Image: Taiyo Watanabe, 2023
Come to the Schindler House during visitor service hours 3:00PM — 5:00PM to receive a tarot reading by an invited guest from artist Renée Petropoulos. Readings will take place in the Chase Courtyard on Petropoulos’ shag carpet installation.
First come first serve and free with the price of admission.
RENÉE PETROPOULOS
Renée Petropoulos, a Los Angeles native, received her BA in Art History specializing in Islamic Art, MA in video, and MFA in painting from the University of California, Los Angeles. Her interest in nationalism and identity via pattern, repetition, and color is reflected through her public works such as the one found in the Los Angeles International Airport Delta Terminal. She lives in Venice, California and is Professor emeritus at the Otis College of Art and Design in the Graduate Studies Department.
LINDA BESEMER
Linda Besemer has taught painting and drawing at Occidental College since l987. She has also taught academic courses in and gender theory in the Women’s Studies Department. She has served as the Chair of both the departments of Art History and Visual Arts and Women’s Studies. In 2005, Professor Besemer was awarded Occidental’s faculty honor for professional achievement: The Graham L. Sterling Memorial Award. And, in 2006, she was granted an endowed professorship and became The James Irvine Distinguished Professor of the Arts.
Besemer’s paintings have been featured in numerous museums, most notably: The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Corcoran Gallery of Art, DC, SITE Sante Fe, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Albright Knox Museum, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Grand Arts, The South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, The Bucksbaum Center for the Arts, The Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, The Weatherspoon Museum of Art, The Portland Art Museum, and The Palm Beach ICA.
Fri, July 21, 2023
3 — 5 pm