In conjunction with The Center’s summer exhibition Western Light, Ecstatic Landscapes, Courtney Gilbert, Curator of Visual Arts at The Center, will trace the metaphysical use of light in California art. The talk will feature artwork by the Dynaton artists of the late 1940s and early 1950s, Frederick Wight’s landscape paintings from the 1970s and 1980s, and the work of Southern California’s Light and Space artists from the 1960s and 1970s.

The Western Light, Ecstatic Landscapes exhibition will be on view June 6 – August 16.

Please note: this class was originally schedule to be co-taught by Drs. Courtney Gilbert and Fariba Bogzaran but due to a schedule conflict the class will by taught by only Dr. Gilbert.