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  2. SAVE THE DATE! Retirement Celebration for Dr. Leonard Folgarait, Distinguished Professor of History of Art and Architecture.

SAVE THE DATE! Retirement Celebration for Dr. Leonard Folgarait, Distinguished Professor of History of Art and Architecture.

The Department of History of Art and Architecture will be hosting a retirement celebration for long-time faculty member, Distinguished Professor Leonard Folgarait. This event will be held on April 13, 2023 from 4:00-6:00 PM in 203 Cohen Memorial Hall. A reception will follow the event in the Cohen Atrium. Professor Folgarait has recently retired after enjoying a long teaching career at Vanderbilt. Please join us in honoring, reflecting on, and celebrating Professor Folgarait and his teaching at Vanderbilt!

Folgarait Celebration

The program is as follows:

4:00 PM - Welcome by Dr. Kevin D. Murphy, Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities, Professor and Chair, Deptartment of History of Art and Architecture

4:15 PM - Introduction and reflections on the teaching of Professor Folgarait by Dr. James Housefield, Associate Professor of Design, University of California, Davis

4:30 PM - Lecture by Professor Leonard Folgarait: “Reflections on Abstract Art and its Lessons Beyond Art”

5:00 PM - Questions, Discussion, Reflections from the Audience

Reception to follow in the atrium of Cohen Memorial Hall