CSAW Forgotten Frontera, “Art, Activism, Community”
Name:
CSAW Forgotten Frontera, “Art, Activism, Community”
Date:
September 17, 2020
Time:
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM CDT
Website:
http://wtamu.edu/csaw
Event Description:
On Thursday, Sept. 17, join the Center for the Study of the American West (CSAW) for its fourth annual Forgotten Frontera event: “Art, Activism, Community.” The event will begin at 7 p.m. (CT) and be held online via Zoom video conferencing. Use this link to register for this free event: https://forms.gle/66RMQi64xBaP7s6j8 Registrants will be emailed the Zoom link the day of the event. This year’s event, inspired by the murals on 10th Avenue and elsewhere in downtown Amarillo, celebrates the role of public art in defining community and drawing attention to that community’s heritage. The panelists for the event will be Joey Martinez, the Lubbock artist who painted the 10th Avenue murals; Teresa Kenedy, president of the Barrio Neighborhood Planning Committee; WTAMU Spanish Professor Andrew Reynolds; and noted Latino Studies Professor José Limón, now retired from University of Texas Austin and Notre Dame. Read more about the event here: wtamu.edu/csaw Questions can be emailed to csaw@wtamu.edu
