
Wednesday, October 28, 2020
5:00–6:00pm, Remote Zoom Webinar
Teaching Through Talking: How Betty Feves’ Ceramics Reveal Historic Shifts in Art Education
Livestreamed Art History Talk by Namita Gupta Wiggers
Discussion and Q&A to follow with guest Squeak Meisel, Chair, WSU Department of Fine Arts
The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at Washington State University is pleased to invite visitors to enjoy a new livestreamed program for October with educator and curator Namita Gupta Wiggers. In “Teaching Through Talking: How Betty Feves’ Ceramics Reveal Historic Shifts in Art Education,” Wiggers will discuss an important pivot in arts education in the 1930s and 40s exemplified by the ceramics of artist and WSU alumnus Betty Feves. This talk accompanies our exhibition Betty Feves: The Earth Itself. After the talk, Namita will have a conversation with Squeak Meisel, Chair of WSU’s Department of Fine Arts. Audience questions will be moderated via Zoom Q&A.
Zoom link will be shared on the JSMA website.