3. B1+/ B2 | Breaking Boundaries: French Women Artists across three Centuries | In Person

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Tuesdays (Jan 13 - Feb 10) (Part I), 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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$280

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For non-members

$330

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Tuesdays (Feb 17 - Mar 17) (Part II), 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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$280 / $330

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Tuesdays (BUNDLE PART I & II), 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM

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$530 / $580

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About this Class

Engage with art history while improving your French! Explore three centuries of French art through the works and life of women artists who contributed brilliantly to major artistic movements, often without the same visibility as their male contemporaries. This course is designed as a 10-week journey: you can choose to attend just Part I (5 weeks), or Part II (also 5 weeks) or the full 10-week course.
Part one:
• Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun: Women’s Portraits from Rococo to Neoclassicism
• Rosa Bonheur and the Rise of Women’s Studios
• Marie Laurencin: Peace and Femininity in the Interwar Years
• Ceci n’est pas une muse: Women Artists in the Surrealist Struggle
• Women in Sculpture: From Camille Claudel to Germaine Richier

Part 2:
• Berthe Morisot, an Impressionist Pioneer
• Suzanne Valadon: Queen of Post-Impressionist Paris
• Sonia Delaunay: From Painting to Fashion in the Roaring Twenties
• Françoise Gilot: Beyond Picasso
• Louise Bourgeois and Niki de Saint Phalle: Leaving to Exist – The American Adventure

In this course, you will learn:
- Vocabulary and expressions to describe and appreciate art.
- Cultural insights into French artistic heritage.
- Grammar and conjugation practice in context (present, past, descriptive forms).

Skills Practiced:
- Speaking: Discuss artworks with precision and confidence.
- Listening: Understand audio and video documents about art and artists.
- Reading: Analyze cultural texts and short articles.
- Writing: Create mini-biographies and cultural commentaries.
- Grammar in Action: Use correct tenses and structures while describing and analyzing art.


About Lucile Chaurin Ablanedo

Lucile
Lucile was born and raised in Tours, France, and holds a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Theory of Art from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. A longtime Boston resident, she was an art educator and French teacher at the French Library for many years. After a hiatus involving motherhood, writing, and artistic projects, she is back and eager to share her love of the French language and culture with you!