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Richard E. Beaupre Center for Chemical and Forensic Sciences 140 Flagg Road, Kingston, RI 02881 Please find more information at rumowiczlectureseries.wordpress.com Sponsored by The Edmund S. and Nathalie Rumowicz Endowed Lecture Series in Literature and Sea, the Department of English at URI The Edmund S. and Nathalie Rumowicz Lecture What Does the Sea Mean at Guantanamo? A lecture by Erin Thompson, Assistant Professor of Art Crime at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice April 26, 2018, 4:00-6:00 pm Beaupre Center, Room 105 Erin Thompson, one of the curators of “Ode to the Sea: Art from Guantánamo Bay,” and Assistant Professor of Art Crime, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, will speak to us about art made by detainees at the United States military prison camp known as Guantánamo Bay. The exhibit displayed some of these evocative works, made by eight men: four who have since been cleared and released from Guantánamo, and four who remain there. They paint the sea again and again although they cannot reach it. The Awards Ceremony for the Rumowicz Undergraduate Maritime Essay Contest will precede the Annual Lecture Free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served. Painting: “Untitled (Pier),” 2016, Muhammad Ansi, Paper, pigment, 12 x 18in. Held by Beth D. Jacob in New York City https://www.artfromguantanamo.com/
