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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