3 Wednesdays, 1:30-2:45. This structured look at art history through fiction and narrative nonfiction is a collaboration between the museums library and education departments, intended for adult patrons.

Artist of the Floating World, by Kazuo Ishiguro, Jan 9-Jan 23

Color: The Natural History of the Palette, by Victoria Finlay, February 6-20.

The Name of the Rose, Umberto Eco, Mar 5-Mar 19

Travels of a Medieval Queen, by Mary Taylor Simeti , April 2-15

Leonardo's Swans, by Karen Essex, June 4-June 18