Lectures
Preregistration is suggested for all programs, as space is limited.
Where Art Meets Nature
DATE CHANGE – Monday, March 5, 11:00 a.m. –noon
Lecturer: Matthew Palczynski, PhD. Curator, Woodmere Art Museum
$15 ($10 members)
This talk explores some of the many intersections between art and nature,
from Romanticism to Robert Smithson to the present. Join us to discover
how art about nature can express many concerns, including a transcendentalist
type of spirituality, environmental and sustainability issues, or problems
of exhibiting art in the gallery setting.
Seeing Is Believing: The Sorcery of Elaine Kurtz
Saturday, March 10, 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Lecturer: Judith Stein, Former Curator, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
$15 ($10 members)
Picture shimmery satin or magical moiré translated into
paint. These and more sleights of hand characterize
Elaine Kurtz's brilliant op art canvases. Join us for this
talk, which will step through her artistic career.
Director's Tour with William Valerio
Saturday, March 17, 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Lecturer: William Valerio, The Patricia Van Burgh Allison Director and CEO, Woodmere
Art Museum
FREE
Join Woodmere's Director William Valerio on a tour of some of his favorite
works in the Museum's permanent collection. Wine and cheese will be served.
A Conversation with Diane Burko
Saturday, March 24, 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Lecturer: Diane Burko
$15 ($10 members)
Since 2006, artist Diane Burko
has focused on developing
painting strategies that make an
organic connection between her own personal style and the universal issue
of climate change. Join us to hear Burko talk about her paintings and photographs.
Wine and cheese will be served.
Gallery Talk: On Elaine Kurtz
Saturday, March 31, 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Lecturer: Pamela Birmingham, The Robert L. McNeil, Jr., Curator of Education,
Woodmere Art Museum
FREE
Join educator and artist Pamela Birmingham for an intimate look at Elaine
Kurtz's early geometric color works and her late Alluvial paintings. Wine and
cheese will be served.
Panel Discussion: Nature and Materiality
Saturday, April 21, 3:00–4:30 p.m.
Panelists: Frank Bramblett, Ana B. Hernandez, Neysa Grassi, Dina Wind, Keith Ragone
$15 ($10 members)
In this panel artists will discuss how they use base materials
and processes in a personal way, searching for combinations of imagery and
media that will yield new visual experiences.
Dialogues is sponsored in part by the Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation and the Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation.
