The Maier Museum of Art
at Randolph College

Archaeology Lecture

Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College 1 Quinlan St., Lynchburg, VA

In From Farmers to Kings: The Emergence of Social Hierarchy in Prehistoric Europe, William Parkinson gives an overview of his archaeological research into the emergence of social hierarchy in southeastern Europe and the exhibition he co-curated with Attila Gyucha, The First Kings of Europe. Parkinson is the Professor and Curator of Anthropology at the Field […]

Fugitives Hiding in Plain Sight: Reflections on Flavius Fisher’s Dismal Swamp

Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College 1 Quinlan St., Lynchburg, VA

Image Credit: Flavius J. Fisher, Dismal Swamp, ca. 1858, oil on canvas Gift of Mrs. Robert N. Winfree, 1976 At a time when draconian enforcement of the federal Fugitive Slave Act was dramatically escalating sectional tensions, viewers of Virginia artist Flavius Fisher’s Dismal Swamp (c. 1858) knew they were seeing much more than a mere […]

Outten Visiting Artist Lecture: Walter Price

Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College 1 Quinlan St., Lynchburg, VA

© Walter Price. Courtesy of the artist and David Zwirner. Artist Walter Price will discuss his creative process, artwork, and journey as an artist. Price is one of four artists featured in The 114th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art: The Audacity of Paint. Reception. FREE and open to the public. The Outten Visiting Artist Lecture […]