The Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami will
present a lecture by influential photographer Mary Ellen Mark on
Thursday, February 28, 2013 at 7 p.m. as part of the Arnold and Augusta Newman
Lecture Series in Photography.
Mark has achieved worldwide visibility through
her numerous books, exhibitions, awards, and editorial magazine work. She is a
contributing photographer to The New
Yorker and has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as
LIFE, New York Times Magazine, Rolling
Stone, and Vanity Fair. Mark was
presented with the Cornell Capa Award by the International Center of Photography
in 2001. She has also received awards including the Infinity Award for
Journalism, an Erna & Victor Hasselblad Foundation Grant, and a Walter
Annenberg Grant for her book and exhibition project on AMERICA.
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| Tiny, Streetwise, Seattle, 1983. |
The lecture will take place at
Storer Auditorium, UM School of Business, 5250 University Drive, Coral Gables,
FL 33146. A reception will follow the lecture at 8 p.m. at the Lowe Art Museum. Admission is $10 for non-members and
free for Lowe members.
Guests should RSVP to lowersvp@as.miami.edu. Complimentary
parking is available at Pavia Garage.
The museum store will have a limited supply of signed copies of Mark’s Prom (Getty Publications).
This event is generously sponsored by the Arnold
and Augusta Newman Foundation. Support for the Lowe Art Museum is provided in
part through a grant from The Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs
and the Cultural Affairs Council, and the Miami-Dade Mayor and Board of County
Commissioners.
The Lowe Art Museum is located on
the campus of the University of Miami at 1301 Stanford Drive, Coral
Gables. Museum gallery and store
hours are Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. and Sunday noon – 4 p.m. The Museum
is closed Mondays and University holidays. General Admission (not including
programs) is $10, senior citizens and non-UM students are $5, and free for Lowe members, UM students, faculty and staff, and
children under 12. Admission is free on Donation Day, the first Tuesday of
every month. Public Program Admission is $10 for non-members and free for Lowe
members. For more information,
call 305.284.3535, tweet us @loweartmuseum, follow us on
facebook.com/loweartmuseum or visit lowemuseum.org.