939. Today these works are archived at the National Gallery and published in the Treasury of American Design.

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Admission to Speaking of Art is free to MMoA members, $10 to nonmembers. Space is limited to foster discussion, so please register online or by calling 860.536.7601 and pressing 0.

Doors open at 5pm, and the discussion will begin promptly at 5:30pm. Parking validations are provided with admission to all evening events at the Museum.