Visiting Artist Richard Rinehart to Speak at UMW, Oct. 29
Richard Rinehart, director of the Samek Art Museum at Bucknell University and guest juror for UMW’s 2026 Annual Student Art Exhibition, will present a special talk on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 5 p.m. in Hurley Convergence Center, Room 136.
Rinehart has extensive experience as a curator, educator and digital media specialist, including positions at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive and the San Jose Arts Commission. He has taught art and new media at several institutions, led a National Endowment for the Arts-funded project to preserve digital art and co-authored Re-Collection: Art, New Media, and Social Memory, a book exploring the preservation of digital culture.
The talk is part of UMW’s Visiting Artists and Speakers Program (VASP) and is co-sponsored by the Department of Art, Department of Cultural and Philosophical Inquiry and UMW Galleries.
The 2026 Annual Student Art Exhibition opens Nov. 10 in DuPont Gallery.
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