FREE | Every Friday: May 10 - October 11 | 5 PM - 6 PM
Join us throughout the residency season for our free public series of short and informal artist talks, readings, and presentations. We’ll learn about works-in-progress from our artists and scholars-in-residence with informative and inspiring presentations in all disciplines. This is a wonderful way to kick off your weekend! Bring a friend, all are welcome.
Location: Main Campus. Look for Craigardan Event sign at the end of Main Campus driveway (two “doors” west of the farm store, towards Keene). Google Maps Link
Kiki Liu
Kiki Liu is Craigardan’s 2024 Teaching Fellow. Kiki is a multimedia artist who blends diverse mediums to create captivating work that sparks contemplation. Through visual storytelling and design, Kiki celebrates aesthetic beauty while challenging conventional norms and inviting viewers to experience art. She continuously seeks to redefine the boundaries of design, shaping the world around us through her work.
Hendree Milward
Hendree Milward is a poet from West Hartford, Connecticut. A math professor by trade at the state community college, he is often drawn to formal aspects of writing. His themes touch on imagination and the contradictions of thought. Formerly a poetry DJ at a couple of college radio stations, he now archives those recordings on buzzingwire.org
Emily Sullivan Smith
Emily Sullivan Smith is an Associate Professor and Foundations Coordinator at the University of Dayton’s Department of Art and Design where she is also a Sustainability Scholar through the Hanley Sustainability Institute. Her studio practice is multidisciplinary and includes sculpture, printmaking, and fibers-based work. She focuses on the reciprocating behaviors between humans and the natural world, using materials and methods in support of ideas. Recent exhibitions include; a solo exhibition, Universe, at the Springfield Art Museum in Springfield, OH, a group exhibition, More is More at the Akron Art Museum, and, Earth Matters at Watermark Arts Center in Bemidji MN where she was awarded a juror’s prize. Her work is included in several collections including, Sherwin Williams Global Headquarters in Cleveland, OH, the Lincoln Financial Group in Fort Wayne, IN, and Summa Health’s Arts Collection in Akron, OH. Sullivan Smith views both art making and teaching as an all-encompassing, integrative, and critical human experience.