2/7 | The Thirteen
12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m. Location: Morlan Gallery, Mitchell Fine Arts Center
The Thirteen revolves around the lives of thirteen black women who were violently murdered in Kentucky during the19th and 20th centuries. The exhibition features original poetry and mixed media memorials by poet and multidisciplinary artist Bianca Spriggs and photographer and filmmaker by Angel Clark.
Special Events
● The Thirteen: A Performance and Reading. Wednesday, January 23, 7:30-9 p.m., in the Carrick Theater
● Lexington Gallery Hop: Friday, February 15, 5-8 p.m., in the Morlan Gallery
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2/7 | Creative Intelligence Lecture Series: Kyle Simmons
4:30 p.m. Location: Cowgill Center, room 102
Kyle Simmons, assistant professor of neuroscience at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research, speaks on neural systems underlying food motivation and reward, especially in regard to obesity and eating disorders. Free and open to the public. |  |
2/7 | Poetry reading/musical performance
7:00 p.m. Location: Carrick Theater, Mitchell Fine Arts Center
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion presents a poetry reading/musical performance focusing on ancestry featuring the Affrilachian Poets: Ricardo Nazario y Colon, Jeremy Paden, Bianca Spriggs, and Frank X Walker and musical guest, The Sisters of the Sacred Drum. The event is free and open to the public. |  |