
Jacob Tonski, Assistant Professor, Department of Art, Miami University
Jacob Tonski will describe how his creative works seek to understand the ways in which we find balance with the many forces in our lives. Forms range from kinetic sculpture to video art but are always probing the inescapable relationship to the world around us.

Larry Winston Collins, Associate Professor, Department of Art, Miami University
This discussion will highlight the work of printmakers of African descent who found sustainable conditions to explore their creativity during the Work Projects Administration (WPA) period in the 1930s. Works by Robert Blackburn, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, Dox Thrash and Charles White, among others, will be discussed.
Cultivating the next generation of art enthusiasts. A free program including storytime led by the Lane Public Library children’s department, paired with a related craft. For children ages 3-5, accompanied by an adult.