BRATTLEBORO — The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) presents “Representations of Railroading,” a free online talk by Scott Lothes, president and executive director of the Center for Railroad Photography & Art, on Thursday, Aug. 26, at 7:30 p.m. Register at brattleboromuseum.org.
As one of the world's most transformative technologies, railroads are frequent subjects of all forms of art. This presentation will trace that long relationship, focusing on paintings from the 1830s to the present.
The talk is offered in connection with “Charlie Hunter: Semaphore,” an exhibit of railroad art currently on view through Monday, Oct. 11 at BMAC.
Lothes directs the Madison, Wisc. nonprofit arts organization that presents the railroad and its roles in society through visual media.
Fascinated by railroads from birth, Lothes grew up watching coal trains in West Virginia. He took up photography at Case Western Reserve University, where he received a degree in mechanical engineering.
More than 600 of his photographs have appeared in print along with 70 magazine articles. He is the author and editor of The Railroad Photography of Donald W. Furler and co-author of Wallace W. Abbey: A Life in Railroad Photography.
BMAC will also present a conversation between Hunter and Eric Aho, who curated the exhibit, on Thursday, Sept. 2, at 7:30 p.m., in person at BMAC and via livestream.