International Lecture Series
Join us for the 44th season of the Treasure Coast’s most celebrated arts and humanities lecture series. This lecture series is presented in conjunction with the exhibition American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection. The featured speakers will provide audiences with multiple perspectives to help frame the exhibition’s themes.
Patrons are invited to attend the lectures at the VBMA or stream them from the comfort of their homes.
Individual Lecture Pricing
Holmes Great Hall
$130 per person for VBMA members
$160 per person for non-members
Streaming or Leonhardt Auditorium Simulcast
$90 per person for VBMA members
$110 per person for non-members
To register for any program, use the links provided, or call us at 772.231.0707.
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All programs are subject to change.
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2026 ILS Speakers
Monday, April 13, 2026 at 4:30pm | American Made: Highlights from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection
Regina Palm, Ph.D., Harold and Anne Berkley Smith Senior Curator of Modern Art, Norton Museum of Art
The history of American art is as layered and diverse as the nation itself. The DeMell Jacobsen Collection invites us to appreciate that richness through works that span early portraiture to bold expressions of modern American identity. American Made: Paintings and Sculpture from the DeMell Jacobsen Collection celebrates the creativity and vision of American artists spanning more than 250 years. It endeavors to share a fresh and inclusive look at the evolving story of American art. Join Dr. Regina Palm as she shares highlights from the exhibition and offers insights into how these works celebrate the range of voices that shape our understanding of American artistic heritage.
Dr. Regina Palm is the Harold and Anne Berkley Smith Senior Curator of Modern Art at the Norton Museum of Art. Previously, she served as the Marie and Hugh Halff, Jr. Curator of American & European Art at the San Antonio Museum of Art, where she was the presenting curator for American Made. She has also held curatorial positions at the Morse Museum, San Diego Museum of Art, Kimbell Art Museum, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, and the Cincinnati Art Museum. Dr. Palm earned her PhD in the history of art from the University of London, specializing in female artists and the gender politics of artistic production in the late 19th to 20th centuries. Palm’s research has appeared in the Journal of Design History, Women’s History Review, and others.
PRESENTING SPONSOR:
Raymond James Trust/Leonor Lobo De Gonzalez in memory of Jean B. Armstrong-Warren
Harry and Virginia Van Wormer Lecture Fund
SUPPORTING SPONSORS:
Kjestine and Peter Bijur
FHL Foundation
Laura and Donn Nystedt
Emily and Ned Sherwood
Carolyn and William Stutt Endowment for the International Lecture Series
Caroline and Tommy Vandeventer
PATRON SPONSORS:
Susan L. Bouma
Kenneth W. Cunningham, Jr. Endowment Fund
RECEPTION SPONSOR:
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Anthony Amore, Director of Security and Chief Investigator at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Art Heists: Stealing Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Degas
Andrea Robinson, Master Sommelier
1976 Paris Wine Tasting: How “the Unthinkable Happened”
Sebastian Smee, Pulitzer Prize-winning art critic at The Washington Post and author
The Art of Rivalry: How A New, More Intimate Model of Rivalry Gave Birth to Modern Art
Apollonia Poilâne, Baker, CEO, and Gallerist
The Art of Bread