Drop by our galleries of 18th- and 19th- century American art to design a fabulous feast table inspired by the sumptuous decorative objects on view. Participants will explore sketching from life, practicing observation and composition while indulging the imagining of their dream holiday table.
This program is lead by teaching artist Leslie Baum and is open to all experience levels. All materials will be provided.
about the teaching artist
Leslie Baum is a Chicago-based painter whose work is invitational in nature. Her painting practice is informed by over twenty years as a museum educator at the Art Institute of Chicago. Baum received her BA from the University of Vermont and studied abroad at the Glasgow School of Art. She has exhibited nationally and internationally with exhibitions in New York, San Francisco, Portland, Mexico City, Rome, and South Korea. Her drawings and paintings are in permanent collections of the Art institute of Chicago and the Elmhurst Art Museum. Her work has been reviewed extensively, including in Artforum, Art in America, Hyperallergic, and the Chicago Tribune. She has received residencies at Yaddo and the Vermont Studio Center. A 2020 DCASE grant funded the pleinairarchive.com—a site documenting her ongoing painting social practice.
what to expect
This program will take place in galleries devoted to American Art of the 18th and 19th centuries, located on the lower level of the Rice Building. These galleries are accessible by stairs or elevator. Participation is open on a drop-in basis, with space limited to 35 participants at a time. Participants will be offered folding stools to sit on, alongside the requisite materials for the activity.
