The Eco-poetry of a Borderlands Narrative: Reconsidering the Harrisons’ Lagoon Cycle
Summary: This talk, taking from Sheren’s forthcoming book "Whose Crisis? Visual Narratives in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands", 1985-2025, proposes an alternative reading of The Lagoon Cycle through the lens of borders and migration.

Lyon's work captures the tenderness and complexity of human connection and the mother-experience through monumental figurative fragments in soft hues.

Embodied material knowledge or YouTube craft practice? This talk pulls at one thread of Chicana art to consider archives that hide in plain sight and how those archives situate Kira Dominguez Hultgren’s making practice through the lens of the U.S. Arts and Craft movement and Latinx art. The research for this talk was funded by a Center for Craft, Craft Research Fund Project Grant.

Kent State University’s School of Music presents Hops & Harmonies, an off-campus performance featuring student chamber ensembles at Bell Tower Brewing Co. in Kent, Ohio. The event offers audiences an opportunity to experience live music in a community setting while supporting student performance, collaboration and engagement beyond the concert hall.

BHRI Director, Dr. Karin Coifman, will provide general guidance and answer questions during a Q&A session at the end of the workshop.

A lecture on Timothy Hull’s visual philosophy of desire built through fragments and layered histories.

BHRI Director, Dr.

BHRI Director, Dr.