Lunch and Art with Dr. Susan Edwards, Director of the Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Item Number: 243
Time Left: CLOSED
Description
Private lunch for four with the Frist Center's Executive Director and CEO, Susan H. Edwards, PhD. This experience is tailor made for serious art collectors and student's aspiring to a career in art history or museum management alike.
Over a lunch especially prepared for you in a private dining room by the Frist Center's chef, you will have the opportunity to visit with Dr. Edwards and learn first hand about the exciting world of art, museums and collecting. This priceless personal encounter will give you a "behind the scenes glimpse" of what it is like to be at the helm of a progressive, cutting-edge art institution.Tour the current exhibition and come away with professional knowledge and insight.
An acknowledged expert in American art, specifically the history of photography, Dr. Edwards has organized exhibitions, published and lectured widely on modern and contemporary artists, material, culture and photography. She has also taught these subjects at New York University, Queens College/CUNY, School of Visual Arts, New York and Vanderbilt University, where she is currently Adjunct Associate Professor. Dr. Edwards received her PhD. from the City University of New York in 1995. From 1987-1998, she was Curator at Hunter College of the City University of New York., where she originated over twenty art exhibitions. From 1998 until 2004, Dr. Edwards was Executive Director of the Katonah Museum in Katonah, NY. In 1997, Dr. Edwards was named a Founding Fellow at the Ligura Study Center for the Arts & Humanities, Genoa, Italy. She currently serves on the advisory boards of the Bogliasco Foundation, Harvard University Art Museums Collection Committee, and the Stephen Taller Archive at Harvard University.
Special Instructions
Please make arrangemetns with the Frist Center by contacting Jason Owens at 615-744-3255 or by email at jowens@fristcenter.org. Parking and entrance to the current exhibit are included.