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Recent Acquisitions Releases Press Release Archive |
Fall Lecture Series Kicks Off at TMA Featuring Artist and Guest Curator of Divine Kinship TYLER, TX (September 14, 2009)—The public is invited to a special premiere session of the Tyler Museum of Art’s annual Fall Lecture Series featuring artist Jean Lacy and guest curator Phillip Collins, on Sunday, September 20 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event is held in conjunction with Divine Kinship: Ancient Forms and Contemporary Social Commentary, the Art of Jean Lacy, and will take place inside the gallery in which the exhibition is currently installed. Lecture guests will be able to meet the artist and listen as she discusses her own works with curator Mr. Collins. Lacy is a native of Washington D.C., but has lived in Dallas, Texas for the last 38 years. “It is definitely an honor to feature the work of Jean Lacy in Tyler,” says TMA Director Kimberley Bush Tomio. “Lacy is recognized as one of the most important African American artists in America. I first saw her work in the exhibit “Black Art: Ancestral Legacy, The African Impulse in African-American Art” at the Dallas Museum of Art in 1989 when I was a staff member there.”A museum education specialist, Lacy has developed a number of educational programs aimed at emphasizing cultural enrichment through the study of art, artifacts, and memorabilia related to African American history. She studied at North Texas State University (University of North Texas) in Denton, Texas for graduate studies in museum education, and then she received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Lacy completed additional studies at the Art Students League of New York and at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California. Guest curator for Divine Kinship: Ancient Forms and Contemporary Social Commentary, the Art of Jean Lacy is Phillip E. Collins. Mr. Collins is the former Chief Curator at the African American Museum, Dallas, TX and the newly appointed Executive Director for the Memnosyne Foundation in Dallas. He has curated over 60 exhibitions and has served as Treasurer on the Texas Association of Museums (TAM) Board of Trustees in Austin, Texas. The Fall Lecture Series I is presented to the public free of charge by the Tyler Museum of Art. Support for Divine Kinship: Ancient Forms and Contemporary Social Commentary, the Art of Jean Lacy is provided in part by East Texas Chapter, The LINKS, Inc. Collectors’ Circle Sponsors are Agnes and Frank Ward. Media Sponsor is The Breeze and Bris—Waller Broadcasting. The exhibition was organized by the TMA, and features over 80 pieces displayed in the Museum’s North Gallery. The Tyler Museum of Art, accredited by the American Association of Museums, is located at 1300 S. Mahon Ave., adjacent to the Tyler Junior College campus off East Fifth Street. Regular hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, and 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. (The Museum is closed Mondays and major holidays.) Lunch is available in the Museum Café from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and the TMA Gift Shop is open during Museum hours. For more information, call (903) 595-1001 or visit www.tylermuseum.org. |