The significance of paintings by a famous Philadelphia artist will be the topic of the next Science Café at 7 p.m. on Nov. 8 at the Slowdown, 729 N. 14th St. in Omaha. Attendees will hear from Jack Becker, Ph.D., executive director and CEO of Joslyn Art Museum.
Dr. Becker will discuss the artwork of Thomas Eakins, a Philadelphia artist whose most famous paintings focused on medical education and health care and provided an overview of intellectual life in Philadelphia in the late 19th century and early 20th century.
Dr. Becker came to the Joslyn Art Museum from Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art in Nashville, Tenn., where he served as president and chief executive officer since 2005.
Prior to that, Dr. Becker worked as curator of the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Conn., the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. He also has fellowships from the National Gallery of Art, the Henry Luce Foundation and the Smithsonian Institution.
Science Café is a free educational event sponsored by the University of Nebraska Medical Center and other groups to increase the population’s science literacy. Hosted by UNMC, Bio Nebraska and the Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures, Science Cafés are held the first Tuesday of each month in Omaha and one Thursday every other month in Lincoln.
Free pizza, available for the first 50 people, will be provided by Nebraska Coalition for Lifesaving Cures. For more information about Science Cafés, go to www.unmc.edu/sciencecafe
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