Our 58th Season of Exploring, Expanding, Enlivening the Fine Arts in Peoria!
Peoria Riverfront Museum Auditorium (lower level) unless otherwise indicated.
Social time at 9:30 AM, lecture starts at 10:00 AM unless otherwise indicated.
Tickets are available at the door:  adults: $12 / students $5.
​October 10, 2019​             Dr. Marin R. Sullivan, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture
                                                    at Cheekwood Estate
                                                    HARRY BERTOIA: SCULPTING MID-CENTURY MODERN LIFE   
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November 14, 2019         Dr. Craig Adcock, University of Iowa
                                                    JAMES TURRELL: SKYSPACES
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December 12, 2019         Dr. Rolf Achilles, Independent Art Historian
​                                                    FORM SHIFTERS, ONE PURPOSE: BUILT FOR WORSHIP

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February 13, 2020           Julia Foulkes, New School
                                                   MAKING DANCE AMERICAN: BALLET & MODERN DANCE
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March 12, 2020                 Juarez Hawkins, Professor of Art History, Chicago State University
                                                    AFRICAN AMERICAN ART IN BRONZEVILLE

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April 9, 2020                       Melinda Watt, Curator of Textiles, Art Institute of Chicago
                                                   TEXTILE TREASURES IN THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO
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May 14, 2020                     Dr. Dana Byrd, Professor of Art History, Bowdoin College
​                                                   WINSLOW HOMER AND THE TROPICS
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