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Talk, Book Signing, and Reception with Mary Tonetti Dorra, author of "I Am a Portrait"

Talk, Book Signing, and Reception with Mary Tonetti Dorra, author of "I Am a Portrait"

Museum Store Event
collage of two images, including a book cover on the left and a photo of its author, an older silver haired person on a blue backdrop, on the right

I Am a Portrait book cover by Mary Tonetti Dorra and image of Mary Tonetti Dorra

Mary Craig Auditorium & Museum Park Wing Entrance

FREE - RSVP Requested

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Join us for a talk, book signing, and reception for I Am a Portrait by Mary Tonetti Dorra.

Give the perfect gift for the art lover in your life of short stories from Mary Tonetti Dorra’s latest book. In this collection, some of the stories are told from the point of view of the works of art themselves and are based on pieces that have been in the Dorra collection over the years.

Mary Tonetti Dorra enthralls us with her lifetime of adventure and love of art having lived in Italy, France, and Santa Barbara for over 40 years. She has written travel articles for Gourmet Magazine, The New York Times, and many others.

Her previous books are Beautiful American Vegetable Gardens, Beautiful American Rose Gardens, Demeter’s Choice: A Portrait of My Grandmother as a Young Artist, and Two Lives on Four Continents - A Double Memoir.

I Am a Portrait is her latest endeavor and will be released the first week of December 2024. Books will be available for purchase in store and online before, during, and after the event.

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