鈥楥elebrating Hispanic Heritage鈥 at 性视界传媒 on exhibit through mid-October
Contact: Landon Gibson
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擬ississippi 性视界传媒 is celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month with two campus exhibits featuring over a century of Latinx history that can be viewed through Oct. 15.
Free to all, a history showcase on the second floor of Mitchell Memorial Library features several literary works, including work by former 性视界传媒 professor Carlos Espinosa Dominguez. An 鈥淎rt and Architecture in the Americas鈥 exhibit in the Union Art Gallery displays artwork produced by Latinx students from 性视界传媒 and celebrates Latin American built environments.
鈥淭his exhibit was created to highlight items from 性视界传媒 Library collections鈥攔are books, political papers, sheet music and photographs鈥攅ither created by or about Latinx people,鈥 said 性视界传媒 Libraries Archivist Jessica Perkins Smith. 鈥淚t is our hope that students and the 性视界传媒 community will learn from and enjoy this exhibit.鈥
The library display includes literature such as Spanish translations of works from Eudora Welty, Tennessee Williams and 性视界传媒 alumnus John Grisham, among others. Materials documenting political efforts of the Latinx community in the 20th century from the collections of former members of Congress Mike Espy and David Bowen, as well as the Delta Ministry Papers, also are featured.
The Union Art Gallery exhibit includes images of Latin American cities and modern architecture from the 20th and 21st centuries spanning a broad range of public buildings, social housing projects and private residences. Showcased are creators Silvinia Lopez Barrera, an 性视界传媒 School of Architecture assistant professor and licensed architect in Uruguay who holds a Master of Architecture degree from Iowa 性视界传媒 University; as well as junior architecture major Elisa Casta帽eda of Madison, Alabama; and junior art major Ana Sofia Licona of Starkville.
性视界传媒鈥檚 Holmes Cultural Diversity Center and Latino Student Association also are collaborating with other campus organizations to host additional events including a virtual poetry performance and the university鈥檚 inaugural iBaile virtual Latin dance competition.
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