Summer 2013 Lectures Series

June

O'Keeffe: Abstraction and Nature
Sunday, June 30
2pm
Dr. Bruce Robertson, Professor of Art History specializing in American art 1700 – 1945 and director of the Art, Design and Architecture Museum at the University of California, Santa Barbara, is the co-author of Georgia O'Keeffe and Abstraction (Whitney Museum and Yale University Press, 2009) and the essay "The force that through the green fuse... Georgia O'Keeffe and Nature" in the catalogue Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George (Thames and Hudson, 2013)

July

When is a Lily not just a Lily?
Sunday, July 21
2pm
Gwendolyn Owens, curator, critic, and liaison officer in the office of the provost at McGill University is the author of the essay "The Spirit Loosed from its Shackles: Georgia O'Keeffe and Women's Art" in the exhibition catalogue Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George.

August

O'Keeffe and Stieglitz: Lovers, 'Frenemies,' and Enduring Partners
Sunday, August 25
2pm
Lisa Mintz Messinger, former curator at The Metropolitan Museum of Art and author of Georgia O'Keeffe (Thames & Hudson, 2001) and Stieglitz and His Artists: Matisse to O'Keeffe (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2011) discusses the enduring, and sometimes tumultuous relationship between these two art world giants over the course of 30 years.

September

Reflections on Modern Nature: Georgia O'Keeffe and Lake George
Sunday, September 14
2pm
Erin B. Coe, chief curator at The Hyde Collection, will speak about curating the exhibition on its closing day. Reservations required.

All lectures are free with admission and take place in Froelich Auditorium. For more information and reservations contact June Leary, curator of education, at 518-792-1761, ext. 327 or jleary@hydecollection.org