Category Archives: Lectures

Hunter O’Hanian joined College Art Association in July 2016 as the organization’s Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer. Prior to joining CAA, Hunter was the director of the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art.  Previously, he served as Vice President of Institutional Advancement and executive director of the Foundation for Massachusetts College of Art and Design, the president of… Read More

Linden Frederick grew up in Perth, New York and studied at Ontario College of Art and Design in Toronto and Academia de Belle Arte in Florence, Italy. Frederick paints in oils on linen, creating realistic, sensitive and almost narrative landscape and still life paintings. His paintings are nocturnal visions of rural and small-town America, and imbued with a rich sense… Read More

Born in Salt Lake City, Utah in 1982, Jenny Morgan holds a BFA from Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design in Colorado in 2003. Jenny then went on to finish her MFA at the School of Visual Arts in New York in 2008. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions in New York, London, Colorado, Utah and… Read More

Since the Renaissance, painters illuminated their masterpieces with the most beautiful jewelry and gemstones of their time. The art of the jewelers is thus revealed by paintings, which are sometimes the last witnesses of long lost jewels. Art historians Inezita Gay-Eckel and Gislain Aucremanne, professors at L’ÉCOLE: The School of Jewelry Arts, will discuss painterly technique, choice of embellishment and… Read More

Critiques of student work by a renowned visiting artist are a time-honored tradition at the Academy. On Thursday, April 20, we invite you to peek behind the scenes into this normally private happening. Painter John Alexander and David Kratz, President of the Academy, will conduct critiques in front of an audience. Join us for this unique evening.

What makes a picture funny? Can satire happen without words? Ken Johnson, former art critic for The New York Times, and Robert Mankoff, cartoons editor of The New Yorker, hold an freewheeling discussion on visual art and humor. Ken Johnson grew up in Maine and graduated from Brown University in 1976 with a B.A. in art. He earned a masters… Read More

Panel discussion about the exhibition Piss and Vinegar: Two Generations of Provocateurs moderated by Ken Johnson and featuring artists Natalie Frank, Hilary Harkness, and Peter Saul.

Matthew Deleget is an artist, curator, and arts worker. Matthew has exhibited his work nationally and internationally, including solo and group exhibitions in the US, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. His work was included in the 2014 Whitney Biennial by Michelle Grabner at the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. His additional museum exhibitions include MoMA/P.S.1 (Long Island City,… Read More

Kimberly Drew (@museummammy) received her B.A. from Smith College in Art History and African-American Studies, with a concentration in Museum Studies. An avid lover of black culture and art, Drew first experienced the art world as an intern in the Director’s Office of The Studio Museum in Harlem. Her time at the Studio Museum inspired her to start the Tumblr blog… Read More