Speakers include:

• Robert R. Archibald, President and CEO, Missouri Historical Society
  
  
• Charlotte Eyerman, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art, Saint Louis Art Museum
  
  
• John Klein, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in St. Louis and Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Missouri-Columbia.
  
  
• Catharina Manchanda, Curator, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis
  
  
• Judith Mann, Curator of Early European Art, Saint Louis Art Museum
  
  
• Matthias Waschek, Director, The Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts

This panel features representatives from St. Louis art institutions currently displaying portraits, with each of the speakers addressing the subject from the perspective of their individual institutions. The program will include topics such as the tradition of portraiture, portraiture and identity, portraits as artifacts and portraits as an artistic statement.

The afternoon will conclude with a general discussion, moderated by John Klein, Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Art History and Archaeology, Washington University in St. Louis and Associate Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art, University of Missouri-Columbia.

This event is free to the public and is sponsored by KWMU.