[Watch] Drinks with the Director: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (Night Two)

[Watch] Drinks with the Director: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (Night Two)

Former Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich has always been passionate about art history, and about sharing that passion with our community. As he prepared to leave the Museum after eight years, he hosted his final set of lectures as part of a special interactive “Drinks with the Director” event held live in the galleries. He reflected on the impact of art and art history while highlighting some of his all-time favorite works, including pieces from our own collection.

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[Watch] Drinks with the Director: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (Night One)

[Watch] Drinks with the Director: These Are a Few of My Favorite Things (Night One)

Former Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich has always been passionate about art history, and about sharing that passion with our community. As he prepared to leave the Museum after eight years, he hosted his final set of lectures as part of a special interactive “Drinks with the Director” event held live in the galleries. He reflected on the impact of art and art history while highlighting some of his all-time favorite works, including pieces from our own collection.

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[Watch] Frank Lloyd Wright & the College of Tomorrow: Gallery Perspectives Tour with Dr. Rich

[Watch] Frank Lloyd Wright & the College of Tomorrow: Gallery Perspectives Tour with Dr. Rich

Dr. H. Alexander Rich leads a Gallery Perspectives Tour of the exhibition Frank Lloyd Wright & the College of Tomorrow. This will be his final tour before he departs for his new role as Director and CEO of the Gibbs Museum of Art in Charleston, SC.

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[Watch] "Dr H. Alexander Rich Lecture - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Impressionism

[Watch] "Dr H. Alexander Rich Lecture - It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Impressionism

Dr H. Alexander Rich gives a lecture at the Ashley Gibson Barnett Museum of Art’s Holiday Member’s Reception called It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Impressionism to go along with the Museum’s exhibition, Dutch Impressionism: The Hague School, 1860-1930.

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[Watch] Seen and Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham

[Watch] Seen and Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham

Join Executive Director and Chief Curator Dr. Alex Rich on a tour through Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham. This exhibition features 60 photographs by Cunningham, whose life — and career — traversed nearly a century.

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[Audio] Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham

[Audio] Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham

When looking at the photographs of Imogen Cunningham, we encounter images that reflect vital developments in 20th century art and photography — as well as the voice and eye of an undersung master of the camera. Cunningham was a female member of the male-dominated f/64 group of photographers and, despite the art-world’s tendency to overlook women artists, left her indelible stamp on the history and development of modern photography. In Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham, featuring work from across Cunningham’s expansive seven-decade career, we invite you to see why this American artist is heralded as one of the most important pioneers of photography — regardless of her gender.

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[Watch] Seeing Things Differently: Lecture by Dr. H. Alexander Rich

[Watch] Seeing Things Differently: Lecture by Dr. H. Alexander Rich

At the member's reception on April 14th, 2023, Dr. H. Alexander Rich discusses the three featured exhibits at the Polk Museum of Art. The exhibits were Seen & Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham, In the Eye of the Mind: The Fantastic Realities of Steven Kenny, and New Eyes on the Permanent Collection.

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