Special Events
Spring 2008
Consult-a-Curator DaySaturday, March 29
Do you have a treasured work of art you'd like to know more about? Join us for Consult-a-Curator Day, Saturday, March 29, 2008, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., at the Holiday Inn Express at Williamsburg Square. Museum staff members will talk with you about your work and also make recommendations about its care and preservation. Our curators, preparator, and registrar will examine paintings, prints, photographs, and other works on paper (limit two items per person). We will not be able to provide information on antiques, decorative arts, or collectibles, nor can we provide appraisals of financial value.
Consult-a-Curator Day is a benefit of museum membership. Registration is now closed. Please look for this event again in 2009! Cosponsored by the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art and Shaner Hotel Group.
Palmer Museum of Art
7:00 to 8:30 p.m.
FREE ADMISSION
FREE PARKING in lot Yellow E on Curtin Road
Join us on the first Thursday of every month and enjoy a film, musical performance, gallery talk, hands-on activity, or other art-related event. The galleries are open from 7:00-8:30 p.m., and there is something new and exciting every month! Offered in conjunction with Resonance from the Past: African Sculpture from the New Orleans Museum of Art.
April 3
African dance performance on the plaza by NOMMO Performing Arts Company and the students of Dance 281: Introduction to African Dance, under the direction of Kikora Franklin, assistant professor of dance.
Wednesday, April 2, 12:10 p.m.
The Art of Poetry
Todd Davis, associate professor, Department of English, Penn State Altoona. In 2004, Davis was nominated for a Pushcart Prize for poetry and is the author of a new book of poetry titled Some Heaven .
Wednesday, April 16, 12:10 p.m.
The Art of Music
Chamber Music with Strings Attached, featuring advanced string players from the School of Music.
Thursday, April 10, 6:00 p.m.
Mary F. Linda Memorial Lecture Series
Behind the Scenes: The Art of the Begram Ivory and Bone Carvings by Dr. Sanjyot Mehendale, visiting scholar, Center for Buddhist Studies, University of California, Berkeley. Cosponsored by the Friends of the Palmer Museum of Art and The Evan Pugh Professoriate.
This talk will present an analysis of the representations of women on the ivory and bone carvings from Begram, as well as the place of the urban center in the larger context of the ancient Silk Roads.
Friday, March 28, 12:10 p.m.
Manet and Friends by Patrick McGrady, Charles V. Hallman curator.
Friday, April 4, 12:10 p.m.
Revealing Clothing: Dressing for Devotion in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries , by Katherine Staab, graduate assistant.
Friday, April 11, 12:10 p.m.
G. Daniel Massad: Loading the Work by Leo Mazow, curator of American art.
Friday, April 18, 12:10 p.m.
Resonance from the Past: African Sculpture from the New Orleans Museum of Art by Joyce Robinson, curator.
Friday, April 25, 12:10 p.m.
Old Guard, New Guard: Reading Moments of Change in Portraits of Seventeenth-Century Netherlandish Women by Margaret Neeley, graduate assistant.
Saturdays, May 3 and 10, Noon to 3:00 p.m.
Pastel is a distinctive medium that is applied in layers to create brilliant colors and soft textural effects. Join pastel artist and teacher Linda Schimmel for an intensive two-session workshop inspired by the G. Daniel Massad: Loading the Work exhibition. Workshop participants will view the exhibition, discuss personally meaningful iconography, and explore the possibilities of the pastel medium. There is no charge for this workshop, but participants must attend both sessions and bring their own supplies as designated by the instructor. Preregistration is required; please contact the curator of education at (814) 863-9188 or e-mail dck10@psu.edu .
