Friends of Visual Arts Spring Lecture

Featured Speaker: Jade Packer, Director of Community Engagement and Visitor Experience at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University. Barton Art Galleries welcomes Jade Packer, Director of Community Engagement and Visitor Experience at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, for the Friends of Visual Arts (FOVA) Spring Lecture. Prior to joining the Nasher Museum, Packer worked in the education and innovation department at PBS North Carolina, where she led strategic community engagement initiatives. Her work included implementing a statewide ambassador program that expanded PBS North Carolina’s reach to underserved communities across all 100 counties. Packer earned a master’s degree in instructional technology from North Carolina A&T State University and a bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The FOVA Spring Lecture offers students, faculty, staff, donors, and community members the opportunity to engage with leading voices in the visual arts and contemporary museum practice. The lecture is free and open to the public and will be held in the Barton Art Galleries.