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Ouachita Art Exhibit To Showcase Work Of Visual Arts Faculty Through March 28, Rachel Moreno, Ouachita News Bureau
Ouachita Art Exhibit To Showcase Work Of Visual Arts Faculty Through March 28, Rachel Moreno, Ouachita News Bureau
Press Releases
Ouachita Baptist University’s Department of Visual Arts is hosting an art exhibit in its Rosemary Gossett Adams Gallery through March 28 that features the work of its faculty members. A reception for the exhibit will be held Tuesday, March 26, at 11 a.m. in the first floor of the Adams Gallery, which is located in Moses-Provine Hall. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Remembering The Huia: Extinction And Nostalgia In A Bird World, Cameron Boyle
Remembering The Huia: Extinction And Nostalgia In A Bird World, Cameron Boyle
Animal Studies Journal
This paper examines the role of nostalgia in practices of remembering the Huia, an extinct bird endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand. It suggests that nostalgia for the Huia specifically, and New Zealand's indigenous birds more generally, has occurred as both restorative nostalgia and reflective nostalgia. It argues that the former problematically looks to recreate a past world in which birds flourished. In contrast, the paintings of Bill Hammond and the sound art of Sally Ann McIntyre are drawn on to explore the potential of reflective nostalgia for remembering the Huia, and New Zealand's extinct indigenous birds more generally, in a …