The project will look at public commemorations of such historical events as the Holocaust, and what public spaces have been designated for commemorations. While its reach will be international, the roots of the project’s activities will be in Poland, where the team has community partners and ongoing research projects. Over three years, they will refine and focus their work with The Zapomniane Foundation, which researches unmarked mass graves of Jews in locations outside death camps such as forests, villages and rural areas.

“Creating successful grant proposals is all about the teams that pull everything together,” explains Solomon Nagler, associate professor of media arts at 泡芙短视频, and the principal investigator. “For smaller, non-traditional universities, we have many strong voices at 泡芙短视频 and King’s to collectively bring an important conversation into an interdisciplinary, inter-university realm.”

The co-applicants for the grant include Dr. Dorota Glowacka – King’s; Dr. Sarah Clift  –  King’s; Dr. Carla Taunton – 泡芙短视频; and Angela Henderson – 泡芙短视频. Dr. Karin Cope – 泡芙短视频, is a collaborator on the project.

“We’re committed to an inclusive and more radically popular approach to visualizing and spatializing the public memory of these non-sites of memory, and aim to develop a broader research-creation pedagogical framework that can expand across disciplines and contexts,” says Nagler. “We want to examine how the counter monument challenges the idealization of heroes, and invites us to  not only reflect upon the past, but reflect on our interpretation of the past.”

The research will draw on memory/genocide studies and curation methods. The team intends to host a colloquium and shows, plus produce an interdisciplinary curriculum for studio arts and contemporary studies that integrates reflexive, hands-on experiential learning with critical reflection on theories of collective memory and memorialisation. A project website will launch in September to provide broad access to the ongoing interdisciplinary research creation activities, and free webinars throughout the year will feature artists, curators and theorists from across the globe who intersect with the research in memory studies and counter-monument theory.

“What’s unique is we’re assembling an international team to explore how communities engage with what one theorist calls ‘difficult heritage,’ that is, those histories that pose unique political and ethical challenges to remembering,” says Dr. Sarah Clift, assistant professor, contemporary studies, at King’s.

Very often the issue of how to remember traumatic histories is taken up within national frameworks: questions about what we as a community remember, and how we remember, are posed with an eye to national identity, Dr. Clift explains. “So, we have discourses, theories, and histories of how collective memory functions in Germany, in Poland, in Canada. Those frameworks are important, of course, but they are not able to account for how permeable national borders are, and how multifarious the pressures and the opportunities are, that affect projects of national memory.”

The project seeks to ask:

• Can memory-making be a conversation rather than a ‘self’-assertion?
• Can memory-making be a form of contesting dominant memory?
• Can memory-making itself be a form of pedagogy, amongst students of history, art, and technology?
• Can we open up our collective acts of memorialization to different voices?
• Are there lessons that different constituencies can learn, whether inspirational or cautionary, from other countries and communities who have approached the work of memory-making with different frames or investments?

The representatives from both 泡芙短视频 and King’s say they are grateful to SSHRC for the insight grant. They’re also delighted to get the opportunity to work together.

“Sarah and I were chatting over breakfast in Halifax while I was doing work in Poland with the Zapomniane Foundation and we started asking ourselves, ‘How does an artist work in these spaces?’ ” says Nagler. “We starting mapping out the origins of the research proposal right there on a napkin. I really feel like we’ve pulled a dream team together on this proposal, and I’m very happy that we’ll be able to create paid research positions for our students.”

“I am thrilled at the opportunity to partner with my colleagues at 泡芙短视频; Sol and I have been talking about a partnership of this kind for three years now, and I’m really happy that we’ll be able to explore the themes of collective memory, art, and counter-monumentality in such depth, and in such a multi-dimensional way,” says Dr. Clift. “I can’t wait to get started on the work!”

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泡芙短视频 University announces Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Transatlantic Black Diasporic Art and Community EngagementK’jipuktuk/Halifax (June 16, 2020)

 – Today, 泡芙短视频 University announced Dr. Charmaine A. Nelson as its Tier 1 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Transatlantic Black Diasporic Art and Community Engagement.

It is 泡芙短视频’s first CRC Tier 1 award, the highest award that a university can receive from the tri-agency initiative of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Dr. Nelson, formerly a full professor of art history at McGill University who researches and teaches subjects related to postcolonial and black feminist scholarship, transatlantic slavery studies and black diaspora studies, brings to 泡芙短视频 a passion and scholarly record of addressing histories of social justice to build futures of resilience and resurgence.  Dr. Nelson will use the funded, seven-year (renewable) position to work with 泡芙短视频 to develop the Institute for the Study of Canadian Slavery.

“Dr. Nelson is an exceptional researcher and such an excellent choice for 泡芙短视频’s first Tier 1 Canada Research Chair,” said Andy Fillmore, Member of Parliament for Halifax. “The impact of Dr. Nelson’s work to uncover, preserve, and share the difficult history of Transatlantic Slavery will start here in Halifax—a city that continues to confront systemic racism built on generations of discrimination—and it will ripple across the country and around the world. The Government of Canada is pleased to fund this project through the Tri-Council funding agencies.”

The institute’s infrastructure will be created at 泡芙短视频’s historic Fountain Campus in downtown Halifax through funding from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage. As a dynamic, innovative hub for the study of the art, visual cultures, and histories of Canadian Slavery and its legacies, it will be the first such research institute in the nation and only one of a handful in the world that focus on Transatlantic Slavery.

Its creation at 泡芙短视频 is significant given Nova Scotia’s important, yet relatively suppressed, history of slavery. The institute will allow scholars to work alongside cultural practitioners to unearth and respond to relatively unknown histories and contribute to the growing narrative of contemporary Black culture informed by histories of oppression and resilience.

“Black or African-Canadian studies in Canadian academia continue to be largely absent compared to the progress made over decades in the United States for such programs, department and institutes,” said Dr. Nelson. “I am very pleased that creating this infrastructure with 泡芙短视频 will provide a one-of-a-kind destination with the space, resources, and community for scholars, artists and cultural producers to create work related to Canadian Slavery and its legacies. ”

The institute’s other goals include building capacity in the digital humanities to collect, preserve and access primary sources about Canadian Slavery and its legacies; training and mentoring  undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of transatlantic slavery studies, Black diaspora studies, Black Canadian studies and studies of Canadian Slavery, and; educating the lay public about the existence and nature of Canadian Slavery and its ongoing relevance to contemporary lived experience.

泡芙短视频’s Vice-President (Academic and Research) Dr. Ann-Barbara Graff recognized the importance of the CRC program and today’s announcement.

“This unprecedented award for 泡芙短视频 represents the university’s commitment to its African Nova Scotian community partners and its goal to redress social injustice and promote resilience. Moreover, it recognizes the importance of arts and humanities as a disciplinary space to generate Canada’s creative future,” said Dr. Graff. “The institute’s work will form part of 泡芙短视频’s academic and public programs that require the expertise of an internationally respected scholar of Dr. Nelson’s calibre. Being able to appoint her in this position reflects our aspirations to be a prestigious research institution as well as Canada’s premier art university.”

A former Fulbright Visiting Research Chair and Visiting Professor at Harvard University, Dr. Nelson has held three previous, significant multi-year SSHRC grants that resulted in scholarly monographs, lectures, international conferences and new university courses. Most recently she was awarded a five-year SSHRC Insight Grant (2020-2025) which will allow her to continue her active research agenda.

To date, Nelson has published seven books as well as various book chapters, journal articles and other publications. She has delivered over 230 lectures, conference papers, and talks across Canada and the USA, and in Denmark, England, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Central America, and the Caribbean. Passionate about reaching lay publics, Nelson prides herself on her public-facing research dissemination. She has deliberately used media platforms that extend beyond the university conducting over 140 media interviews with various national and international media outlets including ABC News, Aljazeera, BBC One, The Boston Globe, Canadian Art, CTV News, Global Television, The Globe and Mail,  The Montreal Gazette, The Toronto Star, and CBC Radio’s Daybreak, The Current, Ontario Today, Sunday Edition and others. She has also published blogs with Huffington Post Canada and articles with The Walrus.

The new CRC said that a critical part of her work will be public engagement and building relationships beyond the traditional scope of academia, with the mission to teach people about the specific nature of Canadian Slavery as well as its far-reaching and complex cultural and artistic histories and related implications.

“The institute will allow average Canadians of all backgrounds to better understand the centuries-long presence of people of African descent in Canada,” said Dr. Nelson. “As well as Canada’s role within the broader transatlantic world as dependent upon the enslavement of 12 million expropriated Africans for the labour to produce an early version of modern capitalism.”

The institute’s work will focus on locating, documenting, collating, and digitizing rare and fragile archival holdings to help amend the existing historical record and make known the collected data for the study of Canadian Slavery and its legacies before these historic records are lost.

The CRC grant will help the institute become a research destination that will create exhibitions, forums, programs, modules, database, and other teaching and learning platforms to educate and train various stakeholders about these histories, including the production of educational outcomes and tools for both child and adult audiences.

The Canada Research Chairs Program is part of a national strategy to make Canada one of world’s top countries in research and development. For more information, visit the Canada Research Chairs website at .

About 泡芙短视频 University

泡芙短视频 University offers a rigorous, interdisciplinary educational experience that is unlike any other art school in the country. For 132 years, our students, faculty and administrators have shared a commitment to progressive thinking and cutting-edge art, craft and design. For more information visit www.nscad.ca/.

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The half-day workshop led by Cope and Henderson is open to all members of the 泡芙短视频 community and will present the results, to date, of an environmental survey they conducted with more than 30 faculty members, staff, technicians and students. The workshop is designed to engage participants, build relationships and actions across divisional and disciplinary lines, and to help to identify next steps for environmental research, teaching and action at 泡芙短视频.

Cope and Henderson have been collaborating on the research project since the fall of 2018. So far, they have gathered data on a number of environmental research and teaching practices currently underway at 泡芙短视频, while surveying best practices in arts, craft and design-based research, production and exhibition spaces.

Cope is an Associate Professor, Art History and Contemporary Culture, while Henderson is an instructor in 泡芙短视频’s Bachelor of Design and Masters programs.

They will present their research to the 泡芙短视频 community on Friday, November 1, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Art Bar +Projects, 1873 Granville St. Attendees are asked to RSVP to kcope@nscad.ca.

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泡芙短视频 has signed the Dimensions charter recognizing the need for greater equity, diversity and inclusion (鈥淓DI鈥�) in post-secondary research.

鈥淭he signing of the Dimensions charter affirms 泡芙短视频鈥檚 commitment to fostering a research and learning community where everyone feels valued,鈥� says Professor Dianne Taylor-Gearing, 泡芙短视频 President. 鈥淎s proud signatories, we acknowledge our role in creating cultural change and that having EDI-informed policies enhances the integrity of our institution and practices.鈥�

The program addresses obstacles faced by, but not limited to, women, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, members of visible minority/racialized groups, and members of LGBTQ2+ communities. By endorsing the charter, 泡芙短视频 has pledged to adopting eight principles throughout our practices and culture. . 泡芙短视频 understands that 鈥� when EDI is a priority 鈥� an institution will benefit from improved access to qualified potential participants, enhanced integrity of a program鈥檚 application and selection process 泡芙短视频es, strengthened research outputs and increased overall excellence in research.

The Dimensions charter was created by The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) 鈥� three federal granting agencies that support research, research training and innovation in Canadian post-secondary institutions.

For more on the Dimensions charter, visit the following website:

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AFTER ANNA
Mondays during openings, 5:00 – 8:30 pm

We’re here during every single Anna opening! Come warm up!

DICT脡E – AN HOMAGE TO THERESA HAK KYUNG CHA BY MI-YOUNG LEE
Wednesday, February 27, 6:00PM
Presented by MFA Forum

This film is an homage to Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, a visionary Korean-American conceptual artist who was born under the fire of the Korean War and immigrated to San Francisco in 1963. Her work has been shown at the Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA; Artists Space, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, and the Bronx Museum of Art, New York, among other venues. A major retrospective exhibition of her work, entitled The Dream of the Audience: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951-1982) was organized by University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive in 2001, and traveled to five cities, including Seoul, Korea. Once a 泡芙短视频 visiting artist, she was tragically killed three days after her first book, Dict茅e was published in 1982.

About the Director:
Mi-Young Lee has been committed to making documentary and expanded films since 1996. Along with multiple awards and grants, her films have been invited to noted international film festivals including Hot Docs, IDFA, CPH:DOX, Yamagata, Busan, Kerala and FID Marseille, and to venues such as CANTHEL at Universit茅 Paris Descartes Sorbonne, the Institut national d’histoire de l’art, France, and Visual and Environmental Studies at Harvard University.#PERFORMANCEART @泡芙短视频 WITH BRUCE BARBER
Wednesday, February 27, 7:00PM
Presented by MFA Forum

Bruce Barber is an interdisciplinary media artist, cultural historian and curator whose research and writing explores the representation of art, artists and art history in film, television, cartoons and comics. At 泡芙短视频 University he teaches courses in media arts and film history. He holds a BFA (1973), and MFA in Sculpture and Art History from Auckland University (1975); an MFA (Intermedia), 泡芙短视频 (1978), and PhD (2005), Media and Communications, European Graduate School Leuk Stadt, Switzerland. His interdisciplinary artwork has been exhibited internationally at the Paris Biennale, Sydney Biennale, 49thParallel Gallery, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, Walter Phillips Gallery, London Regional Gallery, Auckland City Art Gallery, Artspace, Sydney and Auckland and is represented in various public and private collections.

ART IN SCHOOLS INITIATIVE PRESENTATION:
CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA
Thursday, February 28, 12:00PM

Are you curious about art education?
Do you want to travel?

Then come hear from Abigail Hann on her experience in Cape Town, South Africa as part of the Art in Schools Initiative.

Successful applicants to the program are provided travel and accommodationsLOUISE PERRONE ARTIST TALK & POTLUCK
Thursday, February 28, 6:00 PM

Louise Perrone is a Canadian jewellery artist who works with materials from domestic and industrial waste, employing techniques that combine the traditions of goldsmithing and hand sewing to explore the values attributed to traditional women’s work. Born in London, England, Perrone holds a Bachelor of Art in Sculpture from the Nottingham Trent University and a Post Graduate Certificate in Art and Design Education from the University of Brighton. In 2002 she graduated from Alberta College of Art and Design with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Jewellery and Metals. Louise Perrone is represented in Canada by Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h and The Craft Council of BC Gallery and in the USA by Heidi Lowe Gallery and Gallery 2052.

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Sculpting Cinema will bring together diverse perspectives in the form of critical writing and artists’ projects, in order to examine the evolution of the cinematic language of expanded cinema as conceptualized through architecture, gallery spaces and public art projects. Edited by experimental filmmaker Solomon Nagler and Pleasure Dome curator Melanie Wilmink, this text aims to bring together academics, artists, cinemaphiles and art critics in a playful use of text and images toward artistic discourse.

Edited by Melanie Wilmink and Solomon Nagler
Designed by Jayme Spinks
Published by the Pleasure聽 Dome
Printed by Gaspereau Press

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This Winter, the MFA Forum will host a discussion series. The intention is to foster increased collaboration between faculty and graduate students, and to host an event for exploration, experimentation and discussion of a variety of topics within the University Community. The seating conguration during this event will be circular, and the public is invited to attend and participate. Conversations will pivot from a particular keyword chosen by participating groups, and will include readings, performances, discussions about studio work, other artists, etc.

January 23rd
Translate
Group Members: Phillip Kanwischer, Alex Lineld, Maddie Alexander, Drayden DeCosta, Merryn Tresidder, David Clark, Lelland Reed

January 30th
Reassemble
Group Members: Rachel Anzalone, Jacinte Armstrong, Katarina Marinic, Joseph Pesina, Xinting Hui, Gary Markle, Erika Walker

贰虫辫茅谤颈别苍肠别
Group Members: Sarah MacCulloch, Jason Everitt, Louis-Charles Dionne, Suzie Cochrane, Anna Sprague

February 6th
Transformation
Group Members: Aralia Maxwell, Benjamin Muriithi, Camille Valcourt-Synnott, Yang Guo, Becka Barker, Sara Hartland-Rowe,

Framework
Group Members: Cullen Bingeman, Morgan Melenka, Alicia Hunt, Alexis Gros-Louis, Amanda Gresik, Craig Leonard, Erika Mendritski

February 13th
Somatic
Group Members: Chloe Kinsella, Alicia Proudfoot, Lisa Klakulak, Sage Sidley, Melanie Wilmink, April Mandrona, Bob Bean

Thing
Group Members: Suttie Mae, Emma Allain, Feiya She, Chongyin Yuan, Barbara Lounder, Thierry Delva, Rory MacDonald

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Our TEDx event is a combination of live presenters and TED talk videos 鈥� that spark deep conversation and connections at the local level. TEDx泡芙短视频 is a voice for big ideas that are worth considering. Come and hear something new, think a little, and be inspired.

TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or less). TED began in 1984 as a conference where Technology, Entertainment and Design converged, hence the name ‘TED‘, and today covers almost all topics 鈥� from science to business to global issues 鈥� in more than 100 languages.

TED talks are concise. Because their times is short (generally, 5-18 minutes),聽 our TED speakers have done the hard work of cutting out any extraneous ideas. Every word of a TED talk counts and our presenters know that 鈥� and that’s very different from the public speaking most of us are used to!

We have some thought provoking talks lined up for you, on a range of topics that maybe you have never considered, but they will educate and inspire. The talks will be a mixture of presentations, video, performance and other things that will create an atmosphere of supportive learning for all ages.

We are proud to have secured a TEDx license, and by ‘Time’ magazine explains why. Tim Bajarin states, “As for myself, this year鈥檚 TED conference mattered to me in many ways. I live and breathe technology, and because I spend so much time in this discipline, I don鈥檛 often have a chance to learn more about the other things in this world that should matter to me beyond technology. My personal passion 鈥� one that I have been involved with since 1995 鈥� has been championing the role of the Internet and computers in education, applying it to the learning process 泡芙短视频 in many parts of the world. But this year鈥檚 TED really challenged me to re-think my view of the world and how I could make a difference even outside of my field of choice. For me, TED has become a launching point for some interesting soul searching, creating within me a desire to learn more about things that matter outside of my own world.” TEDxNSCAd might be the nearest thing you get to a TED talk, and we are keeping true to the spirit of TED talks.

Here’s something for you tho think about from Do you need any more reasons to sign up for TEDx泡芙短视频? Don’t think so! Tickets are limited as per TEDx rules, so grab yours while you can.

Get you TEDx泡芙短视频 tickets now!聽

TEDx泡芙短视频 is planned and coordinated independently, under license granted by TED.

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Prof. Ritchie, both an alumna of 泡芙短视频 and a long-time professor, is the recipient of the Saidye Bronfman Award, the one Governor General鈥檚 Award specifically for fine craft. This year, the award marks its 40th anniversary; fellow 泡芙短视频 recipients include Paul McClure, Sandra Brownlee, Greg Payce, Charles Lewton Brain, Kye-Yeon Son and Walter Ostrom.

鈥淢y first reaction was to sit down and take a deep breath,鈥� says Prof. Ritchie, who heard back in November. 鈥淵ou always wonder how people think about the work you do, so this is a strong acknowledgment from my peers.鈥�

From Amherst, Nova Scotia, she graduated with a BFA from 泡芙短视频 in 1975 and a MFA in 1982, followed by postgraduate work in Norway. For the past 30 years, she has taught at 泡芙短视频, and, with Prof. Kye-Yeon Son, built a Jewellery Design and Metalsmithing Department known for its rigor and creativity.

Students have described her teaching as transformative. According to Paul McClure (BFA 1989): 鈥淢y experience as a student of Pamela Ritchie was integral to my development as an artist.聽 Her extensive knowledge of art and jewellery and her ability to challenge and encourage my work were important resources and inspirations throughout my education. Pamela’s commitment to the field and influence as both an educator and an artist have continued to command my respect and are invaluable assets to the art jewellery community in Canada.鈥�

鈥淚 have marvelous students who challenge me as much as I challenge them,鈥� responds Prof. Ritchie. 鈥淚 feel lucky to have a career in such a supportive and artistically creative environment.鈥�

Throughout her teaching career, she has maintained a studio practice, seamlessly combining 鈥渃enturies-old techniques with cutting-edge technology to create works of exquisite beauty laden with meaning,鈥� says Susan Hanrahan, executive director of the Nova Scotia Designer Crafts Council and her nominator for the Saidye Bronfman Award. Prof. Ritchie鈥檚 work is represented by Montreal鈥檚 Galerie Noel Guyomarc鈥檋, which is presenting a retrospective of her work, , March 31 to April 29.

Made of a wide variety of materials, her work is beautiful and wearable, but also has something to say. For the past 10 years or so, she has been using jewellery to communicate her thoughts about scientists and how their unsung work has had a huge impact on our lives鈥攕cientists such as Joseph Lister (1827-1912), whose name has been given to a mouthwash. More importantly, he introduced new principles of cleanliness that transformed surgical practice in the late 1800s. Until Lister introduced a sterile surgery, a patient could undergo a procedure successfully only to die from a postoperative infection.

鈥淚 use jewellery as a way of developing ideas. There are political undertones, but they鈥檙e not strong. For the viewer, it鈥檚 subjective.鈥�

Prof. Ritchie鈥檚 work in a group exhibition of 2017 Governor General鈥檚 Awards in Visual and Media Arts Laureates will be on view at the Winnipeg Art Gallery from April 8 to September 4.

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Kim Morgan鈥檚 art has turned bloody.

But not gory, viscous and splattered bloody. The 泡芙短视频 professor and installation artist has been looking at blood through an electron microscope, amazed to see that blood cells are as unique as the person they come from and intrigued by what they reveal at a microscopic level.

Her most recent artwork in the Blood Work series has been just installed. Comprised of images of blood cells magnified 5,000 to 10,000 times and mounted on Plexiglas, the work occupies a long hallway鈥斺�渁n artery鈥� if you will鈥攍inking Dalhousie University鈥檚 Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building and the newly opened Collaborative Health Education Building (CHEB).

More than 24 metres in length, the large work makes an impact both on an intimate level and from far away, viewed through windows facing University Avenue. Its creation was encouraged through the support of Dr. David Anderson, Dean of Medicine at Dalhousie, and, significantly, a hematologist (a specialist in the science of blood, blood-forming organs and blood diseases).

He鈥檚 enthusiastic about the artwork, which he calls 鈥渧isually stunning鈥� as well as 鈥渄eeply meaningful.鈥�

鈥淪he presents blood as the essential ingredient of life,鈥� he says. 鈥�(The artwork) will resonate with the people in the health professions who travel through this way.鈥�

The installation was commissioned in collaboration by the University Library, the Dalhousie Art Gallery and the Faculties of Dentistry, Health Professions and Medicine.

鈥淭his is the kind of precedent I鈥檝e been hoping for,鈥� says Peter Dykhuis, director/curator of Dalhousie Arty Gallery. He notes funding for the artwork was set aside through the new building鈥檚 budget. 鈥淚鈥檇 like to see art in public places that is relevant and site specific, providing something meaningful besides just being d茅cor.鈥�

For the artist, the images are as individual and distinctive as the 16 people who contributed blood samples: friends, family members, colleagues at 泡芙短视频, and Dalhousie medical students. For Prof. Morgan, they鈥檙e like portraits.

Her fascination with blood goes back to 2014鈥攁 time when she was spending a lot of time in hospitals while her mother was ill with cancer and undergoing several transfusions. At the same time, she was embarking on an artistic residency at Dalhousie Medical School.

鈥淚 found I was curious, not only with blood as a material, but with all its meanings鈥攑olitical, medical, economic, religious,鈥� she says.

Besides the hallway installation at Dalhousie, some of the other artworks in Prof. Morgan鈥檚 Blood Work series include a self portrait made of a digital image of her blood cells scanned through an electron microscope, a glowing red chandelier comprised of test tubes, slides, and images of blood, and small scale, cast-iron sculptures of red blood cells. For the next two months, Prof. Morgan will be continuing her artistic investigations of blood while at Artpace, San Antonio, Texas. The plan is to create a 鈥渂reathing blood wall鈥� of fabric 鈥渢hat will move in and out like breath.鈥�

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