Artist Lecture at Willamette University TODAY in #SalemOR

Conversation | Remembering Royal Nebeker

June 3, 2016
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Paulus Lecture Hall, Willamette University College of Law

Friends, family members, and former colleagues of the artist will reflect on Nebeker’s life and career.

Join John Olbrantz, the Maribeth Collins Director of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art, as he moderates a reflective conversation with the family, friends and former colleagues of Oregon artist Royal Nebeker.

This event is offered in conjunction with the opening of the Hallie Ford Museum of Art exhibition, Royal Nebeker: Dreams and Allusions, which will continue through August 28, 2016 in the Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art.

Royal Nebeker (1945-2014) was an accomplished Astoria, Oregon symbolist painter and teacher who created highly personalized narratives based on dreams and memories, often embellished with words and notations that helped drive his narrative.

Panel Guests Include:

• Chris D’Arcy (Former Executive Director of the Oregon Arts Commission)
• Bob Kochs (Owner and director of the Augen Gallery, Portland, OR)
• Sarah Nebeker (Royal’s wife)
• Israel Nebeker (Royal’s son)
• Bill Park (Artist and Royal’s former student)
• Harry Terrill (High school and college friend)

This conversation will be followed by the opening reception at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art between 6 and 8 p.m. (R.S.V.P. acceptances only by calling 503-370-6855 or by email at museum-art@willamette.edu).

Free and open to the public.

EXHIBITION

Royal Nebeker: Dreams and Allusions

June 4 – August 28, 2016

Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery

Hallie Ford Museum of Art

More information about the exhibition and accompanying events

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