Dr. Scott Shields: Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage

Scott A. Shields, Ph.D. is associate director and chief curator at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento. He is an expert on the art of the Monterey Peninsula and author of Artists at Continent’s End: The Monterey Peninsula Art Colony, 1875 –1907 and David Ligare: California Classicist. He curated the exhibition Armin Hansen: The Artful Voyage and authored its accompanying catalogue which details Hansen’s artistic legacy and his love for Monterey’s fishermen and the setting in which they worked. Shields will chronicle Hansen’s fascinating biography and colorful artistic legacy through stories, anecdotes, and powerful paintings and etchings.