Opening Reception for Community Narratives
Venue: Virginia Tech Perspective Gallery (Squires Student Center), Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Friday, August 24, 2018
Time: 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Event Types: Arts & Theatre
Cost: Free

Description:
The Virginia Tech Perspective Gallery collaborating with the Virginia Tech College of Architecture and Urban Studies (CAUS) presents the Opening Reception for Community Narratives on Friday, August 24, 2018.

Virginia Tech highly values its diverse community of faculty, staff and students. The Community Narratives Project is lead by Kathryn Albright, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Professor in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies (CAUS). The project grew organically with a small exhibit in the college highlighting the concept last year. Later, individuals within the Hokie Community inspired by this earlier exhibit had their portrait taken and added their stories.

Working with Kathryn, photographer Sal Choudhury, Professor of Architecture in CAUS, created the photo-narratives on scheduled dates throughout the past year. The project concept is designed to spark conversations and create an ongoing dialogue in response to this question: Based on your lived experiences, what does diversity mean in your life?

The photo-narratives highlight individuality. Participants decide how to showcase their identity, their culture, their own perspectives on diversity as they reflect on personal life experiences.

Admission is free and open to the public.

The exhibit runs August 3 – October 14, 2018.

Perspective Gallery is located in the second floor gallery in Virginia Tech’s Squires Student Center at 290 College Avenue in Blacksburg, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.imgur.com/H9cO7IO.jpg.

For more information, visit: http://campuslife.vt.edu/Squires/Perspective_Gallery.html or https://www.facebook.com/events/326488564560960/ or https://www.facebook.com/VTPerspectiveGallery or call 540-231-6040.

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