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From Joan of Arc to Eisenhower PAID PERMIT 79 Dear Alumnae, Parents, and Friends of Smith, STD PRSRT U.S. POSTAGE SAN RAMO CA SEE CRUISE RATES FOR Please join alumna Kathryn Calley Galitz ’86 this June for a very special cruise celebrating French art, culture, and history aboard the stately SPECIAL BOOKING INCENTIVES river vessel AmaLyra. Starting with her undergraduate days studying the works at the Smith Museum of Art, Kathy has spent decades refining her craft as a specialist in 18th- and 19th-century French painting. As we ply CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS the Seine from Normandy to Paris, she will guide us as we discover a superb paintings collection in Le Havre, admire the cathedral of Rouen that so inspired Monet, visit the studios of the master himself at his home in the 75th anniversary of D-Day with visits to Giverny, and more. COMMEMORATE landing beaches and the Caen Memorial Museum Our journey is timed to begin on June 6, the 75th anniversary of D-Day, and before boarding you will have the option of commemorating VISIT a private Arts and Crafts-style home on the northern coast of this solemn occasion at a moving ceremony with government leaders, France, overlooking the Atlantic diplomats, and military officials at the American cemetery on Omaha Beach. We then embark in Normandy, birthplace of the Impressionist EXPLORE sites related to other iconic historical figures such as movement—a particular focus of Kathy’s scholarship. She will escort us to AmaLyra William the Conqueror, Richard the Lionheart, and Joan of Arc the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, where we will enjoy special access; and Auvers-sur-Oise, that “hamlet of greenery” that seduced Cézanne, Pissarro, STROLL in Monet’s lush and lovely gardens at Giverny and most famously van Gogh. We conclude in Paris with a choice of three options: Delve deeper into the Impressionist movement on an exclusive SEE the World War I and II sites in Compiègne or follow in the guided tour of the Musée de l’Orangérie, learn more about military history footsteps of America’s Founding Fathers who visited the Château de at the impressive Army Museum, or explore the state of Franco-American Chantilly to admire its gardens and collections relations at a meeting with a representative from the U.S. Embassy. a panel discussion with journalists and a meeting on This promises to be a fascinating voyage. Kathy’s art history ATTEND Franco-American relations with a U.S. diplomat education at Smith sparked a lifelong love of French painting, and I hope June 4–13, 2019 you will join her and other fellow alumnae to discover the art and history of the Seine Valley. TRAVELING WITH YOU For those who would like to extend their stay in France, an optional Kathryn Calley Galitz ‘86 is a scholar specializing in European prelude in Normandy is offered. art. At The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dr. Galitz has organized international exhibitions on artists including Girodet, Turner, Sincerely, and Gustave Courbet, the last of which was awarded Best Historical Show 2008 by the International Association of Art Critics. She is a frequent lecturer and the author of numerous Normandy to Paris Aboard Normandy to Paris Aboard works on painting, including the recently published book, The Elizabeth Bigwood Metropolitan Museum of Art: Masterpiece Paintings (Rizzoli, 2016) and “François Director of Travel and Education, Gérard: Portraiture, Scandal, and the Art of Power in Napoleonic France” Office of Alumnae Relations (Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, summer 2013). Smith College See Cruise Rates for Special Booking Incentives alumnae.smith.edu/travel Conquering Heroes: AmaLyra lounge From Joan of Arc to Eisenhower Conquering Heroes: From Joan of Arc to Eisenhower Joan of Arc From Heroes: Conquering Normandy to Paris Aboard AmaLyra With Kathryn Calley Galitz ‘86 SMITH TRAVEL SMITH TRAVEL ALUMNAE HOUSE 33 ELM STREET NORTHAMPTON, MA 01063 B_19ALYCDG0604_SMA June 4–13, 2019 AmaLyra PAID PAID PERMIT 79 PERMIT 79 PRSRT STD PRSRT Dear Alumnae, Parents, and Friends of Smith, Dear Alumnae, Parents, and Friends of Smith, STD PRSRT U.S. POSTAGE U.S. POSTAGE SAN RAMO CA SEE CRUISE RATES FOR SAN RAMO CA SEE CRUISE RATES FOR Please join alumna Kathryn Calley Galitz ’86 this June for a very Please join alumna Kathryn Calley Galitz ’86 this June for a very special cruise celebrating French art, culture, and history aboard the stately SPECIAL BOOKING INCENTIVES special cruise celebrating French art, culture, and history aboard the stately SPECIAL BOOKING INCENTIVES river vessel AmaLyra. Starting with her undergraduate days studying the river vessel AmaLyra. Starting with her undergraduate days studying the works at the Smith Museum of Art, Kathy has spent decades refining her works at the Smith Museum of Art, Kathy has spent decades refining her craft as a specialist in 18th- and 19th-century French painting. As we ply CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS craft as a specialist in 18th- and 19th-century French painting. As we ply CRUISE HIGHLIGHTS the Seine from Normandy to Paris, she will guide us as we discover a the Seine from Normandy to Paris, she will guide us as we discover a superb paintings collection in Le Havre, admire the cathedral of Rouen that superb paintings collection in Le Havre, admire the cathedral of Rouen that so inspired Monet, visit the studios of the master himself at his home in so inspired Monet, visit the studios of the master himself at his home in the 75th anniversary of D-Day with visits to the 75th anniversary of D-Day with visits to Giverny, and more. COMMEMORATE Giverny, and more. COMMEMORATE landing beaches and the Caen Memorial Museum landing beaches and the Caen Memorial Museum Our journey is timed to begin on June 6, the 75th anniversary of Our journey is timed to begin on June 6, the 75th anniversary of D-Day, and before boarding you will have the option of commemorating VISIT a private Arts and Crafts-style home on the northern coast of D-Day, and before boarding you will have the option of commemorating VISIT a private Arts and Crafts-style home on the northern coast of this solemn occasion at a moving ceremony with government leaders, France, overlooking the Atlantic this solemn occasion at a moving ceremony with government leaders, France, overlooking the Atlantic diplomats, and military officials at the American cemetery on Omaha Beach. diplomats, and military officials at the American cemetery on Omaha Beach. We then embark in Normandy, birthplace of the Impressionist EXPLORE sites related to other iconic historical figures such as We then embark in Normandy, birthplace of the Impressionist EXPLORE sites related to other iconic historical figures such as AmaLyra movement—a particular focus of Kathy’s scholarship. She will escort us to William the Conqueror, Richard the Lionheart, and Joan of Arc movement—a particular focus of Kathy’s scholarship. She will escort us to AmaLyra William the Conqueror, Richard the Lionheart, and Joan of Arc the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, where we will enjoy special access; and the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, where we will enjoy special access; and Auvers-sur-Oise, that “hamlet of greenery” that seduced Cézanne, Pissarro, STROLL in Monet’s lush and lovely gardens at Giverny Auvers-sur-Oise, that “hamlet of greenery” that seduced Cézanne, Pissarro, STROLL in Monet’s lush and lovely gardens at Giverny and most famously van Gogh. We conclude in Paris with a choice of three and most famously van Gogh. We conclude in Paris with a choice of three options: Delve deeper into the Impressionist movement on an exclusive SEE the World War I and II sites in Compiègne or follow in the options: Delve deeper into the Impressionist movement on an exclusive SEE the World War I and II sites in Compiègne or follow in the guided tour of the Musée de l’Orangérie, learn more about military history footsteps of America’s Founding Fathers who visited the Château de guided tour of the Musée de l’Orangérie, learn more about military history footsteps of America’s Founding Fathers who visited the Château de at the impressive Army Museum, or explore the state of Franco-American Chantilly to admire its gardens and collections at the impressive Army Museum, or explore the state of Franco-American Chantilly to admire its gardens and collections relations at a meeting with a representative from the U.S. Embassy. relations at a meeting with a representative from the U.S. Embassy. a panel discussion with journalists and a meeting on a panel discussion with journalists and a meeting on This promises to be a fascinating voyage. Kathy’s art history ATTEND This promises to be a fascinating voyage. Kathy’s art history ATTEND Franco-American relations with a U.S. diplomat Franco-American relations with a U.S. diplomat June 4–13, 2019 education at Smith sparked a lifelong love of French painting, and I hope education at Smith sparked a lifelong love of French painting, and I hope June 4–13, 2019 you will join her and other fellow alumnae to discover the art and history of you will join her and other fellow alumnae to discover the art and history of the Seine Valley. TRAVELING WITH YOU the Seine Valley. TRAVELING WITH YOU For those who would like to extend their stay in France, an optional Kathryn Calley Galitz ‘86 is a scholar specializing in European For those who would like to extend their stay in France, an optional Kathryn Calley Galitz ‘86 is a scholar specializing in European prelude in Normandy is offered. art. At The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Dr.
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