UD to host symposium on 'Gertrude Käsebier: The Complexity of Light and Shade'

2:29 p.m., Feb. 25, 2013--The University of Delaware will host a symposium on “Gertrude Käsebier: The Complexity of Light and Shade” from 9:30 a.m.-3:15 p.m., Saturday, March 2, in the Trabant University Center Theatre and the Old College Main Gallery.

Presented as a complement to the exhibition “Gertrude Käsebier: The Complexity of Light and Shade,” on view through June 28 at the Old College Main Gallery, the symposium will feature presentations by Barbara Michaels, art historian; Michelle Delaney, Smithsonian Institution; Heather Campbell Coyle, curator of American art, Delaware Art Museum; Jae Gutierrez, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona; Greta Glaser, University of Delaware; and Stephen Petersen.

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Wendy Bellion, associate professor in UD’s Department of Art History, will moderate an afternoon panel in the exhibition gallery.

The program is partially funded by a grant from the Delaware Humanities Forum, a state program of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The symposium is open to the public free of charge. For registration, write to universitymuseums@udel.edu or call 302-831-8037.