Date: Saturday, July 6th 3-4PM
Location: Anna Bemis Palmer Museum (520 North Grant Avenue)
Program: Picturing the Midwest: Regionalist art and other representations of rural American life
This program led by Jacqueline Spackman will briefly discuss the art of Regionalism and how artists of the 1930s and 1940s viewed rural America. We will consider the lasting impact the movement and its artists had on art by exploring connections with works currently displayed as part of the Anna Bemis Palmer Museum art exhibition.
About Presenter: Jacqueline graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a Master’s in Art History. She has worked as an adjunct instructor at Southeast Community College, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and University of Nebraska-Omaha. She has also held positions at Sheldon Museum of Art and Lincoln City Libraries. She currently works as an academic advisor in the College of Fine and Performing Arts at University of Nebraska-Lincoln.