November 2015

Transylvania to mark Trans Day of Remembrance

Posted on November 16, 2015July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON Ky.—Transylvania University on Friday will participate in the Transgender Day of Remembrance with a public event featuring speakers, a reading of names of transgender people killed by violence in the past year, a candlelight ceremony and a resource fair. The event is part of the Lexington Trans Week of Awareness and Remembrance and coincides with the national observation, which is a time for education and advocacy. The university’s third annual remembrance ceremony on Friday will be at 7 p.m. in the William T. Young Campus Center Gym. “The Trans Day of Remembrance and Awareness honors the trans folks who lost their lives to violence in the past year,” said Zoey Peach, a Transylvania senior and event organizer. “In 2015, the murders of trans women of color have risen to epidemic proportions in the U.S. Our event seeks to honor and mourn their lives and other trans lives lost around the world and bring awareness to the issues trans folks face.” Day of Remembrance started as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman killed in 1998, according to GLAAD. “The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence that year and began an important memorial that has become the annual Transgender Day of Remembrance.” Other Lexington Trans Week of Awareness events: • Kickoff Dinner, Lexington Diner, 124 N. Upper Street, Monday, 7-9 p.m. • City-Wide Story Circle, University of Kentucky Blazer Hall, third floor,

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Transylvania to host renowned Spanish artists, poets

Posted on November 5, 2015July 14, 2020 by Office of Marketing and Communications

LEXINGTON, Ky.—Transylvania University welcomed two prominent Spanish artists and poets to campus last week for their North American debut. Alexandra Domínguez and Juan Carlos Mestre visited classes at Transylvania and two public schools: Bryan Station High School and the School of the Creative and Performing Arts. They also gave a free, public reading of their work on Thursday, Nov. 12, at 7:30 p.m. in Transylvania’s Carrick Theater. Following the reading, a reception in Morlan Gallery featured “Swept Up in Whispers,” a colorful exhibition of their art books, etchings and paintings. Additionally on Nov. 12, the married couple gave an Art Talk at 12:30 p.m. in Morlan Gallery. This event also was free and open to the public. Domínguez and Mestre —who have presented together only once before—have exhibited their works throughout Europe and in South America. Domínguez, who was awarded the Gran Premio Nacional Salón Sur de Pintura in Chile, studied art at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid and Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Sant Jordi in Barcelona. Her poetry collections—including “The Conquest of Air”—also have won awards. Mestre is among Spain’s most acclaimed contemporary poets, winning recognitions such as Premio Adonáis and the National Poetry, National Literary Critics and Jaime Gild de Biedma awards. Though his principal medium is poetry, he is a self-trained artist, working especially with ink and watercolors and as a printmaker. ‘Swept Up in Whispers’ This exhibition is

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