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DESCRIPTION:Categories: Member Events\, Sponsor \, Fellow \, Circle\n\nOpen
  to: Circle\, Fellow\, and Sponsor-level members\n\nExplore the history of 
 the Whitney Museum and its precursors\, the Whitney Studio and the Whitney 
 Studio Club\, during this visit to the Museum's first home\, now the New Yo
 rk Studio School.&nbsp\;\nThe 1931 opening of the Whitney Museum of America
 n Art in Greenwich Village was the culmination of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitn
 ey's long career as an artist\, patron\, and collector. Defying society's e
 xpectations for a woman of her class\, Whitney (1875&ndash\;1942) sought ou
 t work as a professional sculptor\, and in 1907 she purchased a carriage ho
 use on MacDougal Alley to use as a studio. Over the next decades she became
  deeply involved in the downtown artistic community. With the constant assi
 stance of Juliana Force (1876&ndash\;1948)\, who would become the Museum's 
 first director\, Whitney opened the Whitney Studio Galleries and the Whitne
 y Studio Club\, precursors to the Museum\, which provided stipends\, classe
 s\, and exhibitions supporting American artists. She acquired properties ad
 jacent to the studio to serve as the headquarters for these ventures. When 
 the Museum opened its doors to the public\, four town houses and their atta
 ched carriage houses had been consolidated into a single structure&mdash\;8
  West Eighth Street.&nbsp\;\nSince 1967\, the building has continued its ar
 tistic legacy as the home of the New York Studio School of Drawing\, Painti
 ng\, and Sculpture. The MacDougal Alley studio and salon\, as well as other
  interior spaces\, offer a unique view into the early history of the Museum
 .&nbsp\;\nOpen to Whitney Circle\, Fellow\, and Sponsor members. RSVP requi
 red. To upgrade your membership\, please call (212) 570-3641.\n\nWhitney Mu
 seum of American Art
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LOCATION:Location to be provided upon RSVP
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SUMMARY:Site visit: Greenwich Village Whitney Studio
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