“What is going on in this picture? What do you see that makes you say that? What more can we find?” These three questions form the backbone of Visual Thinking…
Inaugural Joy Light Annual Lecture in East Asian Art featuring Dr. Jacqueline Chao Originating in China, "rock paper scissors" is a hand game used to fairly settle disputes or…
Yifan Li is a Ph.D. student specializing in modern Chinese art and visual culture at The Ohio State University. Li’s current research centers on materiality and transnationality, the artistic exchange…
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer From the publisher - Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, a mother, and…
Parable of the Sower (Novel and/or Graphic Novel) by Octavia Butler From the publisher - When global climate change and economic crises lead to social chaos in the early 2020s,…
Jon Imber (1950-2014) was an American artist who experimented with different influences, styles, and subject matter all of his life, from figurative painting to landscapes and abstraction. Join Jill Hoy,…
“Meaningful art, enduring art, and the transformative process it awakens keeps us alive,” writes Mark Nepo, a poet and philosopher who is nationally recognized and a local presence. Nepo will…
Known for her curation of thought-provoking traveling exhibitions, Reni Gower will take us behind the scenes and show us how she brings exhibitions to life. Gower is a visual artist,…
Kelly Church's nationally recognized role as an Ottawa and Pottawatomi Culture Bearer involves much more than her exquisite artistry. According to the artist, her work as a black ash basket…
A historian of architecture, landscape, preservation, urban development, and the built environment, Dr. Robert Bruegmann will discuss general and regional Art Deco architectural characteristics. During the summer or fall of…
View the new exhibition, Captive Beauties: Depictions of Women in Late Imperial China, now on view in the Joy Light Gallery of East Asian Art from 5 to 6 p.m.…
Dr. Tuliza Fleming is the Interim Chief Curator of Visual Arts at the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC), Smithsonian Institution. During her tenure at the NMAAHC,…