Williams College Museum of Art Presents The Plonsker Family Symposium

Jackson Pollock: Beneath the Surface

A Tribute to Kirk Varnedoe '67

Saturday, May 13, 2006

PROGRAM:

11:00 am Williams College Museum of Art, Kroh-McClelland Gallery
Exhibition walk-through with Jason Vrooman '06, Judith M. Lenett Memorial
Fellow and Graduate Student in the History of Art. Vrooman is the curatorial
research assistant for the exhibition Jackson Pollock at Williams College.

2:00-6:00 pm Brooks Rogers Auditorium, Bernhard Music Center, Williams
College

Welcome: Morton Owen Schapiro, President of Williams College

Introduction: Lisa Graziose Corrin, Director, Williams College Museum of Art
and co-curator of the exhibition Jackson Pollock at Williams College

Opening remarks: Adam Gopnik, Essayist-at-large for The New Yorker

Guest speakers:

Pepe Karmel, Associate Professor in the Department of Fine Arts, New York
University

Helen Harrison, Director, Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center

Tom Branchick, Director, Williamstown Art Conservation Center and co-curator
of the exhibition Jackson Pollock at Williams College

Ellen G. Landau, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities, Department of
Art History and Art, Case Western Reserve University

S. Lane Faison, Jr., '29, Director Emeritus, Williams College Museum of Art
in conversation with Steve Gordon '55, former teacher and artist

The symposium is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Jackson
Pollock at Williams College: A Tribute to Kirk Varnedoe '67 (April
14-October 1, 2006).

This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP for the Symposium to:
Judy Pellerin, jpellerinwilliams.edu or call 413-597-2037

Jackson Pollock at Williams College: A Tribute to Kirk Varnedoe '67 is a
collaboration between the Williams College Museum of Art and the
Williamstown Art Conservation Center.

The Williams College Museum of Art is located on Main Street in
Williamstown, Massachusetts. It is open Tuesday through Saturday, from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Admission is free and the
museum is wheelchair accessible.

Contact: Suzanne Augugliaro, Public Relations Coordinator, 413.597.3178
Email: WCMAwilliams.edu
www.wcma.org.