Verso University Presents: Yale University Art Gallery Tour

Art Tour Details

Enjoy a wide range of drawings and prints by some of the greatest masters with Freyda Spira, curator at Yale University Art Gallery (and proud Westport resident!), who will provide a special viewing of some of the amazing and varied highlights of the Gallery's Works on Paper collection. The museum’s collection comprises roughly 29,000 prints and 12,000 drawings ranging in date from the 15th century to the present.

The group will be hosted in the Duffy Study Room for a special behind-the-scenes look into the department and its vast collections.

If you have any favorite artists or works, please email Joanne Connon, Westport Library program coordinator and tour organizer, at [email protected] so we can potentially include them in the tour's selection. Additionally, the tour ends at 12 pm. so any participants who are interested might want to make plans to stay and have lunch in New Haven!

Registration Fee: $15

Enrollment limited to 20 participants.

About the Instructor

Freyda Spira is the Robert L. Solley curator of prints and drawings at the Yale University Art Gallery, where she has worked since 2021. Prior to her position at Yale, Freyda held various roles at the Metropolitan Museum of Art over the course of 18 years. Her final position at the Met was as the associate curator of northern renaissance and baroque prints, drawings, and illustrated books. She holds a B.A. from Barnard College, an M.A. from Columbia University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Important Information About Verso University Classes

• Classes are usually structured as a consecutive series.
• Class size is often limited.
• Each series has a one-time fee registration fee covering all classes in the series.
• Registration is mandatory.
• The Westport Library wants to ensure that all interested students are able to participate in Verso University courses. If the registration fee is a barrier to entry for you, please contact [email protected].

Verso University is the Library’s lifelong learning and education initiative, serving up year-round offerings of classes, workshops, and lectures designed to further education and learning. Offerings run the gamut of educational opportunities, ranging from one-time lectures to ongoing courses to classes that meet weekly or perhaps monthly.

Verso University programs are made possible by the generous support of the Nancy J. Beard Lifelong Learning and Education Fund.