The significance of Mexican murals will be discussed by Phaedra Siebert at 6 p.m. Nov. 18.

A Thursday lecture series presented by The Arkansas Arts Center begins Sept. 16 and continues through June 16 in the AAC Lecture Hall. Tickets are $5 per lecture or $40 for the entire series. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (501) 372-4000 or click here. 

Here's the lineup:

Found in Translation: The Development of a Japanese Legacy in America will be presented by Lee Love at 6 p.m. Sept. 16. Love, a ceramist who studied under Warren MacKenzie and Tatsuzo Shimaoka, will discuss how the art of Japanese ceramics influenced American art and craft.

A Century of Revolution will be presented by Sarah Holian at 6 p.m. Oct. 21. Holian is the guest curator for the AAC exhibition A Century of Revolution: Mexican Art since 1910. She is a doctoral candidate in art history at the Graduate Center, City University of New York, where she is specializing in art of the United States and Latin America. In this lecture Holian will discuss the effect the Mexican revolution had on the art of Mexico through the exploration of artists such as Rivera, Orozco and Sisqueiros.

The Mexican Mural Tradition will be presented by Phaedra Siebert at 6 p.m. Nov. 18. Siebert is the curator for special projects at the AAC. In this lecture she will discuss how murals were a principle component in the process of national cultural renewal in Mexico. She will also explore the importance of this technique and the artists who employed them in the expression of national Mexican pride.

Choosing Toys: A Juror’s Perspective will be presented by Jim Bartz at 5:30 p.m. Dec. 16. He is the juror for the 37th Toys Designed by Artists exhibit and an artist who mixes wood carving with toys, music and Americana. 

Fiftieth Anniversary of Young Arkansas Artists: How We Grow will be held at 6 p.m. Feb. 17. A panel of five artists and Young Arkansas Artists participants will discuss how the exhibition affected their lives and work. 

Conversations by Michael Monroe and Michael Peterson will be held at 5:30 p.m. March 17. Monroe, co-curator of the exhibition Michael Peterson: Evolution Revolution, will have a conversation with artist Peterson. They will discuss the exhibition and Peterson’s work process with wood, his primary media. M

The Impressionists and their Influence will be presented by David Brenneman at 6 p.m. April 21. He is the director of collections and exhibitions at the High Museum of Art in Atlanta where he has organized numerous exhibitions and in 2008 received the Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, one of France’s highest cultural honors. 

Monet in the 1860s will be presented by Kimberly A. Jones at 6 p.m. May 19. Jones will discuss Monet’s life, collaborations and art during the birth of Impressionism. Associate curator of French paintings at the National Gallery of Art, Jones has lectured and published articles on many topics related to French art in the 19th century and is overseeing the publication of the systematic catalog of the later 19th century French painting collection of the National Gallery.

A Couple of Ways: Artists and Poets will be presented by Bob Holman at 6 p.m. June 16. Considered a poetry czar of the New York poetry world, Emmy winner Bob Holman has been influential in reinvigorating poetry in all its forms to the current culture. In this lecture he will discuss his collaboration with Chuck Close on the exhibition A Couple Ways of Doing Something and will read some of his work.