The Lens

9:30am Registration and light bites 10am Session 3: Rotimi Fani-Kayode and Tranquility of Communion 11:30am Reflection, acknowledgements, and participant responses For a complete program schedule, please visit the Wexner Center for the Arts website. Additional Information: RSVP required. If you have questions about accessibility or require an accommodation such as CART captioning or ASL interpretation to participate in this event, please email accessibility@wexarts.org or call (614) 688-3890. Requests made by two weeks in advance will generally allow us to provide seamless access, but the Wexner Center for the Arts will make every effort to meet requests made after this date. Continue reading Lambert Photography Symposium

The filmmaker Matthew Shelton will give a more lengthy presentation regarding the work, with demonstrations of technique, discussion of the film's themes, and a retrospective look at the artist's previous work in both art and music. Light refreshments and foods will be offered starting at 6pm. Additional Information: Not wheelchair accessible. Continue reading Hunting Island Reception

The filmmaker Matthew Shelton will be present at every screening and give a brief introductory speech to each screening, and Q&A opportunities will follow each showing. Additional Information: Not wheelchair accessible. Continue reading Hunting Island Screening

Anand Partwardhan is known for his brave documentaries that question his country’s dominant Hindu nationalist ideology. In The World Is Family (an old Sanskrit phrase), Anand looks at his family’s elders who had fought for India’s Independence alongside Mahatma Gandhi in the first half of the 20th century. Today self-confessed supremacists whose ideology once inspired the murder of Mahatma Gandhi are in power. As they rewrite India’s history, memories of the past have become more precious than mere personal nostalgia (96 minutes, DCP). In Hindi with English subtitles. Additional Information: Accessibility accommodations available upon request. Continue reading Film Screening: The World is Family (Anand Patwardhan, 2023)

Reading Freedom Summer (Andy Rice and partners) is a reflection on Freedom Summer 1964, a documentary featuring letters and songs read and sung by Oxford citizens and Miami University students. Additional Information: Limited accessible parking available and wheelchair access available. Closed Captions available on film. If you have accessibility needs, please contact artmuseum@miamioh.edu Continue reading Film screening: Reading Freedom Summer