Adult Lectures
Check out the list below for upcoming lectures at the CMA. Interested in viewing past lectures? Visit the YouTube playlist here.
See also our annual lecture series.
- Fri., January 24, 2020, 6:00 pm
Researchers Jacob Emmett, Kylie Fisher, and Julia Laplaca share their insight on works in the exhibition and offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the curatorial process. Free; ticket required. Space is limited.
- Tue., January 28, 2020, 12:00 pm
Join Andrew Cappetta, manager of collection and exhibition programs, on a tour of this exhibition focusing on Louis Comfort Tiffany’s inspiration from nature and the role women artists played in his studio. Free; ticket required. Space is limited.
- Sun., February 9, 2020, 12:00 pm
- Tue., February 11, 2020, 12:00 pm
Andrew Cappetta, manager of collection and exhibition programs, discusses how photographers crafted images of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and the Beatles. Free; ticket required. Space is limited.
- Sun., February 9, 2020, 12:00 pm
- Tue., February 11, 2020, 12:00 pm
Andrew Cappetta, manager of collection and exhibition programs, discusses how photographers crafted images of celebrities like Marilyn Monroe and the Beatles. Free; ticket required. Space is limited.
- Sat., February 15, 2020, 1:00 pm
Photographer Aaron Rothman transforms humble fragments of nature into images that hover between representation and abstraction.
- Sat., February 29, 2020, 2:00 pm
Renée Sentilles, professor of history at Case Western Reserve University, and Mark Bassett, instructor at the Cleveland Institute of Art, join curator Stephen Harrison for a lively conversation about the role of women artists in Tiffany Studios, including Ohio native Clara Driscoll, in the context of the struggle for women’s suffrage in the early 20th century.
- Wed., March 4, 2020, 6:00 pm
Photographer Sophie Schwartz, daughter of collectors Mark Schwartz and Bettina Katz, discusses the importance of the contact sheet in the darkroom process and reflects on works in the exhibition. Free; ticket required. Space is limited.
- Tue., March 10, 2020, 12:00 pm
Join curator Barbara Tannenbaum to explore the work of Ilse Bing and learn about her involvement with feminist art movements in 1930s Europe and 1970s America. Free; ticket required. Space is limited.
- Sat., March 14, 2020, 10:00 am
In anticipation of a major exhibition and publication focused on the Cleveland Museum of Art’s holdings of 19th-century French drawings in spring 2022, scholars from across the globe present new research related to the materials, function, and collecting of drawings during this period.
- Sun., March 22, 2020, 12:00 pm
Andrew Cappetta, manager of collection and exhibition programs, reveals how photographs play with reality and illusion. Free; ticket required. Space is limited. After the talk, see a photographer’s own struggle with reality in Michelangelo Antonioni’s film classic Blow-Up.