Gallery Talks
Ruthmere presents Gallery Talks the first week of each month. The day of the week often changes to provide maximum opportunity for the public to attend, and start time is always 11am. Gallery Talks feature a twenty-minute discussion on an object/artwork within the Ruthmere collection or a person or event in local history. Gallery Talks are free and open to the public courtesy to the generous support of 1st Source Bank.
2021 March 3 Gallery Talk 11am -Imps & Hummingbirds -Daisy Makeig-Jones at Wedgwood --George Freese -Ruthmere April 1 Gallery Talk 11am -The Women of Tiffany Studios --Marty Weber, Ruthmere Docent -Ruthmere April 6 Special Evening Gallery Talk 6pm -All American Girls Professional Baseball League --Kristi Dunn, Registrar and Kristen Madden, Archivist at The History Museum -Havilah Beardsley House May 7 Gallery Talk 11am - Manners and Morals of Victorian America --Cathy Ellsworth, Docent -Havilah Beardsley House June 1 Gallery Talk 11am -Transferware China --Diane Lewandowski, Docent -Havilah Beardsley House July 7 Gallery Talk 11am -Silverware --Karen Nicholson, Docent -Ruthmere August 5 Gallery Talk 11am -Architecture of Beardsley Homes --Mark Doddington, Membership Coordinator -Ruthmere September 3 Gallery Talk 11am - Pets and Zoos in the Victorian Era --Andrea Barbour, Outreach Curator -Ruthmere October 5 Gallery Talk 11am -Steinway Pianos --Dale Seely, Docent -Ruthmere November 3 Gallery Talk 11am -Queen Victoria's Daughters (personal lives & style) --Carolyn Bonanno, Communications Coordinator -Ruthmere December 2 Gallery Talk 11am -Paint Restoration Upkeep at Ruthmere --Bob Cross, President of Haselrick and Cross Previous Gallery Talks |
July 7th, 2020 - "Rachel Beardsley"
with Cindy Neer, Docent |
August 5th, 2020 - "Hoosier Women Artists" with Randy Roberts, Assistant Curator at the Midwest Museum of American Art |
September 3rd, 2020 - "Rhetoric & Reality: A Century of Votes for Women" with Christina Wolbrecht, Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame |
October 2nd, 2020 - "Quilts and Their Secrets" with Karen Nicholson, Ruthmere Docent |
November 4th, 2020 - "Elizabeth Beardsley" with Joy Olsen, Collections Manager, and Andrea Barbour, Outreach Curator |