CHANGE: an arctic journey is a visual response to the magnificence and rapid change in the earth’s Northern Polar Region, inspired by Sarah Nelson’s recent Arctic Artist Residency. Join us for a virtual artist talk about her experience and her art. 

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Join us at the exhibition reception for CHANGE: an arctic journey

View: A visual response to the magnificence and rapid change in the earth’s Northern Polar Region, inspired by an Arctic Artist Residency

Meet: Artist Sarah Nelson

Location: Department of Art History Gallery, O’Shaughnessy Educational Center

CHANGE: visualizing crisis | September 22, 2023

Join us Sept. 22 for an evening centered around CHANGE: a joint exhibition considering the impact of the climate crisis through the lens of artistic expression.

LECTURE: Dr. Veronika Kusumaryati

Assistant Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Arts and Crisis among the Asmat of Papua

4:30 pm Dorsey Way, Anderson Student Center

Asmat artists have earned international acclaim for their carvings and weavings, but a lack of intergenerational transmission, a need to fit into the broader structural order of modernity, and environmental changes have put visual culture from this region at risk. Could a new ecosystem of artistic production in Papua be key to dealing with this crisis? Join us as Veronika shares insights from her recent trips to Asmat and reflects on these challenges.

EXHIBITION RECEPTIONS

CHANGE: the evolution of asmat art

American Museum of Asmat Art, Anderson Student Center

5:30-7:30 pm with short remarks made at 5:30pm

CHANGE: an arctic journey

Department of Art History Gallery, O’Shaughnessy Educational Center

6-8 pm with artist, Sarah Nelson

Drinks & snacks at both galleries. Open to all. Location and parking information.