FAMOUS DEAD ARTIST LECTURE SERIES
One of the Museum’s most anticipated semi-annual events, the Famous Dead Artist series brings legendary artists to life through portrayals by local actors. Featured artists span the visual, performing, literary, and culinary worlds and have included Pablo Picasso, Charlie Chaplin, Julia Child, and Leonard Bernstein, among many others.
December 3rd features Jen Hogue performing as Margaret Bourke-White.
Margaret Bourke-White was a photographer best known for her work as the first female American war photojournalist. Her photography was featured on the cover of the very first issue of the modern iteration of Life magazine in 1936, and she was the first Western photographer allowed to document the Soviet Five-Year plan. She is also known for her journalism regarding the 1930’s Dust Bowl, Nazi Germany, life under Communism in the Soviet Union, and recording the India–Pakistan partition violence in the 1940’s.
This program is free, but seats fill up fast. Please plan to come early if you’d like to be guaranteed a spot to sit!
Previous Dead Artist Series performances are available to watch online by following this link.