UPCOMING EVENTS Unless otherwise noted, reservations are requested and can be made by contacting the Education Department through telephone: 212.369.4880, ext.300 or email: education@nationalacademy.org. AN ARTIST’S LIFE, with KATY SIEGEL Thursday, May 29th at 6:30 pm Katy Siegel, Associate Professor of Art History and Criticism at Hunter College, leads a discussion with contemporary artists, Julie Heffernan, David Reed, and Danielle Tegeder to examine the trajectory of their careers and the personal pathways they have chosen. This panel is presented in concert with the 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, May 29 – September 7, 2008. Admission is $5 per person, free to all students, Academicians, and Friends of the Academy. Reservations required, please phone 212.369.4880, ext. 300 or e-mail education@nationalacademy.org. BEYOND NEOPLASTICISM: MONDRIAN AND AMERICAN ART The Richard York Memorial Lecture Wednesday, June 18th at 6:30 pm Beyond his well known influence on geometric art, Mondrian's impact on American art makes itself evident in a surprising group of American modernists including Arthur Dove, John Marin, Stuart Davis and Jackson Pollack, among others. Join William Agee, freelance historical writer and Professor of Art History at Hunter College, CUNY, for the second season of special lectures on topics in American art dedicated to the memory of Richard York. Admission is free. Public Program Announcements If you would like to receive email announcements about our public programs for adults and children, please click here.