In conjunction with the exhibition An American Sculptor: Seymour
Lipton, currently on view at Penn State's Palmer Museum of Art
through June 4, the Palmer Museum has organized a symposium titled
"Seymour Lipton and Abstract Expressionism" to be held April 7-8,
2000.  Participants include independent scholar Irving Sandler; Lori
Verderame, director, Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College; George
Neubert, director, San Antonio Museum of Art; Sarah Rich, assistant
professor of art history, Penn State; Thomas Podnar, sculpture
conservator, McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservation Laboratory; and
contemporary artist Luis Jimenez.  Jan Muhlert, director, Palmer
Museum of Art, and William Chiego, director, Marion Koogler McNay
Museum, will serve as moderators.

Admission is free; however, registration is required.  For more
information or to register call 814/867-7672 or email Patrick
McGrady: [log in to unmask]  A block of rooms at the campus hotel, The
Nittany Lion Inn, is currently on hold for those interested in
attending the symposium through March 7.

The exhibition An American Sculptor: Seymour Lipton was co-organized
by the Palmer Museum of Art and the Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum.

Beverly Balger
Registrar, Palmer Museum of Art
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA  16802
(814) 865-7672
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