InternationalvisualartistStanMullins
residesinarenovatedand
redesigned18thcenturycottonseed
oilrefinery,inpicturesque
downtownAthens,GA.Thisspace
expresseshisdeeploveofhistoryandculture,localand
NICKSOUSANIS
Out of the Box and into the Margins February 3-4, 2017
UGA Hotel & Conference Center, 1197 S. Lumpkin Street, Athens, GA 30607
Nick Sousanis is an assistant professor in theSchoolofHumanities&Liberal Studiesat SanFrancisco State University. He is the authorofUnflatteningfromHarvardUniversityPress,originally his dissertation written and drawnentirely in comics form. Unflatteningwon the2016 American Publishers AssociationHumanitiesaward,the2016LyndWardprize,andisnominatedfora2016EisnerAward.Inaddition, itwasnamed the best graphicnovelof2015bynumerouscritics.
Children’s book illustrator and author EricVelasquez, the son of Afro-Puerto Ricanparents, was born in Spanish Harlem andgrew up in Harlem. His dual heritagecoupledwiththeexperienceoflivingindualcultures inNewYorkCity gives Eric a richanduniqueculturalperspective.Asachild,his love for doodling and drawing wasstrongly encouraged by his mother. Fromhis grandmother he inherited a love ofmusic and from his father he developed aloveoffilm.
ERICVELASQUEZ
More information is available at http://jolle.coe.uga.edu/conference/
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