Artist-in-Residence Lecture with Ying Li
2024 Frances Niederer Artist-in-Residence Ying Li: 鈥淏lossoms in a Sudden Strangeness III鈥 exhibition through April 14, 2024 Ying Li is known for her thickly painted, abstract plein air paintings created […]
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Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center
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Zoom Lecture with L鈥橫erchie Frazier
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterL鈥橫erchie Frazier is an accomplished visual activist, public artist, historian, and poet. She is a member of Women of Color Network Quilters, founded by Carolyn Mazloomi, Ph.D., whose quilt collection […]
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Nationally Known Psychologist and Author to Discuss 鈥淗ope in a Time of Monsters鈥
Babcock Auditorium, Dana Science BuildingProfessor and education expert Sarah Rose Cavanagh, author of the new book Mind Over Monsters: Supporting Youth Mental Health with Compassionate Challenge, will speak in Hollins University鈥檚 Babcock Auditorium on […]
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Women鈥檚 Role within the Eastern Siouan Tribes of Virginia鈥檚 Interior
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterVictoria Persinger Ferguson is an enrolled citizen of the Monacan Indian Nation of Virginia. She serves on the Monacan Historic Resource Committee and is the program director for Historic Solitude/Fraction […]
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Leading from the Margins: A talk with Mary Dana Hinton, Ph.D.
duPont Chapel 7980 E Campus Dr, Roanoke,, VA, United StatesMary Dana Hinton is the 13th president of Hollins University and president emerita of the College of Saint Benedict. A highly respected and sought-after advocate for the liberal arts and […]
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Empowering Women through Education with Guest Speaker: Verletta White, Ph.D.
Babcock Auditorium, Dana Science BuildingA results-driven, student-centered, visionary leader, Verletta White, Ph.D. was appointed superintendent of Roanoke City Public Schools (RCPS) on July 1, 2020. She has been recognized regionally and nationally for her […]
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Classics Symposium: Echoes of Empire: New Approaches to Imperial Strategies in the Ancient Mediterranean
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterReception in the lobby following each lecture 2-3 pm Sea Empires and Coastal Connectivity in the Third Century BCE Mediterranean Presented by Melanie Godsey, Ph.D., Texas Tech University, Department of […]
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Julie Benbassat Gallery Opening
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterBenbassat is an award-winning illustrator and painter based in Philadelphia. After graduating from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2019, she has gone on to amass a range of […]
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2024 Children鈥檚 Literature Writer-in-Residence and Symposium Keynote Speaker, Mitali Perkins
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterBorn in Kolkata, India, Perkins lived in Ghana, Cameroon, England, and Mexico before her parents settled in California when she was in middle school. She is the author of many […]
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Matt Faulkner: Chalk Talk
Frances Niederer Auditorium, Richard Wetherill Visual Arts CenterAward winning children鈥檚 book author and illustrator Matt Faulkner has over 35 books to his credit. His graphic novel Gaijin: American Prisoner of War, won the American Library Association Asian/Pacific […]
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James Ransome, Award-winning Illustrator Talk
Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, Room 119Ransome has been honored with the 2023 Children鈥檚 Literature Legacy Award by the American Library Association in recognition of his exceptional contributions to children鈥檚 literature. With a career spanning over […]
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Lesa Cline Ransome, Award-winning Author Talk
Richard Wetherill Visual Arts Center, Room 119Cline Ransome is the acclaimed author of numerous award-winning picture books, including a verse biography of Harriet Tubman, Before She Was Harriet, and her debut middle-grade novel, Finding Langston, winner […]