Art & Religion
Curator Lecture Series
Monday, October 19, 2020
"The Book of Kells:
Celtic Manuscript Illumination”
Teresa Parker, Curator
Terea J. Parker, Curator, Komechak Art Gallery
will present a lecture on the Celtic
manuscript Illumination created in a Columban monastery in either Britain or Ireland.
The illustrations and ornamentation
of the Book of Kells surpass that of
other Insular Gospel books
in extravagance and complexity.
You will enjoy learning about,
the history, the love and the process
that went into these beautiful works of art.
First Sunday Tea & Talk
Sunday, November 01, 2020
Walter S. Arnold: Stonecarver
Internationally known, stone sculptor,
Walter S. Arnold is an acclaimed artist
who creates a full range of
stone sculpture and marble carvings.
He began sculpting stone at the age of
twelve in his hometown of Chicago, IL.
He trained as an apprentice in
marble carving studios in Italy
and then he worked for five years on the
Washington National Cathedral in D.C.
Arnold is most known for his gargoyles and
he is fluent in styles ranging from
Classical and Renaissance to Gothic,
Baroque and Arts & Crafts.
First Sunday Tea & Talk
Sunday, January 3, 2021
"Social Avenger"
Aaron Coleman, printmaker
Aaron Coleman's work once found
its origin in current events concerning
the sociopolitical issues of discrimination,
civil rights and the misuse of mainstream religion.
More recently, his work has evolved into
a blanket description of the
apocalyptic world in which we live.
Police brutality, racial discrimination,
religious extremism, persecution of
the LGBT communities, economic unrest,
global warming, species extinction, habitat loss,
holy wars, power trips and ego mania
are the extremes that his work addresses.
First Sunday Tea & Talk
Sunday, February 07, 2021
“Romantic Tryst of Rodin and Claudel”
Teresa J. Parker, Curator
While Rodin recognized the young woman’s
talent from the outset, he also fell in love
with her almost immediately.
The two sculptors’ complicated love story has
inspired many overly romanticized interpretations.
What the letters they exchanged attest to,
however, is the passion Rodin felt early on in
their relationship and the reserve shown by
the woman he soon called “Mademoiselle Say”
(for “Mademoiselle C.”), as well as her
financial difficulties, flirtatiousness and
painful obsession with her work as a sculptress.
First Sunday Tea & Talk
Sunday, March 07, 2021
"The Bible + CODE II”
Yeohyun Ahn, graphic designer
Having immigrated America, over the last two decades, as a designer in the USA,
Yeohyun Ahn, brings to us her awareness of
social inequity, discrimination, and marginality.
Currently, she explores computational
graphic art for social homelessness
being isolated and marginal in professional
areas of American society.
An award-winning typographer, interactive
visual designer, and educator,
her works have been featured through
Washington Post, PRINT, New York Times Magazine, Letter Arts Review,
Creator’s Project, and Designboom.com.
She was chosen as Design Incubation Fellow
in 2017, the Juror's Choice Award
at IDEAS in 2015, and Graduate
Fellowship from Maryland Institute
College of Art in 2009.
She has taught at the School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, Chicago State University,
and Valparaiso University. Currently, she is an
assistant professor in the Art Department at
the University of Wisconsin Madison.
Art & Religion
Curator Lecture Series
Monday, March 15, 2021
“Tres Riches Heures: Gothic Manuscript Illumination”
Teresa Parker, curator
Terea J. Parker, Curator, Komechak Art Gallery
will present a lecture on the Tres Riches Heures,
an illuminated Gothic manuscript which is
considered the most famous and
possibly the best surviving example
of manuscript illumination in the l
ate phase of the International Gothic style.
It is a book of hours: a collection of prayers
to be said at the canonical hours.
William and Susan Sonntag
Distinguished Scholar Lecture
Sunday, April 04, 2021
TBD
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