UPCOMING EVENTS
Program Highlights
Artist Salon Series
Friday, October 14 | Noon: Gallery Talk led by Kathleen Robins
Friday, October 21 | Noon: Gallery Talk led by Jeff Donovan
Friday, October 28 | Noon: Gallery Talk led by Brian Lang and Ethel Brody
This series features dialogue across disciplines around various artist-chosen topics and
exhibitions. Intimate gallery talks in October feature Kathleen Robins, Associate Professor
of Studio Art: Photography at USC, in the Michael Kenna: Venezia exhibition, and artist
Jeff Donovan speaking about personal work in the exhibition An Artist’s Eye and his
experiences as a working artist. Free with admission or membership.
Hudson River Lecture Series
Thursdays, November 3, 10, 17 and December 1 | 10:00 - 11:00 am
In anticipation of the exhibition, Nature and the Grand American Vision, brush up on your
knowledge of American Art with Professor Lydia Mattice Brandt. This four-part lecture
series explores ideas of national identity and the intersection of art, culture, and politics
in mid-nineteenth-century America. Lydia Mattice Brandt’s work focuses on popular
American architecture of the late 19th and early 20th-centuries, particularly the Colonial
Revival. As an assistant professor of art at USC, Brandt teaches the history of American art
and architecture, and theory and methods of historic preservation.
$60 for the series / $48 Members / $16 single lecture
Arts & Draughts with Free Times Music Crawl
Friday, November 4 | Doors open at 7:00 pm
Arts & Draughts partners with Free Times Music Crawl to bring great performances
by numerous bands all night, including a performance by Shovels and Ropes, plus beer
tastings, a unique perspective tour of the Museum’s collection, DIY art projects, interactive
performances and more. Arts and Draughts is brought to you by Free Times, Earth Fare,
WXRY and The Whig. Art, drink and be happy! $8 / $5 Members / Join or renew at the
party and get in for free.
Wadsworth Chamber Music Series
Internationally-acclaimed artistic director Edward Arron and world-renowned musicians
perform in the Museum’s gorgeous DuBose-Poston Reception Hall. Join us for a season
featuring some of the most cherished chamber music of all time, as well as new classics by
intriguing composers.
Concert dates:
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Wednesday December 7, 2011
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Thursday, March 22, 2012
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Order your Series tickets today at 803.799.2810 or visit columbiamuseum.org
Regular Prices: Season pass: $150 / Each concert: $35
Member Discount: Season Pass: $125 / Each concert: $30
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