The session was dedicated to the America’s most favorite naïve artist – Grandma Moses. The WOA’s Head Svetlana Usenko presented several slide shows about the life and art of Grandma Moses. The simple realism, nostalgic atmosphere and luminous color with which Grandma Moses portrayed homely farm life and rural countryside won her global fame. She was able to capture the excitement of winter's first snow, Thanksgiving preparations and the young green of oncoming spring.
Gay color, action and humor enlivened her portrayals of such simple farm activities as maple sugaring, soap-making, candle-making, haying, and berrying and the making of apple butter.
The students enriched their vocabulary with relevant art terms and tried to comment on what impressed them in Grandma Moses’s paintings.
The bottom line of the discussion was that the human spirit can triumph at any age.
Number of participants – 32 persons.
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