This year’s free lecture series examines topics related to the Museum’s major exhibition of the season, The Virtues of Simplicity—American Arts and Crafts from the Morse Collection and other timely art historical subjects. Programs take place on Wednesdays in the McKean Pavilion, 161 West Canton Avenue (just behind the Museum), and are followed by a reception. Please note: Dates for 2009–2010 season will be posted in September.
2008–2009
Frank Lloyd Wright in Arts and Crafts Context:
Prairie-style Architecture and Furnishings
November 12, 2008, 2:30 p.m.
Cheryl Robertson, Independent Scholar, Curator, and Museum Consultant,
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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The Arts and Crafts Movement from England to the United States
January 14, 2009, 7:30 p.m. (please note special time)
Wendy Kaplan, Department Head and Curator, Decorative Arts and Design, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
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The Art and Craft of Reproducing William Blake's Songs of Innocence and of Experience
February 18, 2009, 2:30 p.m.
Michael Phillips, Senior Scholar, Winter Park Institute, Rollins College, Winter Park
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Kimbel & Cabus and Modern Gothic Furniture in the United States
April 1, 2009, 2:30 p.m.
Barry Harwood, Curator, Department of Decorative Arts, The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York
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2009 Hugh F. McKean Public Lecture: The Art of Forgery
March 10, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
Edward Dolnick, Author and Journalist,
Washington, D.C.
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