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Lectures & Talks Sunday Salons | Visionaries Lecture Series | New Lecture Series Coming Soon Sunday Salons May 23, June 27, July 25, and August 22 2 pm, Museum Galleries and Pavilion Free with admission These informal salons bring together artists participating in 15 Minutes of Fame: Portraits from Ansel Adams to Andy Warhol and New Art for a New Century, who will participate in casual conversations with other artists, OCMA curators, and critics. Check www.ocma.net for details. May 23: Contemporary Photography in California Conversation moderated by curator/critic Michael Ned Holte with artists Jo Ann Callis, Eileen Cowin, Kim Yasuda, and Catherine Opie June 27: Century 21: Artistic Practices, 2000–2010 Conversation moderated by Karen Moss, OCMA director of exhibitions and programs, with artists to be announced. July 25: Contemporary Photography in California Conversation moderated by Sarah Bancroft, OCMA curator, with artists Katy Grannan, Sharon Lockhart, and Charlie White August 22: Century 21: Artistic Practices, 2000–2010 Conversation moderated by Christopher Miles, critic and dean of California State University, Long Beach Art Department, with artists to be announced.   Visionaries Lecture Series Every Monday beginning October 19 1:30–3:30 pm, Lyon Auditorium Visionaries $120, Museum Members $130, Non-Members $140 (sold as a series, each series sold separately) To register online for classes, please click here. You can register over the phone by calling Nora Lehman (949) 675-0707 or Dorothea Perrin at (949) 759-6927 Spend the coming art year answering the question–how did contemporary art become contemporary? Discover the unexpected connections between the past and present and encounter the sudden changes that shocked the art world. Dr. Jeanne S. M. Willette (Associate Professor of Art History at Otis College of Art & Design) leads this new series of in-depth lectures in art history to examine the Big Three—painting, sculpture, and installation and trace their history from past to present. Fall Series: A Taste of Painting Mondays beginning October 19 – November 26, 2010 The history of painting is laced with a recurring theme, that of artist freedom. The painter has always had the opportunity to confront the art audience and challenge the viewer. Painting has been up and down, in and out, alive and dead, but it has never ceased to provoke. Each painter discussed this fall will be an artist who rocked the art world and changed the landscape of cultural production. Winter Series: A Body of Sculpture Mondays beginning January 25 – March 1, 2010 The history of sculpture is usually neglected in traditional art history, perhaps because the art critic Charles Baudelaire announced that "sculpture is boring," in the middle of the 19th century. But, as shall be seen, sculpture may be neglected, but it is anything but boring. In fact, if painting shocked the public, then sculpture has scandalized the art audience. Each sculptor discussed has surprised the art world and redefined the role of three dimensional art. Spring Series: The Craft of Installation Mondays beginning March 15 – April 19, 2010 Compared to painting and sculpture, installation art is relatively new...or is it? Installation in art actually has a history. It take over the museum space and totally immerses the viewer in a new experience. A hybrid of painting, sculpture and architecture, installation art is both in and outside the precincts of the gallery space. The final series of the year will take the audience in an armchair journey though historical time and art space.   New Lecture Series Coming Soon Art in Public Places This winter and spring OCMA teams up with the Newport Beach Public Library for a new lecture series with artists and curators who work with public art. Schedule to be announced soon! This series is sponsored by the City of Newport Beach Arts Commission. Image: Newport Beach Public Library, Central Library; photograph courtesy of newport-beach.ca.us/nbpl   BACK TO TOP

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