LECTURES & ADULT PROGRAMS
Looking for Educational Adult Programs? The Booth Museum has you covered! Choose from a variety of videos below or visit the Booth Museum YouTube channel for MORE videos. Become a subscriber to our YouTube Channel to receive updates as new content is added.
Upcoming Programs
12.2.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Z.S. Liang
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews Z.S. Liang about his incredible art career on Booth Museum’s Facebook page. Liang was born in China and raised in a family of artists. He received his great inspiration while studying and painting the Wampanoag Indian culture at the outdoor Museum in Plymouth, Massachusetts. A couple of Liang’s many awards are: the David P. Usher Patrons’ Choice Award, Master of the American West, 2009; the President’s Award for Excellence, Oil Painters of America, 2005.
12.9.2020 Art for Lunch Artist Demonstration with artist Randall Graham
Join artist Randall Graham for a live art demonstration on Booth Museum’s Facebook page. Randall is ambitious when it comes to his approach to painting. His work comes in a variety of channels including studio work, en plein air (outdoor painting) and his “en rain air” style. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to see Graham FREE demonstration on Booth’s Facebook page.
12.16.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Denise Mahlke
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews Denise about her inspiring art career on Booth Museum’s Facebook page. Mahlke has gained national recognition for her pastel paintings, which have been featured in Western Art & Architecture, Southwest Art, Plein Air and Pastel Journal. She has been twice honored as winner of the First Place award in Landscape with the Art Renewal Center’s International Salon. In 2013, she was awarded the Gold Medal for works on paper and Best of Show award at the Phoenix Art Museum’s West Select show.
12.30.2020 Art for Lunch with artist John Fawcett
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews John Fawcett about his art journey on Booth Museum’s Facebook page. Fawcett started out painting mainly in watercolor but has introduced oils to his repertoire. Since taking the leap of faith to become an artist, he has been invited to participate in some of the most prestigious Western art shows in the country and has developed relationships with the top galleries.
1.6.2021 Art for Lunch: The Cherokee of Southern Appalachia (talk & show-and-tell) with author Mark Warren
This program reveals how the land of Southern Appalachia dictated the culture of the Cherokees. The mountains, the plants, the animals, and the stone all played their parts. The daily life of this tribe was guided by an intimacy and reverence for nature that our present white culture has not tried to emulate. The result of this oversight is revealed in our lack of understanding about the forest and in the careless treatment of the environment. This program will include a great deal of show-and-tell, items brought by the presenter to share with the audience. Learn about Cherokee crafts, weapons, hunting techniques, philosophies, religion, clothing, tools, foods, medicines, and games. Lunch will be available for $10.00 plus tax. No outside food or beverages. Please reserve your tickets early for in-person seating, limited number of tickets are available.
1.20.2021 Art for Lunch Artist Demonstration with artist David Boyd, Jr.
You are invited to join award winning artist David Boyd, Jr. as for a live art demonstration on Booth Museum’s Facebook page Recently Boyd received an Award of Excellence for Most Original at OPA Eastern Regional. In addition, he has participated in and won awards at plein air events around the southeast.
2.17.2020 Art for Lunch Artist Demonstration featuring Amanda Lovett
You are invited to attend a LIVE Demonstration featuring artist Amanda Lovett on Booth Museum’s Facebook page. Amanda has been accepted into numerous national and regional shows and organizations, as well as earning her Signature Status with Oil Painters of America and American Women Artist.
3.17.2021 Art for Lunch Artist Demonstration featuring Sivananda Nyayapathi
You are invited to attend a LIVE Demonstration featuring artist Siva Nyayapathi on Booth Museum’s Facebook page. Sivananda is recogzied as an ‘Associate Living Master‘ by the Art Renewal Center. He is also recognized as a ‘signature member‘ by the prestigious Oil Painters of America. He is honored with the Maitri Award for excellence in art and Vamsi award of excellence in art.
4.21.2021 Art for Lunch Artist Demonstration featuring Mick McAndrews
You are invited to attend a LIVE Demonstration featuring artist Mick McAndrews on Booth Museum’s Facebook page. Mick’s award winning paintings strive to capture the mood and atmosphere of a subject, combining the magic of watercolor with reverence for the principles of design to create works of sophisticated simplicity.
Past Programs (click the images below to watch the past programs)
11.19.2020 Evening Lecture with artist Seth Haverkamp
Haverkamp has studied with internationally-known artists Nelson Shanks and Robert Liberace. Known for his unique still-lifes and portraits, he derives his primary inspiration from the beauty of color and form and the drama of light and dark. While Seth has done countless commissioned portraits, his favorite subjects are his wife and children who always take him to new heights of creativity.
11.18.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Mikel Donahue
Seth Hopkins interviews artist Mikel Donahue. Donahue is an award winning member of the Cowboy Artists of America on Booth Museum’s Facebook page. Fascinated by life on the ranch and the iconic art of masters such as Charlie Russell and Frederic Remington, Mikel has become a perfect amalgam of his childhood influences with a life of breeding quarter horses with his wife Christine on their property outside Broken Arrow and an award-winning art career.
11.11.2020 Art for Lunch Artist Demonstration with Nancy Nowak
Join artist Nancy Nowak for a live art demonstration. Nowak has won numerous local, national and international awards for her landscape paintings and has exhibited throughout the United States as well as France and Italy. Nancy’s paintings have been featured in Plein Air Magazine, Southwest Art Magazine, Pratique de Arts and multiple times in Pastel Journal Magazine. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to see Nowak’s FREE demonstration.
11.10.2020 Western Art Symposium Session Four – Indians and Cowboys Redefined with artist Greg Woodard
Woodard will discuss his transformation from world champion wooden bird carver to one of the most innovative sculptors in the contemporary Western genre.
11.09.2020 Western Art Symposium Session Three – Indians and Cowboys Redifined with artist Duke Beardsley
Beardsley will discuss the inspiration and techniques he uses for his innovative depictions of Cowboys and other Western icons in a decidedly contemporary style.
11.06.2020 Western Art Symposium Session Two Panel Discussion – Elaine Horwitch Stories with curator Julie Sasse, art critic/writer Lisa Wade and artist Tom Palmore
Julie worked for Elaine in her gallery business for 15 years, Lisa was an arts writer during that period and was married to artist Bob “Daddy-O” Wade and Elaine represented Tom for many years. All three have enlightening and entertaining stories to share.
11.05.2020 Western Art Symposium Session One – Marking Space: Abstraction and Place in the Work of Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Kay WalkingStick and Emmi Whitehorse with Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian Assistant Curator of Contemporary Art Rebecca Head Trautmann
Trautmann will summarize research related to contemporary Native American women artists she is conducting in advance of an exhibition she will curate involving the work of these top three top women artists.
11.04.2020 Art for Lunch with Jim Dunham
Join Booth Museum’s Historian Jim Dunham as he presents the second part of a three part series, Western Movies 101, Dunham’s presentation walks us through iconic Western Movies begining with 1938 through 1953.
10.28.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Deborah Fellows.
Join Executive Director Seth Hopkins as he interview artist Deborah Fellows.
10.22.2020 Virtual Gallery Walk with Seth Hopkins and Lisa Wheeler. Join Excutive Director Seth Hopkins and Director of Curatorial Services on a gallery walk through Booth Museum’s newest exhibition Indians & Cowboys: Redefined by Duke & Woodard.
10.21.2020 Art for Lunch with artist John Coleman.
Join Executive Director Seth Hopkins as he interview artist John Coleman.
10.15.2020 Virtual Gallery Walk with Seth Hopkins and Lisa Wheeler.
Join Executive Director Seth Hopkins and Director of Curatorial Services Lisa Wheeler as they walk everyone through Booth’s newest exhibition Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art & the Legacy of Elaine Horwitch.
10.14.2020 Art for Lunch Artist Demonstration with artist Karen Margulis.
Karen specializes in pastel paintings and is known for her brilliant landscape art specializing in wildflowers. Watch as Margulis shows everyone how to draw a fall landscape inspired by her latest camping trip.
10.07.2020 Art for Lunch with Chief Curator of Tucson Museum of Art Julie Sasse. Get ready to rise! Join Executive Director Seth Hopkins and Julie Sasse in a informative discussion about legendary art dealer Elaine Horwitch and how she was instrumental in launching many Western artists career. This program will be available on Booth’s Facebook page.
9.30.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Sandy Scott.
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews artist Sandy Scott.
9.24.2020 Art for Lunch Artist Demonstration with artist Michele Byrne.
Byrne is recognized for her figurative plein air work and in recent years for her dynamic palette knife paintings. Watch Michele’s unique technique.
9.16.2020 Art for Lunch The Booth Photography Guild Awards Ceremony. Join the Booth Photography Guild as they present their awards ceremony.
9.2.2020 Art for Lunch with author/photographer Travis Swann Taylor.
Join Travis Swann Taylor as his discusses his book 111 Places in Atlanta That You Must Not Miss.
8.26.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Greg Beecham.
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews artist Greg Beecham.
8.19.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Kim Wiggins.
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews artist Kim Wiggins.
8.12.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Ed Mell.
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews artist Ed Mell.
8.5.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Ed Mell.
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews artist Ed Mell.
8.5.2020 Art for Lunch with Booth Museum’s Curator of Photography Dr. Samuel Gerace III.
Join Dr. Gerace as he discusses Booth’s newest photography exhibit American Dreams Or Imagined Lands: Terri Loewenthal, Jack Spencer, Christa Blackwood, Mark Klett and Byron Wolfe.
7.30.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Dyana Hesson.
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews artist Dyana Hesson.
7.23.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Matt Smith.
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews artist Matt Smith.
7.15.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Tony Abeyta.
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews Abeyta.
7.8.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Chris Groves.
Join Kent Mullinax as he interviews Groves.
7.1.2020 Art for Lunch artist Logan Maxwell Hagege.
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews Hagege.
6.18.20 Art for Lunch artist Carrie Fell.
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews Carrie about her art career.
6.11.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Dustin Van Wechel.
Join Dustin as he takes us on a tour of his studio as he disucusses what inspires him as an artist.
6.4.2020 Art for lunch with artist Dan Young.
Take a tour of Young’s studio and find out about his jouney of becoming an artist.
5.28.2020 Art for Lunch with artist Kevin Kehoe.
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews artist Kevin Kehoe.
5.27.2020 Art for Lunch with Chris Shaman.
Join Seth Hopkins as he interviews Chris Shaman gift to the Booth Museum. The newest acquisition is by Floyd Shaman, Spike Finds Romance, gifted by Chris Shaman.
5.21.2020 Art for Lunch – Art Demonstration and Behind the Scenes tour with artist Amy Watts.
Take a journey through Amy’s studio and a horse ride to a special place.
5.20.2020 Facebook Art for Lunch with Booth’s Historian Jim Dunham on Geronimo.
Join Booth’s Historian Jim Dunham will present his research related to the life and times of the noted Apache Indian Chief Geronimo. Dunham will provide a detailed biography using historic photographs and artwork in the Booth Museum collection to illustrate the story, including an iconic portrait of Geronimo by Andy Warhol.
5.15.2020 Facebook Studio tour with artist Dawn Whitelaw.
5.15.2020 Facebook Art for Lunch with artist Robert Glenn Ketchum & Eliot Porter: On Seeing Color.
Join photographer Robert Glenn Ketchum, Photography Curator Dr. Sam Gerace and Executive Director Seth Hopkins for a virtual walk-through of the current exhibition On Seeing Color featuring the work of Robert Glenn Ketchum and Eliot Porter.
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