What:
In 1910 a groundbreaking exhibition organized by Detroit industrialist and art collector Charles L. Freer marked the opening of the University of Michigan's Alumni Memorial Hall, now the University of Michigan Museum of Art This exhibition won rave reviews locally and nationally for its innovative display methods and conceptual union of art from Eastern and Western traditions. Freer's aesthetic and scholarly contributions to the U of M endure a century later.
The result of a joint project initiated by the Friends of the Freer House with the U of M Museum Studies Program, the lecture by three U of M doctoral students sheds new light on this landmark exhibition, illuminating its significance to the University of Michigan and its relationship to Freer's life and home in Detroit.
The 1910 exhibition included major works from Freer's Detroit collection as well as American and Asian art loaned by artists and collectors from across the nation. It also featured works by many Michigan artists of the period. Thousands of visitors travelled to Ann Arbor to see this three-week special exhibit, the first to reflect Freer's unique aesthetic vision.
When and where:
Sunday, January 30, 2011 at 2 p.m. at the historic Charles Lang Freer House, 71 E. Ferry St., Detroit (Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute/WSU), one block north of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Cost:
$10 per person, $5 for students. Complimentary admission for members of Friends of the Freer House. RSVP is required: Contact Rose Foster at (313) 872-1790.
About the speakers:
Anna Wieck is a third-year Ph.D. student in the history of art at U of M. Her dissertation will focus on folklore, regionalism and nationalism in early 20th century Spanish painting. Mei-Chen Pan is a Ph.D. candidate in comparative literature at U of M. Her dissertation will discuss women's physical mobility and their writing in modern Chinese and Japanese literature. Sarah Conrad Gothie is a Ph.D. candidate in American culture at U of M, specializing in museum studies and food studies.
Wayne State University is a premier institution of higher education offering more than 400 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to nearly 32,000 students.