Teaching the Body: Guided Tour with Curator Naomi Slipp
- Starts: 4:00 pm on Tuesday, March 26, 2013
- Ends: 5:00 pm on Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Naomi Slipp, Curator of "Teaching the Body: Artistic Anatomy in the American Academy, from Copley, Rimmer, and Eakins to Contemporary Artists," will lead a guided tour of the exhibition. Teaching the Body explores the intersections between the fields of art and medicine and contextualizes the study of artistic anatomy within American art academies in Boston, New York, and Philadelphia, from the first anatomy text of John Singleton Copley, created in 1756, to the contemporary works of Kiki Smith and others. The event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the BU Center for the Humanities.
- Speakers:
- Naomi Slipp
- Audience:
- public
- Address:
- 855 Commonwealth Avenue
- Room:
- Boston University Art Gallery
- Fees:
- free
- Registration:
- http://www.bu.edu/art/
- Contact Organization:
- Center for the Humanities