JUNE 8, 2007

Tom Lea Centennial Retrospective Series

A series of classes on Tom Lea will be hosted at the Adair Margo Gallery throughout the month of July.  Eight sessions will feature celebrated friends, enthusiasts and scholars on the life and work of Tom Lea. 

The series will consist of one month of eight evening sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:00-7:30pm, beginning Tuesday, July 3 and concluding Thursday, July 26.  The price is $200 per person/$350 per couple for all eight sessions. 

The syllabus for the series is as follows:

Tuesday, July 3, 2007
An Introduction to Tom Lea

• Adair Margo, President, Adair Margo Gallery,
  Sole Representative of the Estate of Tom Lea
• Nick Miller, KTSM Anchor

Thursday, July 5, 2007
Tom Lea the Man

• Bill Wittliff, Acclaimed Screenwriter and Producer
• Jim Lea, Son of Tom Lea
• José Cisneros, Renowned illustrator and friend of Tom Lea

Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Tom Lea and the King Ranch

• Helen Kleberg Groves, Author and Family Representative of the King Ranch

Thursday, July 12, 2007
Tom Lea and His Movies

• Cynthia Farah Haines, Film Critic and Friend of Tom Lea

Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Tom Lea and His Home

• Adair Margo, President of the Adair Margo Gallery,
  Sole Representative of the Estate of Tom Lea
• Becky Duval Reese, Former Director of the El Paso Museum of Art
  and Founder of the Museum’s Tom Lea Gallery
• Diana Natalicio, President of UTEP (TBD)
• Carol Brey-Casiano, Director of the El Paso Public Library
• Sugar Goodman, Friend of Tom and Sarah Lea
• Brigadier General Ernst Roberts (USA, ret.),
  who worked with Tom Lea at Ft. Bliss.

Thursday, July 19, 2007
Tom Lea and WWII

• Brigadier General Dick Behrenhausen (USA, ret),
  Former President of the McCormick Tribune Foundation
• Colonel Mack Greeley (USN, ret), Past Editor, Naval History;
  Editor of Tom Lea’s War

Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Tom Lea, Italy and the United States

• Luciano Cheles, Smithsonian Fellow
• Deborah Rindge, Associate Professor, North Central College, Naperville, IL

Thursday, July 26, 2007
Tom Lea, His Books and His Relationship with Carl Hertzog

• Al Lowman, Former President, Texas State Historical Association
• Peter Mears, Curator of Art, Harry Ransom
  Humanities Research Center (HRC) at UT Austin
• Claudia Rivers, Director of Special Collections,
  University of Texas at El Paso Library

The series is coordinated by Adair Margo and Elizabeth Margo.  Please contact the gallery to sign up at emargo@adairmargo.com or by calling 915.533.0048.