Allbritton Art Institute Presents Art Lecture with Nicole Myer

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by Gabrielle White, student newswriter

WACO, Texas (Oct. 31, 2018) – The department of art and art history in Baylor University’s College of Arts & Sciences and the Allbritton Art Institute will host Nicole R. Myers, Lillian and James H. Clark Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Dallas Museum of Art and co-curator of “Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist,” for a lecture on “Berthe Morisot and the Making of Modernity.”

The lecture will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in the McClinton Auditorium at the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business Innovation, 1621 S. Third St.

The Allbritton Art Institute promotes the study of art history at Baylor University. For art majors, the institute fully funds trips to museums, galleries and historic sites all around the world, giving students the opportunity to view original works of art.

Myers has held the curation position at the Dallas Museum of Art since February, and she focuses on the modern European collections, which include paintings and sculptures dated between 1800 and 1945. She organizes special exhibitions, conducts research on the museum’s collection, traces Nazi-era provenance of certain artworks, oversees permanent gallery installations and proposes news acquisitions.

“One of our goals of the Allbritton Art Institute is to get students in front of original works of art, so when I heard that ‘Berthe Morisot: Woman Impressionist’ was coming to the DMA and that Dr. Myers co-curated it, I knew she would be a perfect fit for our 2018 lecture,” said Adair McGregor, events, acquisitions and assets manager at the Allbritton Art Institute. “When the exhibition comes to Dallas in the spring, we will take a group of students from the art and art history department to view it.”

The Allbritton Art Institute was established by Joe and Barbara Allbritton to promote the appreciation and comprehensive study of the artists and art movements of the 19th and 20th centuries. The Institute offers a regularly scheduled curriculum where university students can enroll and complete Institute courses that are applicable towards a Baylor bachelor’s degree in art history, studio art, related fields of study, electives, as well as introduction to art classes for non-art majors.

Classes are held in facilities located on the Baylor campus that have been created, renovated, maintained and equipped by the Institute. In addition to furnishings and equipment, the Institute funds a collection of library resources housed in the Baylor campus libraries. Institute educational objectives include research travel studies/grants and academic scholarships for undergraduate art students; research grants for art faculty scholarship; and bringing distinguished artists and guest lecturers to the Baylor campus. In addition to its own operations, the Institute funds an annual regional field trip for Baylor’s department of art and art history students, as well as providing funding on other joint projects whenever possible.

The lecture is free and open to the public, and a reception will follow.

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