Brown Bags are in the SAA's Michael Victor II Art Library, 700 North 4th Street.

Upcoming Lectures
"What's in a Name?: The Signature as Gesture, or Witness?" January 28 • 12 Noon An artwork is created and signed by its artist or creator, but what does that signature mean or represent? Is it a mere mark on a canvas, or consecrating the scene within? Katie Rasmussen, Education Coordinator of the SAA, will present works from various time periods and examine the artist’s signature, as well as their work within its particular realm of art history. Her hypotheses will include artworks by Jan van Eyck, Michelangelo, Norman Rockwell, and Jackson Pollock.
Rogier van der Weyden February 25 • 12 Noon Rosina Neginsky, Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at U.I.S.. will discuss Rogier van der Weyden, the most influential painter of the 15th century and the first to depict real people with real emotions.  He towered over his compatriots, known as the Flemish Primitives.
Jose Clemente Orozco March 25 • 12 Noon Anne Morgan will present Jose Clemente Orozco, one of "the big three" of the Mexican mural movement, had major mural series in both the United States and Mexico.  He was a politically committed artist and promoted the cause of the worker by painting scenes of the life and history of the Mexican people.

If you would like to sponsor, present, or donate to the Brown Bag Lecture, please contact Betsy Dollar, Executive Director at 523-2631, or by e-mail: director@springfieldart.org.