Lebanon Valley College Presents Art Lecture by Dr. Sarah Gordon on Sept. 17

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Dr. Sarah Gordon to give lecture on the history of the complex intersection of painting and photography Sept. 17 at Lebanon Valley College

ANNVILLE, PA (08/27/2014)(readMedia)-- Lebanon Valley College's Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery presents an art lecture by Dr. Sarah Gordon on the history of the complex intersection of painting and photography on Sept. 17. This event is in conjunction with "Intersection: Painting, Drawing, and Photography," an exhibit on display through Oct. 12 at the Annville Gallery.

Dr. Gordon, an art consultant at American University and adjunct instructor at George Washington University, will host a lecture, ''The Rich Gifts it Bestows': Exchanges Among Photography, Painting, and Drawing," in Zimmerman Recital Hall of the Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 5 p.m. The lecture will particularly examine the genres of portraiture and landscape in order to demonstrate how the two mediums have impacted each other from the mid-19th century to the present.

Dr. Gordon earned a Ph.D. in art history from Northwestern University. She has been an instructor for Introduction to African Art at Northwestern University School of Continuing Studies, a lecturer of American Art at Lake Forest College, as well as a research associate for Department of Photographs at National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and a contract researcher for U.S. General Services Administration in Washington, D.C.

She is completing her book, "Indecent Exposures: Eadweard Muybridge's Animal Locomotion Photographs," forthcoming from Yale Press in fall 2015. She is also beginning to look at feminist photographic responses to Muybridge's work in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Dr. Gordon consults with private collectors in the Washington, D.C., area, and is researching and writing about The Section of Fine Arts murals in the William Jefferson Clinton Federal building in Washington, several of which have been controversial in recent years due to their depiction of Native Americans. Dr. Gordon teaches history of photography at George Washington University and American University.

LVC Gallery hours are Wednesdays from 5 to 8 p.m.; Thursdays from 1 to 4:30 p.m.; Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and by appointment for groups. Schools and other organizations are encouraged to contact the Gallery for a guided visit. Additional information is available at www.lvc.edu/gallery, gallery@lvc.edu, or 717-867-6445.