Artists Now! Lecture Series revisited.

While attending the Peck School of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, I was always a fan of the weekly artists lecture series: Artists Now! Guest Lecture Series, which featured artists such as Nick Cave, Faythe Levine, Betsy Damon, Nathanial Stern, and Paul Berger. However, I admit that ever since graduation I have failed to take advantage of this great, not to mention free, resource until now!

Tomorrow evening, the lecture series will feature Dipti Desai, an Associate Professor of Art and Art Education at New York University. In this lecture, Desai will explore the historical methods used by contemporary artists in order to understand the past and the ways this might inform how we teach history and art in schools. She sees art for more than its visual qualities, and recognizes the connection art has to social, cultural and historical processes in society.

Desai received both her M.A. and Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison, but has also studied at Columbia University and Diploma National Institute of Design in India. She has taught art and art history all over the world and is currently the Senior Editor for the Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education.

All lectures take place at 7pm in the Arts Center Lecture Hall on the UWM campus. FREE and open to the public.