Gertrude Stein: Paris, Modernism, and a Family Connection

Wednesdays, March 25 and April 1 | 1:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Bethany Congregational Church 556 N. Hope Avenue, Santa Barbara
VISTAS member price: $30; non-member price $45

Presented by Nick Stein
Step into the legendary Paris salon of Gertrude Stein, where modern art was born and literary revolutionaries gathered. VISTAS presenter Nicholas Stein brings an extraordinary personal perspective to this story—his grandparents were Gertrude’s favorite first cousins. Through family insights and cultural history, Nick will illuminate the woman who became one of the 20th century’s most influential figures. He’ll show how Gertrude’s radical experiments with language transformed literature, how her salon became the creative epicenter for Picasso, Hemingway, Matisse, and countless others, and why her fearless approach to art and life still resonates today. No background in modernist literature is needed for this presentation—just curiosity about a brilliant, unconventional woman who changed how we think about words, art, and creativity itself.