Susanne Meurer, assistant professor of early modern European art at the University of Western Australia in Perth, will present the next lecture of the Hixson-Lied Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 30 in Richards Hall, Room 15. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The School of Art, Art History and Design’s Hixson-Lied Visiting Artist and Scholar Lecture Series brings notable artists, scholars and designers to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln each semester to enhance the education of students.
Meurer received her Ph.D. from the University of London and held post-doctoral fellowships at the Warburg Institute in London and the Kunsthistorisches Institut (Max-Planck Institute) in Florence, prior to her move to Australia.
She is currently a Fellow in Printing and Graphic Arts at Harvard’s Houghton Library. Her research project at Harvard focuses on the intersection of printmaking and calligraphy in the work of the early 16th century writer Johann Neudörffer’s manuscript notes on artists and craftsmen active in Nuremberg in Dürer’s lifetime.
Dating back to her work for the British Museum, Meurer also has a strong interest in the history of printmaking. She is the editor of Die Künstler der Teutschen Academie von Joachim von Sandrart (Turnhout: Brepols, 2015) and has published numerous essays on German art historiography and prints.
Underwritten by the Hixson-Lied Endowment with additional support from other sources, the series enriches the culture of the state by providing a way for Nebraskans to interact with luminaries in the fields of art, art history and design. Each visiting artist or scholar spends one to three days on campus to meet with classes, participate in critiques and give demonstrations. Every visiting artist or scholar gives at least one major lecture that is free and open to the public.
The remaining lectures in the series this spring include:
- Allison Grant, photographer, 5:30 p.m. Feb. 28 - Grant is a Chicago-based artist, educator and curator and teaches in the Photography and Art and Art History departments at Columbia College in Chicago.
- Robert Bubp, associate professor of Art and Design at Wichita State University, 5:30 p.m. March 2 - His current projects include research into traditions and local politics of street vending in different cultures.
- Rob Forbes, designer and entrepreneur, 5:30 p.m. March 9 - Forbes has been a ceramic artist, professor, author, publisher, photographer and business entrepreneur. He has held executive positions at numerous retail companies, but is best known as the Founder of Design Within Reach, 1998, and PUBLIC Bikes, 2009.
- Caroline Sturdy Colls, forensic archaeologist, 7:30 p.m. April 3 - Colls is an associate professor of forensic archaeology and genocide investigation at Staffordshire University. She is also the research lead of the Centre of Archaeology at the same institution.
- Ellen Lupton, graphic designer, 5:30 p.m. April 6 - Lupton is a writer, curator, educator and designer. She is the senior curator of contemporary design at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City.
- David Lobdell, sculptor, 5:30 p.m. April 13 - Lobdell is professor of fine art and Chair of the visual and performing arts at New Mexico Highlands University.
- Lawrence McFarland, photographer, 5:30 p.m. April 20 - McFarland, who received his M.F.A. from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in 1976, is professor emeritus from the University of Texas at Austin, where he taught from 1985 until 2013. He was awarded the first William and Bettye Nowlin Endowed Professorship in Photography in 2003.
For more information on the series, contact the School of Art, Art History and Design at 402.472.5522.
