programs
TOWN & COUNTRY ARTS CLUB
studying the arts
Each year, the membership selects a new theme for our monthly presentations. For 2024-25 programming, the theme will be “Collectors and Collections”. Scheduled programs are listed below.
Ancient Roman Sculptures
from the Torlonia Collection
September 10, 2024
Speaker: Jeffrey Nigro
Location: The Happ Inn
The Artist’s Palette:
A Collection of Colors
October 1, 2024
Speaker: Ella Mae Eastman
Location: The Fortnightly of Chicago
Igor Savitsky and
the Nukus Museum of Art
November 5, 2024
Speaker: Susan Hanes-Leonard
Location: The Fortnightly of Chicago
The Joy of Building
a Museum Collection
December 3, 2024
Speaker: Christopher Maxwell
Location: The Arts Club of Chicago
The New York Abstract
Expressionists of the 50’s
January 14, 2025
Speaker: Elaine Tinberg
Location: The Casino
The Collected Works of
Lenore Tawney Architecture
February 4, 2025
Speaker: Gail Hodges
Location: Evadean’s Bakery and Cafe
Albert Barnes: Inspiring a
World-Class Museum of Modern Art
March 4, 2025
Speaker: Jan Pavlovic
Location: The Happ Inn
The English
Landscape Garden
April 1, 2025
Speaker: Jean Perkins
Location: To be announced
Art and
Technology
May 6, 2025
Speaker: Linda Woloshin
Location: The Happ Inn
The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Folk Art Museum
June 3, 2025
Speaker: Laura Barry
Location: The Happ Inn
past program themes
1948-49
Renaissance in Italy
1949-50
The Baroque Period
1950-51
The Eighteenth Century
1951-52
The Nineteenth Century
1952-53
Post-Impressionism
1953-54
Art of the Twentieth Century
1954-55
Contemporary Living
1955-57
India
1957-58
Eighteenth Century Glass,
Porcelain and Silver
1958-59
Japan
1959-60
Art and Architecture of the Ancient World
1960-61
Spain
1961-62
Art and Ideas
1962-64
The Byzantine Period
1964-65
This is Chicago
1965-66
Today’s Trends in Art
1966-67
Medieval Art of France and Italy
1967-68
The Late Middle Ages in England,
Germany and the Low Countries
1968-69
Art of Mexico and South America
1969-70
Representative Great Museums
1970-71
The World of Prints
1971-72
Art of China
1972-73
American Silver and Pewter
of the 17th and 18th Centuries
1973-74
The American Arts of the 20th Century
1974-75
Aesthetic Judgment – Past and Present
1975-76
In the Beginning: Homo Sapiens,
10,000-7,000 B.C.
1976-77
The North American Indian
1978-79
Performing Arts, the Making of Drama
(Ibsen, Chekhov, Shaw)
1980-81
Women as Muse, Model, and Maker
1981-82
19th and 20th Century American Art
1800-1930
1982-83
American Art of the 20th Century
1983-84
Chinese Art
1984-85
Art Derived from Religion
1985-86
The Art of Spain
1986-87
Reverberations of the Renaissance
1987-88
State of the Arts: Creating Art,
Chicago’s Finest Architecture
1988-89
The World of Folk Art
1989-90
Medieval Treasures
1990-91
Twentieth Century Architecture
1991-92
Modernism 1870-1970
1992-93
Chicago Art and Architecture
1993-94
Africa
1994-95
Couples in the Arts
1995-96
Styles Through the Ages
1996-97
American Decorative Arts Overview
1997-98
The Baroque
1998-99
Artists of Note from
The School of the Art Institute
1999-00
The Millennium:
The Last One Thousand Years
2000-01
Personal Pleasures
2001-02
Chicago’s Ethnic Neighborhoods
2002-03
A Close Look At Sculpture
2003-04
America The Beautiful:
Expect The Unexpected!
2004-05
Another Look at American Art
2005-06
Religion and Art
2006-07
Portraits of the Artist:
The Life, The Times, The Work
2007-09
Small Museums
2009-10
The American Experience Part I
2010-11
The American Experience Part II
2011-12
The American Experience Part III
2012-13
The Greater Journey
Americans in Paris
2013-15
Russia
2015-17
Pacific Rim
2017-19
Women in Art
2019-20
Above the 50th Parallel
2020-2022
Art and Religion
2022-2023
Renaissance Art & The Age of Exploration:
Outside Influences on European Culture
2023-2024
Art and Nature