Findlay, Ohio – Dr. Terry Barrett, professor of art education at The Ohio State University, will give a public lecture on “Visual Art and Meaning” at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 1, in The University of Findlay’s Pfeiffer Lecture Hall inside the Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion.

Barrett is an expert on teaching art criticism.  He is the author of “Criticizing Photographs: An Introduction to Images,” “Criticizing Art: Understanding the Contemporary,” “Interpreting Art: Reflecting, Wondering and Responding” and “Talking About Student Art.”  He edited an anthology, “Lessons for Teaching Art Criticism,” and he is a former senior editor of the research journal “Studies in Art Education.”

He has been a visiting scholar at the Getty Educational Institute for the Arts in Los Angeles, the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson, Ariz., Colorado State University and the University of Georgia.

He serves as a critic-in-education for the Ohio Arts Council, engaging school and community groups in discussions about contemporary art.

Refreshments will be served following the lecture. For more information on the free, public lecture, contact Jeff Salisbury at jsalisbury@findlay.edu or 419-434-4752.