Luncheon Series
Arts Connect Luncheons are intended to create an opportunity for the local and regional arts community as well as arts industry providers, arts lovers and supporters to come together, to listen to guest presenters, share their thoughts, their information, ideas and resources, explore beneficial collaborations and to provide a networking forum that cultivates relationships and strengthens the connectivity and conversations between the many art forms. An informational table will be available to share promotional or printed materials. All are welcome. |
Each luncheon will feature a guest speaker who will talk about their personal and professional experiences as well as share anecdotal lessons learned along the way. There will be an informal "meet and greet" period prior to the luncheon and a question and answer opportunity following the presentation.
Location: ArtsPlace, Performance Hall, 161 North Mill Street, Lexington, Kentucky
Agenda: 11:30 - 12:00pm Registration/Social 12:00 - 12:30pm Luncheon and Announcements 12:30 - 1:00pm Guest Speaker/Q&A 1:00 - 1:30pm Adjourn/Connecting Conversations Cost: $30.00/person, per each luncheon. Seating is limited and pre-registration is required. Plated lunches are catered and attendance must be anticipated. |
March 8th, 2018 - Thursday
Ouita Michel, Chef, Restaurateur and Pioneer of the Locally Grown movement
Ouita Michel, Chef, Restaurateur and Pioneer of the Locally Grown movement
April 5th, 2018 - Thursday
Julien Robson, Curator and Writer
Julien Robson, Curator and Writer
Julien Robson is currently Director of Great Meadows Foundation, the INhouse Foundation, and Curator of the Shands Collection. He also works as a project-based Independent Curator/Consultant and is based in the USA and Austria.
After gaining administrational and curatorial experience in the Regional Arts Association and Independent Gallery sectors in Britain, Robson worked with commercial galleries in Vienna, Austria. Between 2000 and 2012 he held increasingly responsible positions in collecting museums in the United States, at one time Curator of Contemporary Art at the Speed Museum and more recently at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Since 2012 Robson has been an Independent Curator, working with collectors, institutions and other arts organizations. In 2012 he became the curator of the Shands Collection in Louisville, Kentucky. And in 2015 became the Director of INhouse Foundation based in the Louisville area. Julien Robson is the editor of Great Meadows: The Making of Here, a defining book and compendium that explores the Louisville home of Episcopal priest, founder of the Kentucky Museum of Arts and Crafts and lifelong contemporary art collector Al Shands. |
Arts Connect, a non-profit organization, seeks to strengthen the arts in Lexington and Kentucky
by providing services, programs, education and resources to artists and arts providers
and supports all creative endeavors in order to foster more awareness and vitality in the local arts
Arts Connect, a non-profit organization, seeks to strengthen the arts in Lexington and Kentucky
by providing services, programs, education and resources to artists and arts providers
and supports all creative endeavors in order to foster more awareness and vitality in the local arts
LexArts, a 501(c)3 tax exempt organization serves as fiscal agent for Art Connects and manages all funds on its behalf