Art, environment topics of KU seminar

A globalization-themed seminar, titled “Art and the Environmental Endgame,” will take place today at the Hall Center for the Humanities.

Four speakers form the panel for this discussion:

¢ Stephen Goddard, Kansas University professor of art history, and senior curator and curator of prints and drawings, Spencer Museum of Art, will give introductory comments.

¢ Barry Newton, KU professor of architecture, will present “The New Bloch Building at the Nelson-Atkins: Is it Green?”

¢ Dan Wildcat, professor of American Indian Studies and director of the Haskell Environmental Research Center, Haskell Indian Nations University, will present “Indigenous Realism: Can We ‘Save Ourselves'”?

¢ Marguerite Perret, assistant professor of design at Washburn University and mixed-media artist, will present “Living in the Simulated Garden.”

The free event takes place at 3:30 p.m. in the conference hall.