Baroque Prints of the 17th Century, 80 etchings, engravings, and woodcuts from the Toledo Museum of Art's collection, will be displayed Friday to July 31 in the Works on Paper Galleries on the lower level. This artistic period, roughly 1600-1750, was inspired by the Catholic Church, hoping that dramatic, realistic religious images would have a positive influence on its illiterate congregants. In Italy, the works were mainly religious but in northern Europe, artists rendered landscapes and scenes from lives of common people.
Also at the museum, Rembrandt expert Ernst van de Wetering of Amsterdam will speak at 7 p.m. March 3 in the Peristyle about how a small portrait of the great artist was recently determined to be by Rembrandt instead of one of his contemporaries. The oil-on-copper portrait was mistakenly attributed to another artist, but new research indicates it was done by young Rembrandt. In his 1997 book, Rembrandt, The Painter at Work, Van de Wetering wrote of the artist's technical, artistic, and esthetic aspects.
At 1:30 p.m. March 5, people who are experiencing the early stages of memory loss and their companions are invited to Meet Me at TMA. This month's program will feature a metal-smithing demonstration. Meet in the museum's lower-level Herrick Lobby. Registration is suggested but not required: 419-537-1999.
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Call for photographers: The Photo Arts Club of Toledo and the National Center for Nature Photography invite amateur photographers to enter their contest. Categories are people, flora, fauna, places, black and white, and open. Entries, mounted or matted for hanging in sizes from 8-by-10 inches to 20-by-24 inches, may be taken to one of several locations until March 19. There are fees. Information: 734-243-3346.
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A show of art by children attending Toledo Public Schools will be Feb. 28 to March 18 at Space 237, 237 Michigan St. Opening reception will be 6 to 8 p.m. March 4.
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Call for artists: Downtown Bowling Green Art Walk, April 30, invites visual artists to apply to show their work inside businesses and at a community gallery. Deadline is March 28. Applications are at downtownbgohio.org. Information: 419-354-4332.
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Jozefina glass made in Krosno, Poland, will be displayed at We'll Frame It, 328 West Dussel Drive, Maumee, through March.
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The Toledo Bar Association Intellectual Property Law Committee with the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo and the Valentine Theatre present Copyright Law for the Arts Community, 6 to 9 p.m. March 22 in the Valentine Theatre. There is a $5 fee. Information: 419-254-2787.
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Performing artists and writers are asked to complete a short survey for the Arts Commission of Greater Toledo. Musicians, dancers, writers, and actors living in northwest Ohio and Monroe and Lenawee counties in Michigan, have until Monday to respond.
This survey is the first step in the commission's effort to better serve this segment of the arts community. It's at surveymonkey.com/s/acgt-plartists. Information: 419-254-2787.
Items for News of Art should be sent to tlane@theblade at least two weeks before the event.
First Published February 24, 2011, 3:14 a.m.
