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Public Lecture: “Made to be Seen: Kongo Graphic Writing as a Basis for Rethinking the Transmission of Knowledge” - Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz, Visiting Scholar, School of Art and Art History
Wednesday, April 17, 2024 5:30pm
Visiting Scholar Professor Bárbaro Martínez-Ruiz will be giving a publich lecture titled “Made to be Seen: Kongo Graphic Writing as a Basis for Rethinking the Transmission of Knowledge.”
Professor Martínez-Ruiz is the Tanner-Opperman Chair of African Art History in Honor of Roy Sieber at the Department of Art History at Indiana University. He is also Senior Research Associate in African Art and Its Diaspora at the University of Oxford and Honorary Professor at the University of Cape Town...
Visiting Artist Tommy Kha – Conversation Hour – April 19th 11:30-12:30 – Art Building West Atrium
Friday, April 19, 2024 11:30am to 12:30pm
This time is dedicated to the questions and conversation that are often overlooked in traditional artist talks and academic curriculum. Students are invited to join visiting artist Tommy Kha in an informal conversation about life as an artist—dialogue about maintaining creative stamina, professional problem solving, and building community are welcome.
Snacks will be provided and we encourage you to stay for Kha’s 1-4 p.m. Self-Imaging Workshop in the ABW atrium.
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Visiting Artist Tommy Kha – Self-Imaging Workshop – April 19th 1-4PM – Art Building West Atrium
Friday, April 19, 2024 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Hosted by visiting artist Tommy Kha, this workshop will explore the complex dynamics of self-imaging and autobiography as material in contemporary art. In Kha’s words,
“Through the framework of the self-portrait, I constantly navigate between self and otherness in my photography. Themes of likeness and representation are at the forefront of my picture making. I shift between comedy and tragedy, familiarity and foreignness, performer and camera operator. … my work is about the self in self...