Hendrick Avercamp Exhibition Complemented by Array of Public Programs, Including Special Offerings for Audiences Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Hendrick Avercamp, Landscape with
Windmill, c. 1610-1620
oil on panel
Willem Baron
van Dedem
A variety of programs, including special offerings for visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing, is planned to celebrate the exhibition Hendrick Avercamp: The Little Ice Age, on view at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, from March 21 through July 5, 2010. Avercamp, known to contemporaries as the "Stomme van Kampen" (Mute of Kampen), was not able to speak and was possibly deaf. This inspired the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, where the exhibition was on view from November 20, 2009 to February 15, 2010, in collaboration with the Dutch signing center Nederlands Gebarencentrum, to introduce new programs for visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing. Similarly, the Gallery and Gallaudet University have developed a joint pilot project of exhibition-related offerings for audiences who are deaf or hard of hearing.
All programs are offered free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis.
American Sign Language Tours
A 45-minute tour of the exhibition in American Sign Language (ASL) will be offered at 1:00 p.m. Thursdays from April 1 through July 1, departing from the West Building Rotunda. Tours will be led by students and alumni from Gallaudet University, and will be interpreted into spoken English.
Lectures
Skates & Skating in the Netherlands: When There Was Actually Ice!
Anrie
Broere, skate collector
Friday, March 19 at 1:00
p.m.
East Building Auditorium
The lecture will be American
Sign Language–interpreted.
Introduction to the Exhibition—Hendrick Avercamp:
The Little Ice Age
Pieter Roelofs, curator of 17th-century paintings,
Rijksmuseum
Hendrick Avercamp—Fashions
on the Ice
Bianca M. du Mortier, curator of costume, Rijksmuseum
Sunday, March 21, 2:00
p.m.
East Building Auditorium
The lecture will be American
Sign Language–interpreted and presented with open captions.
Book signing of Hendrick Avercamp, Master of the Ice Scene follows.
Gallery Talks
Regular 60-minute public tours of the exhibition are offered by the adult programs department of the education division. Tours depart from the West Building Rotunda. More information about these and other Gallery Talks is available at www.nga.gov/programs/galtalks/. Interpreted tours for visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing may be made available upon request. To make an appointment, please call (202) 842-6247 or the Gallery's Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (202) 842-6176 three weeks in advance.
Skates & Skating in the Netherlands: When There Was Actually Ice!
Anrie
Broere, skate collector
March 19* and 20*, 11:00 a.m.
Hendrick Avercamp: The Little Ice Age
Eric Denker or J. Russell
Sale
March 26, 27*, 28; April
2, 7, 9, 16*; May 7*, 21, 28*; June 4, 5*, 7 at 1:00 p.m.
March 30, 31; April 1 at 12:00 noon
* These Gallery Talks will be interpreted for visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Educational Resource
An educational resource for parents, teachers, and children ages seven and up exploring works by Hendrick Avercamp in the Gallery’s collection may be downloaded at www.nga.gov/kids/scoop-avercamp07.pdf.
Gallery Shops
Published by the Rijksmuseum/Uitgeverij Nieuw Amsterdam, the exhibition catalogue is the first monograph on Avercamp in some 25 years. It includes essays by curators Jonathan Bikker, Bianca du Mortier, Pieter Roelofs, Marijn Schapelhouman, Arie Wallert, and conservator Ige Verslype, all from the Rijksmuseum, and by historical geographer Adriaan de Kraker, an associate of the Institute for Geoarchaeology and Bioarchaeology at the Free University of Amsterdam. The 192-page softcover catalogue includes 175 illustrations and is available for purchase in the Gallery Shops. To order, please visit http://shop.nga.gov/; call (800) 697-9350 or (202) 842-6002; fax (202) 789-3047; or e-mail mailorder@nga.gov.
In addition to the catalogue, the Shops offer an array of exhibition-related books and items, including a poster, puzzle, magnet set, pen, postcard, and postcard-sized Advent calendar.
About the Exhibition
In the first exhibition devoted to Dutch landscape artist Hendrick Avercamp (1585–1634), scenes of ice skating, sleigh rides, and outdoor games on frozen canals and waterways bring to life the lively pastimes and day-to-day bustle of the Golden Age of the Dutch Republic. Hendrick Avercamp: The Little Ice Age will feature some 14 paintings and 16 drawings that capture the harsh winters of the period and the activities they made possible. A selection of Dutch ice skates will also be on view.
The exhibition was organized by the National Gallery of Art, Washington, and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Explore related online resources at www.nga.gov/exhibitions/avercampinfo.shtm.
Special Tours, Audio Devices, and Print Materials at the Gallery
Interpreted tours for visitors who are deaf or hard of hearing are available upon request for tours of the permanent collection as well as for special exhibitions. To make an appointment, please call (202) 842-6247 or the Gallery's Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (202) 842-6176 three weeks in advance. Printed scripts of all recorded tours are available at the entrance to some of the special exhibitions. Large headphones, which deliver full-frequency, amplified digital audio sound in a lightweight design, are offered at the recorded-tour desk for special exhibitions that have an Acoustiguide tour and for The Director's Tour.
Both East Building auditoriums are equipped with special auditory systems. Receivers and neck loops necessary to access these systems may be borrowed from the information desk located on the ground level of the East Building. The Lecture Hall in the West Building is similarly equipped; receivers and neck loops for this space may be borrowed from the information desk at the 6th Street and Constitution Avenue entrance to the West Building.
Full details about accessibility at the Gallery are available at www.nga.gov/ginfo/disabled.shtm.
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