The College of Visual & Performing Arts welcomes Chicago Tribune chief theatre critic and culture columnist Chris Jones to Texas Tech University as a Maegene Nelson Visiting Scholar in Cross Disciplinary Arts. Jones will present a lecture, "Truth and Reconciliation: The Joys and Perils of Arts Criticism in Today's Fractured America," that is open to the community free of charge. A reception will follow the lecture.
During his three-day visit, Jones will also speak to graduate and fine arts doctoral program students and will interview entertainer and activist Harry Belafonte, who will be on the Texas Tech campus as part of the African-American History Month Lecture series. Belafonte is also a Maegene Nelson Visiting Scholar.
For more information, contact Dr. Brian Steele at 806/742-0700 or brian.steele@ttu.edu.
