3-5pm discussion and reception follow the presentation
Location: 417 San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood 90048
Free admission / RSVP required: by email at: grmncr@aol.com or by phone at: (310) 360-9360
Ruskin Art Club executive director Gabriel Meyer will give a synopsis of ecological pioneer John Ruskin’s philosophy of nature and the environment as a spur to discussion and reflection. Mr. Meyer recently gave a paper on this topic at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology at UC Berkeley.
Suggested reading (viewing) in preparation for the Circle meeting:
+ Clive Wilmer’s Lecture: “Human Nature and Abundance: John Ruskin and the Environment” (available on the RAC website: ruskinartclub.com/program and lecture videos)
+ The Darkening Glass: A Portrait of Ruskin’s Genius (John D. Rosenberg) / Chapter 1: “Nature, Truth, and Turner” (pp. 1-21)
+ Ruskin: Modern Painters I: pp. 552-554, bottom of pg. 552 to middle of 554 [Vol. 3, Library Edition]; Praeterita: #77, pp. 314-315 [Vol. 35, Library Edition]; Fors Clavigera: #3 pp. 613-615 [Vol. 28, Library Edition]
· The Library Edition of the Works of Ruskin is available online on the Ruskin Art Club website under the “Resources” tab
Following the discussion, Stuart Denenberg will lead a guided tour of the current gallery exhibition ARS LONGA/VITA BREVIS (Art Endures/Life Is Short), featuring the work of Avery, Baskin, Eastman, Cocteau, Dine, Gibran, Hogarth, Picasso and many others.