3 in 30 | The Walled Garden: Horticulture in American Painting

Name: 3 in 30 | The Walled Garden: Horticulture in American Painting
Start: 2026-04-07T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-07T11:30:00-04:00
Location: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

Schedule

Tue Apr 07 2026 at 11:00 am to 11:30 am

UTC-04:00

Location

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts | Richmond, VA

In honor of April's designation as National Gardening Month, join Dr. Christopher C. Oliver, the Bev Perdue Jennings Associate Curator of American Art, to discuss three paintings in the permanent collection.
We will explore how each artist deploys themes of gardening and horticulture. Works by Charles Willson Peale, Mary Cassatt, and John Singer Sargent instill meaning into the harvest of fruit as the result of cultivation of the natural world.
Meet in Cochrane Atrium to participate.
Can't make the in-person session? Register for the virtual session of the tour on Thu, Apr 9, at 11 am: https://bit.ly/4rcu5fq
VMFA’s “3 in 30” programs are offered on the first Tuesday of every month. Curators and educators discuss works in the permanent collection and in special exhibitions, considering different themes found across the collection, artistic movements, or a single artist’s body of work.
“3 in 30” programs are free and open to the public.