Posted October 6, 2009.
The School of Art and Art History is proud to present “From Degas to Abstraction” a lecture by Michelle Wambaugh, noted art photographer, at 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, Oct. 14, at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art. This lecture is free and open to the public; seating is limited.
One of her most well known photographic series include “Exposed: The Performer Backstage.” Wambaugh, is the only photographer to document the backstage milieu of over 40 major dance, theatre and opera companies, in North America and Europe, including musicals on Broadway and London stages. This series began quite modestly in the classrooms of the Oakland Ballet Company in 1979. During the years Wambaugh lived in the San Francisco Bay Area and she worked with local companies, as well as, visited many European theatres.
Some of her other series include “Women and Trials of India” and “World Signage.” For more information on Michelle Wambaugh, please visit http://www.michelewambaugh.com/.
The lecture will be presented in the Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium. The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is located in the OU Arts District on the corner of Elm Avenue and Boyd Street, at 555 Elm Ave., on the OU Norman campus.
Admission to the museum is free to all OU students with a current student ID and all museum association members, $5 for adults, $4 for seniors, $3 for children 6 to 17 years of age, $2 for OU faculty/staff, and free for children 5 and under. Admission is free on Tuesdays.
The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. For accommodations on the basis of disability, please call the School of Art and Art History at (405) 325-2691. For more information, please visit, http://art.ou.edu/.