Abstract artist Jack Whitten, one of this year's honorary degree recipients at Brandeis, will sit down with Rose Art Museum director Chris Bedford and curator - at - large Katy Siegel for an engaging talk on Saturday. (brandeis.edu)
Lesley University Announces Graduation Speakers Boston Herald, 4/29/13 «Graduates at Lesley's two grad schools will be addressed by honorary degree recipients Paul Reville, former Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and a member of the senior faculty at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and television journalist and humanitarian Rev. Liz Walker.» (gse.harvard.edu)
Saturday's talk will be held at the Pollack Fine Arts Teaching Center at 2 p.m. Whitten is one of five honorary degree recipients who will be recognized during Brandeis» Commencement ceremonies May 22, along with historic preservationist Frank Brandeis Gilbert, MIT scientist Mildred Dresselhaus, filmmaker Agnieszka Holland and keynote speaker Julieanna Richardson, an oral historian. (brandeis.edu)