Art Highlights and Tea

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The Frederic Remington Art Museum continues its annual “Art Highlights and Tea” lecture series with a presentation by Maria Pedroso-Parker entitled, “A Cuban Woman’s View on Frederic Remington and the Spanish American War.”

The talk will take place at 2:00 pm on Wednesday, February 13th at the Frederic Remington Art Museum. The talk is free and open to the public, and will be presented in the Museum’s Tiffany Room.

Cuban artist Maria Pedroso-Parker will offer Cuban perspectives on the Spanish-American War and her own reflections on Remington’s representations of that war. She will also introduce audiences to José Martí, Cuban poet, writer, and freedom fighter who was responsible for igniting the Spanish American War from the Cuban side. Pedroso-Parker was born in Havana, Cuba; her father was a fisherman who fought in the Bay of Pigs Invasion, and her mother made a decision that no mother should ever have to make in order to save her children—sending them to the United States as part of Operation Peter Pan. Maria now lives with her beloved rescue animals in the North Country, where she makes colorful art drawn from childhood memories.

At 3:00 pm, a delicious tea will be served in the parlors, courtesy of Fran Naccarato, Ann Spies, and friends. The cost is $10 for Remington Museum members and $15 for non-members. Please call (315) 393-2425, email desmond@fredericremington.org, or reserve seats at the tea online at fredericremington.org.