onsunday at 8:00 eastern "q&a." staiti on paul artists of the revolutionary period. fraunces tavern museum in new york city hosted the event. it is over an hour. >> we are delighted to have paul staiti. he teaches at mount holyoke college and is the author of several books on american artists. he has curated exhibitions at the metropolitan museum of art and fine arts in boston. he

onsunday at 8:00 eastern "q&a." staiti on paul artists of the revolutionary period. fraunces tavern museum in new york city hosted the event. it is over an hour. >> we are delighted to have paul staiti. he teaches at mount holyoke college and is the author of several books on american artists. he has curated exhibitions at the metropolitan museum of art and fine arts in boston. the receiver of three fellowships and a two-time senior fellow at the met. he has spoken internationally on the intersection of american art and history. with that i would like to welcome paul to the lectern. [applause] paul: thank you very much. it is a pleasure to be here. good evening to you. i want to thank my hosts at the tavern and my publisher who is represented here by sarah -- tara kennedy for publishing , this book. "of arms and artists," this is the book here. it is a hybrid book in the sense that it attempts to do a number of things at the same time. it is meant to be read by anybody. anyone who's interested in 18th century america. the founding, the revolution. i think you will fi