Art Enrichment Lecture: Robert Brasier "The Artists Community"

Robert Brasier

Deputy Director of Education and Public Programs, Palm Springs Art Museum 

Our notions of what makes a viable artists’ community today is colored by ideals established in history. The community in Paris around the turn of the 20^th century still resonates as creative, romantic, and stimulating. Then, the New York art scene in the 50s and 60s gave credence to the “bad boy” image for artists, art as a business community, and The United States as the center of the art universe. How do these ideas influence how we see ourselves as a community of artists today?

Biography

 Robert Brasier is an artist and educator who has been with the Palm Springs Art Museum since 2002 and it’s Director of Education since 2004.  He received a BFA in Painting from the San Francisco Art Institute and an M.A. in Art History from The University of Cincinnati. Brasier has published contemporary art criticism, owned and managed commercial and university galleries and held teaching positions at Xavier University in Ohio and in the California State University system. He continues his teaching by giving lectures and training docents and other adult audiences at the Museum.