Annual Semans Lecture: Brooke Davis Anderson

The Nasher Museum welcomes Brooke Davis Anderson, executive director of Prospect New Orleans, the largest international triennial in the United States. For the Annual Semans Lecture, Anderson will give a talk, "Contemporary Art Meets the Big Easy," about the history of this city-wide exhibition, with an emphasis on last year's project. She will also talk about the future: Trevor Schoonmaker, Chief Curator and Patsy R. and Raymond D. Curator of Contemporary Art at the Nasher Museum, was appointed the Artistic Director of Prospect 4, opening in fall 2017. Before joining Prospect New Orleans, Anderson was deputy director of curatorial planning at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Previously, she was founding director and curator of the Contemporary Center at the American Folk Art Museum in New York, where she curated many exhibitions, authored several books and numerous articles, and led the $1 million acquisition of the Henry Darger Study Center. She has been an assistant professor at Columbia University, City College of New York and Winston-Salem State University. From 1992-1999, Anderson was director of the Diggs Gallery at Winston-Salem State University. Free and open to the public. Reception with cash bar to follow.