Our 59th season of Exploring, Expanding, and Enliving the Arts in Peoria!
Lectures start at 10:00 AM, followed by a Question & Answer period.  Free for members.
October 8, 2020               Alexander B. Marr, Assistant Curator for Native American Art, Saint Louis Art Museum
                                                    NATIVE AMERICAN ART AND ECOLOGIES IN THE SOUTHWEST
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 November 12, 2020      Dr. Nancy J. Siegel, Professor of Art History, Towson University 
                                                    'IT SCARCE SEEMS A LADY-LIKE WORK': GENDER AND PAINTING IN THE
                                                          HUDSON RIVER SCHOOL
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December 10, 2020      Jamie M. Allen, Stephen B. & Janice G. Ashley Associate Curator of Photography,  
​                                                        George Eastman Museum
                                                   PHOTOGRAPHY AND AMERICA'S NATIONAL PARKS
February 11, 2021         Juarez Hawkins, instructor, Art History, Chicago State University; artist, curator
                                                   'MERCY,  MERCY ME': HOW AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS ADDRESSED
                                                        THE ENVIRONMENT
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March 11, 2021               Ellen Grenley, Associate Director of Education and Public Programs
                                                   ART, NATURE, AND PEOPLE

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April 8, 2021                      Lee Bey, Architecture Critic, The Chicago Sun Times; photographer, author
​                                                   LIFE IN A PERMANENT WARM FRONT: THE FUTURE OF BUILDING AND CITY DESIGN
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May 13, 2021                    Robert McCarter, Ruth & Norman Moore Professor of Architecture, Washington University
                                                   THE ARCHITECTURE OF CARLO SCARPA: RECOMPOSING PLACE, INTERTWINING TIME,
​                                                        TRANSFORMING REALITY