WILLIAM CROW SELECTED AS J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM GUEST SCHOLAR activities throughout the main gallery and Zoellner Arts Center. In conjunction with the exhibition, Lehigh students will select and ultimately purchase local artworks for the collection through the ART275: Museum Collections and Exhibitions class this fall. As of June, the class was full and had a waiting list. Students will get to interview artists who participated in the “Here and Now” exhibition. At the end of the class, they will purchase select works with money from Lehigh’s Fine Arts Endowment and the Robin and Allan B. Kachel ’71 Endowed Fund. Students will be asked to choose art for the collection that “speaks to the times in which we live,” Crow says. “One thing people often forget when they visit an art museum is that at some point in time, all art was contemporary. Even the most ancient pieces in our collection were made by people at a specific moment of time, in a specific context, and they reveal to us what people were concerned about, what they were interested in,” Crow says. “Our hope is this exhibition will help all of us gain a better understanding about what we value at this particular moment in time.” L Dr. William Crow, director of Lehigh University Art Galleries (LUAG) and professor of practice in the Department of Art, Architecture and Design, has been named a J. Paul Getty Museum Guest Scholar at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, CA. Crow will be in residence at the Getty from January to March 2026, focusing on the research project “Sketching in the Art Museum: A Tool for Thinking and Well-Being.” The Getty Scholars Program supports researchers in advancing knowledge of the arts and humanities and producing cutting-edge scholarship that contributes to the understanding and preservation of cultural heritage. While in residence, scholars have the opportunity to spend significant time at one of the world’s premier art history collections while contributing to an international community committed to intellectual exploration and exchange. “The J. Paul Getty Museum is excited to welcome Dr. William Crow as a guest scholar in the Education and Public Programs Department,” says Elizabeth Escamilla, assistant director for education and public programs. “Dr. Crow’s proposal to examine the historical practice of drawing in the galleries in conjunction with recent developments in the neuro-aesthetics field will expand the rigor of the research and provide a valuable contribution to the field. Dr. Crow is an exceptional colleague and a sought-after arts leader. We are thrilled to provide him with an opportunity to focus on his research and look forward to welcoming him to Los Angeles.” SUMMER 2025 | 27 Danny Finocchio, PEACOCK, 2023, acrylic on canvas. PEACOCK is one of 100 works by local artists featured in LUAG’s latest exhibition: “Here and Now: 100 Years of LUAG, 100 Local Artists.” CHRISTINE T. KRESCHOLLEK
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