The Trips Committee announced the following new trip:
Wed., Dec. 11, The Cloisters, New York: The Met Museum branch specializing in the art and architecture of medieval Europe is in Fort Tryon Park overlooking the Hudson in northern Manhattan. Special attractions are holiday decorations and the exhibition “The Colmar Treasure: A Medieval Jewish Legacy.” Hidden for centuries in the wall of a Jewish family’s house were small possessions of gold or silver such as jeweled rings, brooches and coins giving a glimpse of lost Jewish life in medieval Alsace before the Plague of 1348-49. Highlights of the permanent collection are the Unicorn tapestries, French cloisters with medieval gardens and a Romanesque chapel. The art includes sculpture, paintings, tapestries, stained-glass windows, enamels, ivories and metalwork.
Since member cards and other passes are not valid on group trips, all participants must pay the senior group rate of $17 per person; transportation is free. This may be the last Kendal trip to the Cloisters unless the Met Museum changes its group price policy. Not recommended for residents who can’t do stairs and steps.
In addition there is a short wait list for:
Wed., Dec. 4, New York City Do Your Own Thing with drop-off at the Metropolitan Museum of Art; no one-way trips; although residents are free to go wherever they wish in Manhattan, many choose the Met. New exhibitions include: Wangechi Mutu’s four bronze sculptures, “The NewOnes, will free Us” in niches on the Met façade; “The Last Knight: the Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I” (1459-1519); “The Renaissance of Etching;” Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Textiles: The Taliesin Line, 1955-1960”; and the ongoing “Art of Native America,” “Dutch Masterpieces” and “Epic Abstraction.”
Sign-up for all trips is in the Trips Book located in the Activities Alcove. Please do not sign up for a trip unless you are committed to go on it. If you are unable to attend a trip, draw one line through your name.
Please adhere to the rules.