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Warhol's Assistant Joseph Freeman Talks About Warhol Aug. 6
Freeman will offer first-hand accounts of what it was to be with Warhol in his studio, The Silver Factory, as well as Warhol's home life.
Joseph Freeman, who served as Andy Warhol’s assistant from 1965 until 1967, comes to the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), located at 425 Fawell Blvd., to share an intimate look into the life of the iconic artist. Freeman will offer first-hand accounts of what it was to be with Warhol in his studio, The Silver Factory, as well as Warhol’s home life as he went about his daily business.
In his March 2020 article Jessamy Calkin of the Daily Telegraph observed, “In 1965 New York schoolboy Joseph Freeman interviewed Andy Warhol for his high-school newspaper. What happened next changed his life.” As Freeman relates in the same article, “I became his gopher/assistant/ apprentice for three years...And what I learned from him about life has been invaluable.”
Freeman’s talk will take place at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6 in the MAC’s Belushi Performance Hall. The discussion is part of the engaging thought-provoking programming aligned with the current WARHOL exhibition, continuing through Sept. 10 at Cleve Carney Museum of Art.
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Tickets to Joseph Freeman are $10, but free to anyone who has purchased a ticket to the WARHOL exhibition. Other events include a talk former curator of The Warhol Museum in Pittsburg, Jessica Beck (Aug. 10), COD Humanities Faculty Member Julia diLiberti, “Soup Can Can’t” on (Aug. 17); College of DuPage Faculty Lecture – “Who was Valerie Solanas, the woman who shot Andy Warhol” featuring COD Film Chair Professor Brian Brems and Creative Writing Certificate Chair Trina Sotirakopulos (on Aug. 24); and Thomas Kiedrowski – “Andy Warhol’s New York City” on A (Aug. 31); and more. For tickets or more information, visit WARHOL2023.com or call the McAninch Arts Center at 630.942.4000.
