Terry Barrett, Ph.D., professor of art education at The Ohio State University (OSU), will be on The University of Findlay campus Monday, Nov. 19.

Terry Barrett, Ph.D., will present two different topics in the Pfieffer Lecture Hall.

He will deliver two presentations: “An Interactive and Open Dialogue About Photographs” at 2 p.m. and “Visual Art and Personal Meanings” at 7:30 p.m., both in Pfieffer Lecture Hall, located in the Virginia B. Gardner Fine Arts Pavilion. Both presentations are free and open to the public.

Barrett is an expert in teaching responsiveness to art and received the Distinguished Teaching Award from OSU for his courses in criticism. He is the author of “Why Is That Art?” “Criticizing Photographs, Criticizing Art, Interpreting Art” 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 was 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.

Barrett serves as an art critic-in-education for the Ohio Arts Council, engaging school and community groups in discussions about art. He holds both a doctorate and a master’s degree in art education from The Ohio State University and an associate’s degree in art and philosophy from Webster College.

Refreshments will be served following the evening lecture. Barrett’s visit is sponsored by the fine arts department at UF. Contact jsalisbury@findlay.edu for more information.