with Jenny Parsons, Ph.D., Associate Curator Free with Museum Admission, no advance reservation required Join Parsons for an introduction to the work of contemporary artist Dana Sherwood, who creates banquets for wild animals as part of her quest to better understand the human/non-human animal relationship. Hear about how Sherwood's paintings, sculpture, film, and immersive installations...

with Dana Sherwood, Artist-in-Residence Free with Museum Admission Artist Dana Sherwood uses night vision cameras to film the animals that venture onto her stage sets after dark lured by freshly prepared and beautifully arranged food. She will address her interest in collaborating with animals in her film work in this gallery talk, in connection with...

with Shana Reisig, Assistant Professor of Art History, Kent State University $10 (members 10% discount) Purchase tickets here Watermelons were a rowdy fruit in American art; they were shown leaking juice, vomiting seeds, and sliding across tables in still-life representations. The fruit’s reputation as messy and hard to control no doubt influenced artistic representations as...