Lectures in March at Arkansas Arts Center
Gustave Courbet and the Modern Landscape
By Mary Morton, Curator of French Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
6:30 p.m.
Admission is free.
Arkansas Arts Center Lecture Hall
Join the Arkansas Arts Center for a lecture by Mary Morton, curator of French Painting at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Morton will provide context for the Arts Center’s seascape by Gustave Courbet, a recent acquisition. She will discuss Courbet’s sea- and landscapes in relation to the other genres of painting in which Courbet worked. She will also discuss the influence Courbet’s painting had on the impressionists and later generations of artists. The lecture was originally scheduled for November 19, 2009.
Friends of Contemporary Craft
“Conversation” with Elizabeth Brim
Sunday, March 14, 2010 • 6 p.m.
Arkansas Arts Center Lecture Hall
Blacksmith Elizabeth Brim will join the Friends of Contemporary Craft for a “Conversation” about her work and career. Brim received a Master of Fine Arts in printmaking from the University of Georgia and studied ceramics, woodworking and metalwork at Penland School of Crafts in North Carolina. Currently, Brim lives in Penland and works as a full-time blacksmith artist. Her steel works of art consist of tiaras, Sunday hats, aprons, high heels and tutus. She describes her art as “playing dress-up,” creating works that allow her to have a good time in the process. Tickets to the “Conversation” are $15 for FOCC members and $20 for non-members. A light dinner will be served after the lecture. For more information and to make reservations, please contact Caroline Brown at 501-396-0357 or cbrown@arkarts.com.
Seaport of the Pharaohs to the Land of Punt: Recent Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt with Dr. Kathryn Bard, Associate Professor of Archaeology at Boston University, Archaeologist and Author
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Reception: 6 p.m.; Lecture: 6:30 p.m.
Arkansas Arts Center Children’s Theatre
Sponsored by University of Arkansas at Little Rock - Middle Eastern Studies Program and
Anthropology Department.
Join Kathryn Bard, Associate Professor of Archaeology at Boston University, as she discusses details of her fantastic archaeological find of nautical items belonging to the first female Pharaoh, Hatshepsut. Bard will also discuss the excavations at the pharaonic harbor site of Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt, by Boston University and the University of Naples l’Orientale. Tickets: $5 General Public. Call 501-372-4000 for tickets. All attendees must reserve a ticket.
