Book Club
Monthly meetings on the first Wednesdays of each month 9:30 - 10:30 AM PST at the Triton Museum of Art. (doors open at 9:00 a.m. for coffee and donuts; presentation begins at 9:30 a.m.)
We invite you to read selected novels about art or famous artists before we meet, and then join us on the first Wednesday morning of each month, for an art history presentation about that month’s novel, the portrayed artist, and related art, as presented by Triton Museum Executive Director Preston Metcalf and Triton Museum Associate Curator Vanessa Callanta. Learn how the novel does — or doesn’t — comport to the actual history of its subject, and hear more about the artwork and the artists’ times in which they were created.
Admission to the monthly book club art history lectures is free for Triton Museum of Art Members ($5 donation requested for non-members), and all are welcome, whether you have actually read the book or not. Coffee and pastries will be served.
Discussions are held safely distanced & in person at the Triton Museum of Art Free for TMA members, $5 suggested donation for non-members
Take a look at what we'll be reading for 2026!
This Upcoming Month's Book:
Dissolution by C.J. Sansom
April 1st, 2026
Dissolutions and the Impact on Art in Tudor England
The year is 1537, and England is divided between those faithful to the Catholic Church and those loyal to the king and the newly established Church of England. When a royal commissioner is brutally murdered in a monastery which has been subjected to Dissolution, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII’s feared vicar general, summons fellow reformer Matthew Shardlake to lead the inquiry. A murder mystery set against the revolutions that would change religious art forever.
The turmoil of the Tudor Era signified many changes in society, and no less in the use of art to convey the new social and religious order. Executive Director Preston Metcalf will share the art — and dissolution of the monasteries and monastic art — and how it continues to impact us today.
