Class dates: Fridays, March 27, April 10, 17, 24, May 1 (5 weeks)

NOTE: This class is limited to 22 students. Registration is on a first-come first-served basis; a wait list will be available.

Class time: 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm

Location: Worcester Art Museum

We will have five 90-minute tours of the museum, covering aspects of the entire collection. This year is especially exciting because of the opening of the Arms and Armor galleries, the reopening of the completely revised early American galleries after almost two years, and the reopening of about a half-dozen other refurbished galleries closed during the massive construction projects at the museum. The timing of the works we will see is tentative; we will see them all, but perhaps not in the order listed.

Instructor: Paul Mahon is Professor Emeritus at Assumption where he taught full-time for 36 years.  He has been a Docent at WAM for the past 18 years.  He started collecting Asian art about 50 years ago, specializing in Japanese cloisonne and Chinese snuff bottles.  He has donated several pieces to WAM, the latest of which is a Mughal jade dish on long-term exhibit in the newly refurbished SE Asia gallery off the Renaissance Court.