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FeaturedSessions: 1Class Date(s): 06-23-2021 to 06-23-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Laura Nicholls, retired art educatorTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Syracuse OasisMary Cassatt is known primarily for her touching imagery of mothers and children. Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker who lived much of her adult life in France, where she met Edgar Degas and exhibited alongside the French Impressionists. Early in her career Cassatt faced gender discrimination in the mostly male-dominated ‘French Salon’ art... read more -
Sessions: 2Class Date(s): 06-23-2021 to 06-30-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Charles Coon, MA, retired social studies teacher; adjunct professor of history Onondaga Community College and SUNY CortlandTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Syracuse OasisOn September 21, 1866, at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, the 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army was created by order of Congress. Although several African-American regiments were raised during the Civil War as part of the Union Army (including the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and the many United States Colored Troops Regiments), the... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 07-21-2021 to 07-21-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Laura Nicholls, retired art educatorTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Syracuse OasisEdward Hopper, acknowledged as an important 20th century American Realist, was born in Nyack NY, and spent much of his adult life in New York City. Initially trained as an illustrator, Hopper’s interpretations of empty cityscapes, landscapes, and isolated figures are reflected in clearly outlined forms that use strongly defined lighting and cropped... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-02-2021 to 08-02-2021Day(s) of the week: MondayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Donald Bridy, Ph.D., theoretical physics, former adjunct professor, LeMoyne College & Syracuse University and worked for GE, Lockheed Martin, Bell Labs and MIT Lincoln LabsTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Syracuse OasisExploring Hell... read more -
Sessions: 1Class Date(s): 08-11-2021 to 08-11-2021Day(s) of the week: WednesdayTime: 12:00 PM-01:30 PM - Central TimeInstructor: Laura Nicholls, retired art educatorTerm: OELocation: Zoom - Syracuse OasisJacob Lawrence was born in Atlantic City, NJ. His family moved to Harlem in 1930, where, as an adolescent, Lawrence came into contact with some of the greatest artistic and intellectual minds of his generation. Before he was twenty, Lawrence had developed a powerful, concise ‘modern’ style that expressed all of the vibrancy, colors and pathos of... read more