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The 2008/2009 Lecture Program
'Art Adventures with The Kingsley'
Dr. Catherine Turrill
Shepard Garden & Arts Center (McKinley Park)
1:15 P.M. Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Famous & Female: Three Italian Women Artists of the Renaissance & Baroque Periods
Dr. Turrill will discuss the different paths that Sofonisba Anguissola, Plautilla Nelli, and Artemisia Gentileschi followed to the profession of painter. Anguissola was the daughter of a physician who encouraged his children to develop practical skills. Nelli, the daughter of a fabric merchant, both learned and practiced her trade inside the walls of a Dominican convent in Florence. And, Gentileschi was the daughter and pupil of a painter influenced by the well-known artist Caravaggio.
Melinda Bula
Shepard Garden & Arts Center (McKinley Park)
1:15 P.M. Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Is It a Quilt or Is It a Painting?
Melinda Bula is an award-winning quilt artist, who “paints” with fabric and thread. Her floral art quilts and wearable art have won numerous awards around the country for their unique style. Her work has also been featured in numerous publications. She will take us on a humorous journey through her life that is reflected in her art.
Lial A. Jones
Shepard Garden & Arts Center (McKinley Park)
1:15 P.M. Wednesday, November 19, 2008
State of the Crocker Art Museum
Lial Jones, the Director of the Crocker Art Museum, will bring us up to date on the construction progress of the new museum. She will also discuss the behind-the scenes work that goes into this exciting expansion project.
Michael Bishop
Shepard Garden & Arts Center (McKinley Park)
1:15 P.M. Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Two Artists or One?
Michael Bishop, the juror for the 2009 Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, will give an illustrated, informative talk on his studio and public work. David Pagel, critic for the Los Angeles Times described Bishop as “a dyed-in-the-wool sculptor who works pictorially.” He also observed that “Bishop carefully fabricates and painstakingly arranges his pieces so that they function like images: deliberately composed scenarios in which visual balance and harmonious placement are as important as physically engineered equilibrium and literal stability.”
Steve Memering
Shepard Garden & Arts Center (McKinley Park)
1:15 Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Fantasy Realism
Steve Memering has had a long career as a teacher and artist. Sacramento scenes dominate in his current work with its expressive and unique style. The dramatic play of light and dark has become a persistent theme in his art along with bold, emotion based color schemes. His painting Renaissance Tower Sunset won the People’s Choice Award in the 2005 Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition.
Gary F. Kurutz
Shepard Garden & Arts Center (McKinley Park)
1:15 P.M. Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Unbridled Bibliomania: Thirty Years of Collecting Californiana and Other Curiosities
Gary Kurutz is the Director of the Special Collections at the California State Library. He will regale us with tales of Great Plate Books, Double Elephant Folios and Governator ale, daguerreotypes, maps of California as an island, tile drawings from Gladding McBean, and other literary delights.
Alice Fong
Shepard Garden & Arts Center (McKinley Park)
1:15 P.M. Wednesday, April 15, 2009
From Idea to the Birth of a Work of Art
Have you ever wondered how an artist takes an idea and turns it into a work of art? Sacramento artist Alice Fong will offer insights into her creative process. Her work is biographical with many allusions to the Chinese American experience and includes paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures, and hand-made illustrated story books. The Chinese Historical Society in San Francisco held a retrospective exhibition of her art in 2007.
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