Visionary Voices: Conversations on Art & Culture is Moore’s new program series focusing on engaging and timely topics including lectures, film screenings and conversations with creative thinkers from art and design.
The 2008-09 Visionary Voices Lecture Series was made possible through the generous support of Wilmington Trust and included:
Conversation with Inga Saffron and Andrew Altman on Designing Cities/Constructing Communities
March 9, 2009
Inga Saffron, architecture critic for The Philadelphia Inquirer and Andrew Altman, Philadelphia’s Director of Commerce and Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, discussed the impact of urban planning in our community and how it is shaping the future of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Illustrated Lecture by Mary McFadden: Goddesses, Symbols and Ancient Textiles
November 18, 2008
An illustrated lecture followed by a book signing and reception with renowned fashion designer McFadden.
Screening of Documentary on Alice Neel and Conversation with Director Andrew Neel
November 12, 2008
The Philadelphia premiere of Alice Neel (2007) by director Andrew Neel, Alice Neel’s grandson followed by a post-screening discussion with the Andrew Neel. This feature-length documentary film tells the story of Neel’s life, exploring the struggles she faced as a woman artist, a single mother and a painter who defied convention.
Conversation with Lowery Stokes Sims and Dianne Vanderlip on Changing Roles of Women in Cultural Institutions
October 28, 2008
Lowery Stokes Sims is the Charles Bronfman Curator of the Museum of Arts & Design in New York. A specialist in modern and contemporary art, Sims served as executive director and then president at The Studio Museum in Harlem from 2000 through 2006. Prior to that she was on the education and curatorial staff of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for 27 years. Dianne Vanderlip is curator emeritus at the Denver Art Museum, where she servied as founding curator of modern and contemporary art for nearly thirty years. Vanderlip was founding director of The Galleries at Moore from 1968 to 1978 and is currently working as a curator for the Gagosian Gallery in Los Angeles. These two museum professionals talked about the evolution of their careers.