Exhibition Events

Visiting Scholar Talk: “Asian Art, Asian American Art, and Some Things in Between”

Dr. Yukio Lippit, Chambers and Okamura Professor of Japanese Art and Architecture, Harvard University

Thursday, February 6, 4:00-5:00pm, The Gallery at UTA

Among many things, the exhibition Solace in Painting offers a pretext to think further about the remarkable diversity and complexity of the ever-evolving idea of “Asian American Art”. It does so by placing this idea in further robust engagement with artistic traditions in “Asia.” Inspired by this endeavor, this presentation further considers the work of Asian American artists in relation to long-standing painting traditions in East Asia through the figure of Kakunen Tsuruoka (1892-1977), a Japanese American painter and antiquities dealer.

Opening panel and gala:

Friday, February 7, 5:30-7:30pm, The Gallery at UTA

Panel conversation featuring contributing artist, Ann Phong, contributing author, Dr. Yukio Lippit, and organizing curator, Dr. Fletcher Coleman

Visiting Artist Talk: Visualizing Conflict in a Post 9/11 World

Louie Palu, award-winning photojournalist and documentary photographer

Thursday, February 21, 4:00-5:30pm, Fine Arts Building 148

Visualizing war, trauma, and politics has changed since the attacks of 9/11. Today the United States faces unprecedented threats many of which exist on platforms or in visual forms that are difficult to see. Documentary photographer and filmmaker Louie Palu will share his work and experience covering some of the challenges facing the United States including the war in Afghanistan, Ukraine, US-Mexico Border, and the Arctic.

Visiting Scholar Talk: Ecology and the Diaspora

Dr. Christopher K. Tong, Associate Professor of Modern Languages, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Thursday, February 27, 4:30-5:30pm, The Gallery at UTA

Join Dr. Christopher K. Tong for a discussion on his forthcoming book that tackles ecological change and its effects on East Asia, as well as diasporic communities abroad.

Curator’s Talk: Curating Connections, Questioning Categories

Dr. Fletcher Coleman, Assistant Professor of Art History and Museum Studies, University of Texas at Arlington

Thursday, March 20, 12:00-1:00pm, The Gallery at UTA

Join organizing curator, Dr. Fletcher Coleman, for a gallery walkthrough and discussion of the themes and considerations that went into the creation of Solace in Painting: Reflecting on a Tumultuous Century.