Flagler College Lecture Speaker: Joe Hartman

Flagler College Kenan Lecture Series will present a program on "Winslow Homer's Bahamas Paintings: Bodes and Climates in Crisis."

The lectures, presented by assistant professor of art history and Latinx and Latin American studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will begin at 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum.

Hartman's presentation, which is part of a series of Kenan lectures titled "Ways of Seeing Climate Change," will explain how hurricanes have shaped art history in the greater Caribbean.

Hurricanes are not solely catastrophic meteorological events. They also effectively made the complex visual cultures of the greater Caribbean. This essay examines, in particular, how hurricanes have framed modern art histories of the region. The discussion will open with Winslow Homer's series of watercolor paintings, which were created in the Bahamas circa 1899, including a particular piece of work titled After the Hurricane.

As a professor, Hartman specializes in the visual culture and built environments of the greater Caribbean. He is the author of Dictator's Dreamscape: How Architecture and Vision Built Machado's Cuba and Invented Modern Havana (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2019), and editor of the volume Imperial Islands: Art, Architecture, and Visual Experience in the US Insular Empire after 1898(University of Hawaii Press, 2021).

His research has been recognized and supported among others by the University of Missouri Research Board, the Graham Foundation and the American Philosophical Society.

"Ways of Seeing Climate Change" is a series of talks and exhibitions to take place at Flagler College between 2021-2024. The series intends to foster critical and timely discussions on how visual representation informs our understanding of climate change, environmental justice, and our hopes and fears about the planet's future. Finally, "Ways of Seeing Climate Change" aims to be a venue for generative and localized conversations about the creative, social, and ethical questions surrounding climate change.

For more information, call (904) 829-8481 or visit here.

Admission: Free

When: 6 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, 2022

Where: Crisp-Ellert Museum is located at 48 Sevilla St. in St. Augustine, FL 32084.