Lectures

Friends' Lecture Series

Friends' lectures are free to Museum members at the Friend, Friends, and Sustainer membership levels. Seating is limited to 250, and reservations are recommended. Prices are $15 for general membership levels and $20 for nonmembers per ticket on the day of the lecture. For more information, contact Jim Eastep at 236-3100, ext. 215.

	May 14, 2008 Peter Donaldson in character as Leonardo da Vinci Noble Theater, 6:45 p.m. 6:00 p.m. reception in lobby Seated dinner in the Museum Cafe following lecture Peter Donaldson's lecture bursts with the energy of the Renaissance. Interactive, intense, and often humorous, the life and times of Leonardo da Vinci is great storytelling, sweeping history, and an insightful study of human curiosity and creativity. Mr. Donaldson's Leonardo is an inspirational story for all ages.
	Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 6:45 p.m. "Alexandria: The Ancient City Rediscovered" Jean-Daniel Stanley, Ph.D., Smithsonian Institution
	Wednesday, February 18, 2009, 6:45 p.m. "Andrew Wyeth's World" Anne Classon Knutson, Co-curator, Andrew Wyeth: Memory and Magic
	Wednesday, May 13, 2009, 6:45 p.m. "Edward Hopper: ‘A Master Whose Poetry is Realism'" Carol Troyen, Ph.D., Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Special Exhibition Lectures

Lectures are free to the public with paid Museum admission and are free to members. Reservations are required and can be taken up to one month prior to the event. Please call (405) 236-3100, ext. 213, or e-mail reservations@okcmoa.com.

	Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 5:00-6:00 p.m. "Roman Art from the Louvre: 500 Years of Exhibition from the King's Palace to Oklahoma" Cécile Giroire and Daniel Roger, The Louvre
	Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 6:30-7:30 p.m. "Make Mine Roman Wine: Family and Festival in Ancient Rome" Tyler Jo Smith, Ph.D., University of Virginia
	Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 6:30-7:30 p.m. "Lessons of the Roman Empire for America Today" J. Rufus Fears, Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
	Wednesday, November 5, 2008, 5:00-6:00 p.m. "A Personal Vision: Collecting American Impressionism, 1915-1925" Susan Behrends Frank, Ph.D., The Phillips Collection
	Wednesday, March 25, 2009, 6:30-7:30 p.m. "The Transatlantic Connection: New Negro Artists in Paris, 1922-1934" Theresa Leininger-Miller, Ph.D., University of Cincinnati