image: (detail) Lavinia Fontana (1552–1614); Lucia Bonasoni Garzoni, circa 1590, oil on canvas
framed: 58 7/8 × 49 7/8 inches
National Gallery of Art, Gift of Funds from Anonymous in memory of Montana Walker Strauss, and Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2022.38.1
framed: 58 7/8 × 49 7/8 inches
National Gallery of Art, Gift of Funds from Anonymous in memory of Montana Walker Strauss, and Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2022.38.1
2025-2026 LECTURE SEASON
Celebrating the 64th year of Exploring, Expanding, and Enlivening the Arts in Peoria
Second Thursdays in October through December and February through May
Lectures held in Peoria Riverfront Museum's Gilmore Auditorium or Giant Screen Theatre.
Social time at 9:30 AM, lecture starts at 10:00 AM.
Members: free. Non-members: tickets available at door; adults $12, students $5. Zoom option usually available.
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October 9, 2025 Working Women: Italian Women Artists, 1500-1800
Dr. Eve Straussman-Pflanzer; Curator of Italian and Spanish Paintings, National Gallery of Art Sponsored by Maggie Nelson Zoom registration link will be provided to members in the September 18 Spotlight Non-member access to register for the Zoom like is available at 309tix.com |
December 11, 2025 Tradition and Innovation: Korean Ceramics through the Ages
Yeonsoo Chee; Curator of Korean Art, Art Institute of Chicago
Sponsored by Linda and Robert Rowe
Yeonsoo Chee; Curator of Korean Art, Art Institute of Chicago
Sponsored by Linda and Robert Rowe
January 14, 2026 by Zoom, for members only Indigenous Architecture in the Mississippi Valley
Dr. Anna Blume; Professor of Art History, State University of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology
Sponsored by the Byron and Sylvia DeHaan Endowment for the Fine Arts
Dr. Anna Blume; Professor of Art History, State University of New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology
Sponsored by the Byron and Sylvia DeHaan Endowment for the Fine Arts
February 12, 2026 Archibald Motley Jr., the ‘New Negro’ Renaissance, and the Politics of Representation
Dr. Phoebe Wolfskill; Associate Professor of American Studies and of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University
Sponsored by Carol Morrisey
Dr. Phoebe Wolfskill; Associate Professor of American Studies and of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University
Sponsored by Carol Morrisey
March 12, 2026 Beyond Heights: Skyscrapers and the Human Experience
Chyna Bounds; Assistant Curator, American Decorative Arts and Design, Milwaukee Art Museum
Sponsored by Becky White
Chyna Bounds; Assistant Curator, American Decorative Arts and Design, Milwaukee Art Museum
Sponsored by Becky White
April 9, 2026 Pattern and Paradox: The Quilts of Amish Women
Dr. Janneken Smucker; Professor of History, West Chester University
Sponsored by Sue Freeberg in memory of Dwight Hershberger, a beloved art, drama, and photography teacher at Washington Community High School, whose mother Beulah Hershberger was an avid and talented quilter
Dr. Janneken Smucker; Professor of History, West Chester University
Sponsored by Sue Freeberg in memory of Dwight Hershberger, a beloved art, drama, and photography teacher at Washington Community High School, whose mother Beulah Hershberger was an avid and talented quilter
May 14, 2026 Norman Rockwell: Inclusion, Exclusion, and Representing America
Jane Oneail; art historian and founder of Culturally Curious
Sponsored by Abbie Alexander and by Laura Nelson
Jane Oneail; art historian and founder of Culturally Curious
Sponsored by Abbie Alexander and by Laura Nelson