Sean Denning-Barnes, a 1999 Kansas University alumnus, will give a public slide lecture at 4 p.m. Thursday at Haskell Indian Nations University.

The program will be about Denning-Barnes’ art and his life in Alaska. He is known for his dramatic portraiture and other works.

Barnes lives in Bethel, Alaska, with his wife, Angela. He also will be a presenter for KU’s “Your Life in the Arts” career event Saturday. More information about KU’s program can be found at www.arts.ku.edu.

The lecture, free and open to the public, will be in Ross Hall Room 140.