We're delighted to host Iraida Rodríguez-Negrón, Curator of the Museo de Arte de Ponce, to dive into the exhibition The Sense of Beauty. This lecture is free and all are welcome to attend. Free refreshments will be catered by Magleby's.
Sponsored by the LaRae R. Gourley Lecture Fund
About the Speaker
Iraida Rodríguez-Negrón holds a BA from the Universidad de Puerto Rico, an MA from The George Washington University, and an MPhil from the Institute of Fine Arts at NYU, where she completed her doctoral studies and examinations leading to a PhD. She was the first Meadows/Kress/Prado Curatorial Fellow at the Meadows Museum, Lecturer and Gallery Coordinator at the Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Carolina, and is currently Curator at the Museo de Arte de Ponce, overseeing a collection that offers a rich overview of Western art from the late Middle Ages to the early twentieth century, as well as an important collection of Puerto Rican art from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. At the museum, she has curated numerous exhibitions covering topics from Cinquecento Italian art to twentieth-century Puerto Rican art. Her publications include essays in Diego Velázquez: The Early Court Portraits, Impressions of Europe: Nineteenth-Century Vistas by Martín Rico, Spanish Art in America, Museo de Arte de Ponce: Spanish Collection, Nineteenth-Century Studies Journal, Ars Magazine, and Preraffaeliti. Rinascimento Moderno. While the main galleries of the museum are closed for repairs, she has curated and edited the accompanying catalogue for two traveling exhibitions: Nostalgia for My Island: Puerto Rican Painting from the Museo de Arte de Ponce (1786-1962) and The Sense of Beauty: Six Centuries of Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce. She is currently working on a catalogue for the museum’s collection of Puerto Rican painting and on the reinstallation of the museum's permanent collection, which is scheduled to reopen in 2028.
About the Sponsor
The LaRae R. Gourley Lecture Fund supports programming that brings accomplished and innovative scholars, artists, and practitioners to the museum to inform, challenge, and educate. The fund celebrates the life of LaRae R. Gourley (1927-2023), a lifelong resident of Provo and matriarch who left a legacy of love and compassion—especially for her 23 grand-children and 72 great-grand children.
