Event
Guest Faculty Lecture: Catherine Opie, Helen Molesworth and Christina Quarles
Jul 20, 2021 7-8PM
Schermer Meeting Hall
Sunday and Tuesday evenings, June through September, the Ranch features a 60-minute presentation by distinguished faculty members and Visiting Artists. These insightful talks dive into inspiration, the creative process and more.
The presentations are free and open to the public, however registration is required for in-person attendance.
Can’t make it in person? CLICK HERE for a livestream YouTube link to view the program virtually.
In Conversation With
Catherine Opie
Catherine Opie is an artist working with photography, film, collage and ceramics. Her work has been exhibited extensively throughout the United States, Europe and Japan, including a mid-career survey at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Catherine was a recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2019, The Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art Medal in 2016 and a United States Artists Fellowship in 2006. She received a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and an MFA from the California Institute of the Arts, and is currently a professor of photography at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Christina Quarles
Christina Quarles received an MFA from Yale University in 2016 and attended the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture. Her paintings will be the subject of forthcoming exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, and X Museum, Beijing, among others. Christina is represented by Regen Projects and Pilar Corrias.
Helen Molesworth
Curator-in-Residence
Helen Molesworth is a curator and writer. Her major exhibitions include: One Day at a Time: Manny Farber and Termite Art; Leap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933–1957; Dance/Draw; This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s; Part Object Part Sculpture, and Work Ethic. She has organized monographic exhibitions of Moyra Davey, Noah Davis, Louise Lawler, Steve Locke, Anna Maria Maiolino, Josiah McElheny, Kerry James Marshall, Catherine Opie, Amy Sillman, and Luc Tuymans. She is the author of numerous catalogue essays and her writing has appeared in Artforum, Art Journal, Documents, and October. The recipient of the 2011 Bard Center for Curatorial Studies Award for Curatorial Excellence, she serves as the Curator-in-Residence for the Anderson Ranch in Aspen. She recently hosted a podcast series called “Recording Artists” with The Getty and is currently at work on a book about art, love, and freedom.
Jul 20, 2021 7-8PM
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