Thu, Sep 10, 2020, 12 –12:45 pm Online, Central Daylight Time Event Image Gerald Ronning Presentation: “In the Clouds, Prince’s Guitars” Ronning will present on a recent article, “In the Clouds: New research on the origins of Prince's most iconic guitars.” More about Ronning: Gerald Ronning is a professor and the chair of Liberal Arts at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. A graduate of Carleton College, Ronning holds a PhD in history from the University of Colorado-Boulder and an MA in history from New York University. At Colorado Gerald Ronning taught in the Minority Arts and Sciences Program and coordinated the roadside historical marker program for the Colorado Historical Society. His scholarship has won prizes from the Center for the American West and the Labor and Working Class History Association, and he is the 2013 recipient of the Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award. His current research is in US labor and cultural history. Ronning has recently published a co-authored article on Minneapolis pop star Prince’s guitars in the Fretboard Journal. Image courtesy of the artist.