Melissa Darden Odom Speaker Series Memorial Fund with Suffolk Art League provides lectures to the residents of Suffolk and beyond at no cost as part of our community outreach and dedication to arts education. Some of our programs are organized in collaboration with, but not limited to, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and is supported in part by their Paul Mellon Endowment and the Jean Stafford Camp Memorial Fund. 

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Upcoming Lectures 

Calling all super Sleuths! There has been an Art Crime in Suffolk, and we need your help in finding out ”Who Done it!” We will have an expert on famous Art Heists, Anne Kenny-Urban from Virginia Museum of Fine Art aiding us in the process of capturing the fine art caper or capers! Come out to the Suffolk Art Gallery and spend the evening with us unlocking the mystery of the stolen painting, and enjoy some complimentary wine and refreshments. Doors will open at 6 o'clock, The Italian Cellar will have a selection of wines available for tasting, where you can experience some of the Lazio Region wines with a professional sommelier.  While you are sipping on your wine and enjoying some hors d'eouvres, Anne Kenney-Urban will be speaking with us about famous art heists throughout history. Discover what Japanese gangsters, bear spray and daring boat getaways have in common with noteworthy art thefts. In this lecture, you will travel the globe learning why museums from Amsterdam to Zimbabwe have been targets for thieves and what tools they used to elude detection. Find out who got caught…and who did not (VMFA Art Education Division). 
The Suffolk Art League will have the famous Gustav Klimt painting "The Lady with the Fan" at the gallery as a "loaner" for one night only! *wink *wink
Can we keep this exquisite painting, the final Klimt masterpiece out of the sticky hands of art snatchers or will we fall victim to another Art Heist?!