The University of Akron Myers School of Art's Catherine H. Campbell Art History Lecture Series presents a free lecture on Friday, Oct. 8, by Jock Reynolds, director of the Yale Art Gallery. Reynolds will talk about relationships between art museums and universities, beginning at 6 p.m. in the auditorium of Folk Hall, 150 E. Exchange St., on the UA campus. A reception follows the lecture.
For details call 330-972-6030 or visit the Myers School of Art.
Director of the Yale Art Gallery since 1998, Reynolds is an accomplished artist, often collaborating with Suzanne Helmuth, who is also his wife. Prior to his tenure at Yale, Reynolds was director of the Addison Gallery of American Art at Phillips Academy and executive director of the Washington Project for the Arts. From 1973 to 1983 he was associate professor and director of the Graduate Program at the Center for Experimental and Interdisciplinary Art at San Francisco State University.
Reynolds is curator of numerous exhibitions, including “Emmet Gowan: Changing the Earth” (2002); “To Conserve A Legacy: American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities” (1999, with Rick Powell); and “Sol Lewitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective” (2008), among others.
Media contact: Cyndee Snider, 330-972-5196 or cyndee@uakron.edu.