Friends of Contemporary Art presents a lecture by renowned sculptor Karen LaMonte in conjunction with SOFA WEST. The lecture will take place in the New Mexico Museum of Art’s St. Francis Auditorium, 107 W. Palace Avenue, at 10am on Thursday, July 8, 2010.
Mark Rosen, assistant professor of aesthetic studies at the University of Texas at Dallas, will present “An Elevated Subject: Duccio’s Raising of Lazarus in its Visual Tradition” as part of the Kimbell Art Museum’s “Art in Context” series, on Wednesday, May 5, at 12:30 p.m. in the Museum auditorium.
If photography is your cup of tea, then the Dallas Museum of Art has something special for you. Three lectures related to the Lens of Impressionism: Photography and Painting Along the Normandy Coast, 1850-1874 will be presented by photographic experts, curators and educators during April 2010. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about the techniques and technology of 19th century photography.
The Dallas Architecture Forum continues its 14th season of lectures with landscape architect Deb MITCHELL of JJR Landscape Architects, who designed Elaine and Charles Sammons Park, the ten-acre urban oasis at the AT&T Performing Arts Center in Dallas. Mitchell will speak Thursday, April 8 at 7 p.m. in Hamon Hall at The Winspear Opera House, 2403 Flora St.
Ben Jones is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York whose tantalizing work is featured in the Modern’s third FOCUS exhibition of the season. Jones, a member of the East Coast Art Collective, Paper Rad, has received recognition with an impressive exhibition, performance, and publication record for what is described in the press release for his solo exhibition The New Dark Age at Deitch Projects in New York as, “between-media video sculpture, light painting, and ‘drawing in the digital age’ ” that “explores new methods of pictorial storytelling…”
Perry Chapman, professor of art history at the University of Delaware, Newark, will present a free lecture titled “ ‘Rembrandt Laughing’: Passion in the Early Self-Portraits,” on Friday, April 9, at 6 p.m. in the Kimbell Art Museum auditorium.
New York-based artist R. H. Quaytman and art historian Rhea Anastas recount the three-year run of Orchard, a Lower East Side gallery operated by a collective of artists, writers, and film and video makers in their presentation titled, May I Help You? A Short History of Orchard, 2005–2008 and a Spreadsheet. Quaytman and Anastas offer two perspectives on what happened when a strategic alliance of 12 artists was attempted, and when this diversity of artistic intentions, models, and values was made the basis of an exhibition, panel, and screening program. The project is discussed as one response to a complex period in art and culture in post-9/11 New York. In one of a series of articles on Orchard for the journal Grey Room, Branden W. Joseph wrote, “During that three-year period, the exhibitions, events, openings, screenings, discussions, and performances staged at the venue gradually became the locus and embodiment of a certain strain of critical artistic discourse. …” While Quaytman and Anastas have successful, individual careers within their respective fields, this evenings presentation focuses on that “strain of critical artistic discourse” and the shared experience of Orchard.
Join artist Muriel Hasbun and the McKinney Avenue Contemporary (The MAC) on March 6th at 4: PM at The McKinney Avenue Contemporary for an Art Talk & Workshop. In conjunction with her opening exhibition at The MAC, “Muriel Hasbun : barquitos de papel and other stories, Hasbun and the MAC invite all participants to bring photocopies of family photos, letters from home, documents and other memorabilia to make paper boats to add to the installation and to the artist’s growing collective archive.
Fort Worth artist Billy Hassell will present a gallery talk in the Kimbell Art Museum’s “Artist’s Eye” series on Saturday, March 6, at 11 a.m. The Kimbell’s curator for Asian and non-Western art, Jennifer Casler Price, will moderate this free program.
Richard R. Brettell, the Margaret McDermott Distinguished Chair of Art and Aesthetics at the University of Texas at Dallas, will present a free lecture titled “Reflections on Collecting in Texas” on Friday, March 5, at 6 p.m. in the Kimbell Art Museum auditorium.
Join the El Paso Museum of Art on Wednesday, February 10, 2010 at 12:15 p.m. for Artists on Art with Miguel Bonilla. This event is free to the public.
Joseph D. Ketner II is currently the Henry and Lois Foster Chair in Contemporary Art, Distinguished Curator-in-Residence, at Emerson College, a position that follows his post as the chief curator at the Milwaukee Art Museum where he organized Andy Warhol: the Last Decade.
Christopher Lloyd, former Surveyor of the Queen’s Pictures, The Royal Collection, UK, will present a free lecture titled Gainsborough and Reynolds: Contrasts in Royal Patronage on Friday, February 26, at 6 p.m. in the Kimbell Art Museum auditorium.
Join the El Paso Museum of Art on Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 2:00 pm in the El Paso Energy Auditorium for “Into the Desert Light 1850-1960”, a lecture by Michael R. Grauer which will discuss early El Paso art. This event is free to the public. Seating is limited to 212 people and is on a first come, first served basis.
Exhibiting artists Glenn Ligon and Marilyn Minter discuss desire with Desire curator Annette DiMeo Carlozzi at the Blanton Museum of Art.
Mr. Holga — Mr. Holga is a die-hard film photographer specializing in Holga cameras.
www.mrholga.com
Jennifer Grassman — Serpent Tales and Nightingales starring Jennifer Grassman. Lovely music.
www.jennifergrassman.com
