Saturday, November 13, 2004 at Collins Cinema
9:00am - 4:00pm
Join internationally renowned artists, poets, writers and
scholars to see, hear, and discuss art inspired by journeys
throughout the world.
The aura of unfamiliar places has enticed artists throughout
the twentieth century to leave home, trading the known
for the unknown, and at times enduring long journeys. Their
voyages have been inspired by scholarly, spiritual, or
personal interests in diverse cultures and their traditional
art making methods, or by the opportunity to experience
a different way of life.
This interdisciplinary symposium explores the relationship
between travel and creativity, while questioning the meaning
of place.
Held in conjunction with the exhibition American Identities:
Twentieth-Century Prints from the Nancy Gray Sherrill,
Class of 1954, Collection currently on view at the Davis.
Works by George Bellows, Chuck Close, Stuart Davis, Lesley
Dill, Childe Hassam, Edward Hopper, Alex Katz, John Marin,
Miriam Schapiro, Kiki Smith and James Abbott McNeill Whistler,
to name but a few, are on view in this survey of American
art.
No Fee. Registration Required. Limited Seating.
9:00am Coffee and tea in Collins Cafe
9:30am Introductory remarks
10:00am Renowned cultural critic Lucy Lippard will discuss
the significance of place and tourism’s role in its
definition
11:00am Poet and human rights activist Marjorie Agosín,
Wellesley College Professor of Spanish, will read from
Cartographies: Meditations on Travel and will speak about
travel as a form of identity and the meaning of diaspora
and exile
Lunch on your own
1:00pm Prominent artist Lesley Dill, known for her focus
on the human body and incorporation of literature in her
work, will talk about how her life-changing experiences
in India have influenced her art.
2:00pm Art historian and Wellesley College Professor of
Art James Oles will
examine American artists who worked in Mexico and images
and issues of the border
3:00pm Panel discussion moderated by printmaker and Wellesley
College
Professor of Art Phyllis McGibbon
Registration Form
