


Wed, Feb 22
|Chrysler Museum of Art
Jennifer Dasal - Getting ‘Art Curious': Exploring the Unexpected, Slightly Odd and Strangely Wonderful in Art History
Jennifer Dasal hosts the ArtCurious Podcast, a bi-weekly show exposing the unexpected, the slightly odd, and the strangely wonderful in art history.
Time & Location
Feb 22, 2023, 11:00 AM
Chrysler Museum of Art, 1 Memorial Pl, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA
About the event
To access the ArtCurious Podcast, select a link below:
https://www.artcuriouspodcast.com/artcuriouspodcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/artcurious-podcast/id1142736861
https://open.spotify.com/show/5wH1Xg5QIVxqNYMFo7oYpp
Jennifer Dasal is an art historian and is the creator and host of the Podcast (), an internationally popular, bi-weekly show exposing “the unexpected, the slightly odd, and the strangely wonderful in art history.” It was chosen as one of ’s Best Podcasts of the Year for three years in a row (2018-2020), and it was selected as one of the Best History Podcasts of 2019 by In September 2020, Dasal’s first book, was released by Penguin Books. The book has already received a much coveted “starred” review from and highlighted in , , and other publications.ArtCuriouswww.artcuriouspodcast.comPC MagazineO, the Oprah Magazine.ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History, Publishers WeeklyBookPageBookList
Dasal is the former curator of modern and contemporary art at the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA), where she worked for thirteen years. She received her BA in art history from the University of California, Davis and her MA in art history from the University of Notre Dame, and she has completed PhD coursework in art history at the Pennsylvania State University. She lives in Wendell, NC, with her husband, son, and a very grouchy cat.
Jennifer will talk about her show and her book, She will share the story of the creation of her internationally-beloved audio show, fascinating tales from her book and the podcast, and why fun stories matter in our journey to make art more accessible for audiences.ArtCurious: Stories of the Unexpected, Slightly Odd, and Strangely Wonderful in Art History.

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