Imagination & Form in Great Works of Art

A MUSEUM STUDY SEMINAR

Join artists and educators Patrick Beeby and Alan Roberts in Washington, D.C. Thursday, September 15th through Sunday, September 18th, 2022 for a long-weekend museum study seminar: Imagination & Form in Great Works of Art, which will draw upon Lionello Venturi’s “Painting and Painters - How to Look at a Picture, From Giotto to Chagall.” Read on for more details and instructions on how to register.

About

Dates: September 15 - 18, 2022 | Location: Washington, D.C. | Led By: Alan Roberts & Patrick Beeby

Price: $875* | Maximum Enrollment: 15 students (first-come, first-served) | Deadline to Enroll: August 1, 2022

Alan and Patrick will lead the group on a deep dive into the imaginations of some of the great artists represented in the museums of Washington D.C., specifically the National Gallery and the Phillips Collection. The museum seminar includes texts by renowned artists, writers, and thinkers as the group will spend extensive time discussing together what they find while taking long looks at artworks by Rembrandt, Turner, Constable, Morisot, Van Gogh, Cézanne, Monet, Giacometti, and others to discover meaning through the form of each work of art. Join in to participate in an incomparable museum experience. Texts by Lionello Venturi, Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Flannery O’Connor, Charles Baudelaire, T.S. Eliot, and others will activate discussions and help lead us into the minds of some of the most prominent artists presented in the exquisite museums in the Washington area. 

*scholarships are available - click here to apply

Inclusions

  • Thursday Night Welcome Aperitif

  • Friday in the National Gallery

  • Saturday in the National Gallery

  • Sunday in the Phillips Collection

  • Sunday Night Farewell Dinner

Registration Instructions

Simply complete the registration form below to reserve your place in the program. Please note that your spot is only guaranteed once we have received payment in full.

About the Artists

Alan Roberts is an artist whose studio is located at the renowned Châteaunoir, situated on the Route de Cézanne in Aix-en-Provence, where he’s been since 1977. Having studied under Leo Marchutz, Alan began teaching art history in 1982 and became Dean of the Marchutz School of Fine Arts in 1990 where he also taught drawing, painting, and aesthetics until 2020. Alan’s international exhibition record includes the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence as well as galleries in the U.S. and France. He has exhibited with such artists as Romare Bearden, Sam Francis, Helen Frankenthaler, Wolfe Kahn, Roy Lichtenstein, Robert Motherwell, and Paul Cézanne. He has also collaborated on several important books concerning the art of Leo Marchutz and his students. Alan has a BS in Psychology from the University of South Carolina and an MFA from The Vermont College of Fine Arts. He is fluent in French and English.

Patrick Beeby‘s education and subsequent teaching career have centered around fostering meaningful conversations about great works of art, literature, and philosophy. This intentional focus began during his time at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, where he received a BA in Liberal Arts in 2012. After graduating, Patrick taught middle and high school students at a classical charter school in Phoenix, Arizona, until moving to Aix-en-Provence to begin his study of art at the Marchutz School in 2017. In 2019, he received his MFA in painting and continued to live, study, and teach at the undergraduate and graduate levels in Aix-en-Provence until 2021. He is currently an advisory committee member of the Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing and lives in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Registration Form

Please complete the below form to register for the program. Once payment has been received, your registration will be considered final.

Payment Options

Once you have filled out the above form, please make your payment using one of the below options. Once payment has been received, your registration will be considered final.

  • Pay online using this link: https://buy.stripe.com/eVa4hN91J7GD9Es4gj. Please note that a credit card transaction fee will be added to all online payments.

    Each participant will need to need to pay online individually.

    Please consider adding a donation in any amount to support scholarships for this program. Make a donation by visiting www.leomarchutzschool.org/support and mark your donation clearly for scholarships.

  • Checks should be made out to the Leo Marchutz School of Painting & Drawing, Inc. and mailed according to one of the following addresses, depending on the mailing method:

    USPS
    Leo Marchutz School of Painting & Drawing
    PO Box 13087
    Portland, OR 97213

    UPS, FedEx, DHL, etc.
    Leo Marchutz School of Painting & Drawing
    2425 NE 50th Ave, #13087
    Portland, OR 97213

    Please consider adding a donation in any amount to your payment by check to support scholarships for this program. Simply add your chosen gift to the check amount. The gift will be fully tax-deductible. We will send you a letter acknowledging the donation for tax purposes.

  • Please provide the following information to your financial institution. You will also need to provide the school’s account and routing number, which can be requested by emailing info@leomarchutzschool.org.

    Evolve Bank & Trust
    6070 Poplar Ave, Suite 200
    Memphis, TN 38119

    Account Name: Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing, Inc.

    Please consider adding a donation in any amount to your payment by bank transfer to support scholarships for this program. Simply add your chosen gift to the transfer amount. The gift will be fully tax-deductible. We will send you a letter acknowledging the donation for tax purposes.

Scholarships

We would like to make this program accessible to all who would like to participate, and so are dedicated to giving as much scholarship money as we can. Please click the button below to apply for scholarship funds.

Refund Policy

  • If a participant cancels before August 1, 2022, they will be refunded the full program fee.

  • If a participant cancels between August 1 and September 1, 2022 (inclusive), they will be refunded any recoverable fees, less a $100 administrative fee.

  • If a participant cancels after September 1, 2022, no refund will be given.

Questions?

Please reach out to us at info@leomarchutzschool.org with any questions regarding this program. We look forward to hearing from you!