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Photo by Margaret Fox.
Curator-Led Tour of SKETCHING LIGHT
The David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center
Ticket price: $16.82
Curators Katrina London and Michele Beckerman will lead a one-hour guided tour of Sketching Light: Chagall’s Windows for Union Church, offering a glimpse behind the scenes of the David Rockefeller Creative Arts Center's latest exhibition.
Sketching Light provides a rare opportunity for visitors to explore the creative process of renowned artist Marc Chagall (1887–1985). In the 1960s, the Rockefeller family commissioned Chagall to create a large stained-glass window in memory of John D. Rockefeller, Jr., and eight smaller windows for Union Church of Pocantico Hills. Sketching Light features 27 mixed media works on paper from Chagall’s preparatory studies for the commission on public display for the first time since 1978.
The tour will be followed by a reception.
Sketching Light: Chagall’s Windows for Union Church is a collaboration between the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the Rockefeller Archive Center. It is co-curated by Katrina London and Michele Hiltzik Beckerman in celebration of the Archive Center’s 50th Anniversary.
Katrina London
Curator, The Pocantico Center
Katrina London is the curator for The Pocantico Center. She cocurated Sketching Light with Michele Hiltzik Beckerman of the Rockefeller Archive Center. Katrina is responsible for the stewardship of the collections at Pocantico, including conservation and display of the art, curatorial research, exhibitions, and educational programs. Before joining the RBF, she was a curatorial associate at the American Federation of Arts.
Michele Hiltzik Beckerman
Senior Curator, Rockefeller Archive Center
Michele Hiltzik Beckerman is the senior curator at the Rockefeller Archive Center. She cocurated Sketching Light: Chagall’s Windows for Union Church with Katrina London of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Michele provides knowledge and collection expertise to the Archive Center’s Leadership Team and participates in public outreach projects. She has worked at the Archive Center for 34 years.