Color! Lecture Series | Color Proof: Books that Shaped How We See with Jennifer Cohlman Bracchi

Location: The Rockwell Museum

Open to the public | Members: Free, Not-Yet-Members: $10, Students: $5 | Advance registration encouraged

Join us for a special evening with Jennifer Cohlman Bracchi, Head Librarian at the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Library as she highlights surprising intersections between art and science that explain our understanding of color today. From chemistry to camouflage to couture, Bracchi will share stories of accidental discoveries and dedicated perseverance that draw from Smithsonian Libraries and Archives vast collections. Featuring publications by physicist Isaac Newton, poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, chemist Michel-Eugene Chevreul, entomologist Moses Harris, ornithologist Robert Ridgway, engraver Jacob Le Blon, board game manufacturer Milton Bradley, and artists and art teachers including Munsell, Itten, and Albers – color remains an elusive, complex phenomenon still not fully understood, despite centuries of research by artists and designers, scientists, and philosophers. 

Exclusive Opportunity for Silver Dollar Society Members  

The Rockwell Museum is pleased to offer post-lecture Silver Dollar Society dining experiences! Get to know our Smithsonian speakers, as well as The Rockwell’s new executive director, Erin M. Coe, at both the March and April lectures. Members of the Silver Dollar Society will enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and light meal stations on the Museum’s second floor.    

Space is limited and will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis. Register by selecting the Lecture + Dinner option in the check-out cart. Registration for this reception is required by 5 p.m. April 15.  

Thank you!

The 2025 Color! Lecture Series is made possible by CCU Wealth Strategies.