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<b>PRESS RELEASE<br>
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</b>FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:<br>
February 26,
2018
Teresa Izzo<br>
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tizzo@ccmnh.org<br>
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The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents<br>
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<i> JMW Turner’s Whaling Pictures & Moby Dick<br>
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A program of readings for adults, exploring connections between Turner's
whaling scenes <br>
and Herman Melville's 1851 whaling epic Moby-Dick<br>
with<br>
</i> Storyteller Tom Lee<br>
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BREWSTER, MA The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History in Brewster
presents<br>
<i>JMW Turner’s Whaling Pictures & Moby Dick, </i>a program of
readings exploring connections between Turner’s whaling scenes and Herman
Melville’s 1851 whaling epic, <i>Moby Dick</i> with Storyteller <br>
Tom Lee <b>Saturday, March 24, 2018 at 1pm.<br>
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</b>Reprising a program he presented at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York City for their special exhibit “Turner’s Whaling Pictures,” Tom
Lee will read from Melville’s magnificent novel, <i>Moby Dick</i>, and
guide a visual exploration of Turner’s pictures, Melville’s prose, and
the book that links the two together. <br>
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This connection between Melville and the great English painter JMW Turner
leads some art historians to the tantalizing theory that Melville may
have had Turner’s painting <i>“Whalers” </i>in mind while
describing the immense “boggy, soggy, squitchy picture” that hangs above
the fireplace in the Spouter-Inn in chapter three of <i>Moby-Dick. </i>As
additional proof<i>, </i>on the title page of his personal copy of Thomas
Beale’s ‘Natural History of the Sperm Whale” Herman Melville wrote a
brief notation in pencil, <i>"Turner’s pictures of whalers were
suggested by this book."</i> <br>
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Tom Lee is a professional storyteller with 30 years’ experience
performing traditional stories, folktales, and myths for adults and for
children. He is the artistic director of <b>artsVOYAGE</b> at Spencertown
Academy in Spencertown, NY, and a roster artist with Arts for Learning in
Connecticut. He also performs for adults in theaters, museums and at
festivals throughout the country. Join us for this engaging,
evocative experience when Lee weaves the synergy of art and language
between Turner and Melville.<br>
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Free with Museum Admission<br>
For more information please call 508-896-3867, ext. 133<br>
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Teresa Izzo<br>
Program Coordinator<br>
Cape Cod Museum of Natural History<br>
869 Main St./Rte. 6A<br>
Brewster, MA 02631<br>
508-896-3867 x137<br>
508-896-8844 - fax</body>
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