January 9, 2025 Stephania Von Dyke and the Denver Art Museum presents: Maurice Sendak

Stefania Van Dyke is Associate Director, Interpretive Engagement at the Denver Art Museum (DAM), where she leads a team of five interpretive specialists and works with curators and designers to develop exhibitions from an audience advocacy perspective. Wild Things: The Art of Maurice Sendak, on view at the DAM October 13, 2024 – February 17, 2025, is the largest retrospective of the artist’s work to date. In this talk, Stefania will shed light on Sendak’s background and inspiration, as well as his artistic process when making children’s books, including Where the Wild Things Are and beyond.

This lecture will be held in person in the Anderson Academic Commons room 290 at 1:30 pm