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Donald J. Gordon Lectures

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2017–2018 Gordon Lecture: Fritz Dietel — 25 Years


Donald J. Gordon Art Fund

The Donald J. Gordon Art Fund was established in 1998 by a gift from his children and their spouses on the occasion of his 70th birthday and 50th anniversary of his graduation from Swarthmore. The fund supports visiting artists.

Past Donald J. Gordon Lectures

  • 2021–2022
    2020 in Perspective

  • 2021-2022
    Paul S. Briggs: Material Shapes in Clay

  • 2017–2018
    Fritz Dietel —  25 Years
  • 2016–2017
    Lois Dodd — Windows and Reflections

  • 2015–2016
    Gillian Pederson-Krag — Paintings and Etchings
  • 2014–2015
    George Nakashima and Mira Nakashima — Keisho/Continuance
  • 2013–2014
    Andrew Moore — East/West
  • 2012–2013
    Sedrick Huckaby — Hidden in Plain Sight
  • 2011–2012
    Emmet Gowin — A Life in Photography
  • 2010–2011
    Gregory Halpern, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • 2009–2010
    Ying Li — A Survey
  • 2008–2009
    Sonya Clark — Combs: Pieces and Parts
  • 2007–2008
    Melissa Meyer — Paintings and Works on Paper: 1975–2005
  • 2006–2007
    Ron Tarver — What the Eye Doesn't See: Images in Silver and Ink
  • 2004–2005
    Joyce Tenneson — A 25-Year Career as an Artist, Author, Photographer, and Educator
    John Moore, University of Pennsylvania — Here and There
  • 2002–2003
    Charles Burwell, Joan Curran, Tara Goings, Mary Judge, Stanley Lewis, Ying Li, Scott Noel, Peter Paone, Catherine Redmond, Charles Ritchie, and Stephen Talasnik — Value and Presence: Works on Paper
  • 2000–2001
    Philip Pearlstein — The Problems of Being a Realist Artist