Thursday, April 13, 2023
6:00–7:00 pm
Free
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Michael Cothren, the Consultative Curator of Medieval Stained Glass at Glencairn Museum, presents an exciting virtual lecture discussing the stained-glass pieces included in the exhibition Medieval Treasures from the Glencairn Museum on view at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Also participating in the program are Sasha Suda, George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Jack Hinton, Henry P. McIlhenny Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and Brian Henderson, Director of Glencairn Museum. The conversation will be moderated by Faya Causey, former Head of Academic Programs at the National Gallery of Art, followed by a Q&A session with the audience.

This free virtual lecture, Museum Talks #13 Glencairn Museum, is hosted by Villa Albertine, a virtual platform created by the French Embassy in the United States to promote French cultural exchange between France and the US. Villa Albertine, a historic mansion in New York City, now houses the French Embassy’s Cultural Services Department.

Speakers

Sasha Suda, George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Sasha Suda was appointed in June 2022 and began her tenure in September. She brings a new generation of leadership to the Philadelphia Museum of Art and believes that the visual arts have the power to connect the past to the present and that they can help us to forge a more inspiring, creative, and equitable future.

Jack Hinton, Henry P. McIlhenny Curator of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

Jack Hinton is a specialist in Renaissance decorative arts. His responsibilities in the Department of European Decorative Arts and Sculpture range from medieval art and architecture to the early modern period. Jack’s recent projects include the exhibitions Medieval Treasures from the Glencairn Museum and Circus: Bouroullec Designs, with works by the contemporary designers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, as well as various publications, including Renaissance Treasures from the Edmond Foulc Collection, exploring the medieval and Renaissance masterpieces acquired from Foulc’s heirs by the Philadelphia Museum of Art in 1930.

Michael W. Cothren, Consultative Curator of Medieval Stained Glass at Glencairn Museum

Michael W. Cothren is Scheuer Family Professor Emeritus of Humanities at Swarthmore College, where he taught art history from 1978-2017. Since 1994, he has been Consultative Curator of Medieval Stained Glass at Glencairn Museum. The extraordinary works in this collection had already been the center of his research and publication since the mid-1970s. He has also published a book on the stained-glass windows of the Cathedral of Beauvais (Picturing the Celestial City, Princeton University Press, 2006) as well as numerous articles on the windows of the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis and the Belles-Verrières of the Cathedral of Rouen. Since 2007 he has been the principal author of Art History, a widely used textbook for introductory art history survey courses, originally written by Marilyn Stokstad in the late 20th century. Currently, he is writing a catalogue of the medieval stained glass at Glencairn as part of the International Corpus Vitrearum project.

Brian Henderson, Director of Glencairn Museum

Brian Henderson has served as the director of Glencairn Museum since 2013, where he has helped refine and strengthen the museum’s mission to interpret art and artifacts as expressions of religious belief and practice, with the goal of inspiring reflection, building understanding, and fostering empathy. Previously, he served as Assistant Professor of History (1993–2013) and Dean of Students at Bryn Athyn College (2001–2008; 2010–2011), where he taught medieval and American history. As an instructor, Brian made regular use of the Glencairn Museum collection as an extension of his classroom. In both phases of his career, Brian has been interested in the impact of religion and faith on societal values and structure, and on individual human choice.