Exhibit Event: Hungers/Harvests Artist Talk with Dr. Jill Kiefer “Feast and Famine”

Register for “Feast and Famine” presented by Dr. Jill Kiefer on September 24 at 7:30pm. Registration is required. Space will be limited so sign up early!

Throughout the history of art there are powerful works addressing feast and famine, abundance and scarcity, nourishment and hunger. In this program, we’ll journey through time to explore some amazing creations focused on delicious foods, the people who harvest them, and those who have need of them. Artists we look at will include Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Caravaggio, Camille Pissarro, Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Frida Kahlo, and many others.

This program is a complement to the OAC Hungers/Harvests Exhibition at BAC. It will be held in-person at BAC, Covid permitting and following CDC and NYS safety guidelines. The OAC Hungers/Harvests Exhibition runs from September 1^st – October 3^rd

Registration limited to 15 people.

This event is being held in-person at Bethany Arts Community. For your safety, and the safety of our artists and staff, attendance is being limited and you will be required to wear a mask while at Bethany irrespective of vaccination status. Please read our Covid-19 Safety Statement before your visit.

Dr. Jill Kiefer is an art historian and teaching artist. She has developed and implemented comprehensive academic and lifelong learning programs at prestigious institutions in the USA and abroad. She was a member of the graduate faculty of the Humanities Dept. of Mount Saint Mary’s University in Los Angeles, and also taught for Pasadena City College, Glendale College, the Palos Verdes Art Center and the University of New Mexico. She has received several “Best Faculty” awards and was a Federal Title V Grant Recipient four times for her work in Hybrid Learning. Jill is a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, and the Dean of Warnborough College’s Master’s and Doctoral programs in Cultural Art History, Fine Arts, and Media Studies. She also teaches art history and studio art for several lifelong learning programs in Westchester. Jill is a Past President of the Ossining Arts Council, and the Director of the Canterbury Arts Conference (CArtsCon), an international, annual event held each summer in the United Kingdom. A published writer and artist, Jill has an impressive and extensive resume.  To learn more about her, please visit www.whataboutart.org