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An Evening with Nick Verreos & FIDM
Wednesday, December 09, 2009 7 p.m. Reception Since making his television debut on Season 2 of the hit show Project Runway, designer and FIDM graduate and current instructor Nick Verreos has become one of the hottest designers in the country. The red carpet dresses he designs for his NIKOLAKI line have been worn by the Hollywood elite including Eva Longoria Parker, Haylie Duff, and Heidi Klum. Fresh from appearing as a guest judge on this season of Project Runway, Verreos talks about the inspirations behind his designs and the next generation of fashion. Verreos will then take you to the front row of a west coast fashion show with a special viewing of FIDM’s Debut 2009, which celebrates the work of its top design students. A reception will follow the lecture. This program is co-sponsored by The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. For more information, please visit their website at www.FIDM.edu.
James Rosenquist: Painting Below Zero
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 7 p.m. One of the most iconic pop artists of our time, James Rosenquist revolutionized twentieth-century painting. In conversation with Paul Greenhalgh, director and president, Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design, Rosenquist recalls his days as a student at the Art Students League in New York, describes his experiences hanging high over Broadway as a sign painter, and the inspiration behind his large paintings full of brilliant colors and surreally juxtaposed images. Rosenquist has captured his story in the memoir Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art (Knopf, October 2009), a unique look inside the contemporary art world by one of its most important painters. A book signing follows the talk. To purchase tickets at the special contemporaries rate, please click here.
Sargent’s Watercolors: A Conversation with Barbara Ernst Prey and Sarah Cash
Thursday, December 17, 2009 7 p.m. This exhibition resonates with my work and vision as a painter of the sea. Sargent’s brushstrokes and eye have always been an inspiration. –Barbara Ernst Prey According to The New Yorker, based on her accomplishments and body of work, “Barbara Ernst Prey may be, at this moment, the most widely viewed painter in the world.” An American artist rooted in the traditions of landscape painting, Prey’s watercolors are included in prominent museum collections around the world. In conversation with Sarah Cash, bechhoefer curator of American art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and curator of the Corcoran’s exhibition Sargent and the Sea, Prey and Cash reflect on Sargent’s magnificent watercolors. Free with Gallery Admission
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