THE SEVENTH ANNUAL RENÉE MAY LECTURE: The Arts Are Normal, Natural and Necessary

September 11, 2008 - September 12, 2008 | 6:30pm - 6:00pm

600 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

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Ellen Dissanayake, Scholar, Lecturer and Author The annual Renée May Lecture honors the Walters Art Museum docent killed during the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001. This year?s talk features Ellen Dissanayake, a scholar, lecturer and author of three books, What Is Art For? (1988), Homo Aestheticus (1992) and Art and Intimacy (2000). By combining her interests in the arts and evolutionary biology as well as her insights from living in Sri Lanka, Papua New Guinea, India and Nigeria, Dissanayake has developed a unique perspective that considers art as some thing people do rather than the result of an artful activity. In her view, ?artifying? or ?artification? is a normal, natural and necessary activity that is an intrinsic component of human nature. After the talk, a book signing and reception will take place. Dissanayake lives in Seattle where she is affiliate professor in the School of Music at the University of Washington.

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