AAAS Black Women's Conference: "We Represent! Black Women and the Visual Arts"

“We Represent! Black Women and the Visual Arts”, Lyric Theater (300 E Third St)

• 8:00am: Breakfast

• 9:30am-11:45am: Hands on workshop with Sonja Brooks and Natasha Giles

• 12:00pm: Lunch

• 1:00pm-4:00pm: 4 Black Women Artists in Conversation. Moderated by artist/curator, Marie T. Cochran

Introduction and Affrilachia Overview by Marie T. Cochran

Elizabeth Asche Douglas

Charlotte Ka

Lynn Marshall Linnemeier 

Valeria Watson

 

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Lyric Theater

WPA mural open forum

The 1934 Mural painted by Ann Rice O’Hanlon has been a topic of campus debate for the last 40 years. Come join a community discussion after the mural’s re-unveiling.  What does the mural represent to you? 

Panelists:  Melanie Goan, Department of History; Carol Taylor-Shim, UK Violence Intervention and Prevention Center. Moderated by Anastasia Curwood, History and African American and Africana Studies

Part of the AAAS Black Women's Conference

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Memorial Hall

Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, “Curating in the Present: Form as Stories or Stories that make Form”

12:00-1:30pm: Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi, Dartmouth College, “Curating in the Present: Form as Stories or Stories that make Form”, 21C Hotel Museum (167 W. Main St). Co-sponsored with the College of Fine Arts and part of AAAS' Black Women's Conference. 

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21C Hotel Museum

Anthroplogy Graduate Student Wins National Prize for Research Paper

By Gail Hairston

University of Kentucky graduate student in anthropology, Mary Elizabeth Schmid, won the Eric R. Wolf Prize from the Society for the Anthropology of Work for her paper "Tomatoes and Temporality: Political Economies of Time in the Fresh-Market Tomato Industry in the Southeastern U.S." The award is presented by the American Anthropological Association.

STEM Night at Veterans Park Elementary

Representatives from the A&S Neuroscience program and Chemistry and Physics departments attended the first annual STEM Night at Veterans Park Elementary School. The night included many hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics activities for all ages.

History of the Universe from the Big Bang to Now

Professor Ganpathy Murthy from the Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kentucky, will give an overview of our understanding of cosmology followed by a discussion. Emphasis will be placed both on what we know and on the evidence for what we know. The event is designed to be entertaining and accessible to all without sacrificing scientific accuracy. Everyone curious about science is welcome!
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WT Young Library

UK, Local High School Students Celebrate World Languages Day

By Gail Hairston

 For the second year, the University of Kentucky will observe World Languages Day Friday, Feb. 24.

The event is organized by UK College of Arts and Sciences Department of Modern and Classical Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Hispanic Studies and the college’s International Student and Programs represented by coordinator Megan Koshurba.

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