Dr. Glenn Lowry announced as Honorary Chancellor
The Museum of Modern Art Director Dr. Glenn D. Lowry will serve as the 83rd honorary chancellor for the 2017 Founder’s Day Convocation.
Lowry, a graduate from Williams College and Harvard University, has been the director of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City since 1995.
He works actively to strengthen MoMA’s contemporary art program while keeping track of $900 million for the renovation, expansion, and endowment of the Museum.
He has also lectured at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum and written extensively in support of contemporary art and artists and the role of museums in society, among other various topics.
“We are delighted to install Dr. Lowry as our next honorary chancellor,” Kate Whitaker, Director of Marketing and Communication said. “As the director of the world’s preeminent museum of contemporary art, Dr. Lowry is a compelling force in arts education globally.”
This year marks the 150th birthday of world-renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright, who has been honored with an exhibit called MoMA presents Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive.
“In addition to amassing the finest collection of modern art on Earth, Dr. Lowry works tirelessly to ensure unprecedented public access to that collection,” Whitaker said. ”It’s especially fitting that he should become Florida Southern’s next honorary chancellor as he recently acquired the archives of Frank Lloyd Wright for MoMA.”
The exhibition has approximately 450 different works made from the 1890s up until the 1950s. These pieces include architectural drawings, models, building fragments, films, television broadcasts and print media to name a few.
“Dr. Lowry is one of the nation’s foremost advocates and champions of world-class art to inspire and educate,” President Anne Kerr said. “He is one of the great art luminaries in the world today and widely recognized for his visionary museum leadership. We are honored that he has agreed to accept the FSC invitation to be our 2017 Honorary Chancellor.”
These works have rarely or never been publicly shown. The exhibit will be divided into 12 sections, with each one showing a key object or multiple objects from the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives.
This display will be open up to interpretation and debate for experts and the general public.
“This tradition is important to our campus since the Chancellors serve as the exemplar of our mission of making a positive and consequential impact on society through both professional and civic engagement,” Kerr said. “FSC is nationally known for the quality of our art department and student accomplishments, and Dr. Lowry’s participation helps focus well-deserved attention on our talented art students and professors.”
Florida Southern College has also invited alumni and friends to “a weekend of fine dining, entertainment, and world-class museums to celebrate our unique architectural heritage as the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture” in June.
There will also be “An Evening at MoMA, a private dinner and reception at the Museum of Modern Art featuring a guided tour of the exhibition “Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive”.
“As an art history major, it’s exciting to have a chance to listen to someone in the field speak about their experience and why the arts are so important,” Elise Olson, art history major, said. “I cannot wait to hear what honorary chancellor Dr. Glenn Lowry has to say about the role art plays in our society and culture.”
If you want to see the Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: Unpacking the Archive exhibition, you will be able to see it starting June 12. The last day to see this collection of rare works from the late Frank Lloyd Wright is Oct. 1.
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Featured Image: Frank Lloyd Wright. March Balloons. 1955. Drawing based on a c. 1926 design for Liberty magazine. Colored pencil on paper, 28 1/4 x 24 1/2″ (71.8 x 62.2 cm). The Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation Archives (The Museum of Modern Art | Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University,
New York)
