Programs & Events

The University Museums host lectures, gallery talks and curator's talks throughout the year, in conjunction with current exhibitions or to highlight research on works from the permanent collection. All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted.

- Friday, February 10, 2012, 2 to 6 p.m.
2 to 4 p.m., “Connoisseurship: Looking at Contemporary Prints” with James Stroud, artist, master printer, Center Street Studio, Milton, Massachusetts
Harnett Museum of Art
4 to 6 p.m., Benefit Print Sale, Harnett Print Study Center
In conjunction with the exhibition Idea to Image: Process, States, and Proofs from the Print Collection

- Thursday, February 23, 2012, 7 to 9 p.m.
7 p.m., Lecture, Brown Alley Room, Weinstein Hall
“Exploring Meaning and Function in Eighteenth-Dynasty Painted Tombs in Thebes” Gay Robins, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Art History and Michael C. Carlos Museum Faculty Consultant for Ancient Egyptian Art, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia
8 to 9 p.m., Reception and preview of the exhibition Ti-Ameny-Net: An Ancient Mummy, An Egyptian Woman, and Modern Science
Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University Museums  

- Wednesday, February 29, 2012, 6 to 7 p.m.
Lecture, Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature
“Scientist and Curator: A Conversation” Ann Fulcher, ’83, M.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Radiology, Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, and Caroline Cobert, ’12, biology and classical civilization double major, University of Richmond and curator of the exhibition Ti-Ameny-Net: An Ancient Mummy, An Egyptian Woman, and Modern Science

- Friday, March 23, 2012, 4:15 to 5:15 p.m.
Classics Tea and Talk, Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature
“Each is a Healer: The Long Tradition of Egyptian Medicine” Julie Laskaris, Associate Professor of Classical Studies, University of Richmond
In conjunction with the exhibition Ti-Ameny-Net: An Ancient Mummy, an Egyptian Woman, and Modern Science

- Monday, March 26, 2012, 6 to 7 p.m.
Lecture, Brown Alley Room, Weinstein Hall
“Everyday Art: The Islamic Impact on American Arts” Hussein Rashid, Professor of Religious Studies, Hofstra University, New York

 

- Sunday, April 1, 2012, 12 to 3 p.m.
University Museums Family Day
Free! Fun, hands-on art activities, entertainment, and refreshments
Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, University Museums
In conjunction with the exhibitions Ti-Ameny-Net: An Ancient Mummy, An Egyptian Woman, and Modern Science and Woman as Image: Museum Studies Seminar Exhibition

- Friday, April 13, 2012, 1 to 5 p.m.
Gallery Talks, Harnett Museum of Art, Modlin Center for the Arts
Arts and Sciences Student Symposium, talks by
student artists featured in the Senior Thesis Exhibition