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Joe Lucchesi, Chair
Associate Professor of Art History
Phone: 240-895-4248
Email: jelucchesi@smcm.edu
Office Staff: 240-895-4225
Alumni Where are they now?
Jacob Lewis (art history, 2002) is currently living in Paris while conducting dissertation research for his PhD (art history) from Northwestern University. Jacob was awarded a nationally-competitive Samuel H. Kress Foundation Travel Fellowship to support his research.
Artists-in-Residence 2009-2010
Artist House at St. Mary's College of Maryland
Public lectures, readings and workshops
Lectures and workshops are supported in part by the Department of Art and Art History, the Department of English, VOICES series, Lecture and Fine Arts Committee, The Arts Alliance of St. Mary's College of Maryland, and private donations.
SPRING 2010
Artist Talk: Cecily Kahn, painter
Monday, Jan 25 4:45-5:45 p.m.
Library 321
Cecily Kahn is the Artist House artist-in-residence January 15-29, 2010. This lecture is sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History and the Lecture & Fine Arts Committee.
Lecture: Art, Psychology & Perception
Susan Petry, Professor of Psychology, Derner Institute for Advanced Psychological Studies of Adelphi University, New York
Mon Feb 22, 4:45 – 5:45 p.m.
Library 321
Although art is known to exist in all cultures and throughout all times, the psychological mechanisms and motives underlying the creation of art is a relatively new field of study. This presentation covers some of the newer work on perceptual mechanisms involved in the creation and appreciation of art, as well as a discussion of perceptual conventions in art. Petry is the Artist House artist-in-residence February 15 – March 12, 2010. This lecture is sponsored by the Department of Art & Art History and the Lecture and Fine Arts Committee.
Artist Talk: Mark Iwinski, interdisciplinary artist
Monday, April 5, 4:45 – 5:45 p.m.
Library 321
Mark Iwinski is the Artist House artist-in-residence March 22 - April 30, 2010. This lecture is sponsored by the Department of Art and Art History and the Lecture & Fine Arts Committee.
