image: George Benjamin Luks (1867-1933)
Bleecker and Carmine Streets, New York, circa 1905, oil on canvas
Collection of the Milwaukee Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald B. Abert and Mrs. Barbara Abert Tooman
​ [photo by John R. Glembin]
Celebrating the 61st Season of Exploring, Expanding, & Enlivening the Arts in Peoria!
Second Thursdays in October through December, February through May

Lectures held in Peoria Riverfront Museum Auditorium (lower level) unless otherwise indicated.
Social time at 9:30 AM, lecture starts at 10:00 AM unless otherwise indicated.
Members: free.  Non-members: tickets are available at the door, adults: $12 / students $5.
October 13, 2022  A NEW SETTING FOR TIFFANY GLASS:
                                                    THE HARTWELL MEMORIAL WINDOW AT THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO 
                                                    Dr. Elizabeth McGoey, Associate Curator, Arts of the Americas, Art Institute of Chicago
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November 10. 2022      J.W.M. TURNER: AN ARTIST OF HIS TIME
                                                   Julia Welch, Assistant Curator, Paintings, Art of Europe, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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December 8, 2022        SHAKE IT UP; CURATING NATIVE ART AT THE DENVER ART MUSEUM
                                                   Dakota Hoska, Assistant Curator, Native Arts, Denver Art Museum
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BONUS LECTURE FOR MEMBERS ONLY
January 18, 2023           POWER AND PROPAGANDA IN ROMAN IMPERIAL CAMEOS
                                                  Dr. Julia C. Fischer, Associate Professor of Art History, Lamar University
February 9, 2023            DAVID C. DRISKELL; EXTRAORDINARY ARTIST, SCHOLAR, CURATOR
                                                   Jaurez Hawkings, artist and educator, Chicago
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March 9, 2023                   VERMEER'S CREATIVE PROCESS; NEW FINDINGS FROM THE 
                                                    NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
                                                    Dr. Melanie Gifford, Painting Conservator

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April 13, 2023                    AMERICAN STUDIO FURNITURE MAKERS: THE FIRST GENERATION
                                                    Dr. Robert Aibel, Principal, Moderne Gallery, Philadelphia
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May 11, 2023                    THE ASHCAN SCHOOL AND THE EIGHT: "CREATING A NATIONAL ART"
                                                   Chyna Bounds, Assistant Curator, Milwaukee Art Museum 

MEMBERS APPRECIATION BREAKFAST BUFFET STARTS AT 9:00 AM

​LECTURE AVAILABLE ALSO LIVE BY ZOOM
free to MEMBERS, watch for link to register in FAS email on May 4
NON-MEMBERS, purchase ticket at 309tix.com
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