The Fine Arts Department at Saint Anselm College has scheduled two events as part of its 2008-2009 Lecture and Performance Series in the Fine Arts.
On Wednesday, Feb. 11, the department will host a lecture entitled “The Art of Collecting: 
Cardinal Benedetto Pamphilj (1653-1730) and the Doria Pamphilj Gallery in Rome”. It will be held at the Chapel Art Center from 6 to 7 p.m.
On Thursday, April 2, in conjunction with the Fine Arts Department one-day artist-in-residence program, a lecture entitled “Mixed Media and the Modern Female Artist” will be held at the Chapel Art Center from 6-7 p.m. Both events are free and open to the public.
In Baroque Rome, princes, cardinals and other elite members of society communicated their social identity by collecting and displaying art. Cardinal Benedetto Pamphilj, great-nephew of Pope Innocent X, has been called a perfect man of the Church for his generous charitable acts and expansive patronage of the visual arts, music and literature.
In Wednesday’s lecture, professor Stephanie C. Leone will present her research on the mechanisms, motivations and meanings of the cardinal’s collection in late-17th and early-18th century Rome. She will 
also discuss how her research is being used to shape the upcoming exhibition of paintings from the Doria Pamphilj Gallery, Rome, which will be mounted at the McMullen Museum of Art at Boston College in 2010. Leone is associate professor of art history at Boston College. Her research focuses on secular art and architecture in early modern Rome.
On April 2, visiting artist Grace Knowlton will present an overview of her 35-year career. She will discuss her evolution into mixed media and how she found her footing as a female artist.
Knowlton’s work traverses photography, large-scale sculpture and drawings, in addition to painting and other media. Current reviews of Knowlton's work can be seen in the April 2008 issue of ARTnews and the May 2008 issue of Art in America.
The artist resides in New York City where she teaches at The Art Students League, and is a regular visiting artist at the highly regarded Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, Vt. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Smith College and a master’s degree in art and education from Columbia University. Her work can be seen in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, Storm King Sculpture Park, and the Cathedral of St. John the Devine.
Images: (top right) Portrait of Cardinal Benedetto Pamphilj, 1680s, engraving
(bottom left) Twist, Grace Knowlton, 2007, 20’ x 10’ x 8’, steel