Category Archives: Lectures

Chubb Fellows and Friends Exhibition Panel

Please join us on Wednesday, February 25 at 6:30pm for a panel discussion moderated by curator, Katherine Delony, featuring Chloe Chiasson, and Luján Peréz Hernández. The panel is free and open to the public. Chubb Fellows and Friends was made possible with the generous support of Chubb and the Green Family Art Foundation.   Katherine Delony is the Director of the Green… Read More

A Financial Roadmap for Artists with Beyond The Studio

Join us for an essential conversation focused on financial empowerment, one of the most crucial yet often overlooked aspects of building a sustainable art career. Moderated by Senior Critic Dexter Wimberly, this event will feature Amanda Adams and Nicole Mueller, hosts of the acclaimed Beyond The Studio podcast, who will share candid insights from their own experiences as working artists. Amanda and… Read More

Keith Timmons Lecture Series: Jennifer Packer in conversation with Clifford Owens

Keith Timmons Lecture Series Organized by Clifford Owens, Director of Critical Studies, New York Academy of Art This lecture series is supported by Keith Timmons, a Baltimore-based art collector, to convene Black artists, scholars, curators, and critics at the New York Academy of Art during the 2025 – 2026 academic year. Jennifer Packer creates portraits, interior scenes, and still lifes… Read More

Creative Resilience, Kenturah Davis and Dexter Wimberly In Conversation

Join Senior Critic, Dexter Wimberly in conversation with artist, Kenturah Davis as they explore resilience and perseverance in building a strong artistic career. Davis, who earned her MFA from Yale University School of Art and works between Los Angeles, New Haven, and Accra, Ghana, creates portraiture using text as a point of departure to explore language’s fundamental role in shaping… Read More

Women Sculptors: Real Talk

For the past year, a group of accomplished professional women sculptors– Vinnie Bagwell, Meredith Bergmann, Donna Dodson, Nina Levy and Barbara Segal–has been meeting monthly to share insights and challenges in their work and careers. Now they are opening up their conversation to the public in a forum discussion hosted by Nina Levy, the chair of the Sculpture Department of… Read More

The Painted Life of Gregory Gillespie: Documenting a New American Master

Join Evan Goodchild and Alexi Worth in conversation moderated by Christopher Thomas Wood. Evan Goodchild is a director, editor, and educator driven by a passion for elevating human stories. He recently directed and edited his debut feature documentary The Painted Life of Gregory Gillespie, which is currently playing at select film festivals. The film has won Best Film Audience at… Read More

The Legacy of Walter Robinson: Jane Dickson, Tom Otterness and Kate Shepherd Moderated by Carlo McCormick

  Join us on Thursday, November 20 at 6:30pm for a special panel discussion celebrating the legacy of Walter Robinson and his influential career. The conversation will be moderated by Carlo McCormick and will feature Jane Dickson, Tom Otterness, and Kate Shepherd.   Jane Dickson has been exhibiting her paintings, drawings, and prints in museums and galleries domestically and internationally… Read More

Michael Findlay & Hal Bromm in Conversation

Join pioneering art dealers Michael Findlay and Hal Bromm as they discuss their new books chronicling the birth of New York’s downtown art scene. Findlay, author of Portrait of the Art Dealer as a Young Man, will share vivid stories from his gallery in 1960s SoHo. Bromm, author of New Art, Old Buildings, will recount his experience opening the very… Read More

Jessica Vollrath in Conversation with Dexter Wimberly

Jessica Vollrath Born in 1984 to an African American father and a Mexican mother, Vollrath grew up in a uniquely diverse household with 11 siblings, a Mennonite background, and a homeschool education.  She discovered her love of painting at around the age of 8, spending her free time experimenting with various art supplies her mother found at garage sales. At… Read More

Gendering the Non-Binary in Anatomical Images with Allison Hill-Edgar

Gendering the Non-Binary in Anatomical Images How does the visual representation of the human body in anatomical images play a role in our understanding of gender differences, particularly those of non-binary bodies? Anatomical images exist at the intersection of medicine and art, as well as observation and interpretation. As a result, they reveal much about the practices, beliefs, biases, and… Read More