Modern Times Lecture Series: Elisabet Ney

Perhaps you’re familiar with Elisabet Ney due to her historic home and studio located in Hyde Park. But did you know what a cool person Ney was? Learn more about the artist who was a German political refugee arriving in Texas in the 1870s, whose salons became an intellectual and political nexus for a growing Austin, whose independent and artistic spirit stays alive through the Elisabet Ney Museum. Who better to expound on that than the museum’s director, Jade Walker, also a sculptor and active member of the arts community, who’ll speak about Ney’s influence and how it resounds today. – Kat McNevins