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Barnes and Noble Book Fair
supporting Maryland Center for the Arts Saturday, October 13, 2018 - Thursday, October 18, 2018 DON'T MISS OUR SPECIAL BOOK DISCUSSIONS and SIGNINGS at the Bel Air Barnes and Noble on Saturday, October 13!* *Seating is Limited, please scroll down to RSVP for each book discussion! 1:00-2:30pm: Judy Kelly, "Blessings and Curses" 2:30-4:00pm: Dr. Christine Sciacca, "Illuminating Women in the Medieval World" Location: Barnes and Noble: 620 Marketplace Drive Bel Air, MD 21014 |
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From Saturday October 13 - Thursday October 18; purchases completed in-store at Barnes and Noble or online with Book Fair ID: 12327128 at bn.com will donate 10% of your sale as a cash donation to the Maryland Center for the Arts!
Saturday, October 13, 2018
1:00-2:30pm Judy Kelly, "Blessing and Curses" Barnes and Noble Store: 620 Marketplace Drive Bel Air, MD Buy your copy in-store or online using Book Fair ID: 12327128 (Oct 13-18 only). Judy Kelly is an adjunct professor at Montgomery College in Maryland, and teaches "Writing Your Novel or Short Story"at Montgomery College and Frederick Community College. She was a finalist for the Somerset Literary and Contemporary Fiction Award in 2014 for her first published book, That Ever Died So Young. "Blessings and Curses", is a fiction story about a woman named Olivia Douglas, who is undecided about becoming a priest event after she has completed seminary. She is adopted, and for most of her life, has had a curse over her that she has held secret. While studying to become a priest, Olivia is given the assignment to pray with an inmate on death row. Before his execution, the inmate asks for Olivia's help, and in honoring his personal request, she discovers something in her past that threatens to uproot her ordinary life with her adopted family and causes her to desparately struggle to hold on to her persona and position. Please RSVP below to reserve your seat for this special opportunity to listen to Judy Kelly's book discussion, ask her questions, and get your copy of "Blessings and Curses" personally signed! RSVP for Your Seat |
Saturday, October 13, 2018
2:30-4:00pm Dr. Christine Sciacca "Illuminating Women in the Medieval World" Barnes and Noble Store: 620 Marketplace Drive Bel Air, MD Buy your copy in-store or online using Book Fair ID: 12327128 (Oct 13-18 only) Dr. Christine Sciacca is Associate Curator of European Art, 300-1400 at The Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. She is the editor of Florence at the Dawn of the Renaissance: Painting and Illumination, 1300-1350 (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2012) and the author of Building the Medieval World (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2010).
When one thinks of women in the Middle Ages, the images that often come to mind are those of damsels in distress, mystics in convents, female laborers in the field, and even women of ill repute. In reality, however, medieval conceptions of womanhood were multifaceted, and women’s roles were varied and nuanced. Female stereotypes existed in the medieval world, but so too did women of power and influence. The pages of illuminated manuscripts reveal to us the many facets of medieval womanhood and slices of medieval life—from preoccupations with biblical heroines and saints to courtship, childbirth, and motherhood. While men dominated artistic production, this volume demonstrates the ways in which female artists, authors, and patrons were instrumental in the creation of illuminated manuscripts. Featuring over one hundred illuminations depicting medieval women from England to Ethiopia, this book provides a lively and accessible introduction to the lives of women in the medieval world. Please RSVP below to reserve your seat for this special opportunity to listen to Dr. Sciacca's discussion, ask her questions, and get your copy of "Illuminating Women in the Medieval World" personally signed! RSVP for Your Seat |