SPRING 2021 PROGRAMS
All free programs will be streamed on www.thequicklive.com and recordings made available on our website and YouTube channel. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
BIRDS OF THE NORTHEAST: GULLS TO GREAT AUKS This exhibition explores environmental issues through avian art from the early 19th century through the present day Thursday, January 21, 6 p.m.
Opening Night Virtual Lecture: Birds of the Northeast: Gulls to Great Auks Brian Walker, Professor of Biology
Presented in partnership with the Department of Biology
Wednesday, February 10, 6 p.m.
Virtual Lecture: Marsden Hartley, Painter of Birds
Jonathan Weinberg, Artist and Professor, Yale University School of Art and Rhode Island School of Design
Marsden Hartley, Give Us This Day, 1938, oil on canvas. Lent by Art Bridges
Part of the Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation
All free programs will be streamed on www.thequicklive.com and recordings made available on our website and YouTube channel. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
Tuesday, March 2, 5 p.m.
Virtual Lecture: Birding While Black
J. Drew Lanham, Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology, Master Teacher and Certified Wildlife Biologist, Clemson University Presented in partnership with the Department of Biology
Tuesday, March 9, 5 p.m.
Virtual Workshop: Learn How to Draw a Bird
Suzanne Chamlin, Associate Professor of Studio Art, Department of Visual and Performing Arts Tuesday, March 23, 4 p.m.
Virtual Lecture: Nature’s Best Hope
Douglas Tallamy, Professor of Entomology, University of Delaware Presented in partnership with the Department of Biology
Wednesday, April 14, 5 p.m.
Virtual Lecture: Rara avis: John James Audubon: Artist, Naturalist, and Early Conservationist Roberta Olson, Curator, New-York Historical Society Professor of Art History Emerita, Wheaton College
Part of the Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation
Alberto Rey, Labrador Duck, 2017, oil on panel. Lent by the artist
All free programs will be streamed on www.thequicklive.com and recordings made available on our website and YouTube channel. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
BY DESIGN: THEATER AND FASHION IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF LALLA ESSAYDI This exhibition explores the work of Moroccan-born photographer Lalla Essaydi Thursday, January 28, 6 p.m.
Opening Night Virtual Lecture: By Design: Theater and Fashion in the Photography of Lalla Essaydi Cynthia Becker, Associate Professor of African Art History, the History of Art and Architecture Department, Boston University
Part of the Edwin L. Weisl, Jr. Lectureships in Art History, funded by the Robert Lehman Foundation
Wednesday, March 10, 5 p.m.
Virtual Lecture: Lalla Essaydi and the Art of Costume Julie Learson, Costumier, Theatre Fairfield
Tuesday, April 20, 5 p.m.
Virtual Lecture: Women, Status, and the Family Code in Morocco
Silvia Marsans-Sakly, Assistant Professor, Department of History
Lalla Essaydi (Moroccan, b. 1956), Harem Revisited #31, 2012, chromogenic print. © Lalla Essaydi, Courtesy of the artist and Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
All free programs will be streamed on www.thequicklive.com and recordings made available on our website and YouTube channel. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
OTHER EVENTS Tuesday, February 23, March 2, March 9, and March 16, 11 a.m.
Subscription Lecture Series: Focus on the Frick with Fiona Garland Registration: $120 members; $140 non-members
Open VISIONS Espresso Programming Presented by the Quick Center for the Arts, in affiliation with the Fairfield University Art Museum Thursday, February 18, 7:30 p.m.
Virtual Lecture: American Art: Rockwell to Rothko, Illustration vs Fine Art Aviva Lehmann, Vice President, Heritage Auctions, Dallas Wednesday, April 21, 7:30 p.m.
Virtual Lecture: Painters & Poets, Past & Future: Nature as Americana
Kay Cosgrove ’07, PhD, Poet and Adjunct Professor of Creative Writing, St. Joseph’s University Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Birds of the Northeast: Gulls to Great Auks
All free programs will be streamed on www.thequicklive.com and recordings made available on our website and YouTube channel. To register, visit fuam.eventbrite.com
ART IN FOCUS Art in Focus sessions offer opportunities for close looking and informal discussion around a single work of art, led by Curator of Education and Academic Engagement, Michelle DiMarzo. Thursday, February 18, 11 a.m.
Art in Focus: Walton Ford, Dying Words, 2005, etching Thursday, March 18, 11 a.m.
Art in Focus: Augustus as Pontifex Maximus, 1st century CE, plaster cast Art in Focus: Diptych: Scenes from the Life of Christ and the Virgin, mid-14th century, ivory Thursday, May 20, 11 a.m.
Art in Focus: Lalla Essaydi, Harem Revisited #31, 2012, chromogenic print
Unknown Roman, Augustus as Pontifex Maximus, plaster cast after marble original of the 1st century CE. Lent by the Metropolitan Museum of Art (L1991.28)
Thursday, April 15, 11 a.m.
VIRTUAL FAMILY DAYS Registration required on Eventbrite Kits with art supplies will be available to registered participants who opt-in by email. Video tutorials will be available to all participants to help you following along! Tag us on social media at @FairfieldUAM with your completed projects to be entered into a monthly raffle for a $25 gift card to Michaels. Saturday, February 13
Family Day: Roman Art
Create your own mosaic, design a Roman coin out of clay, and other fun activities inspired by the ancient Roman objects in our museum! Saturday, March 13
Family Day: All About Birds!
It’s all about birds in this event inspired by our exhibition Birds of the Northeast: Gulls to Great Auks! Saturday, April 10
Family Day: Color and Pattern in the Islamic World
Explore the Islamic world through arts and crafts projects inspired by By Design: Theater and Fashion in the Work of Lalla Essaydi !
OTHER RESOURCES fairfield.edu/museum Visit our website to: • browse our collections online • catch-up on past lectures and events on our YouTube channel • find coloring pages and kids’ activities • check out our on-campus sculpture map
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FairfieldUniversityArtMuseum Cover: Ann Craven, Passenger Pigeons, Again (Extinct, after Audubon), 2019, oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist and Southard Reid, London