A Visit with Isabella Stewart Gardner, America’s First Patroness of the Arts, portrayed by character reenactor Jessa Piaia, will take place on Sunday, November 3rd, 2 pm, in the Gordon Room of the Peabody Institute Library, 15 Sylvan Street, Danvers. The dramatic portrayal is set in 1910, seven years after the opening of Fenway Court, the house-museum which Mrs. Gardner designed and built for her extensive art collection, and willed to the City of Boston upon her demise. A recognized leader of Boston’s emerging salon scene, Mrs. Gardner, with characteristic verve and candor, relates episodes about her luminous circle of family and friends, relives journeys to exotic lands, and shares other encounters.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Danvers Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
Light refreshments will follow the portrayal. Sponsored by the Friends of the Peabody Institute Library, this event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 978-774-0554.