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Lectures, Walk-throughs and Receptions
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Lectures |
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Chunghie Lee
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Chunghie Lee: My Cup Overflows
Sunday July 19, 2009 1pm
Korean-born fiber artist Chunghie Lee, has been strongly influenced by the Korean wrapping cloths called Pojagi. Her powerful installation references the anonymous, ancient women of the Choson Dynasty, created these functional works of art. Large panels of draped silk, hemp and linen – embellished with images of Korean woman and other symbols of the past – are simultaneously contemporary in their graphic nature. Lee’s works connects past and present.
Members/Students: $7 • Non-members: $10 |
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 Courtesy of the Brockton Shoe Museum
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Stories of the Shoes City
Sunday August
2, 2009 1pm
John Learnard, chairman of the Brockton Shoe Museum, is an incomparable story teller who will trace Brockton's history
as the Shoe City. Following the lecture, enjoy a tour of the nearby Brockton Shoe Museum with John.
Members/Students: $7 • Non-members: $10. |
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 Kathleen Dustin
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Sculpting Color: Works in Polymer Clay
Sunday August
16, 2009 1pm
Curator Kathleen Dustin leads a lively discussion with artist from the exhibition Sculpting Color-works in polymer clay. Exhibition opens to the public on August 8, 2009.
Free with paid admission
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Rebecca Siemering |
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The Perfect Fit: Shoes Tell
Stories
Sunday September
13, 2009 1pm
“The Perfect Fit,”a special presentation by curator Wendy
Tarlow Kaplan. Brockton, Massachusetts, once
known as the shoe capital of the world, will revive its legacy with
The Perfect Fit – Shoes Tell Stories. Curated by Wendy Tarlow
Kaplan, who has strong family ties to Brockton’s shoe industry,
this exhibition will explore how shoes can tell stories, addressing
topics such as gender, history, sexuality, race, class, and culture.
Members/Students: $7 • Non-members: $10.
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Leslie Ferrin |
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An Afternoon with Artist Leslie Ferrin
Teapots Transformed: New Interpretations
Sunday November
16, 2009 2pm
Leslie Ferrin, the author of “Teapots Transformed: Object to
Subject,” will offer an illustrated lecture on contemporary teapots
ranging from functional to art object. Since her book was published
in 1999, both artists and collectors continue to explore this object
that stands at the intersection of history and contemporary decorative
arts by tracing the development and evolution from its
functional origins to a status as sculptural object. Ferrin will survey
and examine trends in the art teapot from 1965 up
to the
present.
Free with paid admission
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Exhibitions