Art21 Curator Wesley Miller Leads Discussion about PBS Series

October 20, 2009

As part of the screenings of Art:21 - Art in the Twenty-First Century at the Palmer Museum of Art, Wesley Miller, associate curator at nonprofit organization Art21, will introduce and lead a question and answer session after the screening of "Systems" at 6:00 p.m., Thursday, October 29, in the Palmer Lipcon Auditorium, Palmer Museum of Art, on the Penn State University Park campus. The show is the fourth episode in the award-winning PBS series, Art:21-Art in the Twenty-First Century. The Penn State School of Visual Arts’ John M. Anderson Visiting Artists and Scholars Lecture Series sponsors Miller’s participation.

With Art21 since 1999, Miller has played an integral role in shaping all five seasons of the biennial television series, from pre-production to filming to post-production. Starting in 2008, he has also produced the year-round Art:21-Exclusive series of online videos. Miller received a B.A. in philosophy and art from Sarah Lawrence College (2000), and M.F.A. in sculpture from Yale University (2002). He was a resident artist at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture and the Pilchuck Glass School. Prior to joining Art21 in New York, Miller worked at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston.

Contact: Contact: Ann Shostrom, ams26@psu.edu