The Center of Southwest Studies at Fort Lewis College announced its summer lecture series based on the theme: “Women in the Southwest.”
Lectures, free and open to all, will be held at 1:30 p.m. in the Lyceum Room.
Dates and presenters include:
June 13: “O’Keeffe’s Odyssey to the West” with journalist and art critic Judith Reynolds.
June 27: “Three Women, One Story: 1,000 Years of Art, History and Culture” with author Kate Nelson.
July 11: “Millicent Rogers: From New York to Taos” with Center of Southwest Studies Director Shelby Tisdale.
July 18: “Western Women We Respect: Durango’s Own Olga Little” with FLC history professor Andrew Gulliford.
July 25: “Alice Eastwood: Pioneer Botanist in the Four Corners” with Marietta Eaton, manager of the Canyon of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum.
Aug. 8: “Mable Dodge Luhan and Company: Creating Southwest Modernism” with University of Massachusetts at Boston professor Lois Rudnick.
Aug. 22: “Slim Woman: Louisa Wade Wetherill of Kayenta” with historian Harvey Leake.
Parking on campus is free during the summer months.
