Composing Identity through Historical and Contemporary Art Coordinating
Schedule: Thursday, October 8, 6:00-8:00 p.m. (Meet in Frye Rotunda); Thursdays, October 15-November 5, 7:00-8:00 p.m.
Location: Seattle, Frye Art Museum (see maps)
Reg. # 105404

Course Description
Beyond aesthetic considerations, art is crucial to how we represent ourselves to ourselves and to others. In other words, over the centuries art has been fundamental to the construction of identity, providing images of who we believe we are, or who we would like to be. More than simply a reflection of world views, art is equally constitutive of identity, extending old and producing new trajectories of belief through the unrivalled power of the image. Drawing from important historical and contemporary examples, the instructor will explores some of the ways art has been used to forge national, racial and sexual identify over the past two centuries in Europe and the United Stated.

Instructors

Midge Bowman- Coordinating Instructor
Midge Bowman, Executive Director of Frye Art Museum is coordinating the lectures series experiences for Osher Members. Bowman has been Executive Director of the Frye since 2004. She earned a B.A. from Pomona College, an M.A. from Yale University in Music History and does Doctoral studies in Adult Development at the Fielding Institute. Ms. Bowman is affiliates with many state and national professional organizations and is a Board member of several local organizations.
Kolya Rice- Series Instructor
Kolya Rice, currently a PhD candidate in modern and contemporary art history and criticism at the University of Washington, received his M.A. from Tice University. He has taught at UW, University of Puget Sound and Seattle University and is an adjunct professor in the University of Washington's Art History and Master of Arts in Museology program.