The Marion Art Center announces two more Art for Your Mind lectures by art historian Jill Sanford. Art for Your Mind is an engaging, educational, art observation experience designed to broaden the minds of its participants. Presentations are for people of all backgrounds – artists and non-artists alike. Tickets for each presentation are just $5 for MAC members and $8 for nonmembers. Register both to save $1 on each. Learn more and register online at marionartcenter.org/events. Jill will present American Art Explored on Thursday, May 18 from 1:00-2:00 pm in the MAC’s Anne Braitmayer Webb Theater. Experience American paintings through time. From early, folk art paintings, to surprising realism, then on to modern, abstract images – visualize America’s growth and change, as well as America’s evolving artistic styles. Enjoy the presentation Landscapes Old and New on Thursday, June 22 from 1:00-2:00 pm, part of Art in Bloom at the MAC. Develop your awareness of the many decisions artists face when constructing a landscape painting. Interpretations of nature from America, Europe and beyond become surprising and interesting when close observation is combined with insight into the artists and their goals.