UNO/OLLAS ArteLatinX Guest Lecturer with Dr. Arlene Dávila Watch Party

1516 Leavenworth Street,Omaha NE 68102

30 March, 2022

Description

Join us as we listen to the extraordinary Dr. Arlene Dávila, NYU Professor, Writer, & Founding Director of the Latinx Project. We have the pleasure of introducing our ArteLatinX Lecture talk with Dr. Arlene Dávila. Join us as Dr. Dávila goes into depth about The Latinx Project, which she founded in 2018. DATE CHANGE! Our guest lecture which was previously set for Thursday, April 7 is now scheduled for Wednesday, March 30 from 6:00 - 7:30 PM Via Zoom Webinar, with a watch party at Gallery 1516. Dr. Arlene Dávila is a Professor of Anthropology and American Studies at New York University, and a recognized public intellectual focusing on questions of cultural equity, Latinx and critical race studies. She is the author of multiple books focusing on Latinx cultural politics spanning the media, urban politics, museums and contemporary art markets. Her latest book: Latinx Art: Artists, Markets and Politics, (Duke Press 2020) was selected as one of the best art books of 2020 by the New York Times and ARTnews, and a favorite book by Smithsonian scholars and Artnet News. She is also the founding director of The Latinx Project, an interdisciplinary space focusing on Latinx art and culture and hosting artists and curatorial projects at NYU. Can't attend the watch party, no problem! Register via zoom at: https://bit.ly/36hJlnF To learn more about Dr. Davila visit her webpage at https://www.xn--arlene-dvila-jbb.com/ If you have any questions please contact Ana Diaz-Orozco at [email protected] or [email protected], 402.554.3835 Special thanks to our sponsors: Gallery 1516 | Wells Fargo | BFF | Humanities Nebraska | Nebraska Arts Council | Nebraska Cultural Endowment | UNO's University Committee for the Advancement of Teaching (UCAT) | UNO's Goldstein Center for Human Rights | NU's Office of Diversity, Access & Inclusion | The Union for Contemporary Arts | KANEKO | Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts | UNO's College of Communication, Fine Arts, and Media (CFAM) | UNO's CFAM Cultural Enrichment Fund | UNO's Thompson Learning Community | UNO's College of Public Affairs & Community Service (CPACS) | UNO's Department of Sociology & Anthropology | UNO's Department of English | UNO's Department of Foreign Languages and Literature | UNO's Department of Teacher Education | UNO's Writing Center