Join four artists from the Sustainability in Chaos exhibition as they converse about their artwork and process. John Vinklarek, Kristen Tordella-Williams, Marjorie Fedyszyn, and Samuel Aguirre discuss the techniques of casting, rust painting, binding, and strengthening to make utterly unique works of paper art. This talk pulls back the “wizard's curtain” to reveal how these wonders are made.

Professors Dr. Natalie Khazaal, Associate Professor in the School of Modern Languages and the Director of the Arabic, Middle East and North Africa programs and Dr. Mohammad Ghomi, Professor in the School of Mathmatics will interpret the concepts from the exhibit Geometric Aljamia: A Cultural Transliteration in their respective fields. Learn a bit more about Middle Eastern culture and the math found in the lovely geometric patterns of Islamic cultures.

Geometric Aljamia: A Cultural Transliteration is a cross-cultural collaboration that addresses how connections between the Middle East and the West during the Golden Age of Islamic Civilization continue to be relevant and vibrant in the 21st Century. The exhibition includes artists, designers, performers, and writers from Afghanistan, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Canada, and the United States.

In the third and final virtual artists talks for Pulped Under Pressure we hear from Jillian Bruschera (based in California) and Marilyn Propp (based in Chicago) as each discusses references to the impact, implications, and consequences of waste in their works. 

In the second of three Pulped Under Pressure virtual artists talks for we hear from Julia Goodman (based in Oakland) and Trisha Oralie Martin (based in Chicago) discussing how social memory and cultural identity play a major role in each of their works.   

In the first of three virtual artists talks for Pulped Under Pressure we hear from the co-curators Reni Gower and Melissa Potter. We also learn about Seeds InService: A Papermaking Institute, an ecofeminist, socially-engaged art practice by Maggie Puckett and Melissa Potter that supports self-determining communities through heirloom seed management, thematic gardening, and hand papermaking arts activism.  

Think you know everything about paper? Join Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Nasreen Khan in a lively discussion of the past, present, and future of innovations in paper science and technology. She will discuss topics such as the innovation happening at the Renewable Bioproducts Institute, that will drive the future of paper technology and sustainability.  

Join us for an artists talk with Melissa Harshman & Kelly Taylor Mitchell, who are artists featured in the exhibit When Print Meets Paper. Each artist approaches a “marriage” of paper and print in unique ways, some coming from the lexicon of print and others from a primary focus and love of hand papermaking.  A commonality connects them with the historic origins of printmaking addressing social, political, and narrative themes.

Join us for an artists talk with Georgia Deal, Marilyn Propp, & Gretchen Schermerhorn, three artists featured in the exhibit When Print Meets Paper. Each artist approaches a “marriage” of paper and print in unique ways, some coming from the lexicon of print and others from a primary focus and love of hand papermaking.  A commonality connects them with the historic origins of printmaking addressing social, political, and narrative themes.

Exploring ancient sites and rugged villages throughout the Indian sub-continent, the Himalayas and Central Asia for decades, paper historian, Alexandra Soteriou, charts the migration of papermakers and shares a seldom-seen view of their stories, secrets, materials, methods and artistic and decorative expressions.