Art of the Santa Fe: Imagining the Southwest
Announcing a new exhibit, opening Saturday, March 8 and running through Saturday, May 31. The Santa Fe Railway was one of the first and most active collectors of Western Art in the opening decades of the twentieth century. The Santa Fe acted as a patron of the artists who were flocking to the American West to capture unique landscapes and exotic peoples at the turn of the century. William Haskell Simpson, who was named Santa Fe’s advertising agent in 1900, set out to acquire these artworks in large numbers, using them to shape an identity for the railway and entice travelers to explore a unique and exotic landscape. The Santa Fe created an enduring vision of the Southwest which was deeply linked to its own corporate identity, permeating everything from the company’s logo to its timetables, station design, dining car menus, and advertising campaigns. The free Curator's Reception will be Friday, March 14, 6-8pm.
Reading History Book Club
The Reading History book club will be meeting Tuesday, March 11 at 5:30. The March book is " The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot. This book explores the life of a poor tobacco farmer whose cells—taken without her knowledge in 1951—became one of the most important tools in medicine, vital to all sorts of medical research and developments. New York Times bestseller tells a riveting story of the collision between ethics, race, and medicine. The Reading History Book Club meets on the second Tuesday of each month from 5:30 - 7 pm for a book discussion. The April book " Empire of the Summer Moon" by S. C. Gwynne and other book selections can be found on our Book Club page.
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