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Annual Lectures

10th Annual Asian Art Society Lecture – Shahzia Sikander: Collective Behavior

Sunday, April 27, 2025, 2–3 p.m.

 

21st Annual Benesse Lecture

Date and time TBA
The annual Benesse Lecture is endowed by the Benesse Corporation.

 

28th Annual Kreines Lecture on Decorative Arts and Design

Presented by Mrs. Kenneth Kreines and the Decorative Arts Society of Cincinnati in Memory of Dr. Kenneth Kreines.

 

50th Annual Colonial Dames Present: Talk & Tea 
Michelle Erickson: The Art of Making History

Date and time TBA
Presented by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Ohio.
Colonial Dames Lecture and Tea graciously underwritten by the L. W. Scott Alter Trust.


 

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CAM Presents: Discovering Ansel Adams —Curators in Conversation

September 26, 2024, 7–8 p.m.

 


CAM Presents
Panel Discussion – Vinyl Vibes, Artistic Finds: Collecting Music and Art

Thursday, June 27, 2024, 7–8 p.m.

 


CAM Presents
Guest Lecture: The Art of Response

Thursday, June 13, 2024, 7–8 p.m.

 


The Colonial Dames Present: Talk & Tea 
Michelle Erickson: The Art of Making History

Wednesday, May 1, 2–4 p.m. 
Presented by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Ohio.
Colonial Dames Lecture and Tea graciously underwritten by the L. W. Scott Alter Trust.

 


The 27th Annual Kreines Lecture on Decorative Arts and Design
Glass Art: A New Interpretation of American Indian Cultures

Sunday, March 10, 2024, 2–3 p.m.
Presented by Mrs. Kenneth Kreines and the Decorative Arts Society of Cincinnati in Memory of Dr. Kenneth Kreines.

 


Artist Talk – Whitfield Lovell: Passages

Thursday, February 29, 2024, 7 p.m.

 


The 20th Annual Benesse Lecture
Claudel and Rodin: Collaboration in the Studio

Thursday, February 8, 2024, 7–8 p.m.
The annual Benesse Lecture is endowed by the Benesse Corporation.

 


Future Artifacts: Artist Talk with Dan Friday

Thursday, February 1, 2024, 7 p.m.

 


The Legacy of Charles White

Thursday, November 9, 7 p.m.

 


Sowell Committee 30th Anniversary: Ohio Artist Panel Discussion

Sunday, October 8, 3–4:30 p.m.

 


Picasso. Landscape. Revolution.
Featuring Laurence Madeline, Chief Curator for French National Heritage

Thursday, June 22, 2023, 7–8 p.m.

 


Mysterious Grace: Researching the Art Making Process

Featuring Dr. Olivia Sagan, Professor of Psychology and Head of Division of Psychology, Sociology and Education from the Queen Margaret University in Edinburgh

Thursday, June 8, 2023, 7–8 p.m.

 


The 49th Annual Colonial Dames Lecture & Tea: Fabric of a Nation: American Quilt Stories

Presented by The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of Ohio.
Colonial Dames Lecture and Tea graciously underwritten by the L. W. Scott Alter Trust.

Wednesday, May 3, 2023, 2 p.m.

 


The 26th Annual Kreines Lecture on Decorative Arts and Design: Roberto Lugo

Sunday, March 12, 2023, 3 p.m.

Presented by Mrs. Kenneth Kreines and the Decorative Arts Society of Cincinnati in Memory of Dr. Kenneth Kreines.

 


The Seventh Annual Asian Art Society Lecture: Galloping Through Dynasties

Sunday, October 16, 2022, 2 p.m.

 


NKU Symposium:
Home Waters: A Legacy Renewed

Thursday, October 27, 2022, 6:15–7:45 pm

 


The Ancient Middle East and the 21st Century Museum  

Thursday, March 31, 2022, 4–8 p.m. 
Friday, April 1, 9:30 a.m.–5 p.m. 

 


The Sixth Annual Asian Art Society Lecture: The Art of Dance, featuring Mekala Krishnan

Sunday, April 24, 2022 at 2 p.m.

 


48th Annual Colonial Dames Lecture & Tea:
Hidden Stories in Early American Interiors with Dr. Jennifer Van Horn

Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 2–4 p.m.

 


The 25th Annual Kreines Lecture on Decorative Art and Design: Setting the Stage: An Art Deco Bedroom by Joseph Urban

Sunday, March 13, 2022, 2–3 p.m.