The Wall
An exhibition of paintings about the border territory between the U.S. and Mexico

Wednesday, January 24

•  3 to 4 p.m.
  Conversation with the artist, Gregory Thielker, and Paja Faudree, associate professor of anthropology at Brown University
• 4 to 5:30 p.m.
  Opening reception
• Schiltkamp Gallery, Traina Center for the Arts
• Exhibition on view through February 15

Thursday, January 25

• Noon to 1:15 p.m.
  Artist presentation with Gregory Thielker
• Traina Center 100p/101 (Rothschild Studio)

New York City-based artist (and former adjunct faculty member at Clark University), Gregory Thielker, will create an interdisciplinary exhibition dealing with the topic of “The Wall” and the tensions surrounding the border territory between the United States and Mexico. The symbolism of “Wall” and the messages it conveys — even as an abstract construct — will be addressed in this installation of small paintings, large-scale mural, and artifacts from Thielker’s travels along the border.

Thielker says, “The exhibit is meant to ask questions about the border and its impact on individual experience and national identity.”