Talks & Lectures

Explore art across eras and cultures with lectures and discussions, including the Art History Lecture Series and talks with exhibiting artists, curators, and scholars, that connect us globally and locally.

Two seated women talking with microphones to an out of frame audience, while a pair of people in yellow jumpsuits sit on the floor against a wall and watch them.

Alice Gosti and Laura Hart Newlon in conversation at the Frye Art Museum. Photo: Chloe Collyer

Upcoming

Lecture

Art History Lecture Series | Owls in Art

Thursday, January 08

Special Event

The Living Stories of “Beau Dick: Insatiable Beings”

Saturday, January 17

Creative Aging

Creative Aging Speaker Event with Dr. John Zeisel: A Hopeful Vision of the Future of Dementia Care

Thursday, January 22

Lecture

AHLS | Ana Mendieta (1948–1985)

Thursday, February 12

Lecture

Art History Lecture Series | Art Nouveau Jewelry

Thursday, March 12

Lecture

Art History Lecture Series | No, your toddler could not have done that: A Brief History of Abstraction

Thursday, April 09

Lecture

Art History Lecture Series | A Thousand Flowers: The Unicorn Tapestries in Paris

Thursday, May 14

Lecture

Art History Lecture Series | The Hill House: Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret Macdonald

Thursday, June 11

Past Events

Ground Floor: Von Coffin, Amanda Manitach, DK Pan, and Maria Phillips in Conversation

December 11, 2025

Art History Lecture Series | Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840)

December 11, 2025

Virtual Vault: Treasures from the Frye Collection

December 04, 2025

Regional Resonance: Camille Trautman, Colleen RJC Bratton, and Akoiya Harris in Conversation

November 20, 2025

Art History Lecture Series | Susanna and the Elders

November 13, 2025

Interwoven: Panel & Weaving Demonstration with Priscilla Dobler Dzul

October 26, 2025

Meet Beau Dick: Maker of Monsters | Film Screening and Conversation

October 25, 2025

Art History Lecture Series | Pacific Northwest Coast Native Masks

October 09, 2025

Historic First Hill: Art, Architecture & Design

September 25, 2025

Art History Lecture Series | Three American Sculptors: Mosley, Puryear, Hayden

September 11, 2025

Curator Talk: Jamie Wyeth and His Legacy

August 07, 2025

Parallel Points: Tarrah Krajnak and Rafael Soldi in Conversation

July 18, 2025

Artist Talk with Hugh Hayden: Rethinking the Ordinary

July 12, 2025

Art History Lecture Series | Three Generations of Wyeths

June 12, 2025

Director’s Dialogue: Jamilee Lacy with Kris Lewis and Scott Stulen

May 14, 2025