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Girls, Gorillas and Art

April 27, 2017 @ 7:30 am - 9:00 am PDT

Free

Take a virtual tour through the collection of the deYoung and the California Palace of the Legion of Honor focused on artworks created by women. What do we know about their lives? Their art? Join a creative conversation about art, women, and women in art!

Maurene Viele is a retired physician who specialized in blood bank management, transfusion services, clinical laboratory medicine and pathology. She spent most of her career at UCSF and Stanford University. From the start, Maurene was recognized for her teaching skills, receiving Residents’ Awards for Excellence in Teaching at both UCSF and Stanford’s Medical School. Beginning in 2003, Maurene began a new type of teaching when she became a docent at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, where she continues to lead tours today.