Milford Public Library

ArtScapades presents: Women of Impressionism
In this program, ArtScapade lecturers Robin Hoffman and Jodi Stiffelman present the lives and works of three women artists, two French, Marie Bracquemond and Berthe Morisot, and one American, Mary Cassatt, who despite being American, was considered a French Impressionist.  All three broke through the restraints of society and exhibited works that were as innovative as those of their male counterparts.  ArtScapades lectures look at the important artists of the period including background information on each artist’s life and work, characteristics of style, and the relationship of the artistic movements to historical and intellectual currents of the time. Questions? Email nabbey@milfordct.gov. Visit ArtScapades to obtain the Zoom information. Wednesday, January 26 at 7:00pm.

• November 3: The dodo, a flightless bird whose home was the island of Mauritania. The extinction of the dodo within less than a century of its discovery called attention to the previously unrecognized problem of human involvement in the disappearance of entire species. See the November 3rd presentation HERE. 
• December 1: The Great Auk, a large flightless bird of the North Atlantic. A food source and highly praised for its down, it became extinct in the 19th century.
• January 12: The passenger pigeon, endemic mostly to the East Coast of North America, was once the most abundant bird in North America. Hunting and deforestation led to its extinction around the turn of the 20^th century. See the January 12th presentation HERE.
• February 2: The Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger. A predatory marsupial, it probably originated in Australia, but by the time Europeans discovered the species, it was mostly found on the island of Tasmania. Intensive hunting encouraged by bounties is generally blamed for its extinction, but other contributing factors may have been disease, the introduction of dogs, and human encroachment into its habitat.

Questions? Email nabbey@milfordct.gov. Visit Tasmanian Tiger to obtain the Zoom information. Wednesday, February 2 at 7:00pm.