Norman Rockwell, Rosie the Riveter (1943) [cropped]
Great American Images
Fun Facts about Some of Our Favorite American Imagery
wednesday, June 24, 2026 | 5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
DOORS 5:00pm - Cocktails 5:30pm - Lecture 6:00pm
TICKETS
$30 General
Popular Austin art historian Karen Pope, longtime member and supporter of the Neill-Cochran House Museum, invites you to a pre-Fourth of July Happy Hour including George Washington highballs and a breezy, informative illustrated survey of “Great American Images.” A review of familiar national images will leave you with a new appreciation for these works, thanks to less-known backstories about their origins and the resources used by the artists who made them.
Free parking is available behind the Museum.
All proceeds support the Neill-Cochran House Museum.
About the Speaker:
Karen Pope, Ph.D. in the History of Art (University of Texas, 1981), is a specialist in the modern art of Europe and America. She retired in May 2015 from a full-time position on the Baylor University faculty, teaching art history courses in 19th-century European and American Art, the priority of the Allbritton Art Institute.
In addition to three decades of academic teaching, docent training, and informal lecture series, Dr. Pope has offered since 1995 by popular demand lecture programs, art museum daytrips, and art history-rich study tours in the US and Europe through Art inSight Adventures in Art History. Her goal is to expand her companions’ understanding of art history, regardless of their backgrounds. Karen lives in Austin, where she is involved in the operations of the historic Neill-Cochran House Museum.