Meet the Greek Gods and Goddesses
A Field Trip with the Western Mass. Jung Society to the George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum in Springfield, MA
Date: Sunday, March 22, 2015 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Location: George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum in Springfield, MA
| 21 Edwards Street, Springfield, MA 01103 (800) 625-7738 |
Cost: $11, $9 for Seniors over 60
Spend an afternoon with the Western Mass. Jung Society getting to know the Greek Gods and Goddesses in the plaster cast collection of the Smith Museum in Springfield. Museum docent Ellen Peck will take us on a tour of the statue hall where we can see how the ancient Greeks personified the archetypes. We will be accompanied by a local Jungian analyst to discuss how these embodiments help us to understand the forces which they represent.
Ellen Peck was born in Pittsburgh where she was a devotee of the Carnegie Museum and its classical collection of statues. She did her graduate work at Stanford in English and American Literature. She taught literature at both Wellesley and Mt. Holyoke. After a year living in Rome, she became interested in classical art and became a museum docent at both Mt. Holyoke museum and the Springfield Museums. She has also moderated a seminar on The Gods and Goddesses for the Learning in Retirement program. She has had a year of Jungian therapy but has done most of her psychological reading on her own.
