A Halloween and Art History Lectures Duet

Monsters, ghouls, and creatures of the night! It's Halloween season once more, and the Triton Museum of Art is celebeating with a look at some of our favorite creatures, traditions, and a few surprises sure to scare, or at least make us think. Please join us for two art history lectures exploring themes of the seasons ... if you dare!

The Real Monster of the Art World? Jack the Ripper and Victorian Artist Walter Sickert

He terrorized Victorian England, and has been the subject of countless speculations, theories, and outright fictions, btu of all the suspects considered to be Jack the Ripper, one of the more interesting is Victorian artist Walter Sickert. A student of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, and painting tutor of Winston Churchill, Sickert rose as a Ripper suspect through a dazzling array of evidence. In this lecture, Triton Executive Director and Art Historian Preston Metcalf will present the evidence. Did art and M**der combine in Victorian England? You, the audience, will be the jury!

Double, Double, Toil and Trouble: Symbols of the Halloween Season in Art and Popular Culture

Witches, black cats, jack-o-lanterns, and specters of the dead are just some of the images we see at Halloween, and that sometimes show up at our doors demanding trick-or-treat. But where did these images and symbols originate? On this night of All Hallows Eve, we will explore the rich history of art and ideas that led to one of our most popular holidays. There will be candy!

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