Anna Deavere Smith to Present at SUNY Arts Now Conference – Public Discussion Blends Theatre, Social Commentary, and Intimate Reverie

NEW PALTZ — Celebrated playwright, author and actor Anna Deavere Smith will deliver a keynote lecture and discussion on Thursday, September 20, 2001 to attendees of the 2001 Arts Now Conference, “Sites of Conflict: Art in a Culture of Violence.” The presentation is preceded by a viewing of Smith’s acclaimed…

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With My Profound Reverence for the Victims: Samuel Dorsky Museum Presents Works by George Bellows

NEW PALTZ — Throughout late summer the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art hosts With My Profound Reverence For The Victims: Lithographs and Drawings by George Bellows, an exhibition organized by SDMA Director Neil Trager. The show includes lithographs and drawings that demonstrate the early twentieth-century painter’s deep personal response to…

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Museum lures Bowen to Milwaukee

NEW PALTZ — State University of New York at New Paltz President Roger Bowen announced today that he has accepted an offer to be the president of the Milwaukee Public Museum. The 119-year-old museum specializes in human and natural history, and interprets the world’s cultural and natural heritage through collections, research,…

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