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Morgan Fellows Host Symposium: Native American Identity and Representation

On Saturday, January 23, 2010, Antioch College’s Morgan Fellows will host the second in a series of monthly symposia focusing on issues in higher education and society. The topic of this event will be “Native American Identity and Representation,” and will take place in the Herndon Gallery at Antioch College, One Morgan Place, Yellow Springs, Ohio, from 2:00 to 4:00 pm with a reception to follow.

“The identities of Native Americans are inherently linked to landscape, relatives, and language,” says Beverly Rodgers, Ph.D., one of four Arthur Morgan Fellows at Antioch College. Even when relatives have gone on, the land degraded, and language fallen into disuse, these elements continue to form the context of identity for most Native Peoples. In representing these identities, indigenous writers, artists, and cultural workers face the dual necessities of educating a broader public to see past deeply rooted stereotypes of Native Peoples and creating awareness of the variety of Native experiences and realities. This has also meant a heightened interest in mixed blood, hybrid, and multiple identities, and in the increasingly common urbanized Native realities.

Obituary: Susan A. Hansen ’66

Date: 1/12/2010 to 2/12/2010
LAKE PLACID — Susan A. “Tsu” Hansen, 65, died Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009
at Arbor Hospice, a remarkable woman with an intellectual curiosity
about the world and all its wonders. She liked to learn how things
work.    
    She was born in Detroit, Jan. 31, 1944 to
William H and Olive (Flucker) Hansen. She grew up in Ann Arbor and
graduated from Pioneer High.    
    After earning a degree
in secondary education at Antioch College, she joined North Country
School in Lake Placid as math teacher and houseparent. She taught for
12 years, earned an MBA from RIT and moved into the office as business
manager. She retired in 2004 and returned to Ann Arbor to be with her
family after her cancer diagnosis.    

Nonstop Gala Opening & Fundraiser

Saturday, January 23
7:00 PM to midnight
305 N. Walnut St., Yellow Springs
free admission

Nonstop Institute will host the Opening Exhibition of their inaugural Open Village/Open Spaces artist-residencies along with an exciting evening of dance, music and performance on Saturday, January 23 starting at 7 PM at 305 N. Walnut St (Millworks) in Yellow Springs. Installations using various materials by Columbus artists Orion Barrett, Linda Diec, and Amy Koenig have transformed former office spaces during their 6-week residencies. Sharing the stage that evening will be dance by Jill Becker, Colleen Leonardi, and Melissa Heston, improvising with soprano Jennifer Gilchrist and photographer Dennie Eagleson; a reading of new work by writer and performer Louise Smith; music by the Yellow Springs band MINK; and drawings by Cincinnati artist Wesley Berg. Throughout the evening a silent auction will be held, soliciting bids on artists’ work and collaborations to raise money for Nonstop Institute, a new non-profit cultural and educational organization. Nonstop welcomes this opportunity to bring together and celebrate new work by artists and performers from Columbus, Cincinnati, and Yellow Springs.

More about the Open Village/Open Spaces artist residents: Columbus artist Orion Barrett received his MFA (2006) from Ohio State and recent work has included quirky landscapes and machines using various materials and floods of hot glue. Linda Diec’s recent architectonic environments have used glass, matches, sugar, and ice as structuring elements. She received a BFA (2007) from OSU and has studied with glass artists in Turkey, Japan, and at Pilchuk (Washington). Amy Koenig received her BFA (2009) at OSU and recent work complicates private and public spaces using suitcases found in thrift stores, satellite images and photographs.

For further information:

Contact:  chris.hill@nonstopinstitute.org (937-767-2327) (Chris Hill)