Category Archives: Lectures

SARAH PETERS (b. 1973) lives and works in Queens, NY. Peters was educated at Virginia Commonwealth University (MFA), The University of Pennsylvania (BFA), and The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (Certificate). The artist is a recipient of awards and residencies from John Michael Kohler, WI and New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), NY (2011); The Fine Arts Work Center,… Read More

Vincent Desiderio and Daniel Maidman continue the conversation begun in their book “Theseus: Vincent Desiderio on Art,” holding a back and forth about art and ideas. Audience questions will be taken, and copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.

Collaboration, Social Media, Exchange in the Art World: Sharon Louden in conversation with the dynamic JiaJia Fei and Antwaun Sargent about their dynamic high-profile friendship, their presence on social media and their take on the art world today.   JiaJia Fei is a digital strategist with a decade of experience working at the intersection of digital marketing, branding, web, mobile,… Read More

Erik Parker was born in Stuttgart, Germany in 1968. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Texas at Austin in 1996 and a Master of Fine Arts from SUNY Purchase in 1998. Parker has been awarded several honors throughout his career, including the Durhurst Family Scholarship (1997(, Rose Scholarship (1997), and the Rema Hort-Mann Foundation Grant… Read More

Born in New York City in 1931, Cunningham grew up in Pittsfield, Massachusetts where he studied art with Ben Shahn. He graduated from Harvard College in 1953 and served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He returned to New York and studied painting with Edwin Dickinson and drawing and anatomy with Robert Beverly Hale at the Art Students… Read More

Jago is an eclectic artist and sculptor, whose works are distinguished by their technical mastery, expressive exuberance, and vigorously in-depth psychological characterizations. Drawing on his study of the great renaissance and baroque masters, his work is born of continuous research of material, and thematic synthesis within a complex cultural and conceptual framework. Nicknamed the Social Artist, Jago has succeeded in… Read More

November 7: Creating Visual Histories: the Role of Art History Today: Sharon Louden moderates a conversation with Yasmeen Siddiqui and Alpesh Kantilal Patel as to how artists become part of art history today. How can art history be relevant and be a bridge into the public realm?   Yasmeen Siddiqui is the founder of Minerva Projects, an incubator space launched… Read More

Alice Gray Stites is Museum Director and Chief Curator of 21c Museum Hotels. A multi-venue museum located in Louisville, Cincinnati, Bentonville, Durham, Lexington, Oklahoma City, and Nashville, 21c was founded by Laura Lee Brown and Steve Wilson, collectors and preservationists who are committed to expanding the audience for contemporary art. Stites curates exhibitions, site-specific installations, and a range of cultural… Read More

Artist Lecture: Alfred Leslie in conversation with Alexi Worth Photo credit Peter Bellamy   Alfred Leslie is an American artist and filmmaker. He first achieved international success as an Abstract Expressionist painter, but changed course in the early 1960s and became a painter of realistic figurative paintings. Leslie’s solo exhibitions include those at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1976);… Read More

How do you insure artwork made of melting wax, or frozen blood? How should collectors care for taxidermied animals or artwork incorporating insects? Fine art insurance specialist Laura Murphy Doyle will discuss how to protect artwork and manage the risks that come with creating and collecting contemporary art.