AUBURN — Temple Shalom will host a fascinating presentation by Victoria Browning Wyeth at 7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 12, at the synagogue located at 74 Bradman St. She will present insights, impressions and information about the work and life of her grandfather, iconic artist Andrew Wyeth.

Presenter Wyeth is the daughter of Nicholas and Jane Wyeth. Her father is a private art dealer, and her mother is an art advisor who was trained as an art historian. Wyeth is the great-granddaughter of illustrator N.C. Wyeth and the niece of contemporary realist Jamie Wyeth.

Wyeth earned a bachelor of arts degree in American Cultural Studies in 2001 from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine. During her senior year there, she organized and curated her first museum exhibition.

The exhibition, at the Bates College Museum of Art and titled “Andrew Wyeth: Her Room,” demonstrated, from initial preparatory sketches to the final 1963 tempera “Her Room,” how the artist made a painting.

A docent of Wyeth art since the summer after her sophomore year in high school, Wyeth began giving gallery talks at the Farnsworth Art Museum, near her parents’ summer home in Maine, when she was 16.

Wyeth intersperses her discussions of subject matter and technique with quotes from the artists. To her personal memories and family stories, she adds insights gained through years of conversations with her grandfather and her uncle about their work, making Wyeth’s talks unique.

The program will be followed by desserts and informal conversation. This program is free and open to the public. Call 207-786-4201 to reserve your seat.

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