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NATIONAL ACADEMY MUSEUM PRESENTS:

Making Art in a Democracy

The NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown in conversation with David Levi Strauss and Joyce Kozloff

Friday, June 3rd, 6:45 pm

Jeffrey Brown, senior arts correspondent for public television’s The NewsHour joins cultural critic David Levi Strauss and artist Joyce Kozloff in a lively dialogue about the contributions of artists and writers to the vitality of a democratic society, addressing questions such as: How does artists' work define or challenge our identity as a democratic society? How do artists contribute to a more complex and subtle understanding of justice and freedom?

Jeffrey Brown is senior producer and arts correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. His stories have included profiles of Philip Roth, Mark Morris, John Corigliano, Wendy Ewald, Judy Blume, and Michael Kaiser. He won an Emmy Award in 1999 for coverage of the Microsoft antitrust case.

Joyce Kozloff, painter, is a National Academician, and a founding member of the pattern and decoration movement of the 1970s. Her recent work explores the social, political and aesthetic dimensions of cartography and the human experiences that are metaphorically hidden in maps. She is represented by DC Moore Gallery.

David Levi Strauss is a writer and critic whose work appears regularly in Artforum and Aperture. His collection of essays on photography and politics, Between the Eyes, with an introduction by John Berger, was published by Aperture in 2003. He currently teaches in the Graduate School of the Arts and at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College.

Admission: $5 general admission, free for Friends Members, National Academicians, and Students of the Academy. For information and reservations, contact Rebecca Allan, at 212-369-4880 x 225, or rallan@nationalacademy.org

Illustration: Elizabeth Catlett, Malcolm X Speaks for Us 1969-2004, relief print, edition of 60, Licensed by VAGA, NYC, Courtesy Sragow Gallery, New York, NY, Photo by A. van Woerkom

Rebecca Allan, MFA Curator of Education National Academy Museum 1083 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10128 (212) 369-4880 X225