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Christin Mamiya, professor emerita of art history at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, will join Wally Mason, Sheldon's director and chief curator, for a Cocktails with Curators discussion of two paintings paired in the exhibition Sheldon Treasures — Salads, Sandwiches, and Desserts by Wayne Thiebaud and Still Life No. 15 by Tom Wesselmann. Attend via Zoom to explore these still life paintings and learn to make a cocktail inspired by them.

RSVP to Laurel Ybarra at laurel.ybarra@unl.edu to reserve your place and to receive the Zoom link, or phone number, and an ingredient list for the event’s signature drink.

About Christin Mamiya

Christin J. Mamiya received her BA from Yale University, and her MA and PhD degrees from UCLA. She has been a faculty member in the School of Art, Art History & Design since 1987. She served as associate dean from 2009–15, as interim dean in the 2011-12 academic year, and as interim director of Sheldon Museum of Art in 2014.

Mamiya is an authoritative voice on contemporary art. Her book, Pop Art and Consumer Culture: American Supermarket led to invitations nationally and internationally to write and speak about artists of the later twentieth century. She was also the co-author for Gardner's Art Through the Ages, an award-winning textbook that has introduced generations of students to art history and which is currently the most widely used textbook. In addition, Mamiya has published numerous articles in scholarly journals on a variety of subjects, including contemporary American art, popular culture, nineteenth-century French art and Oceanic art.

At the University of Nebraska, Mamiya has been responsible for teaching the entire range of modern art courses. She received a College Distinguished Teaching Award in 1992, the Annis Chaikin Sorensen Award for Distinguished Teaching in the Humanities in 2001, and was selected for membership in the the university's Academy of Distinguished Teaching in 2005. In 2012, Mamiya received the Gladys Lux Education Award at the Mayor’s Arts Awards ceremony.