The Sheldon Museum of Art will hold a panel discussion in conjunction with its “Now’s the Time” exhibition. The talk will feature three Nebraska faculty sharing their expertise and perspectives on post-World War II art, literature and music that made New York City the cultural capital of the world.
The discussion is 6 p.m. Oct. 26 at the museum.
Panel members are Grace Bauer, professor of English; Christin Mamiya, professor of art history; and Anthony Bushard, associate professor of music history. They will discuss the conditions of post–World War II America that led to cultural movements such as abstract expressionism, beat literature and bebop music.
The panel discussion and exhibition take their name from bebop musician Charlie Parker’s 1945 tune “Now’s the Time” to underscore the interdisciplinary nature of the New York School — a movement of artists, writers, musicians, dancers and others who gathered in Lower Manhattan from the 1940s through the 1960s and, together, changed the trajectory of American art.
The event is free and open to the public.
