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Slow Down With Art

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Art Making l Drawing from the Collections: A Bountiful Harvest

Nassau Street Sampler l Art Re-creation Challenge Judging

Artist Talk: SAB Presents: A Conversation with Howardena Pindell

Panel Discussion: Behind the Iconic Images in Life Magazine

"Ganymed" (poem: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749–1832, music: 1817, Franz Schubert, 1797–1828)

"Es ist ein Ros Entsprungen”, 15th/16th century (Melchior Volpius, 1570–1615; Michael Praetorius, 1571–1621)

"Portum in Ultimo", 12th century (attributed to Bishop Ato of Troyes, dates unknown)

"Padre Germani Addio", (<em>Idomeneo</em>, 1781, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756–1791)

"Va Godendo" (Serse, 1738, George Frideric Handel, 1685–1759)

"Una furtiva lagrima" (<em>L'elisir d'amore</em>, 1832, Gaetano Donizetti, 1797–1848)

"Non Più di Fiori" (<em>La Clemenza di Tito</em>, 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756–1791)

"Quant voi la fleur en l’arbroie", 14th century (Anonymous)