Héctor Tobar is the Los Angeles-born author of six books, including the novels The Tattooed Soldier, The Barbarian Nurseries, and The Last Great Road Bum. His non-fiction Deep Down Dark: The Untold Stories of Thirty-Three Men Buried in a Chilean Mine and the Miracle that Set Them Free, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and a New York Timesbestseller. His books have been translated into fifteen languages. The Barbarian Nurseries won the California Book Award Gold Medal for fiction. Tobar’s...
Join a community of interns to gain professional skills and learn about museum practice. The paid internships at the Saint Louis Art Museum offer opportunities to gain first-hand experience working in a major art museum. The Museum is home to a collection of over 37,000 works of art from six continents, dating from ancient times to the present. Over the course of the summer program, interns will have opportunities to learn more about the Museum’s collections through curatorial tours and...
Artists Deborah Roberts, Laolu Senbanjo, and Michael Ray Charles join Sarah Elizabeth Lewis to discuss Design and how it functions as a non verbal medium in art making.
William & Mary University Andrews Hall, Room 101 605 Jamestown Rd Williamsburg, VA 23185
The famed 1325 Hajj journeys of Mali Emperor Mansa Musa and Granada poet Al Saheli, individually or together cross three continents—Europe (Spain), Asia (Arabia), and Africa (Egypt, the Sahara, Mali and Morocco)—offer vital insight into how Medieval...
Menschel Hall, Lower Level Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street Cambridge, MA 02138
Join us for a special discussion featuring interdisciplinary artist Yu-Wen Wu in conversation with Sarah Laursen, the Alan J. Dworsky Curator of Chinese Art. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Wu immigrated to the United States at an early age. Her experiences have shaped...
In partnership with the Mahindra Humanities Center, we have additional funding for projects focused on migration and the built environment. Projects can be conducted in the Spring or Summer of 2024 or during the...