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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 2025!
This Upcoming Month's Book:
The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
November 5th, 2025
As the medieval gothic world waned, a poet on the cusp of the Renaissance gave us a guided tour through the descending circles of the Inferno, the climb of Purgatory, and the reward of Paradise and his beloved Beatrice.
His words would inform how artists of the Renaissance and baroque would portray these realms, continuing right up to the magnificent sculptures of August Rodin, and so many more.
Please join Triton Executive Director Preston Metcalf as he retraces Dante’s footsteps and the art his poem inspired.
