Events
Appearances, Lectures and Parties
September 19, 2026
Cosmos Theatre
A Reading of Maya by Judy Pomeranz
Maya explores a woman artist’s battle to preserve her talent and self-worth against skeptical critics and pushy promoters. From studio, art gallery, exhibition, to auction house, Maya confronts the effects of commercialism on her art and her intimate relationship.
June 26-27, 2026
Multi-day tour led by art historian Judy Pomeranz: An Artful Weekend in New York: Morgan Library & Museum, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the Frick Collection
Previous Events
September 2018: Book Launch Party in Chicago
October 2018: Guest Appearance at a Book Club in Chicago
May 2019: Guest Appearance at a Book Club in Columbus, Ohio and Author Appearance and Talk at The Fortnightly Club in Chicago
FICTION WRITING LECTURES, COURSES, AND TOURS
2025
- Elements of Fiction Writing – 4-day workshop taught at Smithsonian, Fall 2008, Spring 2025, and Fall 2025
2021
- Fiction-Writing Seminar – Newberry Library, Chicago, Summer 2021
2006–2008
- N Street Writing Workshop – 6-week workshops taught privately in Washington, DC, Fall 2006, Winter/Spring 2006–2007, Fall 2007, Winter/Spring 2007–2008, and Fall 2008
2004–2006
- Do You Really Want to Write Fiction: A Workshop – Six-week workshops taught at Georgetown School of Continuing Education in Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005 (two sessions that semester), Spring 2006, Summer 2006, and Fall 2006
2003–2005
- How Did They Do That? Reading for Writers – 6-week workshops for Georgetown taught in Fall 2003, Summer 2004, Winter 2004, and Spring 2005
2003–2004
- An Excuse to be Critical: Writing Reviews – All-day seminar for Georgetown University School of Continuing Education, Washington, DC, October 2003; two-day seminar for Georgetown, June 2004
ART HISTORY LECTURES, COURSES, AND TOURS
2025
- Hillwood Museum and The Phillips Collection – Tours exploring the history and collections of two of Washington’s small gems, October 2025
- John Singer Sargent and Paris – Lecture at Smithsonian, March 2025
- Joseph Cornell – Smithsonian Lecture, March 2025
2024
- Pierre Bonnard – Lecture on the artist and his art for Smithsonian, November 2024
- David Hockney – Lecture on the artist and his art for Smithsonian, November 2024
- New York City Art Tour – Weekend program with lectures and tours of the Guggenheim, Morgan Library and Neue Galerie, January 2024
2023
- The Major Art Museums of Manhattan – Smithsonian 4-part course examining the Metropolitan Museum, MoMA, The Guggenheim, The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Frick, the Neue Galerie, The Hispanic Society, the Jewish Museum, The Morgan Library, and the Studio Museum of Harlem, November 2023
- Collecting Fine Art – Two-day course for Smithsonian, February 2007 and October 2023
2022
- Contemporary Artists: Who Will We Remember? – Smithsonian Lecture, November 2022
- Thomas Eakins – Lecture on the artist and his art, Smithsonian, February 2022
2021
- Fabergé – Smithsonian lecture on the artist and his global influence, December 2021
2020
- Women on the Edge: The Art of the Female Abstract Expressionists – for Newberry Library, April 2020
2019
- Turner and Constable – Course for Newberry Library, August 2019
2018
- Seventeenth Century Dutch Art – All-day seminar at Newberry Library in Chicago, June 2018
2017
- Three Touchstones of 20th Century Art: The Ashcan School, Abstract Expressionism, and Noguchi – for The Newberry Library, Chicago, June 2017
- Isamu Noguchi – Lecture for Town and Country Arts Club of Chicago, May 2017
2016
- The Birth of Modernism: Impressionism to Now – Four-day seminar for Newberry Library in Chicago, September 2016
- Women in Art – All-day seminar for Newberry Library, Chicago, September 2016
2015
- The Ashcan School of Painting – Lecture for Smithsonian, May 2015
- German Expressionism – Smithsonian Lecture, May 2015
- How to Read a Work of Art: The Observant Eye – A full-day seminar at Smithsonian, February 2015
2012
- Giants of Barcelona: Gaudi, Picasso, Miro, Dali – Lecture at The Smithsonian, Washington, DC, May 2007 and November 2012
2011
- De Kooning Retrospective – Tour of exhibit at MoMA, NYC, November 2011
- The Barnes Collection – Multiple tours of the museum, at its Merion, PA site, for Smithsonian, 2005–2011
2010
- Impressionism into Modernism – Smithsonian tour of the Kreeger Museum in Washington, DC, May 2010
- Cezanne and Modernism – Lecture and tour of the Baltimore Museum of Art’s Cezanne and Modernism exhibition for the Smithsonian, March 2010
2008
- Miro and Van Gogh – Lecture and tour of the exhibition at MoMA in NYC, December 2008
- Surrealist Art – Lecture at Smithsonian, November 2008
- The Golden Age of Austrian Art: Klimt and Schiele – Smithsonian Lecture, September 2008
- The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC – Lectures and tour conducted for The Smithsonian, July 2005 and August 2008
- Frida Kahlo – Tour of the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, April 2008
- Matisse: Painter as Sculptor – Tour of the exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art, January 2008
2007
- Renoir’s Landscapes – Tour of the exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, October 2007
2006
- Andrew Wyeth – Smithsonian tour of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Brandywine River Museum, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, June 2006
- Understanding Abstract Expressionism – Lecture for Smithsonian, June 2006
- Americans in Paris – Smithsonian tour of the exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC
2005
- The Museum of Modern Art – Lecture and tour of the museum in NYC for Smithsonian, December 2005
- Monet’s London – Tour for Smithsonian of the exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art, December 2005
- Dia Museum, Storm King Art Center, Olana (home of Frederick Church) and the Culinary Institute of America, Hudson River Valley, New York – Lectures and tours conducted for Smithsonian, December 2003 and August 2005
- Pierre and Maria-Gaetana Matisse Collection, Gilbert Stuart, and Dresden: Princely Splendor – Tour of the exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, January 2005
2004
- Reopening of the newly expanded Museum of Modern Art, NYC – Lecture and tour conducted for The Smithsonian, November 2004
- Modigliani: Beyond the Myth – Lecture and tour of the exhibition at the Jewish Museum in New York City, July 2004
2003
- El Greco – Smithsonian Lecture and Tour of retrospective, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, November 2003
- The Virginia Museum of Art – Lecture and Smithsonian tour of the museum in Richmond, Virginia, July 2003
2002
- Women in Art – Two-part program with tours of the Cone Collection of Baltimore and the Beauty and Virtue exhibition at the National Gallery in Washington, January 2002
2000
- Exploring the National Gallery of Art – Lectures and tours of the Gallery in Washington for Trinity College Elderhostel, April 2000
- Mythology in Art – Course for Trinity College Elderhostel program
1997–1999
- Impressionism course – Trinity College Elderhostel, several sessions between 1997 and 1999
1998
- Van Gogh course – Lectures and museum tour for Trinity College Elderhostel (now Roads Scholar) program, Washington, DC, 1998
1997
- Art of the Renaissance – Course (lectures and museum tours) for Trinity College Elderhostel (now Roads Scholar) program in Washington, DC, 1997
