Discussions
Art Talk: Deconstructing Nature
Join us for a deep dive into Deconstructing Nature: Environmental Transformation in the Lucas Collection with special guests Dr. Robin Joyce, the BMA’s Assistant Curator of Academic Engagement, and Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper Alice Volpitta.
Experience an in-gallery highlight tour with Dr. Joyce and an interactive Q&A about Baltimore’s waterways with Volpitta. Drinks will be available for purchase at the pop-up bar.
Art Talk will be held in the Joseph Education Center and is offered in connection with the BMA’s Turn Again to the Earth initiative.
This event is for adults 21 and older.
Tickets
Free. Registration required.
Participants
Robin Joyce
Robin Owen Joyce (he/him) is the BMA’s first Assistant Curator of Academic Engagement. He facilitates research and teaching that center BMA collections and exhibitions, fostering closer relationships with area colleges and universities through scholarly collaborations. In his previous BMA position as the Getty Paper Project Fellow in Prints, Drawings, and Photographs (2022–2024), Dr. Joyce co-curated the exhibition Art/Work: Women Printmakers of the WPA. His forthcoming curatorial project concerns ecological approaches to the BMA’s celebrated collection of 19th century prints and drawings.
A scholar of American works on paper, Dr. Joyce earned his PhD and MA from the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University and his BA from Georgetown University. His first book project, a revision of his dissertation, concerns the relationship between printmaking, muralism, and radio broadcasting in the United States in the 1930s. Dr. Joyce has published, presented, and taught on a variety of topics in the histories of printmaking, photography, and the art of the United States. His research has been supported by the Hauser & Wirth Institute and the NYU Public Humanities Initiative in Doctoral Education. Prior to his work at the BMA, Dr. Joyce held positions at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art; The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Print Center New York; and the Morgan Library & Museum.
Alice Volpitta
Alice Volpitta serves as your Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper with Blue Water Baltimore (BWB). With over 16 years of experience in environmental assessment and protection, she advocates for the health of the Patapsco and Back Rivers and strives to amplify the voices of the people within those watersheds. Alice directs BWB’s water quality monitoring programs, spearheads its enforcement efforts related to the Clean Water Act and other statutes, and oversees its policy and regulatory advocacy work. Prior to joining BWB, Alice worked with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and she holds a degree in Biology & Environmental Science from St. Mary’s College of Maryland.