Events and Programs

A. James Speyer Contemporary Art Lecture and Dinner with Amar Kanwar
October 15
Tickets: $100

7:15–8:00      Lecture
                      Fullerton Hall

8:15              Seated Dinner for Sustaining Fellows
                     Griffin Court

This exciting lecture and dinner, planned in conjunction with James Rondeau, the Dittmer Chair and Curator, Department of Contemporary Art, features the film and video artist Anwar Kanwar, whose work The Lightning Testimonies is on view beginning October 14.

Opening Celebration of Art and the Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine
November 8
Sustaining Fellow tickets: $150
Non-Sustaining Fellow tickets: $200

This sensational event will feature an exhibition viewing and a reception with prestigious local chefs.

6:15              Exhibition Overview

                     Judy Barter, Field-McCormick Chair and Curator, Deartment of American Art
                     Rubloff Auditorium

6:45–9:30     Exhibition Viewing and Reception
                     Featuring local celebrity chefs
                     Regenstein Hall and Griffin Court

Please call the Office of the Sustaining Fellows at (312) 443-3735 to reserve your tickets today—space is limited.

Conversation with David and Celia Hilliard
Dreams and Echoes: Drawings and Sculpture in the David and Celia Hilliard Collection
November 18

Q&A with the Hillards and Suzanne McCullagh, Anne Vogt Fuller and Marion Titus Searle Chair and Curator, Department of Prints and Drawings

6:00        Conversation (open to the public)
               Fullerton Hall

7:00        Private Sustaining Fellows Champagne Reception
               Prints and Drawings Study Room

This event is complimentary for Sustaining Fellows.