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Enjoy our conversation with Brian is an artist working in photography, videography, and creative writing. He also served as the head curator for the James A Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania This interview was recorded at theArtWorks in Wilmington, North Carolina. theArtWorks is Certified Arts Friendly Visit: BRIAN H. PETERSON: WORD + IMAGE Exhibition: OPENING THE CURTAIN: FIFTY YEARS OF IMAGE, WORD, AND SONG (Setpember 27 - November 10, 2019) theArtWorks: theartworks.co Listen on APPLE PODCASTS / Listen on SPOTIFY =============== Subscribe to our free newsletter at: artsfriendly.com/subscribe
Brian H. Peterson has more than forty years’ experience as a curator, critic, visual artist, musician, and arts administrator. His photographs are in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Amon Carter Museum, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the Denver Art Museum, among others. As the Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Chief Curator at the Michener Art Museum (1990–2013), he managed the exhibition program, curated historical and contemporary exhibitions, and was the editor and principal author of the landmark publication Pennsylvania Impressionism (2002). Brian is the author of two previous collections of essays—The Smile at the Heart of Things (2009) and The Blossoming of the World (2011)—Peterson has contributed critical writing to the Los Angeles Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer, American Arts Quarterly, and the Photo Review. In retirement, he has taken up videography while continuing his work as a writer and photographer. His 1981 song cycle “Moon Songs,” based on the poetry of E. E. Cummings, was featured on the CD Modern American Art Song (2015) with mezzo-soprano Sharon Mabry. Join Brian H. Peterson and me on Tuesday, May 29, 10-11 A.M. CT US. We will be having a conversation about his life’s journey, passion for Art, his battle with Parkinson’s and his latest spiritual autobiography, “I Give My Eyes” a collection of stories, essays, poetry, and images.
Host Cyrus Webb welcomes author and photographer Brian H. Peterson to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss his new book I GIVE MY EYES.
For his latest memoir, Brian picked up both pen and camera to tell a story of his struggle to understand the terrifying contradictions of life—beauty and violence, loss and joy—while trying to reconcile his Christian faith with his love of science, creativity and spirituality. The Blossoming of the World: Essays and Images, futures stunning photos and luminous prose of full-color reproductions of Brian's photographs, and a dramatic counterpoint to his reflections as he searches for—and finds—the common ground that unites thinking and compassionate people of all shapes and sizes. Brian, and I will be discussing about his life's work in creating an image of the wholeness experience that includes our objective perception of nature and our inner life. Please call 347.327.9995 on Tuesday September 27th from 10-11 am U.S. CT to join us live on the air with your questions and comments.
BRIAN H. PETERSON, has more than thirty years' experience as a curator, critic, artist, and arts administrator in the Philadelphia area. The Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest Chief Curator at the James A. Michener Art Museum, he was the editor and principal author of the major Michener publication Pennsylvania Impressionism as well as monographs on painters William L. Lathrop, Robert Spencer, and Charles Rosen. His critical writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, American- Arts Quarterly, Photo Review, and thePhiladelphia Inquirer As a practicing artist, Peterson has had more than thirty solo exhibitions of his photographs since 1980. His work is in the collections of the Amon Carter Museum, Denver Art Museum, Library of Congress, Milwaukee Art Museum, New Orleans Museum of Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. WWW.TELLMEPRESS.COM, AMAZON BOOKS.COM,BARNES AND NOBLE, BORDERS