Join us for the next installment of our Artists and Immigrants series with Laurie Wilson who will discuss the life and work of artist Louise Nevelson (1899-1988). Born in Russia, Nevelson came to the United States with her parents as a child. After moving to New York City in 1920, she primarily did painting and drawing until the 1930s. In 1934 as an artist participating in the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Nevelson taught painting to children while also studying sculpture with Chaim Gross. It was then that she discovered her lifelong vocation. Though Gross and Nevelson had different memories on the length of her study, both recognized that she had innate talent and had a natural sense of working in three dimensions. She emerged as firmly planted on her artistic path as a sculptor.

The program takes place on Wednesday, May 12 at 6 pm EDT. The event is free, but donations are greatly appreciated. Registration is required.

Laurie Wilson is a psychoanalyst, art historian, and art therapist. She received psychoanalytic training at The NYU Psychoanalytic Institute and is on the faculty at Psychoanalytic Association of New York (PANY) affiliated with NYU School of Medicine. She has published extensively in three fields including Alberto Giacometti: Myth, Magic and the Man (Yale, 2003) and Louise Nevelson: Light and Shadow (Thames & Hudson, 2016).