February 8, 2005

Boise State Presents Lecture By Art Critic Arthur C. Danto Feb. 18

The Boise State University Department of Art and the Visual Arts Center’s Visiting Artist and Scholar Series present a public lecture by Arthur C. Danto at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 18, at the Idaho Historical Museum, 610 North Julia Davis Park Drive in Boise.     In conjunction with the 2004 Idaho Triennial exhibit and Boise Art Museum, Danto, a Triennial juror, art critic and philosopher, will offer a public lecture titled, “The Gap Between Art and Life.” A reception will immediately follow at the Boise Art Museum. These events are free and open to the public.   Danto is one of America’s most inventive and influential art critics and philosophers. He is the Johnsonian professor of philosophy emeritus at Columbia University, New York, and a past president of the American Philosophical Association. A painter before he was a philosopher, he is best known for his philosophical consideration of modern art. Since 1984, Danto has been an art critic for The Nation and has published numerous essays, articles, reviews and books on art criticism, including Encounters and Reflections: Art in the Historical Present and The Madonna of the Future: Essays in a Pluralistic Art World.   The 2004 Idaho Triennial will be on exhibit at Boise Art Museum thru March 13. Selections will then travel to both the Prichard Art Gallery in Moscow and the Herrett Center for Arts and Science in Twin Falls. The format of the Idaho Triennial, occurring once every three years, allows contemporary artists from across the Gem State to submit work to a juried, statewide exhibition that is to be selected by an independent and impartial juror. This year Boise Art Museum received 1,284 entries submitted by 257 artists.   This event is made possible by support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Idaho Commission on the Arts.   -30-   Contact: Kathleen Keys, gallery director, (208) 426-3994, kathleenkeys@boisestate.edu                                                               Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, communications and marketing, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu