Program
Monday, 6 October 2025
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
| 14:45-15:15 | Welcome and registration at the Royal Netherlands Embassy |
| 15:15-16:00 | Lecture about the exhibition Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World by Brooks Rich, Associate Curator of Old Master and Nineteenth-century Prints and Alexandra Libby, Senior Administrator for Collections and Initiatives & Acting Head and Curator of Northern European Paintings, both of the NGA, Washington |
| 16:00-16:45 | Panel discussion about the intersection of art and science and natural history through time, with Dario Robleto, Artist; Floyd Shockley, Collection Manager for Entomology, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington; Darrin Lunde, Collection Manager for Mammals, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History and Brooks Rich. The discussion will be led by Alexandra Libby |
| 16:45-17:00 | Time for questions and remarks |
| 17:00-18:00 | Participants travel to the Residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands at their own leisure |
| 18:00-20:00 | Reception at the Residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands in Washington D.C., generously offered by the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Washington and Consulate General of the Netherlands in New York |
| End of Monday program |
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington D.C.
| 09:45-10:15 | Welcome and registration with coffee and tea at the National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) |
| 10:15-10:30 | Introduction to the exhibition Women Artists from Antwerp to Amsterdam, 1600-1750 by Virginia Treanor, Senior Curator, NMWA, Washington |
| 10:30-12:00 | Visit to the exhibition |
| 12:00-14:10 | Lunch generously offered by Visit Flanders |
| 14:10-14:30 | Lecture: Reclaiming the Forgotten by Frima Fox Hofrichter, Professor Emerita of the History of Art & Design, Pratt Institute, New York |
| 14:30-14:50 | Lecture: Depictions, Perceptions, and Realities of Dutch and Flemish Lacemakers in Seventeenth-century Portraits by Elena Kanagy-Loux, Lacemaker and Textile Historian |
| 14:50-15:00 | Time for questions and remarks |
| 15:00-15:20 | Introduction to the NMWA and its permanent collection by Virginia Treanor |
| 15:20-17:00 | Free time to visit the permanent collection of the NMWA or return to the exhibition |
| End of Tuesday program |
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Baltimore
| 07:30-09:00 | Travel to Baltimore by coach |
| 09:00-09:15 | Welcome with coffee and tea and introduction to the George Peabody Library by Earle Havens, Director of the Stern Center and Nancy H. Hall Curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheridan Library, Johns Hopkins University (JHU), Baltimore |
| 09:15-10:05 | Special viewing of Flemish and Dutch books from the collection of the Johns Hopkins University (JHU) at the George Peabody Library with Earle Havens and Martin Michaelek, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stern Center, Sheridan Library, JHU, Baltimore |
| 10:15-12:00 | Visit to the Walters Art Museum with Joaneath Spicer, Curator Emerita of European Renaissance and Baroque Art, the Walters Art Museum |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch generously offered by The Leiden Collection Travel by coach to the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) |
| 14:00-14:15 | Word of welcome by Kevin Tervala, Eddie C. and C. Sylvie Brown Chief Curator, BMA, in the main lobby |
| 14:15-16:30 | Tour of the European Galleries of the BMA with Lara Yeager-Crasselt, Curator of European Painting and Sculpture and Department Head, BMA and special viewing of Dutch and Flemish works on paper in the collection of the BMA at The Nancy Dorman and Stanley Mazaroff Center for the Study of Prints, Drawings and Photographs with Jenna Paper-Evers, Curatorial Assistant of Prints, Drawings and Photographs and Leslie Cozzi, Curator and Department Head of Prints, Drawings and Photographs, both of the BMA |
| 16:45-18:15 | Travel back to Washington by coach |
| End of program |
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