Two Lectures this weekend to satisfy your critical cravings....

A Voice in the Crowd: The Art Exhibit and the Citizen by William Ray
Ray, Reed College Professor of French and Humanities, will present a talk on the roles that public art exhibitions and museums have played in the formation of the modern citizen, exploring "how the enjoyment of art introduced the larger public to practices of self-expression and consensus that were crucial to the development of modern citizenship and representative government." The lecture is followed by a reception in the newly restored Field Ballroom of the Mark Building. Hey, why not?
Friday, October 21 • 7p • Free
The Whitsell Auditorium • Portland Art Museum • 1219 SW Park Ave

African American Vernacular Art: A Secret Language, A Hidden Tradition by William Arnett
Arnett will lecture on the often-overlooked aesthetic traditions of Black art in the American South with particular attention to the Quilts of Gee’s Bend, which demonstrate a sophisticated color play evocative of 20th century abstract painters. Quilters Mary Lee Bendolph and Louisiana Bendolph will be in attendance. The original quilts were exhibited at Liz Leach last June.
Saturday, October 22 • 6p • Free
Kaul Auditorium • Reed College • 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd
Park in the West Parking lot, off Botsford Drive, via SE 28th Avenue