2nd Annual Bradley Visual Culture Symposium

April 22, 2010
Mark your calendars for this Thursday, check out the symposium at Bradley University

The theme of the symposium is reflected in the title, "Differentiating Space: Identifying the Local in Visual Culture". Our speakers are asked to address differences in Midwestern art and design practices that are tied to the unique relationship between urban, suburban, and rural sites in Mid-America. Panelists will be asked to think about visual culture as indistinguishable from ideologies of place. Some questions that will be asked and discussed are:

-How can the character and visual culture of the Midwest be reclaimed and redefined by those who live and work here?
-Is it possible to create a counter-narrative to that which privileges the national or global over the local?
-What other sorts of inland attributes are common that need more reflective appraisal?
-What does your experience of the Midwest offer that contextualizes art, design, education, and audience in a different way?

IVSC SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
April 22, 2010

1:30pm Panel Discussion
Panelists: Buzz Spector, Justine Nagan, Clifton Meador, Patricia Olynik, Preston Jackson
Moderator: Paul Krainak Auditorium B51, Baker Hall

3:00pm Lecture: Justine Nagan Auditorium B51, Baker Hall

4:00pm Reception Heuser Art Center

5:00pm Lecture: Buzz Spector Horowitz Auditorium, 126, Caterpillar Global Communications Center

8:30pm Film Screening "Typeface" by Justine Nagan Auditorium, Bradley Hall

The Symposium is free and open to the public.