October 22, 2016, 2–5pm
National Gallery of Art
East Building Auditorium
4th street and Constitution Ave NW
Washington DC 20001
The National Gallery of Art will launch a new annual symposium focused on American art. Named for the Gallery’s retired curator, deputy director, trustee, and chairman, as well as one of the nation’s leading scholars in American art, the inaugural John Wilmerding Symposium on American Art will feature a group of distinguished scholars, who will talk about American art from their areas of expertise. Full lecture summaries are available at go.usa.gov/xkYH6.
The John Wilmerding Symposium on American Art is made possible by a generous grant from The Walton Family Foundation.
The symposium is free and open to the public, and will take place in the Gallery’s 500-seat auditorium. Doors open 30 minutes before the program starts.
The lectures will be streamed live at go.usa.gov/xZgne.
Schedule
2pm
Welcome
Earl A. Powell III, director, National Gallery of Art
2:05–2:30pm
“Still Life and America”
Mark D. Mitchell, Holcombe T. Green Curator of American Paintings and Sculpture, Yale University Art Gallery
2:30–2:55pm
“Which Is Which? The Serious Fun of Trompe l’Oeil”
Wendy Bellion, associate professor, department of art history, University of Delaware
2:55–3:20pm
“Seeing in Detail: Frederic Church and the Language of Landscape”
Jennifer Raab, assistant professor, department of the history of art, Yale University
3:30–3:55pm
“Arthur Dove: Circles, Signs, and Sounds”
Rachael Z. DeLue, associate professor, department of art and archaeology, Princeton University
3:55–4:20pm
“Marsden Hartley’s Maine”
Randall Griffey, associate curator, department of modern and contemporary art, Metropolitan Museum of Art
4:20–4:45pm
“Rockwell Kent and the End of the World”
Justin Wolff, associate professor of art history, department of art, University of Maine
4:45–5pm
Q&A session
