Join Forest Lawn Museum for art, refreshments, and discussion. The evening will include free exhibition tours, complimentary drinks and hors d’oeuvres, and a Q&A with David Judson and artist Jane Brucker, led by Museum Director James Fishburne. (This is an in-person event.)

RSVP by August 16, 2021 to museum@forestlawn.com or 323-340-4782. Parking is always free.

The event is held in conjunction with Forest Lawn Museum’s current exhibition, “Judson Studios: Stained Glass from Gothic to Street Style,” which runs through September 12. The exhibition includes nearly 100 original stained glass artworks, preparatory drawings, watercolors, and archival photographs as well as collaborations with contemporary artists that redefine traditional stained glass.

David Judson, President of Judson Studios

David Judson is the 5th generation president of Judson Studios, and head of the Stained Glass Association of America. Under his direction, the studio has expanded its capacity to include contemporary practices in fused glass working with outside artists to create works for galleries and public art installations.

Jane Brucker, Artist

Jane Brucker uses installation and performance to engage the viewer through contemplation, movement and ritual activity. In large installations and intimate, small-scale sculpture, she touches on the poetry of existence by examining memory, fragility, and death. In addition to her studio practice, she is a professor and head of the drawing program in the Department of Art and Art History at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles.

James Fishburne, Museum Director

James Fishburne is the curator at Forest Lawn museum. He has an MA and PhD from UCLA focused in the Italian Renaissance. Fishbourne then worked at the American Museum of Ceramic Art, at the Getty, and taught art history courses at local colleges. In 2018 he was hired as the Director of Forest Lawn Museum, which is the art museum located within Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale.