The Maier Museum of Art
at Randolph College

David F. Anthony Memorial Lecture by Karen McIlvoy

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

The lecture, titled Archaeology on the Plantation: Exploring how Enslaved People Engaged with their Material World, will be delivered by Karen McIlvoy, archaeology laboratory supervisor at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. […]

Entangled and Ingested: The Art and Science of Plastic Pollution

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

Dr. Kat Owens, a plastic pollution researcher, artist, and activist, will discuss Entangled and Ingested, a series of life-sized portraits of animals harmed by marine plastic pollution hand sewn from […]

Imperialism, Colonialism, Reparations, and the “Universal” Museum

Randolph College - Leggett 537 2500 Rivermont Avenue, Lynchburg, VA, United States

In this lecture Dr. Patty Gerstenblith will discuss the concept of the ‘universal’ museum and its historical underpinnings exploring its origins across the arc of the 19th century as well […]