Art Speaks Series
TCA hosts a monthly Art Speaks series with presentations by experts in a variety of art topics, often led by Tucson Museum of Art docents.
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2024/2025 Art Speaks Schedule
Art Speaks presentations are scheduled on the second Thursday of the month, October through March at 5pm.
The 2023-2024 Season will be presented live in the gallery each month.
Preregistration is required. Call TCA at 520-398-2371.
Presentations in this series are free for TCA members and $10 for guests and nonmembers. Click here to become a MEMBER.
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October 10, 2024
Art & Healing: A Cross Cultural Perspective
Art has a healing quality that is recognized across a diverse number of cultures. This Art Talk examines its role in three such cultural settings. First, Southwest Indigenous – Navajo, with a focus on Navajo sand paintings and the art of David Chethlahe Paladin. Second, Western Medicine, with a focus on its role in creating a healing environment along with its therapeutic value. Third, The East – Traditional Japan, with a focus on the healing dimension of Japanese temple gardens.
TMA Docent: Keith White
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November 14, 2024
Automobiles and Hollywood Films
The Art Deco movement was seen in nearly all forms of creative expression. This talk will focus on its influence on automobile design and Hollywood films. (Created by Harry Hakanson and will be delivered by his partner, Alinda.)
TMA Docent: Alinda Hakenson
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December 12, 2024
Faces and Places: A Photographer’s Search for Dignity
In his various travels, he photographs people on the street in places all over the world.
Speaker: Gary Corbett
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January 16, 2025
Cezanne: The Artist Who Led the Way to Modern Art
Cézanne is best known for his paintings of apples! However, this talk will help us understand much more, and why he is
considered the Father of Modern Art. We will explore his still lifes as well as his landscapes, and portraits. Finally, we will examine his impact on 20th and 21st Century modern artists such as Picasso and Matisse. Obviously, Paul Cézanne is much more than just apples! Art has a healing quality that is recognized across a diverse number of cultures.
TMA Docent: Susie Heintz
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February 13, 2025
Special Lecture: The Two Worlds of Gustav Klimt
Gustav Klimt’s career straddled two worlds – the world of classical art that first made him famous, and the new and exciting world of Symbolism and Art Nouveau that would change the world of art forever. He was instrumental in shaping this new world, with his daring compositions, his new ways of looking at art, and his dazzling use of gold and his use of themes from the ancient world that made his paintings both timeless and hyper-modern.
Presented by Martin Randall
Tucson Art Tallks
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February 20, 2025
Who Wrote the Works of Shakespeare?
A fun and entertaining exploration of why there’s a growing consensus that the works of Shakespeare weren’t written by the actor from Stratford-upon-Avon, but that Shakespeare was a pen name for Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, a witty, highly-educated, multi-lingual, well-traveled noble of Elizabethan England. In his day, he was considered the ‘best’ writer of comedies and tragedies.
Presented by Leigh Farrell
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March 13, 2025
Revolutions per Minute: A new spin on art & music from the 1960's and 1970's
Many people consider the 1960s and 70s a time of experimentation. Artists were experimenting with new styles – op art, pop art, surrealism, minimalism – and recording artists were experimenting with new sounds. Album covers became a new canvas to explore. Fine artists, musicians, and album cover designers all strove to put a new spin on their respective works. This talk will explore some of the most iconic and influential cultural expressions of the era.
TMA Docent: Jaye-Lyn Trapp
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April 10, 2025
A Perfect Red: Its Fascinating History of Desire and Discovery
Throughout history, people have sought to create a bright, beautiful red to wear on themselves, see on their walls and everything in between. This is the story of how one insect changed the way the entire world was able to produce the most perfect red.
TMA Docent: Diane Foray
The Art Speaks program is made possible in partnership with the Tucson Museum of Art and with the support of
Arizona Humanities and National Endowment for the Humanities.
