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Speaker/Exhibit/Event Reflections:

There will be a number of opportunities in and outside of class this semester to attend and benefit from visiting artists and other speakers, exhibits, and other events. I will announce these in class. I may ask you to respond to a question/prompt regarding an in-class speaker as homework, but for this assignment you are to write three artist/speaker/exhibit/events from out-of-class list (speakers/events will be added as they come to my attention). NOTE THAT IF YOU ARE ATTENDING A SPEAKER PRESENTING IN ONE OF YOUR CLASSES OR REQUIRED TO ATTEND A SPEAKER FOR ANOTHER CLASS, YOU MUST ATTEND THREE OTHER SPEAKERS OR EXHBITS/EVENTS FOR THIS CLASS ASSIGNMENT. This is to make the effort equal/fair to all. Papers are due the next class after the event, unless the event is held on Thursday and our class meets the next day on Friday, in which case it will be due the following Monday. The following are guidelines/suggestions for what to include in your discussion of these speakers or events: (NO MORE THAN 2 PAGES, typed, double spaced). You may not be able to answer each of these for each artist/speaker. I have provided some questions for consideration for both speakers (who may or may not be artists) and events.

Where is this speaker/artist from?
Where do they currently live/work?
Does this artist's work remind you of any other artists' work you know? In what ways?
What do you know about the background/meaning/technique/medium of their works?
Give your own perspective: What did you learn? What surprised you? What did you find difficult to agree with or to
understand? What impressed you about what the speaker said, showed, or had experienced? Give one memorable quote and why it
touched you.

Where did this exhibit/event take place?
Who sponsored the exhibit/event? Who participated in this exhibit/event?
How does it relate to the content in our course?
Discuss one aspect of the exhibit/event that particularly impressed/captivated/dismayed/angered/disappointed you.

Relate what you learned to what we have been studying in class, ie. Does the material presented or exhibit/event experienced relate to issues and/or cultures
and/or artists we have discussed? If so, in what ways?
Visit the artist or speaker or exhibit/event's website, if possible for supplemental information/perspective.

Scheduled In-Class Speakers:

Leslie Pearson, November 2, Room 111, 1:50

Scheduled Out-of-Class Speakers/Events:

Morehead Pride Festival, Saturday, August 27, 12-5 PM, downtown Morehead (for more information, see the festival Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1772345536335206/)

Juan Dontrese Brown, Director Brand Creative at Capitol One, Friday, September 2, 2:00-2:50 in Room 111

Paradise Now (movie), Room 111 (date and time to be announced)

International Potluck Dinner, November (time and location TBA)

R.C. May Photography Lecture Series

NICHOLAS NIXON

Friday, November 11
4:00 - 5:00 pm

Kinkaid Auditorium
U.K. Gatton Business College
(South Limestone across from Montmullin St. )

FREE

Nicholas Nixon brings a deep empathy to his image-making, whether photographing AIDS patients near death or children playing. In a recent series, he turns an unflinching gaze on himself and his wife of more than four decades--two "timeworn mammals" still in love.

A recipient of National Endowment for the Arts and Guggenheim fellowships, Nixon has had solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, among others.

image: NICHOLAS NIXON, Covington, Kentucky, 1982, gelatin silver contact print. Copyright Nicholas Nixon, UK Art Museum: Robert C. May Photography Fund purchase

The Office of Student Activities, Inclusion, and Leadership (SAIL) has announced their schedule of free movies this semester. While these do not necessarily have an arts/creativity theme, they do each speak to issues of cross-cultural relations, religious beliefs and differences, inter-racial relations, and sexuality and gender--all issues/topics we will be discussing in this class. So, any of the following will be allowed for your Out of Class Speakers/Events:

SAIL Cultural Film Series Fall Semester 2016

Movie	Date	Time	Location
Crash	Tuesday, 8-23-16	6:00pm	Breckinridge 002
Cesar Chavez	Monday, 9-19-16	6:00pm	Breckinridge 002
Stonewall	Wednesday, 10-12-16	6:00pm	Breckinridge 002
American History X	Thursday, 11-10-16	6:00pm	Breckinridge 002

Wednesday, Nov. 16

International Coffee Hour: What is it like to live in China? Germany? Finland? Saudi Arabia? South Korea?

By visiting students in Dr. Pissarro’s class, 4 p.m. - 5p.m., International House. All are welcome.

Thursday, Nov. 17

International Pot luck Banquet and Live Entertainment

5:00p.m. – 7:00 p.m. CHER Building, G. DeMoss Room. All are welcome! Business casual attire with an international twist (if possible).

Friday, Nov. 18

“Chinese Language Character in Chinese Culture” Lecture by Professor Chunhui Ye from Tianjin Academy of

Fine Arts, 11:00-11:50 a.m. Claypool Young 111. All are welcome.

Italian Short Film Festival and discussion led by Dr. Ann Andaloro and Silvia Milantoni. 12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Breck 302. All are welcome. Lunch will be served.