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Visualizing Literature: Book Club for Art Lovers

Name: Visualizing Literature: Book Club for Art Lovers
Start: 2026-11-18T13:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-11-18T14:30:00.000Z
Location: The Joslyn Art Museum

Wed Nov 18, 1PM–2:30PM

General Public: $10; Joslyn Members: FREE; registration is required; walk-ins accepted as space allows. Registration opens Wed, Sep 16.

Visualizing Literature: Book Club for Art Lovers explores connections between the literary and visual arts through moderated book discussions and gallery tours led by Visualizing Literature Volunteers. Discussions begin in the Community Room and conclude in the galleries. The program occurs four times per year on selected dates in September, November, February, and April. Featured books are available for purchase in The Shop.

November book: The Club: Where American Women Artists Found Refuge in Belle Époque Paris (2025) by Jennifer Dasal; purchase in The Shop: $30 (member price $27)

Opened in 1893, The American Girls’ Club in Paris was the center of expatriate living and of dedication to a calling in the fine arts, and singularly harbored a generation of independent, talented, and driven American women. Now in The Club, curator, art historian, and podcast host Jennifer Dasal presents the never-before-told story of the female-only Residence known as the Club, the philanthropists who created it, and the artists it housed.

Looking ahead—Join us Wed, Feb 17, 1–2:30 pm or Sat, Feb 20, 10:30 am–noon; Art: A Play (1997) by Yasmina Reza; purchase in The Shop: $17 (member price $15.30)

Café Society: Art and Sociability in Paris, 1855–1914 is organized by Ordrupgaard, Copenhagen, Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis, and Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha. 

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