Living History

Sheila Foley, author of Whistler's London: A Bridge Through Time brings her audience back to 1874 in this presentation in which she portrays Anna Mathilda McNeill Whistler, better known as Whistler's Mother. America's most famous mother talks about her artist son, shows some of his work and shares thoughts on painting, expatriatism, and "the gentle art of making enemies."

Previous performance sites include:
Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell, MA (birthplace of James McNeill Whistler)
New England Regional Conference on the Social Studies, Boston, MA.,
Stoneham Public Library, Stoneham, MA., and many elementary and middle schools in eastern Massachusetts.

Featured in:
The Boston Sunday Globe
The Artist's Magazine (Aug 2001 issue)
The Woburn Daily Times
The Billerica Minuteman
An educational video with Sheila Foley as Whistler's Mother is now available. To arrange for "Whistler's Mother" to visit your school, club or organization, please contact Sheila Foley (Mrs. Whistler's agent) at jmw1834@verizon.net