Southeastern's Sims Library to host ‘Let's Talk Art’
Contact: Tonya Lowentritt
Date: February 22, 2013
HAMMOND – Southeastern Louisiana University's Sims Memorial Library will host a continuation
of the free lecture series "Let's Talk: Art."
Sponsored jointly by Southeastern's Department of Fine and Performing Arts, the
Friends of Sims Library (FoSL) and the Hammond Regional Arts Center, the spring series
begins Wednesday, Feb. 27, at 5 p.m. at the Hammond Regional Arts Center, 217 E. Thomas
Street, across from the Columbia Theatre.
Tasheka Arceneaux-Sutton, associate professor of graphic design, will present
"Where's the Swag in Graphic Design?" a survey of African American graphic design
pioneers as well as current successful designers.
Future talks are scheduled as follows:
• Wednesday, March 20: "Building, Bending, Soaring: Women Architects Hit
New Heights" by Irene Nero, associate professor of art history, noon, Sims Library,
third floor.
• Wednesday, April 24: "Caravaggio: A Cry in the Dark." Timothy Silva,
instructor of art history. 5 p.m., Hammond Regional Arts Center.
For more information, call the library at 549-3962.