The Loudoun House will be the site of a Lexington Art League gallery talk and panel discussion featuring several College of Arts & Sciences faculty members. History department professor and chair Francie Chassen-Lopez will moderate the discussion which will feature commentary by Ana Liberato, sociology professor, Christina Alcalde, gender and women’s studies professor, Sophia Wallace, political science professor, and Andres Cruz, editor of La Voz de Kentucky, on topics of globalization, immigration, and migration.

The panel is part of Crossings, an exhibition focusing on Latino/a and Chicano/a artists living in America and the issues faced by this community. Artworks explore issues of immigration and trans-border crossing experiences as well as the points at which gender, labor, race, class, sexuality and cultural identity intersect.  Guest curators Marta Miranda, Andres Cruz and Diane Kahlo invited artists from Illinois, Florida, Texas, Missouri and Kentucky to create work for this exhibition that illuminates the expanding role Latin/a culture is having on contemporary life. The exhibit will be available for viewing until May 15 at the Lexington Art League’s Gallery in the Loudoun House.

The gallery talk and panel discussion will begin at 7 p.m. on May 11 at the Loudoun House in Lexington. We hope to see you there!