Artist Talk: Laddie John Dill

Friday, May 9, 6 – 7 PM

Light and Space artist Laddie John Dill will discuss his new immersive argon and neon installation, EST (Eastern Standard Time), as well as his six-decade long career as a pioneer in the Light and Space movement with Arden Sherman, Glenn W. and Cornelia T. Bailey Sr. Curator of Contemporary Art.

Cost: Museum Admission / Members FREE

Artist Talk: A Conversation with Penelope Umbrico

Friday, May 16, 6 – 7 pm

Artist Penelope Umbrico’s installations, video, and digital media works utilize photo-sharing and consumer-to-consumer websites (eBay, Craigslist, Flickr) as an expansive archive to explore the production and consumption of images. Join Umbrico and Lauren Richman, Ph.D., William and Sarah Ross Soter Senior Curator of Photography, for a conversation about the appropriation and digital distortion of found images. Her work, Mountains, Moving: Of Dr. George C. Poundstone, 1926-2013 is currently on view in the special exhibition, Blur / Obscure / Distort: Photography and Perception.

Cost: Museum Admission / Members FREE

Artist Talk: A Conversation with Artist Lee Chun-yi

Friday, June 6, 6 – 7 PM

Artist Lee Chun-yi will join us virtually to discuss Heart Sutra Landscape, on view in Art of the Word: Calligraphy and Chinese Artists. His unique, brushless technique draws inspiration from ink rubbings of ancient texts carved into stone, such at the Heart Sutra which Lee repeats nine times across this 11 1/2-foot handscroll. Discover how and why Lee used the text of the Heart Sutra as a grid-like foundation to create a panoramic view of mountains shrouded in mist.

Space is limited; online registration required (available April 24 for members and May 1 for non-members).

Cost: Museum Admission/Members FREE

Curator Conversation: Art + Jewelry: Artists Across Media

Friday, June 27, 6 – 7 PM 

J. Rachel Gustafson, Chief Curatorial Operations and Research Officer, and co-curator of the special exhibition Artists’ Jewelry: From Cubism to Pop, the Diane Venet Collection, addresses the intriguing and informative relationships between artist-made jewelry and largerscale works in diverse media for which the artists are better-known.

Space is limited; online registration required (available April 24 for members and May 1 for non-members).

Cost: Museum Admission/Members FREE

Space is limited; online registration required. Walk-ins welcome if tickets remain on the day of the program.

ALERT! Ticketed events in the auditorium are capacity controlled. Please arrive 60 minutes prior to these scheduled events as they are first come first serve. Arrivals later than program start time may forfeit seating. 

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