Mountain Empire Community College Presents
February 1, 2010 • 12:15 p.m.
Mountain Empire Community College
Goodloe Center • Big Stone Gap, VA
For her crime, Hester Prynne has been sentenced to wear the scarlet letter for
the remainer of her life. But someone in the town of Boston is as guilty as she, and Hester’s husband Chillingworth is determined to find out who it is.
February 18, 2010 • 12:15 p.m.
Mountain Empire Community College
Goodloe Center • Big Stone Gap, VA
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February 18, 2010 • 7:30 p.m.
The University of Virgina’s College at Wise
Chapel of All Faiths • Wise, VA
March 28, 2010 • 3:00 p.m.
Mountain Empire Community College
Goodloe Center • Big Stone Gap, VA
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Lecture Series - These programs have been
organized by the Office of Statewide Partnerships os the Virginia Museum of
Fine Arts in Richmond, VA and are supported by the Paul Mellon Endowment
March 31, 2010 • 7:00 p.m.
The University of Virgina’s College at Wise
Chapel of All Faiths • Wise, VA
The nineteenth century was a period of political and cultural turmoil as the
young nation searched for its identity. During the unstable years following the
Civil War, cultural constructs of gender were increasingly fixed. More
specifically, the role of women in the art world was multifaceted, even
contradictory at times. While painting and sculpture often operated within a
coded framework of ideal femininity, female artists and patrons also lived and
worked in a complex relationship to such a code, with varying motives and
outcomes. This lecture will examine works by both male and female artists,
exploring the many ways femininity was defined, reinforced, and tested in late
19th century art and culture.
April 3, 2010 • 7:30 p.m.
Mountain Empire Community College
Goodloe Center • Big Stone Gap, VA
