In Transit Symposium
November 2, 2017 8:30am - 5:00pm
In Transit/En tránsito: Arts, Migration, Resistance Symposium
November 2, 2017 — 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The Arizona Historical Society
In Transit/En tránsito: Arts, Migration, Resistance is an art exhibition accompanied by related events that collectively explore artistic practice, resistance, and social transformation in relation to transnational migration and human rights politics. Anchored in the Sonoran Desert borderlands and drawing on practices from different regions of the US, Mexico, and Central America, In Transit/En tránsito will bring together artists, activists, and academics for a series of cross-disciplinary conversations and collaborations.
Organized by Drs. Kaitlin M. Murphy and Anita Huizar-Hernández, Department of Spanish and Portuguese
Exhibition
September 16, 2017 – March 11, 2018
The University of Arizona Museum of Art
Lecture
November 1, 2017 — 5:30pm – 6:30
The Center for Creative Photography
Reception
November 1, 2017 — 6:30 pm -8:00 pm
The University of Arizona Museum of Art
Symposium
November 2, 2017 — 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
The Arizona Historical Society
With Support From:
The Hemispheric Institute (New York University), The Henry Luce Foundation, Arizona Humanities, The University of Arizona College of Humanities, The University of Arizona Department of Spanish and Portuguese, The University of Arizona College of Social & Behavioral Sciences, The University of Arizona Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry, The University of Arizona Guatemala Study Abroad Program, The University of Arizona Institute for LGBT Studies, The CALA Alliance, The University of Arizona Museum of Art
For more information please visit intransitart.org