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Visiting Artist Jools Gilson

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In conjunction with the fall gallery exhibition Mapping Climate Change, we will be hosting a series of events with Jools Gilson.


Artist Talk with Jools Gilson
Monday, Oct. 16 | 4:30 p.m.
Wriston Art Galleries

Join us for a talk by multidisciplinary artist Jools Gilson who will discuss her work on view in the galleries, The Knitting Map, as well as her new research on an Irish bog body.

Panel Discussion: The Changing Discourse around Climate Change
Tuesday, Oct. 17 | 4:30 p.m.
Wriston Auditorium

Panelists:

  • Jools Gilson, artist, writer, and educator
  • Deborah Barkun, curator and Creative Director, Berman Museum of Art  
  • David Gerard, John R. Kimberly Distinguished Professor of Economics at LU  
  • Claire Kervin, Assistant Professor of English & Director of Fellowships Advising at LU
  • Deanna L. Donohoue, Associate Professor of Chemistry at L

Reception with light refreshments to follow.

Open Movement Workshop with Jools Gilson
Thursday, Oct. 19 | 4-6 p.m.
Esch Studio – Warch Campus Center


About Jools Gilson

Jools Gilson is an artist, writer and educator. Her practice moves across the disciplines of dance theatre, creative writing, visual art and broadcast radio. Her work has been performed and exhibited internationally and has received awards from The Arts Councils of Ireland and England, Culture Ireland, Fulbright Ireland, The Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada), New York Festivals and others. She is Professor of Creative Practice at University College Cork in Ireland. Learn more about Jools at https://joolsgilson.com/