Program
Monday, 6 October 2025
National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
| 08:45-09:00 | Welcome and registration at the National Gallery of Art (NGA) |
| 09:00-10:00 | Exclusive visit to the exhibition Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World before opening hours |
| 10:00-10:45 | Coffee reception |
| 10:45-10:50 | Word of welcome by Maartje Beekman, Director of CODART, and Kaywin Feldman, Director, NGA, Washington |
| 10:50-11:05 | Opening remarks on the exhibition Little Beasts: Art, Wonder, and the Natural World by Brooks Rich, Associate Curator of Old Master and Nineteenth-century Prints and Stacey Sell, Associate Curator of Old Master Drawings, both of the NGA, Washington |
| 11:05-12:00 | 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, Brooks Rich and Stacey Sell. The discussion will be led by Alexandra Libby, Senior Advisor for Curatorial and Conservation Initiatives and Associate Curator of Northern Baroque Paintings, NGA, Washington |
| 12:00-13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30-15:45 | In-depth study visits to the permanent collection of the NGA.
Each participant can join two of the following visits, please select your choices in the registration form.
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| 15:45-17:00 | Free time to visit the NGA or return to the exhibition Little Beasts |
| 18:00-20:00 | Reception at the Residence of the Ambassador of the Netherlands in Washington D.C. 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 |
| 12:00-13:45 | Lunch |
| 13:45-14:05 | Lecture by Frima Fox Hofrichter, Professor Emerita of the History of Art & Design, Pratt Institute, New York |
| 14:05-14:25 | Lecture by Elena Kanagy-Loux, Lacemaker and Textile Historian |
| 14:25-16:00 | Visit to the permanent collection of the NMWA |
| 16:00-17:00 | Free time to visit the permanent collection of the NMWA or return to the exhibition |
| End of Tuesday program |
Wednesday, 8 October 2025
Baltimore
| 07:45-09:00 | Travel to Baltimore by coach |
| 09:00-10:00 | Special viewing of Flemish and Dutch books from the collection of the John Hopkins University (JHU) at the George Peabody Library with Earle Havens, Director of the Stern Center and Nancy H. Hall Curator of Rare Books & Manuscripts, Sheridan Library, JHU |
| 10:00-12:00 | Visit Walters Art Museum |
| 12:00-14:00 | Lunch offered by The Leiden Collection Travel by coach to the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) |
| 14:00-14:10 | Word of welcome |
| 14:10-15:10 | Tour of the European Galleries of the BMA with Lara Yeager-Crasselt, Curator of European Painting and Sculpture and Department Head, BMA |
| 15:10-16:00 | 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 |
| 16:30-18:00 | Travel back to Washington by coach |
| End of program |
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