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The Vermeer Quest In-Person/Online
- Date:
- Thursday, March 28, 2024
- Time:
- 7:00pm - 8:00pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Location:
- Wakelin Room
- Campus:
- Main Library
- Audience:
- Adult
- Categories:
- Lecture > Arts
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
Presented in partnership with Wellesley Neighbors
Passcode: *y%CCVM9
When Vermeer's The Concert was stolen in the 1990 famous Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum heist, Judy and Jim Barr were prompted to embark on a Vermeer Quest -- to see each of the Vermeer paintings in their home museums. Follow the Barr’s as they travel for a purpose along the eastern seaboard and then through Europe searching for the Vermeers. Learn about new friends they made and humorous situations they encountered. Actively view each painting and track the frequency of several motifs that Vermeer repeatedly used. And be prepared for a surprising conclusion.
Presented by Judy Barr, a native of Ohio, who migrated to the Boston area to attend Simmons College. While there she fell in love with the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and its Vermeer, The Concert. With a Masters from UMass-Boston and a doctorate in health policy/management from Harvard, she had a long career as a faculty member, administrator, and researcher at Northeastern University. As a patient-centered outcomes researcher, she presented many papers at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) fall meetings held in major European cities. With her husband Jim Barr (Antioch BA, Wesleyan MALS), a Wellesley High School Hall of Fame math teacher from 1964-1997 and co-founder of Wellesley's A Better Chance Program, they used these travel opportunities to embark on their Vermeer Quest.