What is the meaning of beauty in our lives and work, and does it have any relevance in the contemporary world?  Writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn believed that beauty can change the world.  Does that concept still hold currency?  These questions are at the heart of “Conversations on Beauty:  Beauty for Change,” a set of discussions among small groups of artists, designers, scientists, theologians and social scientists who examine the concept from different perspectives.  2010′s topics include Beauty and Theology,  Beauty and International, Intercultural, and Interpersonal Relations, and Beauty and Neurosciences and Human Development.

Co-hosted by

Ilan-Lael Foundation

San Diego Museum of Art

June 2010  -  International, Interpersonal and Intercultural Relations and Beauty

Date: June 22nd 2010
Time: 5:30 – 7:30pm
Where: James S. Copley Auditorium
1450 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101

Our Panelists:

Stephan Haggard; Director, Korea-Pacific Program, UCSD
Dee Aker; Deputy Director, Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, USD
Julia Marciari-Alexander; Interim Co-Director, San Diego Museum of Art
Robert Pincus; Art Critic & Book Editor, San Diego Union-Tribune
Arthur Ollman; Director of School of Art, Design and Art History, SDSU
James Hubbell; Artist and Humanitarian

Moderator: Rebecca Morales
Background Paper: Jacque Lynn Foltyn

Tickets: $10 Ilan-Lael Foundation, San Diego Museum of Art, Mingei International Museum members
$15 General Public

Tickets may be purchased at Ticketmaster online at www.ticketmaster.com or by phone 619-220-8497, and at the Copley Auditorium box office on the evening of the event.

Associate Sponsor:

Mingei International Museum

La Jolla Athenaeum

San Diego Art Institute – Museum of the Living Artist

Supporting Partners:

Boomerang for Modern

Bread and Cie

Trader Joe’s