The University of Southern Indiana College of Liberal Arts will host its second virtual Faculty Colloquia presentation of the Spring Semester featuring Robert Dickes, Assistant Professor of Photography and Digital Imaging, at 3 p.m. Friday, February 25. The public can attend the presentation, “Americana Revisited: A Portrait of Contemporary Society†by visiting USI.edu/lafc to find the webinar link. The presentation will also be live-streamed on the College of Liberal Arts Facebook page and uploaded to the College of Liberal Arts YouTube.
Dickes’ presentation is inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic, Black Lives Matter, the 2020 United States presidential election and many other notable events which occurred in 2019 and 2020. “While in lockdown, I was motivated by the work of Norman Rockwell and how he illustrated the idealism of American middle class in the 1930s through 1970s,†Dickes says. “In my case, I want to look at what is real modern-day America. Not with rose-colored glasses, but with a sense of reality. My goal is not to politicize these issues, but to stand neutral and be observant of what I am seeing.â€
This presentation is part of the Spring 2022 Liberal Arts Faculty Colloquium. Each Fall and Spring Semester, USI faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts present individual, free public lectures featuring their current research. To see the current lineup of speakers for this semester, visit USI.edu/lafc.
For more information, contact Dr. Quentin Maynard, Assistant Professor of Social Work, at 812-465-1003 or qrmaynard@usi.edu.
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