CURRENTS and CIRCA Catalyst: Guenet Abraham
Location
Performing Arts & Humanities Building : 216
Date & Time
March 9, 2020, 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Description
CURRENTS: Humanities Work Now and CIRCA: Catalyst are series that showcase exciting
new work in the humanities and the arts, respectively, in a dynamic and inter-disciplinary
setting with short, informal presentations and time for discussion
(Lunch will be served at 11:30am)
Teaching and Doing Graphic Design in Ethiopia
Guenet Abraham
Associate Professor, Visual Arts, UMBC
Associate Professor, Visual Arts, UMBC
Guenet Abraham will share her experiences teaching and researching in Ethiopia, where she spent two years as a Fulbright Scholar at Addis Ababa University’s Alle School of Fine Arts and Design. She will discuss an on-going, site-specific creative project she initiated, as well as other collaborative projects with the University, the National Archives and Library of Ethiopia, and the U.S. Embassy.
This presentation is co-sponsored by the Dresher Center and the Center for Innovation, Research, and Creativity in the Arts (CIRCA).
[image: a woman and a group of students stand on a staircase. They are looking at a wall that is covered in Ge'ez, an Ethiopian script]
