Collaborations: Words & Images – Online Talk with JILL KIEFER, Ph.D.

Description

During this talk we’ll be taking a look at some significant collaborations between wordsmiths and painters—from medieval times to the present day. In addition to illuminated manuscripts and bestiaries, we’ll have a look at Sandro Botticelli’s drawings for Dante’s Divine Comedy, Henri Matisse’s Florilège Des Amours De Ronsard, Salvador Dali’s Alice in Wonderland Suite, Grace Hartigan and Frank O’Hara’s Oranges, Dennis Ashbaugh and William Gibson’s Agrippa, Jeff Vandermeer and Eric Schaller’s The Exchange, Alexis Smith and Amy Gertsler’s Past Lives, Matt Kish’s illustrations of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, Rebecca Campbell and Nicole Walker’s 7 Rings: An Artist’s Game of Telephone, and Danez Smith and Sam Vernon’s fall poem and the Broadsided Press. Join us on this journey through time to explore extraordinary collaborative projects. You’ll find meaning and relevance from legendary works of the distant past—to contemporary endeavors on timely issues.

Friday, April 9th at 7:30 PM (One hour)

Attendance/Absence/Tardiness Policy: If you are registered for the class, please make every effort to be on time and participate.

Electronic Device Policy: Students are asked to turn ringer tones on their cell phones off during class—and to take any essential calls on their cell phones outside of the virtual classroom.

Meet your Instructor: Jill Kiefer

Dr. Jill Kiefer is an art historianand 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