My Little Narrative: Artist Talk with Walpa D'MarkTuesday, Mar 01, 2022 Artist Walpa D’Mark will discuss how he came to his petit recit or “little narrative” in his work, and why this process is important. | |
Sex Work and Visual Culture (Common Ground Series)Thursday, Apr 08, 2021 Panelists will discuss social practice photography, public representations and perceptions of sex workers, voyeurism, and sex workers’ labor and humanitarian rights | |
Autism Spectrum: Representation and Perception (Common Ground Series)Thursday, Mar 11, 2021 An artist and psychologist will discuss support systems and the evolving sociocultural understanding of autism. | |
Framing Architecture and Reimagining Communities (Common Ground Series)Thursday, Mar 04, 2021 Discussion between an artist, a sociologist, and an urban planner to examine the framing of communities through architecture, aesthetics, and more | |
Memories That Aren't Ours: Experimental Films from Atlanta (Common Ground Series)Tuesday, Mar 02, 2021 Atlanta-based filmmakers will discuss creating experimental film shorts relating to the Black experience | |
Memories of Home: Memorial, Meaning, and Filmmaking (Common Ground Series)Thursday, Oct 29, 2020 This conversation pairs filmmaker djones in dialogue with Dr. James Young, professor emeritus UMass Amherst. They will discuss djones’ film “631,” 2008, which documents his family’s stories through their ownership and struggles to maintain a multigenerational home in Youngstown, Ohio. | |
Kindness and Aging (Common Ground Series) with Jane Callister and Dr. Lené Levy-StormsTuesday, Sep 15, 2020 Artist Jane Callister and Dr. Lené Levy-Storms will discuss concepts of kindness and its implementation in our communal world. |