September 27, 2005
Director of Media Relations
413/542-8417
AMHERST, Mass.—Artist Glenn Goldberg will lecture on his work at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6 in the Pruyne Lecture Hall (115 Fayerweather) at Amherst College. Sponsored by the Amherst College Fine Arts Department, Goldberg's lecture will coincide with an exhibition of his work in the College's Eli Marsh Gallery from Sept. 29 to Oct. 22. Following his presentation, the fine arts faculty will hold a light reception in Fayerweather's main hall. Both the lecture and the reception are free and open to the public.
Goldberg lives and works in New York City, where he earned his MFA from Queens College. In addition to his numerous exhibitions around the world, he has received grants from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts and serves as an adjunct instructor at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York. His artwork is exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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