A Symposium on Memorials (NC)

[Randy]

Saturday, March 29, 2003
9 am-4 pm

Taking the current North Carolina Museum of Art exhibition of works by
Augustus Saint-Gaudens as a point of departure, the Raleigh Arts Commission
and the NCMA have organized a symposium on modern memorials. Saint-Gaudens
was the most brilliant sculptor of memorial art in the period between the
Civil War and the opening years of the twentieth century. A distinguished
group of speakers has been invited to address more recent memorials to
aspects of public life of particular interest to them. The North Carolina
Museum of History is co-hosting the event. Funding is provided by the North
Carolina Arts Council, the Arts Commission, and the NCMA's Robert Lee Humber
fund.

9:00 am North Carolina Museum of Art, coffee and juice
9:30 am Welcome
War Memorials of the Twentieth Century, John Coffey, Deputy Director, NCMA,
and local curator for Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Memorials to the Holocaust, Simon Bronner, Distinguished Professor of
American Studies, Penn State University

Mid-day break for lunch on your own and Saint-Gaudens exhibition viewing
(separate ticket available at the NCMA box office) or a tour of monuments at
the North Carolina Capitol with Raymond Beck, Historian of the State Capitol
(meet at the Capitol at 1:00)

1:45 pm Reconvene at the North Carolina Museum of History
African American Memorials, Edward Hamilton, Louisville, Kentucky, sculptor
of national memorials to African American soldiers of the Civil War, the
Amistad, and Joe Louis
Conceptions of Memorials for the Present and Future, Patricia Phillips, SUNY
New Paltz and Executive Editor of Art Journal
Audience Discussion with the Panel, moderated by Jim Hirshchfield
4:00 pm Conclusion

Tickets are $10 for everyone, available at the Museum of Art Box Office
(919) 715-5923