Cuno To Speak On The NEA At March 5 Penn State Forum

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University Park, Pa. -- James Cuno, Elizabeth and John Moors Cabot Director of the Harvard University Art Museums, will present "The American Canvas: A Reply to the NEA" at the Penn State Forum from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 in the Nittany Lion Inn Ballroom.

Cuno has lectured widely on contemporary American art and the role of art museums in contemporary American cultural policy. He joined the Harvard Museums in 1991, having previously served as the director of the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College. He earned his Ph.D. degree from Harvard in 1985.

The Penn State Forum is a lunchtime speakers series sponsored by the Penn State Faculty Staff Club and the Penn State Bookstore. Tickets are $10 and include lunch. Tables of 10 may be reserved in advance; tickets will be sold at the door on a first-come, first-served basis. Lunch begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by the presentation at noon. For more information, call (814) 865-7590.

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