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July 10, 2026

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The Astrology of Creative Vision

With Dr. Jennifer Freed and Jane Lynch

Friday, July 10, 2026
5 pm

Adults Lectures & Artist Talks

» SOLD OUT

June 14, 2026

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Parallel Stories – Roberto Tejada on the Poetry of Latin American Photography

Sunday, June 14, 2026
11:30 am

Adults Free Lectures & Artist Talks Series

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May 28, 2026

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Parallel Stories – “No Way Home” with T.C. Boyle

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Thursday, May 28, 2026
5 – 7 pm

Adults Lectures & Artist Talks Series

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May 21, 2026

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Parallel Stories – Memory Rehearsal: Eleni Sikelianos

Thursday, May 21, 2026
5 – 6:30 pm

Adults Lectures & Artist Talks Series

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May 02, 2026

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Art, Women & Resistance

Saturday | May 2, 2026
3:30 – 4:30 pm

Adults Lectures & Artist Talks

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April 26, 2026

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Film, Fabric, and the Feminist Imagination

A Lecture by Artist Sabrina Gschwandtner

Sunday, April 26, 2026
2:30 – 3:30 pm

Free Lectures & Artist Talks

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March 08, 2026

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Parallel Stories – Maggie Nelson: “The Slicks: On Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift”

Sunday | March 8, 2026
2:30 – 4 pm

Adults Lectures & Artist Talks Series

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February 11, 2026

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Indian Art Meets American Arts & Crafts: Lockwood de Forest and Jain Home Shrines in American Museums

Wednesday, February 11, 2026
5:30 – 6:30 pm

Lectures & Artist Talks

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December 06, 2025

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In Conversation with Paul Hayes Tucker

SOLD OUT

Saturday, December 6, 2025
12 – 1:30 pm

Featured Exhibition Lectures & Artist Talks

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In Conversation with Paul Hayes Tucker - Second Lecture

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Saturday, December 6, 2025
3 – 4:30 pm

Featured Exhibition Lectures & Artist Talks

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