GALLERY TALK with Christopher Steiner
Thursday, February 17, 2022
5:30pm – 7:00pm
Virtual on Zoom
Guest curator Christopher Steiner introduces the exhibition, "Remembering the Nut Museum".
In this virtual event, guest curator and Connecticut College Art History Professor Christopher Steiner will introduce the exhibition, Remembering the Nut Museum: Visionary Art of Elizabeth Tashjian. The Nut Museum opened in 1972 on the ground floor of Elizabeth Tashjian's Victorian mansion in Old Lyme. The museum featured Miss Tashjian’s original artwork devoted to nuts, her collection of nuts, and, for her museum visitors, a capella performances of her songs about nuts. Beginning in 1981, Miss Tashjian appeared regularly on late-night television talk shows, including twice on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. In response to her new-found celebrity status, Miss Tashjian transformed herself from an academically trained painter into an avant-garde visual and performance artist. This talk explores the unique trajectory of Elizabeth Tashjian’s life and her eclectic artistic career -- from academic painter at National Academy of Design to a performance artist on the stage of her Nut Museum. .
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University of Connecticut
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