The Artist as Alchemist

This year I noticed something very interesting regarding my personal research trends. In reevaluating the topics and people I spent the last two years researching, there seem to be quite a few connections to spirituality, science, mathematics and magic all swirled together in a sort of art historical stew. So, as we art historians tend […]

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The Russian Avant-Garde

2020 brings with it new art adventures and, as you know, I am debuting a new lecture series with the Winter Garden Art Association titled Modern Art Madness vol. 2!  This follow up series to Modern Art Madness! is devoted to a few of the artists and infamous “-isms” that are often overlooked by general surveys […]

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Modern Art Madness vol. 2!

I am thrilled to finally announce my new lecture series debuting Spring 2020 – Modern Art Madness vol.2! Modern Art is such an epic movement it surely cannot be contained to just one lecture series.  This spring I will explore a whole host of artists who played significant roles in the Modern Art movement and […]

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The Art World & Celebrity

Session three of The Art World: TODAY takes a closer look at the role celebrity plays in the art world.  Can artists be celebrities?  Can celebrities be artists?  Can an artist become too famous?  What happens when an artist is more famous than their work?  Is this necessarily a bad thing? Art theory will have […]

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“From Muse to Master” Session 2

Join me for session 2 of my current lecture series, “From Muse to Master.”  We’ll discuss “The Modern Masters,” beginning with the Impressionists and then progressing into Abstract Expressionism.  Special guests Frida Kahlo and Georgia O’Keeffe make an appearance! “From Muse to Master: Celebrating Women in Art” Saturday, October 14th from 12:00 – 1:30pm – […]

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