Critic/Curator Lisa Kurzner - Alexander Hall, 1/17/07 (Thursday) 7:30PM

Highly recommended for those interested in what a curator does and some of the challenges they face when organizing a show. What does a curator do? How does one become a critic? If you have these questions, go to Alexander Hall this Thursday at 7:30 to find out.

From Craig Drennon:

The Painting Department's second visiting artist lecture of 2008 will be by Ms. Lisa Kurzner on Thursday, 1/17/08 at 7:30pm in Alexander Auditorium, with a lecture titled "Nothing Negative: 2 1/2 Decades in Art." Ms. Kurzner is a freelance critic and curator based in Atlanta, GA. She was a curatorial fellow at MoMA and a Lehman research fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, both in New York City. Ms. Kurzner writes art criticism for the Atlanta Journal Constitution and Artpapers magazine, among others. Since arriving in Atlanta, Ms. Kurzner has curated exhibitions at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Marcia Wood Gallery, and Solomon Projects. She also curated "Monique van Genderen: The Sensations of Mental Life" at the ACA Gallery at the Savannah College of Art and Design. (Art in America, April 2007)