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Visiting Artist Jools Gilson

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/

Wriston Art Galleries Fall Shows

Image: a black ceramic pot by Maria Martinez; a multi-color, knitted installation mapping climate change; and a pink photograph of a reclining man by Jorge Ariel Escobar.

Fall 2023 Exhibitions will be open from September 22-November 17, featuring:

  • Maria Martinez Ceramics
  • Jorge Ariel Escobar, photography, I Think We Could’ve Been Something
  • Mapping Climate Change, a fiber arts installation.

Please note that the galleries have new hours during academic year exhibitions:

  • Monday-Friday | 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
  • Saturday | noon-4 p.m.
  • Sunday | closed

Plan to join us on Friday, September 29, 4:30-6:30 p.m. for an artist talk and opening reception. Photographer Jorge Ariel Escobar will discuss his photography practice in conjunction with his exhibition, I Think We Could’ve Been Something. A reception with refreshments will follow.

Follow us on Facebook or check the LU events calendar for more events related to these exhibits!

Galleries are free and open to the public and located in the Wriston Art Center.

Learn more on the Lawrence website.