Vanderbilt University continues its Saturday University series this spring, with five lectures by faculty focusing on works of art in the Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Collection.
“Eye & Mind: Lectures on Art Works in the Vanderbilt Collection” begins Feb. 6 and runs for five Saturday mornings until March 6 at Cohen Memorial Hall on the eastern portion of the Vanderbilt campus.
Saturday University is one of Vanderbilt’s primary academic outreaches to the community. The non-degree program has no entrance exams, homework assignments, exams or final papers.
The cost is $50 for all five lectures, which will run from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. each Saturday from Feb. 6 to March 6. To register, go to www.vanderbilt.edu/mlas.
The schedule:
Feb. 6: Leonard Folgarait, professor of history of art, on Jean Cocteau’s print “Surrealism and Méditerannée”
Feb. 13: Barbara Tsakirgis, chair of the Department of Classic Studies, on “The Red and the Black: Ancient Greek Pottery in the Fine Arts Gallery”
Feb. 20: Vivien Fryd, chair of the Department of History of Art, on “Childe Hassam’s Skyscraper Window”
Feb. 27: Sheri Shaneyfelt, senior lecturer in history of art, on “Bonifazio de΄ Pitati and the Renaissance in Venice”
March 6: Robert Mode, associate professor of history of art, on “Hogarth’s Beer Street and Gin Lane”
More information on the lectures is available at http://www.vanderbilt.edu/mlas/saturdaylectures.html or by calling (615) 936-5964.
Media contact: Jim Patterson, (615) 322-NEWS
jim.patterson@vanderbilt.edu