Protest and Propaganda: Politics in Art from Ancient Times to the Present

Thursday, March 5, from 10:30 am - 12:00 pm. Museum admission included.

Art has been used for persuasion and protest for centuries. This lecture covers such works as Roman propaganda sculpture, paintings celebrating royalty, abolitionist works, and the French and American revolutions. and concluding with the 20th and 21st centuries, artworks commenting on racism, gay rights, feminism, the Vietnam War, and other social justice concerns.

We have scholarships! The Cape Cod Museum of Art is committed to making Art accessible to everyone in the Cape Cod Community. The Museum School Scholarship Fund provides tuition assistance to qualified, year-round Cape Cod residents ages 6 and up. Click here to apply.

[Image credit: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, The Third of May, 1808, in Madrid, or The Executions, 1814, oil on canvas, Prado Museum.]

CCMoA Docent Suzanne Altman is an art educator and art historian who has presented art and art history programs throughout New York, New Jersey, and Cape Cod for both adult and teenage audiences. Sue is a painter who works out of her in-home studio in South Yarmouth. See her work at www.suealtmanart.com or on Instagram @artworkshudson

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