Featuring Fine Arts scholars from the eastern Idaho region
Free for members, $5 for non-members
IDAHO'S NUCLEAR FAME
THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 6 - 7PM
Experimental Breeder Reactor I (EBR-I) made history in 1951 when nuclear power lit four bulbs on a string. The building in which this achievement took place, however, was just as experimental as the reactor itself. Floor plans required modifications, details needed to change on the fly, and human ingenuity reshaped the EBR-I reactor building from a prototype to a working model. Join architectural historian Libby Cook as she explores the architectural oddities of EBR-I, in search of the human touch that made it the building it is today.
THE POWER OF COLLECTIVISM IN THE DISINFORMATION AGE
THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 6 - 7PM
How did 9/11 influence visual culture? Jonathan Austed’s lecture examines how the War on Terror led to heightened anxiety, collective trauma and vast ideological divides. Austed will explore how artists express this in their works in an effort to heal and contemporary trends urging for greater collaboration and shared truth in the “post-postmodernist” era.