Pontiac, Michigan (December 1, 2005) – The Office of Arts, Culture & Film presents a lecture by Detroit Institute of Arts Speaker’s Bureau on Camille Claudel & Rodin: Fateful Encounter on Thursday, December 15, 2005, from noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Oakland County Lecture Hall.

The beautiful, talented, witty and fiercely independent Camille Claudel first met the great Auguste Rodin when she was only 17 and he was 41. She became his fellow sculptor, his muse, his model, and his lover. As he gained fame she struggled against the social and artistic limitations placed upon women artists in the ninetieth century. For the first time in the United States, see the works they shared and the works they created apart before Claudel’s life crumbled under the weight of a shattered relationship, mental illness, and the prejudices of her world. The exhibition, Camille Claudel & Rodin: Fateful Encounter, is on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts from October 9, 2005 through February 5, 2006.

The presentation will take place on Thursday, December 15, 2005, from Noon to 1:00 p.m. in the Oakland County Lecture Hall, Building 49 West on the County campus at 1200 N. Telegraph Road, in Pontiac.