Celebrating the 63rd year of Exploring, Expanding, and Enlivening the Arts in Peoria.
Second Thursdays in October through December and February through May
Lectures held in Peoria Riverfront Museum's Gilmore Auditorium (lower leverl) unless otherwise indicated.
Social time at 9:30 AM, lecture starts at 10:00 AM.
Members: free. Non-members: tickets available at door; adults $12, students $5. Zoom option available
Second Thursdays in October through December and February through May
Lectures held in Peoria Riverfront Museum's Gilmore Auditorium (lower leverl) unless otherwise indicated.
Social time at 9:30 AM, lecture starts at 10:00 AM.
Members: free. Non-members: tickets available at door; adults $12, students $5. Zoom option available
October 10, 2024 A RAINBOW OF MATERIALS: HISTORICAL PIGMENTS AND DYES
Dr. Curtis Frank; Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Sponsored by Ann Kenney Lynch and Kent Lynch
November 14, 2024 SKETCHING THE COURTS
Art Lien; Supreme Court sketch artist, NBC News
Co-sponsored by Abbie A. Alexander and by Laura Nelson in memory of her aunt, Jean Strufe
December 12, 2024 MATISSE AND THE SEA
Dr. Simon Kelly; Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Saint Louis Art Museum
Sponsored by Becky White
January 15, 2025 ART THEFT
by Zoom Dr. Tom Flynn; art historian
FOR MEMBERS ONLY
February 13, 2025 BLACK, WHITE AND IN LIVING COLOR: A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PRINTMAKERS
Juarez Hawkins; artist, educator, curator
Sponsored by Carol Morrisey
March 13, 2025 JENS JENSEN: A FORCE OF NATURE
Julia Bachrach; historian, preservationist, urban planner
Sponsored anonymously in memory of the Honorable Dorothy Sinclair, an incredible Peoria servant leader
who passionately believed in the profound value of our City’s natural beauty
April 10, 2025 WOMEN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTERS
Dr. Nicole Myers; Senior Curator of European Art, Dallas Art Museum
Sponsored by Maggie Nelson
May 8, 2025 CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE ARTS: PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
Tara Ritacco; Curatorial/Exhibition Chair, Visions Museum of Textile Art
Sponsored by Carol and Tom Romanowski
Dr. Curtis Frank; Professor of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Sponsored by Ann Kenney Lynch and Kent Lynch
November 14, 2024 SKETCHING THE COURTS
Art Lien; Supreme Court sketch artist, NBC News
Co-sponsored by Abbie A. Alexander and by Laura Nelson in memory of her aunt, Jean Strufe
December 12, 2024 MATISSE AND THE SEA
Dr. Simon Kelly; Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Saint Louis Art Museum
Sponsored by Becky White
January 15, 2025 ART THEFT
by Zoom Dr. Tom Flynn; art historian
FOR MEMBERS ONLY
February 13, 2025 BLACK, WHITE AND IN LIVING COLOR: A HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICAN PRINTMAKERS
Juarez Hawkins; artist, educator, curator
Sponsored by Carol Morrisey
March 13, 2025 JENS JENSEN: A FORCE OF NATURE
Julia Bachrach; historian, preservationist, urban planner
Sponsored anonymously in memory of the Honorable Dorothy Sinclair, an incredible Peoria servant leader
who passionately believed in the profound value of our City’s natural beauty
April 10, 2025 WOMEN IMPRESSIONIST PAINTERS
Dr. Nicole Myers; Senior Curator of European Art, Dallas Art Museum
Sponsored by Maggie Nelson
May 8, 2025 CONTEMPORARY TEXTILE ARTS: PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES
Tara Ritacco; Curatorial/Exhibition Chair, Visions Museum of Textile Art
Sponsored by Carol and Tom Romanowski
banner image: John Singer Sargent (American, 1856-1925); Wyndham Sisters (detail), 1899; oil on canvas; Collection of Metropolitan Museum of Art