Maurizio Cattelan, Comedian (detail).
Did you catch the last "Drinks with the Director: Why is THAT Famous?!?" It was hands-down one of our most fun programs EVER! If you did attend, you know how much fun we had, and chances are you still have so many more questions waiting to be answered! If you didn't, now is your chance to join in on the interactive fun!
YES! By popular demand, we now return with the sequel — "Why is that Famous?!? (Part II)" — picking up right where we left off!
While we covered the oh-so-familiar Campbell's Soup Cans, the Scream, Mona Lisa, and even Starry Night, our esteemed panel barely scratched the surface of famous works about which you might be wondering: Why is THAT famous?!?
For Part Two, join Dr. Alex Rich, Executive Director and Chief Curator, via Facebook Live or Zoom Thursday, March 18, with Dr. Kristen Carter, Assistant Professor of Art History at Florida Southern College; Holly Scoggins, Professor of Art at Polk State College; and Andrew Coombs, Professor of Ceramics at Polk State College, as they continue to tackle the perennial question behind some of history's most renowned works of art.
During the program, we'll also be asking YOU which famous works intrigue or puzzle you the most! Have an image of a famous work you love, whose acclaim you don't understand, or simply want the panel to discuss? Add the image or title of the work to the comments either via Facebook Live or Zoom, and the panel will try to chat about it! We'll "see" you virtually at 6 pm on March 18!
Please click the Zoom link to join at 5:55 pm. If you have trouble joining the webinar, please exit and try to join again.
About Our Guests
Dr. Kristen Carter earned her Ph.D in Art History and Theory from the University of British Columbia. Before joining Florida Southern as an Assistant Professor, she taught modern and contemporary art history at UBC and Emily Carr University of Art and Design. She is a specialist in modern and contemporary art history, with a particular focus on American art in the 1960s and 1970s. Her research interests include modes of viewership, participation, subject formation, and institutional critique with an emphasis on post-1968 artistic praxis and pedagogy.
Holly Scoggins is a North Carolina native and recent resident of New York City. Scoggins (formerly Holly Sailors) received her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Drawing from East Carolina University, and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting and Printmaking from the New York Academy of Art. Featured solo exhibitions include Berkeley Gallery, NYC in 2010, and at the Spartanburg Museum of Art in 2009. Recent shows include a figurative exhibition at the International Trade Center in Shanghai, and the Interfaith Biennial at Dominican University. Her work has been exhibited at Sothebys, Flowers Gallery NYC, the National Arts Club, and the 2012 Southeastern College Art Conference. You may see more of her work at hollyannsailors.com. Before landing at Polk State College, Scoggins was a graduate teaching assistant and taught courses at Emerge Gallery and Art Center, The New York Academy of Art, and Long Island University in Brooklyn. Professor Scoggins teaches Drawing I, II, III, Painting I, II, Figure Drawing, Portrait Painting, and Design.
Andrew Coombs received his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy with a Minor in Art and Art History from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia and went on to obtain his Masters of Fine Art in Ceramics from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York. After teaching at the University of South Carolina as an Adjunct Professor, Coombs came to Polk State College to serve as a Professor of Ceramics, teaching History of Porcelain in Europe, portfolio and resume building, and wheel throwing. Coomb's work has been included in a number of exhibitions, most recent being a virtual exhibition last year titled Across the Pond and Back - Training, Mentoring, Making. You can find more of Coombs work on his website at andrewcoombspottery.com