CONWAY, Ark. (January 24, 2020) —
Dave Loewenstein, noted muralist, printmaker, and arts organizer based in
Lawrence, Kan., will deliver a public lecture, “This is Not A Test,” on
Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020 at 4:10 p.m. in the Hundley-Shell Theater in the Miller
Creative Quad on the Hendrix College campus. The lecture is free and open to
the public. A reception will follow in the theater lobby.
In addition to his more than than twenty
public art works in Kansas, examples of Loewenstein’s dynamic and richly
colored community-based murals can be found across the United States, and in
Northern Ireland, South Korea, and Brazil. Loewenstein’s prints, which focus on
social justice issues, are exhibited internationally are are in the permanent
collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Yale University, and the
Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles. He is the co-author
of Kansas Murals: A Traveler’s Guide, and is the subject of “Called to
Walls,” a feature length documentary that premiered in 2016.
“Even before the museum opens its
doors in October, the Windgate Museum of Art is fortunate to launch its
programming activity with an artist of Dave’s reputation,” said Mary Kennedy, director/curator
of the Windgate Museum of Art. “Dave is a dynamic and provocative speaker. I
think audiences will be compelled by the case he makes for the intersection of
art and social justice.”
For more information, contact Amanda
Cheatham at 501-328-2383 or cheatham@hendrix.edu.
About the Windgate Museum of Art
The Windgate Museum of Art is the new art museum
located on the campus of Hendrix College. Scheduled to open in October 2020,
the museum is a 5,000 square-foot, environmentally controlled space that
includes three exhibition galleries. With a vision to be the premier teaching
museum in Arkansas, the WMA will present outstanding art exhibitions,
compelling educational programs, and invigorating social activities for
students, faculty, staff, and visitors to campus. Free and open to all, the
museum will use hands-on experiences to train students in all facets of museum
work, including curatorial research, collection management, educational and
social programming, marketing and communications, as well as all aspects of
exhibition research, planning, installation, and evaluation. The Windgate
Museum of Art is made possible with the generous support of the Windgate
Foundation and the Alice L. Walton Foundation.