Art & Ideas that Changed America with Pres Rod Smolla of Furman Univ January 16, 2011

Pres. Rod Smolla of Furman University kicks off the Chautauqua Season (featuring Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Muir, Albert Einstein, Frances Perkins, W.E.B. DuBois and Mark Twain) with discussion of how art reflected their ideas and how those ideas changed America. Audience discussion followed by a tour of the Merton Simpson exhibition Confrontations. Simpson, born in Charleston, is a nationally prominent African American artist best known for a series of 22 abstract paintings done in the 1960s, during the civil rights era. Called the Confrontation series, they express the anger and frustration of the times. (In case of inclement weather the event will be rescheduled for Sun Jan 23 @ 2:00 pm) FREE no charge for museum, tour or program