Lecture on Art and Culture in the Non-Western Tradition

Westminster School history teacher Charlie Griffith and five students from his AP Art History class will give a public lecture at Westminster on April 6 titled “Art and Culture in the Non-Western Tradition: What Art Tells Us About Other Peoples and Ourselves.” The student presenters will include seniors Alana Carpenter, Kathleen Gudas , Marielle Lafaire , Gwen Pastor and Patrick Yoon.

Griffith will introduce the topic and then each student will give a brief presentation on a work of art they have studied in-depth over the past two months. The students have selected representative works from different cultures of the world: the Americas before the arrival of Europeans, Africa, the Islamic World in the medieval period, China and Polynesia.

Griffith has served on the History Department faculty since 1994, serving as head of the department for nine years.  He earned an A.B. from Middlebury College in 1986 and a M.A. from Yale University in 1991.

The Westminster School Lecture Series features presentations throughout the academic year by Westminster faculty members and students related to their areas of expertise. The lecture is free and open to the public and will take place from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Gund Reading Room of the Armour Academic Center.