COFAC Colloquium 55 – Friday, March 17
The College of Fine Arts and Communication will hold its COFAC Colloquium 55 on Friday, March 17, at 3:00pm on Zoom. Two sabbatical talks and a report from a DEI award will be presented.
The Zoom link may be found here (passcode Colloquium).
Michaela Frischherz
Associate Professor | Department of Communication Studies
Queering Sexual Communication: Origins, Attitude Reassessment, and the Body
Dr. Frischherz’s sabbatical presentation explores the value of centering body justice principles in the Sexual Communication classroom. Informed by Sexual Attitude Reassessment (SAR) seminars, the project takes stock of how sexual topics and controversies feel within the body given the complex structures of power that make access to pleasure different for different people (e.g. white supremacy, heteronormativity, patriarchy). The project outlines the pedagogical possibilities embedded within an approach attuned to somatics, power, and embodied time.
Nahid Tootoonchi
Professor | Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education
Expressive Calligraphy: From Classic to Contemporary
In her sabbatical presentation, Professor Tootoonchi will share her calligraphy experience in Marrakech, Morocco and the process of her art making going in a new direction after 10 years of practicing Farsi calligraphy by transforming the classical form of Persian calligraphy to present time for expressing current events and interpretation of poetry. Her diverse experience in type and letterform creates a new platform for her pedagogical approach to typography as a means of expression and cultural connection.
Michael Tristano, Jr.
Assistant Professor | Department of Communication Studies
Jesús Valles, (Un)Documents, and the Undiscusssed
With the support of COFAC Diversity, Equity and Inclusion funding, award-winning artist, performer, and poet Jesús Valles joined us on campus for a 3-day residency in November of the past year. Along with performing their one-person show, Un(Documents), Valles hosted a performance/writing workshop for students, and met with Latinx campus community members. In (Un)Documents, Valles journeys across both sides of a river with two names, moving between languages to find their place as a child, a lover, a teacher, and a sibling in a nation that demands sacrifice at the altar of citizenship. In doing so, they create a new kind of documentation written with anger, fierce love, and the knowledge that what makes us human can never be captured on a government questionnaire. Valles’ visit to campus provided a critically needed opportunity to discuss issues of undocumented folks in our community, belonging, and the limits of law and language.
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