PROGRAMS
Virtual Lectures & Courses
VIRTUAL DOUBLE LECTURE
The Adoration of the Magi by the Master of Sigena: Six Centuries in the Life of an Altarpiece I and II
Amanda Dotseth, curator, Meadows Museum
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 10:30 am AND
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 10:30 am
The Meadows Museum’s sixteenth-century panel painting by the so-named Master of Sigena has inspired new research by museum staff and international scholars alike. Hitherto little was known about the painter or the woman who commissioned him to paint the stunning panel. Once part of a monumental altarpiece from a royal convent in the Crown of Aragón in northeast Spain, the panel witnessed medieval religious ritual and modern war. This pair of lectures take a long look at an artwork whose life is as colorful as its palette and spans the six centuries between its 1519 conception and its acquisition by the Meadows Museum six centuries later.
Member Household: Free
SMU Student: Free
Non-member Household: $20
VIRTUAL LECTURE
Museo Nacional de Escultura de Valladolid: Home of Berruguete
Maria Bolaños, director, Museo Nacional de Escultura de Valladolid
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21: LECTURE AVAILABLE
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24: LIVE Q&A SESSION, 10:30 am
The National Museum of Sculpture in Valladolid, Spain, is known for its exceptional collection of religious sculpture ranging from the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries. For this lecture, Maria Bolaños, director of the Museo Nacional de Escultura de Valladolid, will discuss the museum’s collections, with special focus on the works loaned for the Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain exhibition. This lecture will be delivered in Spanish by Maria Bolaños. A recorded version in English will also be available. The Q&A session will be in English.
Member Household: Free
SMU Student: Free
Non-member Household: $10
VIRTUAL DOUBLE LECTURE
Alonso Berruguete: First Sculptor of Renaissance Spain
C. D. Dickerson III, curator and head of the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts, National Gallery of Art, Washington
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Mark McDonald, curator of drawings and prints at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
MONDAY, OCTOBER 19: LECTURES AVAILABLE
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22: LIVE Q&A SESSION, 10:30 am
Alonso Berruguete (c. 1488–1561) initially trained as a painter before becoming known for his painted sculptures in wood. These works range from single figures to large sections of multistory altarpieces, or retablos, that combine reliefs, statues, paintings, and architectural details. In this lecture, C. D. Dickerson provides an overview to the Meadows Museum’s current exhibition of works by Berruguete, the preeminent sculptor of Renaissance Spain.
Member Household: Free
SMU Student: Free
Non-member Household: $20
Online Courses
LUIS MARTÍN LECTURE SERIES IN THE HUMANITIES
Curator’s Choice: Spanish Art in Britain & Ireland
SEPTEMBER 21–NOVEMBER 6
Pre-recorded Lectures: Available weekly beginning on Mondays
Live Q&A Sessions: Fridays, October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30; November 6 at 10:30 am
This six-week online course brings you insight from celebrated curators and museum directors from across Britain and Ireland. Each lecture highlights works of art from Spain at their institution. Each Monday, a new recorded lecture will become available and every Friday, the speaker will host a live question and answer session.
Enrolled participants will also have access to suggested readings and a discussion forum to submit their questions for each lecturer.
Learning Live
BOOK CLUB
Join Spainard Javier García del Moral, co-founder of Wild Detectives, an independent Bookstore Bar Venue in Oak Cliff, and Nancy Cohen Israel, art historian, writer, and owner of Art à la Carte, for a lively discussion of a literary work inspired by a visual work in the Meadows Museum collection.
Each household that registers will receive: (1) a link to a short video lecture by Nancy Cohen Israel on the Meadows Museum artwork that inspired the monthly selection, (2) an introduction to the book Javier García del Moral and short list of questions to consider while reading, and (3) a link to the live Book Club discussion on Zoom.
Each session is limited to 10 households and participants are responsible for securing their own copy of the book. Copies are available at Wild Detectives: https:// thewilddetectives.com/
Member Household: Free
SMU Student: Free
Non-member Household: $5
OCTOBER 21
Book: Leaving the Atocha Station by Ben Lerner (2011)
NOVEMBER 18
Book: Optic Nerve, by María Gainza and translated Thomas Bunstead (2019)
DECEMBER 16
Book: The Flanders Panel by Arturo Perez-Reverte and Margaret Jull Costa (1990)
LEARNING @ LUNCH
On the first Friday and third Tuesday of each month, learn more about works of art at the Meadows Museum. These 30-minute webinar talks are limited to 15 households and include a Q&A.
Member Household: Free
SMU Student: Free
Non-member Household: $5
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 12:15 pm
Goya, the Goyesque, and the Rest
Daniel Ralston, PhD candidate in art history, Columbia University
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 12:15 pm
Painting a Pandemic: How the Plague Changed Art in Seventeenth Century Seville
Nancy Cohen Israel, art historian, writer, and owner of Art à la Carte
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9
12:15 pm
Behind the Sculptures
Wendy Sepponen, 2018–2020 Mellon Curatorial Fellow, Meadows Museum
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20 12:15 pm
The Seventeenth-Century Teleconference: What Backgrounds in Portraits of Religious and Secular Leaders Say About the Sitters
Nancy Cohen Israel, art historian, writer, and owner of Art à la Carte
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6
12:15 pm
Villabrille’s Saint Paul the Hermit and the Monastic Tradition
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17 12:15 pm
Reviving Nature Morte: Reimagining Seventeenth-Century Still Lifes
Nancy Cohen Israel, art historian, writer, and owner of Art à la Carte
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4
12:15 pm
Artist Talk
Bernardo Vallarino, 2020 Moss/Chumley North Texas Artist Award Winner
Shelley DeMaria, curatorial assistant, Meadows Museum
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15 12:15 pm
Dressing to Impress: The Promotion of Flemish Industry in the Portraits of the Archdukes Albert and Isabella Clara Eugenia
Nancy Cohen Israel, art historian, writer, and owner of Art à la Carte
DIGITAL DRAWING FROM THE MASTERS
Sundays twice per month: SEPTEMBER 20 & 27, OCTOBER 18 & 25, NOVEMBER 22 & 29, DECEMBER 20 (no program DECEMBER 27), JANUARY 24 & 31
1:30–3 pm
Online
Ian O’Brien, artist
Enjoy afternoons of informal drawing instruction as artist Ian M. O’Brien leads you through a work of art in the Meadows Museum’s collection. Each session will provide an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. Designed for adults and students ages 13 and older, and open to all abilities and experience levels. Participants provide their own paper, pencil, and eraser.
Attendance is limited to 10 households.
Ian M. O’Brien, a local artist and arts educator, received his MFA in studio art from UT San Antonio. He also has a BFA in drawing/painting and arts education. O’Brien has over 15 years of teaching experience, ranging from K–12, higher education, and museum education. O’Brien has spent the last 10 years teaching workshops and Drawing from the Masters at the Meadows Museum as well as working as an art educator for Lewisville ISD.
Member Household: Free
SMU Student: Free
Non-member Household: $5
[KIDS EDITION] DIGITAL DRAWING FROM THE MASTERS
Sundays twice per month: SEPTEMBER 20 & 27, OCTOBER 18 & 25, NOVEMBER 22 & 29, DECEMBER 20 (no program DECEMBER 27), JANUARY 24 & 31
11–11:45 am
Ian O’Brien, artist and elementary art teacher
Enjoy a drawing lesson inspired with a work of art at the Meadows Museum with artist and educator Ian M. O’Brien. Each session will provide an opportunity to explore a variety of techniques and improve drawing skills. This program is appropriate for children ages 6–12, but will be most successful for children ages 8–12. Participants provide their own paper, pencil, and eraser.
Registration is limited to 8 households.
SEPTEMBER 27: Learn to Draw Faces
OCTOBER 18: Learn to Draw Animals
OCTOBER 25: Learn to Draw Buildings
NOVEMBER 22: Learn to Draw Nature
NOVEMBER 29: Learn to Draw Hands
DECEMBER 20: Learn to Draw Angels