Spring 2011 Speakers Series
February 24, 2011 – RCOBA LH202 at 7:00 PM
ERIC AVERY, M.D., artist and Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston.
“Art as Medicine – Medicine as Art”
Additional support for Avery’s visit has been received from The Museum of Texas Tech and the Tech Print Club.
March 7, 2011 – Art B-01 at 5:15 PM
VIRGINIA RUTLEDGE, Curator 2011 Texas Biennial, New York based art historian and lawyer
“Jurying & Curating Exhibitions”
April 12, 2011 – Art B-01 at 7:00 PM
DENNIS MCNETT, artist, Adjunct Professor of Art, Pratt Institute, New York
April 28, 2011 – Art B-01 at 7:00 PM
MICHAEL WILSON, Ph.D., Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, School of Arts & Humanities, University of Texas at Dallas
Wilson’s visit is funded by the Art History area.
LANDSCAPE AS KNOWLEDEGE
Continuing the year long conversation will be guest speakers Liz Wells, William Coolidge, Matthew Fox, Jackie Brookner, Miguel Gandert, Steve Fitch, and Lucy Lippard, as well as the exhibition LLANO ESTACADO: An Island in the Sky. Click here for a complete schedule and details or go to www.art.ttu.edu/landscape-as-knowledge. Funding for this semester’s presentations comes from the College of Visual & Performing Arts, Land Arts of the American West, the College of Architecture, the Ryla T. & John F. Lott Endowment for Excellence in the Visual Arts in the School of Art, the Art History area of the School of Art, and Landmark Arts.
Exhibitions and visiting speakers programs at the School of Art are supported by generous grants from the Helen Jones Foundation and The CH Foundation, both of Lubbock. Additional support comes from Cultural Activities Fees administered through the College of Visual & Performing Arts.