Our 59th season of Exploring, Expanding, and Enlivening the Arts in Peoria!
Lectures start at 10:00 AM, followed by a Question & Answer period.  Free for members.
SEASON PREVIEW and video-taped lecture on Winslow Homer (click on these purple links to go to videos)
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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                                                      A recording of this lecture is available on YouTube.
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December 10, 2020      Jamie M. Allen, Stephen B. & Janice G. Ashley Associate Curator of Photography,  
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                                                             PHOTOGRAPHY AND AMERICA'S NATIONAL PARKS


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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
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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,
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