University’s Museum of Art Announces Edward D. Leonard, 3rd, Lecture Series
Contact: George Kinghorn, 581-3352; George Manlove, 581-3756
BANGOR — The University of Maine Museum of Art has announced the creation of the Edward D. Leonard III Lecture Series, established by the family and friends of Edward (Ted) D. Leonard III in his memory.
The Leonard Lecture Series will pay tribute to Leonard’s legacy and provides the university community, citizens of Bangor and the state with opportunities to experience lectures presented by guest artists, curators and notable visual arts scholars, according to George Kinghorn, museum director.
Leonard and his wife Sandra Blake Leonard believed that the Bangor-area community should have a vibrant museum, and worked tirelessly as a result to bring the University of Maine Museum of Art to downtown Bangor.
“These lectures will greatly enhance the Museum of Art’s mission of presenting dynamic educational programming while also complementing UMMA’s diverse exhibitions,” Kinghorn says. “We are exceedingly grateful to the Leonard family for making these lectures possible.”
Artist John Bailly will present the first lecture and a workshop in January. Bailly received a master of fine arts in painting and printmaking from Yale University and is a fellow of the Honors College at Florida International University. His works will be featured in the January exhibition, “A Bit of Colored Ribbon: Works by John Bailly.”
Leonard died a year ago and Sandra Leonard established an endowment to support the lectures, and also contributed a financial gift to inaugurate the series.