Panel Discussion: The Nature of Art
November 6 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm
Join us for a panel discussion where we’ll explore the materiality of art—the weight, texture and presence of stone, pigment and other physical matter in an increasingly digital world. How does the feel of a chisel, brushstroke or page carry meaning, and how can the material express the ineffable?
Author and artist Richard Rhodes, whose book Stone traces humanity’s deep relationship with this primal material; local writer and cultural force Bob Devin Jones; Kim Macuare, Director of Education and Co-Director of The Dalí Museum’s Innovation Labs; and The Dalí Museum Executive Director Hank Hine will lead a curated dialogue bridging craft, history, literature, and philosophy. Together, they’ll ask: How does the stuff of art shape its story — and our own?
Tombolo Books will be on site with a limited number of copies of Stone: Ancient Craft to Modern Mastery. Attendees are encouraged to preorder Stone to guarantee their copy that evening.
Location: The Dalí Museum’s Will Raymund Theater
This event is free with limited capacity. An event ticket is required for entry.
Gallery access is not included.
Richard Rhodes
Richard Rhodes is a stone sculptor with a wide-ranging international practice including public art and private commissions. As a scholar of stonework world-wide, Rhodes’ book, Stone: Ancient Practice to Modern Mastery was published in June 2025 by Princeton Architectural Press. Rhodes was Awarded the Burges Visiting Professorship for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington 2025-26. Richard apprenticed as a stonemason in Siena, Italy after graduate studies at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art. As the first non-Italian admitted into Siena’s ancient masonic guild in 726 years, he is known throughout the sculpture and stone community as the “last apprentice.” Though now branching into other media such as cast bronze, Rhodes credits his guild training as the major influence in his sculptural practice. Rhodes is the founder of several Seattle-based businesses, including Rhodesworks Design Studio, Rhodes Masonry, and Rhodes Architectural Stone. He lives in Seattle.
Dr. Hank Hine
Executive Director at The Dalí
Hank joined The Dalí in 2002 and was instrumental in implementing the creation of the new building. He earned his undergraduate degree at Stanford University and his Master’s and Doctorate degrees at Brown University. He has extensive experience with contemporary artists and writers and the intersection of media in the current cultural milieu. Dr. Hine was founder and director of Limestone Press and Hine Editions, a San Francisco publishing house specializing in artist books and the production of museum catalogs. He served for seven years as Director of the research and publishing institute GraphicStudio at the University of South Florida in Tampa before joining The Dalí. A writer and educator, Dr. Hine’s publications include text and image relationships, contemporary art, and the opportunities of new media.
Bob Devin Jones
Actor, director and playwright from Los Angeles, Bob Devin Jones is the cofounder of The Studio@620 where he served as artistic director for over 20 years. He has written more than a dozen plays, including Uncle Bends: A Home-cooked Negro Narrative performed across the U.S. and in Ireland and Manhattan Casino, a musical which premiered at the Coliseum. He wrote and directed Further on Down the Road, a play about the Florida Highwaymen, staged at The Studio@620, and Until the River Never Grieves, a celebratory “corepoem” about Aimé Césaire which debuted at the Dalí. Jones’ directorial credits also include numerous performances of Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity at the Palladium, four August Wilson plays for American Stage and, most recently Hamlet at The Studio@620.
Dr. Kimberly Macuare
Director of Education and Co-Director of Innovation Labs at The Dalí
Dr. Kimberly Macuare is an experienced educator, curriculum designer and facilitator. For over 20 years, she has designed world-class learning experiences—college courses, workshops, leadership retreats, team building sessions, and keynote presentations—and, most recently, has been responsible for the award-winning curriculum of creativity and innovation workshops and offerings at The Innovation Labs at The Dalí. In her role at The Dalí, she has helped a wide range of organizations build their innovation capacities by developing creativity-focused mindsets and learning key creative problem-solving skills. In addition to supporting external clients, she also takes an active role in innovative projects and initiatives across The Dalí Museum organization and teaches a creativity course in the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida. Kim holds a BA in English from the University of Cincinnati, an MA in English from The Ohio State University and a PhD in English with a specialization in medieval literature and economics from The Ohio State University.
