SAVE THE DATE Spring 2024 29 INGRAINED: BEN BUTLER ; KIMMERER: THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION A R T E V E N T S 2024 STONE AWARD LECTURE WITH ROBIN WALL KIMMERER May 17, 2024, at 7 p.m. Kimmerer, the best-selling author of Braiding Sweetgrass, is the recipient of OSU’s Stone Award for Literary Achievement, one of the nation’s top university honors for major American authors, established by Patrick F. Stone, ’74, and Vicki Stone. This sold-out talk will be livestreamed. For details, see beav.es/kimmerer. The Wonder and the Worry April 17-18 at 8 p.m. Detrick Hall, PRAx 470 SW 15th Street, Corvallis Explore the power of environmental story- telling in this documentary following the intertwined careers of Chris Johns, ’74, former editor of National Geographic, and his daughter Louise, a pho- tographer. Tickets at beav.es/wonder-worry. Okaidja Afroso May 4 at 7 p.m. Detrick Hall, PRAx 470 SW 15th Street, Corvallis Come see multi-instru- mentalist, singer-song- writer and dancer Okaidja Afroso’s tribute to the Indigenous Ga-Dangme fishermen of Ghana as he shares the artistry of their a cappella singing and chants through music and film. Tickets at beav.es/okaidja. Phish Studies Conference May 17-19 The LaSells Stewart Center, 875 SW 26th Street, Corvallis New York Times best- selling author Benjy Eisen delivers the keynote speech for this three-day conference on the jam band Phish. Dive deep into their music, fan culture and enduring popularity. Register at beav.es/ phish24. Find more events at ForOregonState.org/events and prax.oregonstate.edu. through Afterglow, the 2015 metalwork that turns the SEC atrium into a reflective sunset. While they might not know the names or artists behind these installations, Betjemann said, people will know how the art makes them feel. “Those moments when you’re struck with something that’s powerful and speaks to you are moments when all your senses are invigorated,” he said. “The way art wakes us up to context is a beautiful thing, and to have a campus that is peppered with artworks you can encounter, and they hook into your neurology really hard — it decenters us. It’s so easy to become stuck thinking about the next appointment; the next thing you have to get done, so these moments of intensity are, to me, so human and so essential.” Living in a world without music or stories or visual art would be dismal and demoralizing, Wilson said. Humans have always created art, and that needs to be reflected in the spaces where we live and work. “Most people are not going to go into a museum or a gallery to try and experience art,” she said. “That’s much more of an intimidating thing. The Percent for Art program is a great way to bring all sorts of art into public spaces for everybody.” ↓ Ben Butler’s INGRAINED is made from tiny pieces of recycled wood. See a video about its construction at bit.ly/ ingrained-art.
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