UNC-CH Art and Art History

“States of Emergency: Ephemera and Ephemerality in African American Art, 1965-2000” Zoom (Virtual) Register to attend here: https://unc.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJArdemsqzMoH91sPljGvCI9Nin1L82-x_ZY “Seize the Time!” urged Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Searle, compelling Black activists to capture the politically and racially charged late 1960s and capitalize on its potential for radical revolution. The slogan insinuated that the moment could... Read More →

121 Hanes Art Center “Of Ice, Volcanoes, and Whales: Notes on a Summer Expedition to the Arctic” Beatriz Cortez is a multidisciplinary artist born in El Salvador and based in Los Angeles and Davis, California. Her work explores simultaneity, multiple temporalities, the untimely, and speculative imaginaries of the future. Her recent solo exhibitions include Storm... Read More →

“’Indigenous Storywork’ and Native American Photography: Writing a Visual History of the Ho-Chunk Nation” Howell Hall room 115 Amy Lonetree is an enrolled citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation and a Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She received her Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. Her scholarly... Read More →

"Balancing Act on Home, Art, and Academia: A Reckoning From the Margins" Lorena Molina is a Salvadoran multidisciplinary artist, educator and curator. She is an Assistant Professor of Photography and Digital Media in the School of Art at the University of Houston. She was also the founder and the director of Third Space Gallery, a... Read More →

“Beyond European Palettes: The Overlooked Contributions of Indigenized Artists in the Historiography of Painting in Mexico” 115 Howell Hall In this talk, Emmanuel Ortega analyzes the genealogy of the nomenclature involved in art history’s considerations of indigenized forms of art and the erasure of over five hundred years of influence to better articulate the processes... Read More →

121 Hanes Art Center rafa esparza (b. 1981, Los Angeles; lives and works in Los Angeles) received a BA from University of California, Los Angeles (2011). Solo exhibitions have been held at Artists Space, New York (2023); Commonwealth and Council, Los Angeles (2021); MASS MoCA, North Adams (2019); ArtPace, San Antonio (2018); and Ballroom Marfa... Read More →

“The Ecology of Ephemeral Dyes: Textile Colorants Beyond Colonial Trade Networks in Early Modern South and Southeast Asia” 215 Phillips Hall This talk brings together poetry, dye recipes, textiles, and their representations in painting to explore the vivid but quickly fading pink and yellow dyestuffs that were used in early modern South Asia and maritime... Read More →

“Figure, Narrative, and Image-Making” 121 Hanes Art Center Juan Arango Palacios was born in Pereira, Colombia, and was raised in a traditional Catholic home. His traditional upbringing was cut short by a series of migrations that his family took seeking a better future. Juan’s family moved from Colombia to southern Louisiana where Juan’s sense of... Read More →